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A 19-year-old police officer has died in hospital after she was hit by a car while responding to another collision, her chief constable has said. Pc Jess Turnbull, who had only joined Northumbria Police in September, was called to a collision on the A189 near Cramlington, Northumberland, at around 11.10pm on Monday. Northumbria Police said that while she was out of her marked police vehicle at the scene, […]

Nearly 3,000 patients every day were cared for in hospital corridors or makeshift treatment areas in England last month NHS England published figures for the first time on “corridor care”, with one expert saying they “confirm the scale of something that should never have been normalised in the NHS”. A patient is classed as receiving corridor care if their treatment does not take place in a clinically appropriate […]

The condition of the Belfast stabbing victim is “improving” and he could be awoken from a coma within the next 48 hours, DUP leader Gavin Robinson said. Stephen Ogilvie lost his left eye and suffered deep cuts to his head, face and back in a stabbing attack on Monday night which preceded two nights of disorder in Northern Ireland. Twelve police officers were injured, 16 arrests were made […]

Sir Keir Starmer has suffered another hammer blow to his authority as the armed forces minister followed John Healey in leaving the Government over a dispute about long-term funding for the military. Al Carns quit as a defence minister on Thursday evening, writing to the Prime Minister to tell him he could not defend “a level of investment I know to be inadequate to the task”. […]

The downturn in housing market activity may potentially be starting to stabilise, according to surveyors. A net balance of 34% of property professionals reported in May that new buyer inquiries were falling rather than rising, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said. While this continued to point to weaker housing market demand, it was the first time since January that demand had not moved […]

Thousands of prison cell windows will be fitted with steel grilles to stop drones flooding jails with drugs, weapons and phones, the Government has announced. The Ministry of Justice said up to 13,000 heavy-duty grilles – many manufactured by prisoners themselves – will be installed by spring next year, costing £35 million. Prison governors have long reported window improvements taking years to complete because of […]

A collectible coin celebrating friendship and featuring Winnie-the-Pooh along with Eeyore, Piglet and Tigger is being launched by The Royal Mint. The new 50p is the final one in the Mint’s collection of three coin designs celebrating a century of Winnie-the-Pooh, created in collaboration with The Walt Disney Company. The first coin in the collection celebrated the theme of kindness, while the second coin celebrated […]

Ryanair is being investigated over charging parents to sit with their children on flights. Competition watchdog the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it will determine whether the practice is “in line with consumer law”. Ryanairrequires at least one parent to sit with their children aged between two and 11, according to the watchdog. It does this through what the carrier calls a mandatory family seat, which typically […]

That's according to the National Audit Office Millions of households are missing out on support for essential bills such as water, energy and broadband as their debt to firms climbs to more than £7 billion, the public spending watchdog said. The National Audit Office (NAO) found only a third of eligible broadband customers and 39% of water customers who are struggling to pay their bills are aware […]

It follows their relegation to the Championship Wolves have sacked Rob Edwards after seven months in charge. The 43-year-old was appointed in November on a three-and-a-half year deal to replace Vitor Pereira but was unable to stop Wolves from being relegated to the Championship after eight years in the top flight. It is understood they will replace Edwards with Gil Vicente coach Cesar Peixoto, who guided the club […]