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What we know about Luton Town: Premier League’s smallest ground
Luton may have lost today against Chelsea, but their fans are savouring the Premier League for the first time in their history.
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Extreme weather: mini tornado and Storm Gerrit do damage in UK
Around a hundred homes have been damaged, including some with their roofs blown off, after a mini tornado ripped through Greater Manchester.
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Alex Batty: British teen found in France, six years after mystery disappearance
The grandmother of a British teenager who’s been missing for six years has expressed her “relief and happiness” that he’s been found alive.
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Domestic homicide review reveals 52% of victims were known to police before they were killed
The vast majority of victims of domestic homicide were in touch with police, health services and other public agencies before they were killed , new research reveals today. Published by the Domestic Abuse commissioner, the review calls for widespread change across the board – from the criminal justice system to social care – to intervene more effectively and try to stop the killings.
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Teens accused of murder of Brianna Ghey “had preoccupation with violence, torture and death”, court told
A court in Manchester has heard that two teenagers who were pre-occupied with violence, torture and death, murdered transgender 16-year-old Brianna Jai.
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Sir Bobby Charlton’s funeral attended by Prince William and football royalty
Prince William has joined leading figures from the world of football paying their final respects to Sir Bobby Charlton, at a funeral service in Manchester Cathedral. Sir Alex Ferguson described him as a “wonderful, humble man” – while former Manchester United captain Steve Bruce hailed Charlton as “the greatest English footballer we’ve ever had”. Earlier…
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Labour Party ‘listening to all perspectives’ Gaza, says frontbench MP Peter Kyle
Labour says it won’t sack shadow cabinet members who rebel against the party’s position on the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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Starmer under pressure to call for a ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war
Sir Keir Starmer is under growing pressure from senior members of his own party to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Keir Starmer has ‘got the message right’ says national chair of Jewish Labour movement
Hundreds of people have attended a rally in Trafalgar Square calling for the safe return of the hostages taken from Israel during the Hamas attacks two weeks ago. Many were carrying placards with the faces of those captured, and chanting ‘let my people go’. Yesterday we reported that more than 20 Labour councillors had resigned…
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Football legend Sir Bobby Charlton dies at age 86
The England and Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton has died at the age of 86. He played a key role in England’s 1966 world cup victory. Sir Geoff Hurst is now the only surviving member of the team. Manchester United described Charlton as “a hero to millions” around the world. Our sports reporter Jordan…
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Sunak scraps HS2 leg – saying he knows what ‘north really needs’
The cancellation of the West Midlands to Manchester leg of HS2 has been the worst kept secret in politics.
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Conservative Party Conference: Senior London Tory removed for heckling Braverman
At the Conservative party conference in Manchester the Home Secretary Suella Braverman got the best reception of the week for her speech warning that a “hurricane” of migrants was coming to Britain.
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‘It’s a state of emergency’: Mother of knife crime victim reacts to soaring rate of youth violence
Joining us from Brixton in South London is Pastor Lorraine Jones, a youth campaigner who lost her son Dwayne after he was attacked while protecting another person.
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Devastating rise in teenagers convicted of murder
The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman chose to devote most of her conference speech in Manchester today to the issue of illegal migration. She touched on law and order – more and better paid police officers, of ramping up stop and search.
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Debate: should Tories scrap HS2 northern leg?
The Tory Party Conference in Manchester has been dominated by the decision to shelve this city’s high speed rail connection to London, a choice Rishi Sunak has made, we understand, though not yet announced.