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The former health secretary was addressing the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

David Rutley is arriving in Stanley later on Thursday, the Foreign Office said.

Mark Gillen, 54, was crushed and lost an arm when a staging platform toppled over and fell on him in Plymouth, Devon.

The former health secretary gave evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry on Thursday.

Trade body UKHospitality, which represents more than 130,000 venues, said “we are not out of the woods yet” after RMT agreed to a pay deal.

A judge said the murder of 16-year-old Rohan Shand as he made his way home from school was a ‘horrendous’ act which had shocked the wider community.

Rail expert Trevor Parkin told the Commons’ Transport Select Committee that HS2 Ltd officials are ‘dragging their feet’.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is in Dubai for the Cop28 climate summit.

Mehmet Koray Alpergin and girlfriend Gozde Dalbudak were abducted as they returned home from a restaurant in central London last October.

Friends and co-stars paid tribute to the Liverpudlian actor and director following his death aged 68.

The category B reception prison is the fifth to be given an urgent notice in the last 12 months.

The claim was made in the High Court as part of a damages case involving an Albanian asylum-seeker who is suing the Home Office.

The former health secretary said that with hindsight the nation should have locked down three weeks earlier.

The former health secretary told the Covid-19 Inquiry he felt like a ‘broken record’ when pushing advisers on asymptomatic transmission.

Mrs Perry’s family say she took her own life after a report from the watchdog downgraded her Caversham Primary School in Reading.

Caolan Gormley, 26, from Co Tyrone, had denied being involved, claiming he thought he was helping bring alcohol into the UK illegally.

The former chancellor led the UK through the financial crisis of 2008.

Shadow environment secretary Steve Reed said he does not want habitats or crops damaged or ramblers hurt on farming machinery.

The tech giant said it is committing to more than double the footprint of its UK datacentres.

The former minister painted the ex-chief adviser in No 10 as a ‘malign actor’ who subjected his staff to abuse.