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Reform council leader quits after staff comments leaked
Dan Harrison was recorded as saying 76 council solicitors he branded "incompetent" would be made redundant.
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Labour ends power-sharing with Greens in 11 councils over Zionism row
Labour's ruling National Executive Committee sets out where it is cutting ties with the Greens.
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International
Trial of nine men accused of abusing woman drugged and raped by husband begins
The husband, who cannot be named to protect his victim, has already pleaded guilty to a number of offences spanning more than two decades
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Fighting returns to Kherson region after longest Ukraine war ceasefire
Though unprecedented, the six-day truce has done little to alter the wider trajectory of a war that continues to grinds on.
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Dutch police offer record €2m reward in hunt for drug lord
Jos Leijdekkers has been found guilty in absentia of cocaine smuggling and is believed to be in Sierra Leone.
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Defendant tells court he believed he had consent of woman drugged by her husband
Connor Sanderson-Doyle is one of four men accused of sexually abusing Joanne Young, who was repeatedly assaulted by her husband, Philip Young
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Newcastle hospital told woman whose unborn baby had died to go home and ‘book a slot to give birth’
Trust admits Danielle Brown’s baby would have survived had she not been sent home from RVI days earlier
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No10 defends flight to Manchester to collect Andy Burnham
The trip sparked a backlash with some questioning the value for money, but No 10 says security, cost and "operational requirements" were all factored in.
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International
Driver who dragged cyclist under his car jailed for life for murder
Simon Richardson hit Michael Mullins, dragged him for more than a mile under his Volvo XC90, and ran him over
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‘It’s been a while’: hero’s welcome for UK man after 28-year walk across the world
Former paratrooper Karl Bushby arrives back in Hull and becomes first person to walk continuously across planet
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Chris Mason: Home secretary to face scrutiny over changes to rules for legal migrants
At the heart of the debate around legal migration are contested notions of fairness, our political editor writes.
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Government making up China policy as it goes along, say MPs
A report by the Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee said decision-making had been characterised by "inconsistency".
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