Can Green Party leader's anti-establishment message beat Nigel Farage on migration?
Zack Polanski might not appear the most natural ally of Reform voters.
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Long waits for disability benefit claims unacceptable, MPs say
Some people are waiting more than a year to have their claims processed, the Public Accounts Committee says.
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Pupils left shivering during exams as PFI contract ends with school repairs unfinished
A BBC investigation finds building issues across city schools after a firm contracted to carry out repairs went into liquidation.
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'Pub tax U-turn' and 'caring Catherine'
The climbdown on business rates for pubs and the Princess of Wales's praise for NHS workers top Friday's papers.
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GCSE students in NI won't receive exam results online in August
In England, GCSE students can receive results via an app for the first time in 2026.
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Starmer says 'more needs to be done to protect' the Arctic in call to Trump
Sir Keir Starmer has said "more needs to be done to protect" the Arctic region and agreed with Donald Trump on the "need to deter an increasingly aggressive Russia in the High North" during his second call in two days with the US president, Downing Street has said.
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Labour's plans to get Anas Sarwar into Bute House
Scottish Labour faces a tough fight to win at Holyrood in May but party insiders believe Bute House is within their reach.
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Dylan Thomas 'plagiarised other poets' repeatedly as schoolboy
He became a literary legend but as a schoolboy the young Dylan Thomas has been found to have copied poems.
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Peers back calls for extra time to debate assisted dying bill
Supporters are increasingly concerned the bill could run out of time to become law.
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Attempted murderer who escaped from 23 year prison sentence is recaptured
A man who absconded from prison while serving a 23-year sentence for attempted murder has been taken back into custody, police have said.
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Detectorist faked 'Roman brooch' he bought on eBay
Funeral director Jason Price "deceived thousands" of people by planting the Leasingham horse brooch.
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Three NHS trusts still using fax machines, Streeting confesses
The health secretary had made it his personal mission to banish the fax machine from the NHS.
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Teenager pleads guilty after planning copycat of Southport killings
A teenager from Merseyside who planned to copy the Southport killer by attacking a Taylor Swift-themed event wearing a green hoodie has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges.
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Gabby Logan pays tribute to her father, Welsh football legend Terry Yorath
Gabby Logan has paid tribute to her father, former Leeds United and Wales midfielder Terry Yorath, who died at the age of 75 following a short illness.
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Clifftop residents told to leave because Storm Goretti could destroy their homes
Residents of 14 clifftop homes in Hemsby, Norfolk, have been told to leave because Storm Goretti leaves them in danger of "imminent collapse" onto the beach below.
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Increasing numbers of women are dying during pregnancy or in the weeks after giving birth
Increasing numbers of women in the UK are dying during pregnancy or in the weeks after giving birth, according to new figures.
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'Cliff home was our final destination – what next?'
Residents are told their homes should not be occupied due to a risk of "imminent" cliff falls.
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'Get a grip' on Grok, Starmer tells X after AI tool is used for child sex images
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool producing sexualised images of children will not be tolerated and is "disgusting" and "unlawful", the prime minister has said.
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New powers for councils to fine pavement parkers
Councils will be able to take action against those creating "unnecessary obstruction" of the pavement.
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Maternal death rate up by 20% - as government fails to meet 2025 target
Increasing numbers of women in the UK are dying during pregnancy or in the weeks after giving birth, according to new figures.
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