All news on the topic: England

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England placed under amber heat alerts as temperatures climb to 32C
Parts of England are to be hit with an amber heat health alert by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) as the country faces a possible fifth heatwave.
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Historic UK school founded in 1415 closes after financial pressures force shutdown
A historic UK school opened in 1415 closed at the end of this school year after ’financial challenge’.
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Anglian Water boss awarded £1.3m despite company recording record pollution incidents
The boss of England’s worst-polluting water company has been handed an extra £1.3m this year despite the government’s ban on bonuses for failing firms.
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Nottinghamshire Police to deploy live facial recognition in crackdown on anti-social behaviour
Nottinghamshire Police will use live facial recognition technology for the first time this summer as part of its crackdown on anti-social behaviour in the city centre, with officers saying it could help them identify known young troublemakers faster.
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Two men stabbed and woman assaulted in violent Tesco car park attack
Two men have been stabbed and a woman punched after they were targeted by a group in a Tesco car park.
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Freemasons lift the curtain on life inside Britain’s most secretive brotherhood
It is a building famed for its secrecy and hidden rituals.
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Nigel Farage demands police investigate Zack Polanski over guillotine T-shirt post
Zack Polanski has condemned an image of a man wearing a guillotine t-shirt and the words ‘making plans for Nigel’ after Reform UK branded it an ‘incitement to murder’.
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Mother suffocated nine-year-old son before taking her own life, inquest finds
A mother suffocated her nine-year-old son and took her own life before the pair were found dead at their home in Cornwall, an inquest has heard.
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Police hunt man in lobster costume after brutal assault outside World Darts Championship
Detectives are hunting a man who seriously injured another man, punching and knocking him unconscious following a World Darts Championship match in north London.
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Four men charged with murder after fatal stabbing in Leicester
Four men have been charged with murder after a 24-year-old man was found dead in Leicester.
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Stillborn baby left on funeral home floor for two years as Robert Bush faces sentencing
A funeral boss who gave families the wrong ashes and kept bodies on stretchers on the floor in filthy storage boxes is being sentenced from today in front of the horrified loved ones of those whose bodies he mishandled.
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Bodies left to rot in cardboard coffins for up to 11 months: The victims of funeral director Robert Bush reveal the horror they endured
Victims whose relatives were left to "rot" in cardboard coffins by a fraudulent funeral director who let others lay dead for eight months have told a court of their suffering.
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Gianni Infantino tells World Cup critics to "pray" after defending controversial tournament
Gianni Infantino has accused World Cup critics of “spreading hate and false rumours” in a lengthy open letter attempting to justify FIFA’s handling of the event.
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Count Binface vows no crypto billionaire gifts as he targets Farage in Clacton race
Count Binface has unveiled his long-awaited manifesto for the Clacton by-election, pledging a new role for Wayne Rooney and a ‘more sensible position’ for a hand dryer 280 miles away.
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Four people die in separate water tragedies in Scotland and Cornwall
Two female divers have died after being pulled from a loch after a search and rescue operation.
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Funeral director to be sentenced after giving families the wrong ashes for years
A crooked funeral director faces sentencing for more than 65 offences, including giving grieving families the wrong ashes and stealing charitable donations.
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Nigel Farage’s Clacton by-election gamble risks backfiring as Reform faces growing pressure
Winning an uncontested stronghold against novelty candidates will do little to answer the concerns hanging over the growing party.
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Five Palestine Action activists could be sentenced under UK terrorism laws over Barclays protest
Five Palestine Action activists face being sentenced as terrorists for breaking windows and throwing red paint at a branch of Barclays Bank in Lancashire.
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Canada ends golden streak for England after horrifying high bar fall rocks gymnastics final
A horror injury to England’s Gabriel Langton overshadowed his team’s silver medal in the men’s team gymnastics final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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UK plans overhaul of divorce laws to give domestic abuse greater weight in financial settlements
Divorce is a difficult process, and dividing up finances is one of the trickiest and more fraught aspects. Judges tasked with deciding how to split a couple’s money and assets look at a number of things, including their earnings and how long they’ve been together.
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North Wales becomes first UK region to enter drought after record dry spell
A region has become the first in the UK to officially declare a drought amid record dry conditions, intense heatwaves, wildfires and dwindling rivers.
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Wife and daughter of Bangladeshi politician named after drowning while trying to save child at Essex beach
The wife of a Bangladeshi politician who died alongside her daughter as the pair tried to rescue another child in the sea at a holiday park has been named and pictured.
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Teenage girl and woman die after tragedy at Essex beach
Two people are dead after several people got into difficulties on West Mersea beach.
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Record 461 police officers dismissed in England and Wales as workforce shrinks
The number of police officers sacked each year from forces in England and Wales has hit a record high, figures show.
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Bodycam accidentally left recording captured hours of shocking police station conversations
A woman protesting that a man should have been charged with killing a pigeon recorded a police officer admitting that she illegally stops and searches black women.