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Rules requiring police officers, nurses, and teachers to consider equality issues when they carry out their day-to-day work should be scrapped, Kemi Badenoch is to say. The Conservative Party leader will set out plans to scrap the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in a major speech on Tuesday, as part of a wider overhaul of the Equality Act. The address comes just a week after a political row […]

A man believed to be from Somalia has been arrested over a knife attack in Belfast which Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer described as “horrific” and “abhorrent”. The man, aged in his 30s, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the “brutal” assault on Monday night which left the alleged victim with significant injuries to his face, neck and back, the Police Service of Northern […]

The tour comprises of fixtures against South Africa, Fiji and Argentina Maro Itoje has been left out of England’s latest training squad to continue the uncertainty over his involvement in the Nations Championship next month. Steve Borthwick revealed in May that he was considering resting his captain for all, or part, of the 25,000-mile July tour that comprises of fixtures against South Africa, Fiji and Argentina. […]

Footballer Christian Eriksen’s collapse “is a reminder of the potentially devastating impact that cardiac conditions can have on so many young people”, the chief executive of a charity has said. The Danish midfielder appeared to collapse in Sunday’s friendly with Ukraine, but “regained consciousness very quickly”, Denmark team doctor Morten Boesen said. He had previously collapsed at Euro 2020 during a 1-0 loss to Finland and it later […]

The Government should hold a public inquiry into the “catastrophic multi-agency failures” surrounding the death of Henry Nowak, a Sikh lobby group has said. The 18-year-old finance student was killed in Southampton by Vickrum Digwa in December 2025, using a knife prosecutors said he carried as part of his Sikh religion. Dabinderjit Singh, the Sikh Federation’s chief executive of political engagement, has written to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, […]

Technology companies have been given an ultimatum to stop children sending and receiving explicit images on their devices or face a change to the law, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Government has given firms such as Apple and Google three months to implement changes or face new legislation. In a speech at London Tech Week, the Prime Minister said: “One issue is the ability for […]

The mother of a student who was stabbed to death by paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane said there has been a miscarriage of justice as bereaved families called for accountability and change. First-year University of Nottingham students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and 65-year-old school caretaker Ian Coates were killed by Calocane in the early hours of June 13 2023. The triple killer then […]

A 19-year-old woman has died after gunshots were heard at a house in north London, police said. Paramedics called police to the home in Dale Grove, Finchley, at 12.15am on Monday and the victim, whose family has been told, was pronounced dead at the scene. A murder investigation has been launched and a post-mortem examination will be carried out, the Metropolitan Police said. Detective Chief […]

Christian Eriksen is “conscious and doing well” after the Denmark midfielder appeared to collapse in Sunday’s friendly with Ukraine. TV images showed Eriksen holding his chest in the 65th minute of the fixture before the camera shot moved elsewhere, but the match was quickly halted amid concern for the former Tottenham and Manchester United playmaker. Eriksen collapsed at Euro 2020 during a 1-0 loss to Finland and it […]

George Russell insists he “100 per cent” remains in the world championship fight despite dropping more points to title rival Kimi Antonelli at Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. A fortnight after a Mercedes mechanical failure thwarted a probable victory in Canada, Russell was forced to rue more bad luck in the principality. Russell said a software glitch contributed to him speeding in the pit lane when he stopped for […]