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Peter Keating entered his pleas by video link from Belmarsh prison in south London.

The Government has set out plans to build 1.5 million homes and make 150 planning decisions on major infrastructure projects.

The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill will abolish the 92 seats reserved for members of the upper chamber who are there by right of birth.

Carl Smith was prosecuted after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice for littering.

The Home Secretary reiterated Sir Keir Starmer’s welcoming of the Assad regime’s collapse but said there was a ‘significant risk’ of instability.

Thousands of people gathered along Whitehall for another demonstration against the ‘toxic’ Budget changes.

And 2024 is almost certain to exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for the first time in a ‘sobering milestone in climate history’.

The event, staged in Little Venice, central London, marked the start of the RVS’s ‘Festive Spread’ campaign.

Prisons minister Lord Timpson said the use of drugs in jails needs to be seen as a public health problem.

Close Brothers has been granted permission to appeal against a landmark ruling in the UK’s Supreme Court.

The tech giant’s new AI tools are rolling out in the UK.

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said many family farms felt the changes announced in the budget would be ‘the final blow’.

Vestas said it is switching from offshore to onshore wind turbine blades, with half of its 600-strong workforce in Newport set to be affected.

The Government decision comes after experts recommended indefinite restrictions while work is done to ensure the safety of children and young people.

The Irish Government also approved an intervention in a case against Myanmar.

The Police Ombudsman’s report considered the effectiveness of the initial RUC investigation.

Sara Sharif, 10, died after suffering more than 25 broken bones and being bitten, burned and restrained, the Old Bailey heard.

The food environment in cities ‘entrenches inequalities’ in health and promotes obesity, Professor Sir Chris Whitty said in his annual report.

The Scottish Government reinstated the policy in its Budget statement last week.

The ‘bubbly and chatty’ 10-year-old tried to cover up signs of physical abuse taking place in the home.