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Speed-up UK weapons production to replace arms sent to Ukraine, warns Labour
The Shadow Defence Secretary makes the plea in an exclusive Mirror interview before he addresses the Royal United Services Institute think tank on Tuesday evening
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Death toll in Turkey-Syria earthquake surges to 5,000 as third tremor hits
Around 1,000 rescuers from across the globe, including 74 Brits, will join local teams trying to pull victims from the destruction. UK relief worker Atiqur Rahman is helping with the search for survivors
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Tories still haven't delivered on zero hours contract pledge made five years ago
Labour's Angela Rayner said the Tories' record on workers’ rights is 'one of broken promises and abject failure' as she attacked the government for not delivering on its pledge to tackle zero hours contract
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Rishi Sunak and Steve Barclay accused of being 'on strike' from NHS crisis
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting slammed Rishi Sunak and Steve Barclay for failing to negotiate with health unions and put an end to strikes - as ambulance workers and nurses both walked out today at the same time
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Train derails with fear growing hazardous materials it is carrying will explode
The National Guard have been called in to help evacuate everyone within a mile radius after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed East Palestine, Ohio, US
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'The Tory end times should be more fun than this'
The government's remaining lifespan can be counted in days but no-one seems to have realised, says Fleet Street Fox. We're due a 1997-style boost of joy, but can Keir Starmer deliver it?
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Tory slams Rishi Sunak's 'phoney war' against European human rights rules
Conservative Jackie Doyle-Price insisted the Prime Minister should tackle the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats by getting the Home Office into shape rather than trying to pick a fight with the courts
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Students and teachers trapped under rubble of hotel in devastating earthquake
Around 43 students from various universities and 30 students, parents and teachers are trapped under the rubble of the Grand Isias Hotel in Adıyaman, Turkey
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Top Tory admits to spat with 'robust' Dominic Raab who 'tried to get him sacked'
Dominic Raab, who is facing a bullying probe, reportedly tried to get his fellow Tory Sir Robert Buckland fired last August after Sir Robert publicly attacking his plans to tear up human rights legislation
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Next phase for cow vaccine trial fuels hopes of an end to the badger cull
Campaigners hoped the announcement of another step towards a bovine tuberculosis jab for cattle could speed-up the end of the badger-killing scheme in English counties
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See list of local theatres most at risk as Labour warns of funding crisis
A host of regional playhouses are deemed at risk of closure after years of cuts and as families battle the cost-of-living emergency, the party revealed
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Shameless Liz Truss blames Tories for not being right-wing enough after failure
Truss, who has now been an ex-PM over twice as long as the 49 days she was in the top job, moaned about her party’s failure to back her catastrophic mini-Budget plans for £47billion of unfunded tax cuts.
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Parents of organ donor hero call on Tories to finally do the right thing for NHS
Paul and Emma Johnson are speaking out for nurses like those who looked after their transplant patient son Max, who ushered in Max’s Law for an opt-out system of organ donation in 2019
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Delete TikTok from your phones to keep your data safe from hackers, says MP
Tory Alicia Kearns, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee, suggested the video-sharing platform is linked to China’s efforts to build a “tech totalitarian state”
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'Warring hat-trick of Tory calamities are a tragedy for the British people'
Kevin Macguire looks at how Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak being at loggerheads is bad news for all of us as Truss tries to blame everyone but herself
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Andy Burnham: Desperately sad to see NHS on its knees with goodwill in balance
Writing for The Mirror, Andy Burnham calls on the government to give nurses the pay rise they deserve and get the NHS back on track
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Fears over Brexit 'backdoor' for trophy hunters to bring home sick souvenirs
Campaigners have moved to ease fears a forthcoming ban on imports of animal skins, severed heads and carcasses could have a 'loophole' created by the Northern Ireland protocol
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Changing how pharmacies work could free up 42 million GP appointments a year
The Company Chemists’ Association said the sector could “significantly increase access to primary care”, cut annual hospital readmissions by 65,000 and deliver 10m extra routine vaccinations each year.
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Boris Johnson's 40 hospital pledge falls flat - just 10 have planning permission
The pledge was a key plank of Boris Johnson's 2019 general election manifesto - and Rishi Sunak will be banking on progress ahead of an election
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All the best reaction to Liz Truss' 'deranged' political comeback
Liz Truss' bonkers 4,000-word comeback essay has prompted quite a lot of reaction this sunny, Sunday morning. Here's some of the best comments and funniest responses to her comeback bid
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Truss' Home Secretary says her plan 'clearly' wasn't right and ignored 'reality'
In a 4,000 word screed, Liz Truss blamed everyone from the "economic establishment" to Joe Biden for getting in the way of her bonkers plan for unfunded tax cuts - but even her own ministers say her plan was to blame
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Tory minister admits son is on pre-pay energy meter - because 'it's convenient'
Last night, Labour's Shadow Climate Secretary Ed Miliband branded Grant Shapps "do-nothing" over his response to the scandal
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Grieving couple whose daughter, 27, died abroad don't know where grandkids are
Judy and Sean Devlin last saw 27-year-old single mum Kelsey in 2021 when she flew to Islamabad with children Zara and Zain after being told her Pakistani mother-in-law was dying
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China threatens 'resolute' response after US shot down spy balloon
The balloon, which China has insisted is a weather balloon which was blown off-course, has been shot down over the Atlantic after crossing the Carolinas