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Parties’ playtime as they reveal plans to protect physical and mental health of children

April 11, 2021

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Coronavirus travel and outdoor visiting restrictions in Scotland to be eased from Friday

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Murder victims Louise Aitchison and Emma Caldwell

Failed and failed again: Police apologise to mother of Louise Aitchison for 18 failures as pressure builds on Crown over Emma Caldwell investigation

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A family photograph of Mary McLaughlin, who was murdered by Graham McGill in 1984

There is no joy. There is justice: Son of Mary McLaughlin reveals pain of 1984 murder and family’s long wait to see killer convicted

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Barbara Melville, 37, who is in long-term recovery with Covid-19, shows a list of her symptoms

Ill-informed and haphazard: Scots suffering from Long Covid warn of postcode lottery in care

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Nicola Sturgeon during the Covid briefing on October 28

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Parties’ playtime as they reveal plans to protect physical and mental health of children

April 11, 2021

An image of the Duke of Edinburgh is displayed on an electronic billboard in Glasgow city centre yesterday

We owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim or we shall ever know: Royal family pays a personal tribute to Prince Philip

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Scotland’s lost voters: Up to 890,000 still not registered

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Sir Keir Starmer flew to Scotland on Friday (Lesley Martin/PA)

Labour calls for aviation recovery plan as Starmer visits Edinburgh Airport

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The Tories have a ‘darker edge’ under Douglas Ross than they did under Ruth Davidson, Willie Rennie claimed. (Jane Barlow/PA)

Voters repelled by Tories under ‘darker’ Douglas Ross, claims Willie Rennie

April 16, 2021

Tory leader Douglas Ross has unveiled his party’s infrastructure plan (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Tories vow to reverse Beeching cuts with plans to reopen lost railway lines

April 16, 2021

The beer garden at Duke's Corner, Dundee, in summer 2020.

Scotland’s road map out of lockdown: How easing of Covid restrictions will unfold

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Alex Neil said the SNP should be ‘big enough’ to work with other independence- supporting parties (PA)

Outgoing SNP MSP urges party to work with Alba

April 16, 2021

Police broke up the gathering on Thursday night (PA)

Trio charged and 12 fined after police break up funeral wake

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The driving carriage used by the Duke of Edinburgh, at Windsor Castle, Berkshire (Steve Parsons/PA)

Philip’s carriage and ponies to make poignant appearance at funeral

April 16, 2021

Zara and Mike Tindall (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Mike Tindall says family will miss the duke forever

April 16, 2021

A choir of just four will sing in St George’s Chapel in Windsor (PA)

‘Hymn for the Royal Navy’ to be sung at duke’s funeral

April 16, 2021

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Signs that fewer families missing out on first choice primary school

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The driving carriage used by the Duke of Edinburgh, at Windsor Castle, Berkshire (Steve Parsons/PA)

Philip’s carriage and ponies to make poignant appearance at funeral

April 16, 2021

Zara and Mike Tindall (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Mike Tindall says family will miss the duke forever

April 16, 2021

A choir of just four will sing in St George’s Chapel in Windsor (PA)

‘Hymn for the Royal Navy’ to be sung at duke’s funeral

April 16, 2021

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Signs that fewer families missing out on first choice primary school

April 16, 2021

Palestinian worshipers pray during the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan (Mahmoud Illean/AP)

Muslims mark first Ramadan Friday prayers in Jerusalem

April 16, 2021

Helen McCrory (Jacob King/PA)

‘Beautiful and mighty’ Harry Potter star Helen McCrory dies aged 52

April 16, 2021

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in Paris (Owen Humphreys/PA)

Army medic pays tribute to ‘inspirational Duke of Edinburgh’

April 16, 2021

People take part in coronavirus surge testing on Clapham Common, south London (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

April 16, 2021

The chairman of the German Christian Democratic Party (CDU), Armin Laschet, left, and the chairman of the German Christian Social Union (CSU), Markus Soeder, right (Michael Kappeler/AP)

Governor of Bavaria favoured to be centre-right candidate in Germany’s election

April 16, 2021

London primary schools received 90,807 applications this year – a 7% fall on last year (PA)

More London families secure place in top-choice primary school

April 16, 2021

Pregnant women should receive a Covid vaccine, experts said (Yui Mok/PA)

Pregnant women should be offered Covid-19 vaccine, experts say

April 16, 2021

The mass rollout of rapid Covid tests has come under fire (Zoe Linkson/PA)

Mass rollout of rapid result Covid tests ‘dysfunctional’ and ‘crazy’

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Jack Bayley, 20, said the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award helped him get through a difficult time (Jack Bayley/Duke of Edinburgh’s Award)

DofE participants use billboards to thank Philip for ‘making us feel limitless’

April 16, 2021

Books on a shelf (Ryan Phillips/PA)

Walter Kaufmann, author who survived Holocaust, dies aged 97

April 16, 2021

Shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland Louise Haigh, right, alongside community worker Jackie Redpath during a visit to a community interface on Lanark Way between the loyalist Shankill Road and nationalist Springfield Road in Belfast (Brian Lawless/PA)

Communities ‘must be heard’ to tackle NI violence – shadow secretary of state

April 16, 2021

Supporters gather outside Laganside Courts in Belfast ahead of a pre-inquest review hearing for 14-year-old Noah Donohoe, who was found dead in a storm drain in north Belfast in June 2020. Picture date: Friday April 16, 2021.

Schoolboy’s laptop activity a ‘core issue’ for his inquest, coroner told

April 16, 2021

Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel (Christophe Ena/AP)

Gustavo Dudamel named musical director at Paris Opera

April 16, 2021

The Countess of Wessex, Lady Louise Windsor and the Earl of Wessex view flowers outside St George’s Chapel, at Windsor Castle, Berkshire (Steve Parsons/PA)

Wessexes view public tributes to Duke of Edinburgh

April 16, 2021

Joshua White (Metropolitan Police/PA)

Three men convicted of stabbing to death innocent victim in front of girl, six

April 16, 2021

Lin-Manuel Miranda (Matt Crossick/PA)

Curtain raiser announced for 2021’s Tribeca Film Festival

April 16, 2021

Police officers wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus guard an entrance of the prison colony IK-2, where Alexei Navalny was detained (Pavel Golovkin/AP)

Alexei Navalny says he is being threatened with force-feeding

April 16, 2021

Windsor is just six miles from Heathrow airport (PA)

No flights over Windsor during Philip’s funeral

April 16, 2021

Shane Gilmer was killed with a crossbow by Anthony Lawrence, who lay in wait for him (Humberside Police/PA)

Partner of crossbow murder victim slams lack of curbs on ‘lethal weapon’ sales

April 16, 2021

Police outside Windsor Castle, Berkshire (Steve Parsons/PA)

Funeral security operation could be on ‘smaller scale’ amid pandemic

April 16, 2021

An Olympic torch relay runner, centre left, carries the torch on the second day of the Osaka leg in Suita, north of Osaka, western Japan (Hiro Komae/AP)

Japan raises coronavirus alert level near Tokyo months ahead of Olympics

April 16, 2021

Sarah Everard went missing while walking home in south London in early March and was found dead a week later (Family handout/PA)

Bail extended for woman arrested in Sarah Everard case

April 16, 2021

School children (Danny Lawson/PA)

Primary school places allocated across England

April 16, 2021

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“Tory sleaze and cronyism:” Health Secretary Matt Hancock is revealed to have shares in company awarded NHS contract and also owned by his sister

April 16, 2021

The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery during a rehearsal for the funeral (Steve Parsons/PA)

Weather due to be ‘calm and settled’ during Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral

April 16, 2021

Palestinian worshipers pray during the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan at the al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s old city (Mahmoud Illean/AP)

Muslims pray at sacred Jerusalem site on first Friday of Ramadan

April 16, 2021

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Elysee palace (Lewis Joly/Associated Press)

Ukraine’s president visits Paris amid Russian troops deployment near border

April 16, 2021

Police and fire teams arrive at the scene outside a FedEx facility in Indianapolis (Mykal McEldowney/AP)

Gunman kills eight in shooting spree at Indianapolis FedEx site

April 16, 2021

Passengers in England will be able to purchase French-style carnet tickets, it has been reported (Ben Birchall/PA)

Flexible rail season tickets will offer 15% discount – report

April 16, 2021

The Muckamore Abbey Hospital health facility in Abbey Road, Muckamore, Northern Ireland (PA)

Seven face prosecution for alleged mistreatment at NI psychiatric hospital

April 16, 2021

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Queen needs support during ‘anguished moment’ – Archbishop of Canterbury

April 16, 2021

Medical personnel wearing protective equipment work in the intensive care ward for Covid-19 patients at the SRH Waldklinikum hospital in Gera, Germany (Bodo Schackow/AP)

Angela Merkel urges German politicians to pass ’emergency brake’ Covid bill

April 16, 2021

John’s Campaign claims the guidance is likely to deprive residents of their liberty (Danny Lawson/PA)

Government guidance encourages care homes to ‘imprison’ residents – charity

April 16, 2021

Police security forces stand by inside a police vehicle and on the sidewalk of Hledan Road in Kamayut township in Yangon, Myanmar (AP)

Opponents of Myanmar coup say they have formed interim unity government

April 16, 2021

A job centre (Philip Toscano/PA)

More than 200 jobs could be axed at car parts firm ‘due to Brexit and Covid’

April 16, 2021

Supporters of Tehreek-e-Labiak Pakistan, a radical Islamist political party, chant slogans during a protest against the arrest of their party leader, Saad Rizvi, in Lahore, Pakistan (K.M. Chaudary/AP)

Pakistan blocks social media access following anti-French protests

April 16, 2021

Wenjing Xu died following an incident at her family’s Chinese takeaway in the village of Ynyswen in Treorchy, Rhondda (South Wales Police/PA)

Teenage girl may have died from ‘pressure on neck’ in takeaway incident

April 16, 2021

Pro-democracy activist Martin Lee, centre, arrives at a court in Hong Kong (Kin Cheung/AP)

Media mogul among Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners sentenced to jail terms

April 16, 2021

BBC weather presenter Owain Wyn Evans on the drums (BBC)

BBC’s drumming weatherman performs live on the news on viral anniversary

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