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A record number of British 18-year-olds have secured a higher education place using clearing, figures show.

The beauty business, historically known for its door-to-door salespeople, said it will now sell items from 100 Superdrug shops across the UK.

Researchers reported on the excavation of well-preserved wood, thought to date back at least 476,000 years, at a site in Kalambo Falls, Zambia.

Mark Webster, the force’s seventh chief in less than a decade, thanked the officers, staff members, volunteer and leadership team.

A lawyer for the UK Government said the move came because of the effect the changes ‘would have on reserved law’.

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

Keelan Tuke, 21, was driving at up to 98mph in a 50mph zone at the time of the crash in Lincolnshire in October 2021, jurors heard.

Lamara Bell, 25 and John Yuill, 28, died in the incident in July 2015.

Catherine Hudson, 54, is accused of drugging patients on Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s stroke unit with unprescribed sleeping pills.

The former prime minister argued that businesses ‘must have certainty about our net zero commitments’.

James Peoples KC said campaigners calling for the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry to be set up were met with resistance.

Zach’s Law has made it illegal to post flashing images online to trigger epileptic seizures, following a campaign by Zach Eagling, 12.

Term-time holidays are now ‘socially acceptable’ across all socioeconomic groups, according to the study by consultancy Public First.

Thousands were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.

Sam Vestey, 21, believes the wheelchair icon featured on blue badges and disabled parking bays is outdated and has launched an alternative logo.

The fines are part of a wider crackdown to tackle rogue companies using pressure tactics to sell insurance for white goods.

The expected loosening of the UK’s climate ambition brings it more into line with other nations in transport but behind in home heating.

Both young and old took part in the effort at the National Ploughing Championships.

Ministers are ‘failing to deliver for either side’ in their approach to competing demands, a group of peers has said.

Watering down of environmental ambitions creates uncertainty which is bad for attracting investment in the UK, trade bodies said.