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Medal that Britain's nuclear veterans have waited 70 years for finally unveiled
The delayed and long-awaited nuclear test medal is finally in production, 70 years after Britain's first atomic bomb
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People smugglers 'given free pass by Tories' as convictions drop by a third
Labour has hit out after new figures showed just 253 people were convicted of people smuggling last year, compared to 398 back in 2010 - while the number of prosecutions plummeted by 25%
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'We need to re-think fast fashion as nature is paying the price'
The big household brands mustn’t wash their hands of responsibility - we are what we wear to some extent and paying a little more for clothes we’ll keep longer would benefit the earth
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We've got five extra weeks to protest crazy closure plan for rail ticket offices
Ticket office staff won't be redeployed on platforms like the rail firms claim, says Paul Routledge
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GP crisis as doctors quit in droves and patients can't get appointments
GPs warn primary care is being 'pushed closer towards the precipice' as patients find it harder to see their family doctor as more and more leave their job
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Two new DNA profiles turn up on estate of supermarket boss accused of slayings
Detectives found human remains on the property of wealthy Republican and suspected serial killer Herbert Baumeister, who was linked to the sex slayings of more than 20 boys
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Suella Braverman broke law putting lone children in hotels with 154 missing
In a High Court ruling Mr Justice Chamberlain said the routine housing of unaccompanied children in hotels was against the law, and said asylum seekers were treated "less favourably"
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Police probe 'ads placed by sex traffickers' in Suella Braverman's constituency
Dame Diana Johnson reported more than 70 online sex adverts on "pimping website" VivaStreet to Hampshire Police - which serves the Home Secretary's Fareham patch - after spotting ‘red flags’ suggesting links to trafficking gangs
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Expert claims he knows exact location of UFOs - and they're all near navy bases
Former intelligence officer turned UFO whistleblower, David Grusch, revealed in yesterday's UFO hearing before Congress that he knew the exact location of alien craft he alleges the government have been collecting and "reverse engineering" for decades
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Coutts boss quits following Nigel Farage bank account row
Coutts has come in for heavy criticism over its treatment of the former UKIP leader, with an internal memo showing bank officials had voiced concerns over his political views.
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War of words as Sadiq Khan brands Rishi Sunak 'desperate' in attack over housing
The Government announced it was ploughing £200million into building new homes on brownfield sites in the capital - but the London Mayor pointed out that Mr Sunak had caved in to Tory rebels over housing targets
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Withering Emily Maitlis slams Nigel Farage's 'utter entitlement' over NatWest
Former BBC journalist Ms Maitlis hit out at the "power of the populist" after Mr Farage voiced his anger at the "posh private bank" - saying he had turned "utter entitlement into victimhood" during the NatWest row
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Town council tells Nadine Dorries to finally resign as MP in savage letter
Flitwick Town Council in Bedfordshire said residents are 'desperately in need of effective representation' at Westminster and hits out ex-Cabinet minister's work on television
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'Hit and miss' whether kids get food they need as holiday vouchers value slumps
More than two-thirds of local councils in England have either cut or frozen the value of support offered to families entitled to free school meals to help them get through the summer holidays
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Soldiers announce coup on national TV as the president is held hostage
Members of Niger's presidential guard surrounded the presidential palace and detained president Mohamed Bazoum - and now they have announced a coup
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'Non-human’ remains found at UFO crash sites - updates from Congress hearing
Watch live as the US Congress's House oversight committee hears extraordinary claims about UFOs and alien vehicles in a historic hearing involving supposed whistleblowers from the military and the intelligence services
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5 bombshells at Congress UFO hearing - murder, cover-up and 'non-human' biology
Three expert witnesses shared their testimonies, from first-hand encounters with "non-human" craft, to allegations of a cover-up spanning "decades" with threats for whistleblowers
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'Tory austerity has left the NHS too weak to do what is necessary to save lives'
NHS England and health authorities in other parts of Britain beginning preparations is a reminder that viruses such as flu can be mass killers
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NHS will unveil special hubs amid warnings flu season could be biggest ever
Experts warn that Australia, where flu activity usually predicts what will happen here, is experiencing one of its biggest flu seasons
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Carrie Johnson's pal takes brutal swipe at Nadine Dorries as she lingers as MP
Campaigner Nimco Ali asked the former Culture Secretary when she's actually going to resign - almost seven weeks after the ex-Culture Secretary announced she was quitting as MP for Mid Bedfordshire
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Do you support plans to ban new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 - take our poll
Cabinet minister Michael Gove has confirmed that the 2030 deadline is “immovable” and that the Conservatives are committed to banning the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles - but what do YOU think?
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Keir Starmer gave kids choice to eat meat at 10 - and son tempts him with KFC
The Labour leader, who became vegetarian 25 years ago but has gone back to eating fish, said his children were given the choice over how they wanted to eat once they were 10-years-old
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'Why won't Tories take on bad bosses harming workers and wasting taxpayer cash'
Writing for the Mirror, Chair of the Commons Business Select Committee Darren Jones accused ministers of dashing to help Nigel Farage while ignoring ordinary customers and workers
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Rishi Sunak pressure on NatWest 'shows power Nigel Farage has over Tories'
Chair of the Commons Business Select Committee Darren Jones said the PM's intervention over Dame Alison Rose's conduct was a result of the 'power Farage seems to have over the Tories'
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Woman tells Keir Starmer she pulled out own teeth amid NHS dentistry crisis
Figures earlier this year showed that one in 10 people were have resorted to "DIY dentistry"in desperation as MPs called for urgent government reform