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Cheshire Police made the arrest in Carron, Falkirk, early on Monday.

The new Labour Government is planning to make it easier for local authorities to gain greater powers.

Researchers also pointed to an increase in the number of people who vape who have never regularly smoked cigarettes.

The Scottish Ambulance Service is a partner in Project CAELUS, which aims to create a drone-enabled medical logistics network.

Telegraph Media Group is seeking a buyer after its proposed takeover by an Abu Dhabi-backed fund was blocked by the Government this year.

The proposed new law would ensure ‘secure and stronger borders and a properly controlled and managed asylum system’, the new Government said.

Ex-Major General James Roddis appeared at the Bulford Military Court Centre in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on Wednesday via video-link.

Stewart Powell was given a 14-week suspended sentence at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court over the death of seven-year-old William Brown last December.

Labour’s legislative programme is focused on improving living standards by driving economic growth.

Effectively renationalising all train operations was a long-standing pledge for Labour while the party was in opposition.

Troops deserve to have a ‘strong, independent champion’ with necessary powers to investigate potential problems in service life, the Government said.

A vow to build the memorial was first made in January 2015, but the plan ran into difficulties over a 1900 law protecting the parkland.

One of the Labour Government’s first steps will be repealing the policy to offer conditional immunity for Troubles crimes.

The King’s Speech included Bills to accelerate the deployment of renewables.

The changes will aim to bring the Act ‘into the 21st century’.

The new Labour Government used the King’s Speech to lay out plans around cyber resilience and data use.

Proposed legislation will end what officials called the ‘indefensible’ presence of members of the upper chamber who are there by right of birth.

Labour said the legislation is ‘part of our wider efforts to create a politics of public service’.

Sir Keir Starmer said ‘too many people currently live with the threat of insecurity and injustice’ when renting their homes.

The Government suggested it would consult on ‘how, not if’ development should take place.