Labour’s by-election – but all three main parties are in despair
Labour has won the South Yorkshire crime commissioner by-election – but all three main parties are gloomy about their general election prospects.
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The first batch of GlaxoSmithKline’s experimental Ebola vaccine has been shipped to West Africa and is expected to arrive in Liberia later today, the British drugmaker says.
Before he was arrested in 1998, GP Harold Shipman was able to kill 215 people, yet changes recommended to stop this ever happening again are still not in force. Critics say the delay is “apalling”.
Former patron of Sheffield United Charlie Webster says Premier League footballers have thanked her over her stance on Ched Evans, but football agent Eric Hall says Evans should play again.
Oldham Athletic are said to be reconsidering signing convicted rapist Ched Evans. Sophisticated online campaigns on both sides have led to debate about the consequences of his conviction.
Snow and blizzards sweep through large parts of Britain, leaving many travellers stranded due to icy conditions.
Students at Warwick University are protesting after video shows police drawing a Taser and using CS spray at a protest for free education.
A sell-out crowd will watch England women’s football team play Germany at Wembley on Sunday. Is it passing fad or do women offer the prospect of a bright and successful future for the national game?
Olympic golden girl Jessica Ennis-Hill receives abusive tweets after telling Sheffield United she would sever her ties with the football club if convicted rapist Ched Evans is re-signed.
Manchester is getting more money and power. In return, George Osborne wants an elected mayor. Cynical politics or a good day for democracy?
Labour has won the South Yorkshire crime commissioner by-election – but all three main parties are gloomy about their general election prospects.
The government backs proposals for a high speed rail link across some of the biggest cities in the north of England.
As Ched Evans releases a statement denying rape, Charlie Webster – a patron of his former club Sheffield United and a sexual assault victim – asks what, exactly, he has learned.
Ched Evans, professional footballer and convicted rapist, says he is “ashamed” of his actions but shows no remorse in his first interview since his release from prison.
Ched Evans, the footballer convicted of rape, has been freed from prison on licence. Around 150,000 people have signed a petition asking his former club Sheffield United not to re-sign the player.
The Ebola crisis will “get worse before it gets better”, says the health secretary, warning of a handful of UK cases in the coming months as he introduces screening at airports and Eurostar.