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Barbie maker launches first Down’s syndrome doll

Barbie maker launches first Down’s syndrome doll

Barbie maker launches first Down’s syndrome doll

25 April 2023

The National Down Syndrome Society in the US helped to create the doll.


‘Evil’ drug addict who battered toddler Lola James to death is jailed for life

‘Evil’ drug addict who battered toddler Lola James to death is jailed for life

‘Evil’ drug addict who battered toddler Lola James to death is jailed for life

25 April 2023

Kyle Bevan. who launched a brutal attack on the two-year-old, will serve at least 28 years in jail.


Jenrick attacks ‘humanitarian nimbyism’ as he defends Illegal Migration Bill

Jenrick attacks ‘humanitarian nimbyism’ as he defends Illegal Migration Bill

Jenrick attacks ‘humanitarian nimbyism’ as he defends Illegal Migration Bill

25 April 2023

The immigration minister insisted the legislation ‘does not turn our back on those in genuine need’.


Charity film urges child sex abuse viewers to stop and contact helpline

Charity film urges child sex abuse viewers to stop and contact helpline

Charity film urges child sex abuse viewers to stop and contact helpline

25 April 2023

The Lucy Faithfull Foundation runs a helpline for those concerned about accessing images of children being abused.


Evacuation operation under way at Sudanese airfield amid ‘volatile’ ceasefire

Evacuation operation under way at Sudanese airfield amid ‘volatile’ ceasefire

Evacuation operation under way at Sudanese airfield amid ‘volatile’ ceasefire

25 April 2023

Around 120 British troops are at the base near the capital, Khartoum, where UK nationals are being processed.


Joules consults over fresh job cuts after Next takeover

Joules consults over fresh job cuts after Next takeover

Joules consults over fresh job cuts after Next takeover

25 April 2023

Next snapped up the troubled fashion brand late last year after Joules fell into administration.


Nurse photographed sympathy card for baby she is accused of killing, court told

Nurse photographed sympathy card for baby she is accused of killing, court told

Nurse photographed sympathy card for baby she is accused of killing, court told

25 April 2023

Lucy Letby denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder another 10 at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neo-natal unit.


New type of pain relief could be routinely offered to women in labour

New type of pain relief could be routinely offered to women in labour

New type of pain relief could be routinely offered to women in labour

25 April 2023

The fast-acting opioid called reminfentanil is not traditionally offered to women giving birth.


‘45% of people with concussion show brain injury symptoms six months later’

‘45% of people with concussion show brain injury symptoms six months later’

‘45% of people with concussion show brain injury symptoms six months later’

25 April 2023

New research suggests even mild concussion can cause long-lasting effects to the brain.


Radiographers to be balloted for strike action

Radiographers to be balloted for strike action

Radiographers to be balloted for strike action

25 April 2023

Members of the Society of Radiographers in England voted by 80% against a government pay offer.


Army cadet found hanged felt like she was ‘on trial’, inquest told

Army cadet found hanged felt like she was ‘on trial’, inquest told

Army cadet found hanged felt like she was ‘on trial’, inquest told

25 April 2023

Olivia Perks, 21, was discovered dead at the prestigious Sandhurst military academy in Berkshire in February 2019.


War criminals could visit UK without prosecution fear unless law changed – MP

War criminals could visit UK without prosecution fear unless law changed – MP

War criminals could visit UK without prosecution fear unless law changed – MP

25 April 2023

The SNP’s Brendan O’Hara said his Universal Jurisdiction (Extension) Bill would close the ‘loophole’ and allow action to take place.


Rosalind Franklin ‘was an equal contributor in the discovery of DNA structure’

Rosalind Franklin ‘was an equal contributor in the discovery of DNA structure’

Rosalind Franklin ‘was an equal contributor in the discovery of DNA structure’

25 April 2023

Professors Matthew Cobb and Nathaniel Comfort said new evidence shows Franklin did not fail to understand her own data.


Government took ‘laissez-faire approach’ on multibillion-pound schemes, MPs say

Government took ‘laissez-faire approach’ on multibillion-pound schemes, MPs say

Government took ‘laissez-faire approach’ on multibillion-pound schemes, MPs say

25 April 2023

The Public Accounts Committee said the Government was only making ‘slow progress’ in combating fraud in the Bounce Back Loan scheme,


Mothers of Stardust fire victims tell inquest of their ongoing pain and grief

Mothers of Stardust fire victims tell inquest of their ongoing pain and grief

Mothers of Stardust fire victims tell inquest of their ongoing pain and grief

25 April 2023

A long-awaited inquest for the 48 people who died in the fire at the Stardust nightclub in Dublin in 1981 began on Tuesday.


Net-zero tsar calls for ‘green special relationship’ with US

Net-zero tsar calls for ‘green special relationship’ with US

Net-zero tsar calls for ‘green special relationship’ with US

25 April 2023

Chris Skidmore said the UK and US could not afford to ‘to replicate each other’s successes, or to repeat each other’s failures’.


Government confirms misogyny will not be made a hate crime

Government confirms misogyny will not be made a hate crime

Government confirms misogyny will not be made a hate crime

25 April 2023

The Law Commission previously warned that such a change “may prove more harmful than helpful” to victims and in efforts to tackle hate crime.


Ex-SNP treasurer was unaware party had bought £100,000 motorhome

Ex-SNP treasurer was unaware party had bought £100,000 motorhome

Ex-SNP treasurer was unaware party had bought £100,000 motorhome

25 April 2023

Colin Beattie was arrested last week in the ongoing police investigation into the party’s finances.


Sunak backs ‘single-sex spaces campaign’ despite questions over trans access

Sunak backs ‘single-sex spaces campaign’ despite questions over trans access

Sunak backs ‘single-sex spaces campaign’ despite questions over trans access

25 April 2023

The Prime Minister expressed his support for the Daily Express’s ‘crusade’ against what it described as ‘trans-extremism’.


Stepfather convicted of murdering toddler has shown no remorse, prosecutors say

Stepfather convicted of murdering toddler has shown no remorse, prosecutors say

Stepfather convicted of murdering toddler has shown no remorse, prosecutors say

25 April 2023

Kyle Bevan inflicted fatal injuries on two-year-old Lola James.


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