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Government Urged To Crack Down On Cheap Vapes Circumventing Single Use Ban

Millions of vapes are still being binned one year after the Government banned single-use devices, councils and campaigners have warned. Shops and online retailers can only sell vapes that meet a set of reusable criteria after ministers introduced new rules a year ago on Monday as part of efforts to crackdown on their use among young people and environmental impacts. But vape makers have since developed cheap, new styles that meet the legal requirements yet […]

today1 June 2026

Gruelling Heat Expected To Give Way To Cooler Temperatures And Sporadic Rain

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Gruelling Heat Expected To Give Way To Cooler Temperatures And Sporadic Rain

The UK is set to welcome fresher conditions on Sunday as baking heat gives way to cooler temperatures and sporadic rain. The Met Office said Saturday marked the end of the sweltering heatwave that has baked the nation for much of this week, with temperatures nearing 30C in south-east England. On Sunday, scattered showers are expected across the UK, with temperatures closer to the average for this time of year. Highs of 24C are expected […]

today31 May 2026

Arsenal Miss Out On Champions League Glory

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Arsenal Miss Out On Champions League Glory

Gunners suffer penalty shootout heartbreak after 1-1 draw with PSG A “devastated” Declan Rice insisted Arsenal will not be defined by their Champions League defeat to Paris St Germain – and vowed to use the emotional agony as fuel to win the competition next season. Arsenal’s bid to end their 140-year wait for the biggest trophy in European club football ended in failure after a 4-3 penalty shootout defeat at the Puskas Arena in Budapest. […]

today31 May 2026

UKs Biggest Rail Operator Back In Public Ownership

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UKs Biggest Rail Operator Back In Public Ownership

Govia Thameslink becomes part of Great British Railways The UK’s largest train operator’s services have been taken into public ownership. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander heralded the nationalisation of GoviaThameslinkRailway (GTR) as “a defining moment in our reform of the railway”. GTR services carry more passengers than any other operator in the UK, accounting for one in six train journeys in Britain. Its four brands – Southern,Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express – cover large swathes of south-east England […]

today31 May 2026

Nicola Sturgeon Says Murrell Has Never Explained His Embezzlement Crimes To Her

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Nicola Sturgeon Says Murrell Has Never Explained His Embezzlement Crimes To Her

Nicola Sturgeon has said her estranged husband Peter Murrell has never explained to her why he embezzled more than £400,000 from the SNP as she spoke of the “trauma” she has gone through. The former Scottish first minister also said she feels like she is “serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit” after Murrell pleaded guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh this week to embezzling the sum from the SNP between 2010 and […]

today31 May 2026

Minister Rejects Streeting Call To Consider National Insurance Cut

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Minister Rejects Streeting Call To Consider National Insurance Cut

A senior minister has warned of “consequences” for public spending of any cut to national insurance after Wes Streeting suggested the move as a way to boost employment. The Labour leadership hopeful suggested a “targeted reduction” of employers’ national insurance contributions in an interview with the Sunday Times as a way to “actively incentivise” hiring, particularly of young people. Labour’s first budget increased employers’ contributions, which the party’s opponents and some businesses say made it […]

today31 May 2026

Nine In 10 Parents Back Social Media Ban For Children Says Technology Secretary

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Nine In 10 Parents Back Social Media Ban For Children Says Technology Secretary

Parents overwhelmingly back Australian-style restrictions on social media for children, the Technology Secretary has said. Ministers are considering a ban on social media for under-16s and more than 80,000 people have responded to a consultation on whether to introduce restrictions. One option is an Australian-style ban that forbids children under 16 from having social media accounts. Other proposals in the consultation are app curfews and limits on more addictive features. In an interview with the Sunday Mirror, Technology […]

today31 May 2026

Yvette Cooper To Visit China And India Amid Global Crises

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Yvette Cooper To Visit China And India Amid Global Crises

The Foreign Secretary will travel to China and India this week as the UK seeks to strengthen relations with both countries. Yvette Cooper will meet Chinese vice-president Han Zheng and foreign minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Tuesday, before visiting the southern city of Shenzhen, a major technology hub near Hong Kong. She will then travel to Delhi to meet her Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Thursday along with businesspeople and academics. Her discussions in both countries are […]

today31 May 2026 2

Britains Got Talent Judge KSI Quits YouTube Collective Sidemen

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Britains Got Talent Judge KSI Quits YouTube Collective Sidemen

Social media star and Britain’s Got Talent judge KSI has announced he is leaving the YouTube collective Sidemen. The 32-year-old, whose real name is Olajide Olatunji, has made football, comedy and challenge videos with the group since 2013, and his departure was confirmed to the Press Association by his representatives amid rumours the announcement may have been part of a bet. In a post on YouTube, KSI said: “This is honestly the hardest video I’ve ever had to […]

today31 May 2026

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