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The Prime Minister says he will change the law to make sure that lone killers with “extreme individualised violence” face terror charges – after Axel Rudakubana murdered three young girls in Southport.

While the world was watching Donald Trump’s inauguration, the UK government took the opportunity to row back on a key health pledge made by the Conservatives.

The first time Donald Trump became president, Theresa May was the first foreign leader to visit. Her trip, seven days after his inauguration, was memorable for the awkward images of him holding her hand as they walked through the White House. 

The 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana accused of killing three young girls at a dance class in Southport has changed his plea to guilty. 

The Mayor of South Yorkshire, Oliver Coppard, has written to the IOPC asking to see its unpublished report into the activities of senior officers.

Our hard power has been dwindling over the last century. But what about Britain’s soft power? The culture secretary Lisa Nandy says she’ll “turbocharge” the UK’s creative industries – describing culture as “an essential part of who we are as a country”.

Since June 2023, at least 400 deaths have been linked to new synthetic opioid drugs that were either not previously linked to severe public health concerns or had been created with compositions that allowed them to evade legal restrictions.

More hospital beds were occupied last week than at any point so far this winter, according to new figures which show just how far the NHS in England continues to be under enormous pressure. 

A teenager has been found guilty of murdering 15-year-old Elianne Andam – after repeatedly stabbing her outside a south-east London shopping centre.

The UK economy returned to growth in November – but only just. Output rose by 0.1%. The Chancellor promised to “fight every day” to foster growth – accepting that government plans had to “go further and faster”.

We spoke to Liberal Democrat MP Tessa Munt, who suffered sexual abuse as a child and has campaigned for an independent inquiry into historic abuse.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced a series of locally based reviews into grooming gangs – promising to bring in tougher sentences and more prosecutions.

We have spoken exclusively to two figures on the inside of the police watchdog’s major investigation into South Yorkshire Police and its handling of grooming in Rotherham.

An ongoing crisis in the provision of support for children with special educational needs in England risks creating a ‘lost generation’ according to a new report from the Public Accounts Committee.