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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAerial footage shows police activity around the lorry where the bodies were found The bodies of 39 people have been found in a lorry container in Essex. The vehicle, registered in Bulgaria, was found shortly before 01:40 BST at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, police said. Essex […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPM: I don’t want a Brexit delay Boris Johnson has met Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn amid uncertainty over what happens next with Brexit. The meeting comes after MPs rejected the PM’s plan to fast-track a bill to implement his deal through Parliament. During PMQs, Mr Johnson said […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDet Ch Insp Noel McHugh explains how he managed to track Shane O’Brien A killer once dubbed one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives has been jailed for at least 26 years. Shane O’Brien, 31, evaded police for three-and-a-half years after he slashed Josh Hanson’s neck in Hillingdon, […]

Image copyright GoogleImage caption Police were called to Lynette Avenue to reports of a man “causing a disturbance” on Tuesday A police officer has survived two attempted stabbings while trying to make an arrest. A man “produced two knives” as he tried to leave a property in Lynette Avenue, Clapham, south London, at 21:00 BST […]

Image caption Nicky Butt was arrested in Hale, Greater Manchester, in April Ex-Manchester United footballer Nicky Butt has denied a charge of assaulting his wife. The former midfielder, 44, is accused of attacking Shelley Butt at an address in Hale, Greater Manchester, in April. As well as pleading not guilty to assault by beating, he […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionJohnson: “Get Brexit done and move our country on” The government will abandon its Brexit bill if MPs vote down its three-day timetable to get it through Parliament. Boris Johnson told MPs if the programme was rejected and the EU confirmed a delay to the 31 October […]

Image caption Pentonville Prison originally opened in the 1840s Plans to close Victorian-era jails in England and Wales and sell them for housing have been scrapped. The government proposed shutting the “most dilapidated prisons” with hopes of building more than 3,000 new city centre homes on the old sites. But the move has been scrapped […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionShamima Begum’s lawyers say she professed sympathy for IS to protect herself and her son (Video from February 2019) Removing Shamima Begum’s citizenship after she went to Syria left her stateless and at risk of hanging, a court has heard. Her lawyer said Ms Begum, now 20, […]

Image copyright VariousImage caption Twenty-two people were killed in the attack on 22 May 2017 A public inquiry will be held to investigate the deaths of the victims of the 2017 Manchester Arena attack, the Home Office has said. Home Secretary Priti Patel said she made the decision after the “careful consideration of advice” from […]

Image copyright AFPImage caption Sharm el-Sheikh attracted hundreds of thousands of UK visitors each year Direct flights from the UK to Sharm el-Sheikh are to resume after the government ended a ban imposed in 2015. Flights to the Egyptian resort were stopped after 224 people died in the bombing of a Russian airliner, linked to […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBercow: The motion will not be debated today The Commons Speaker has refused a government request to hold a “yes” or “no” vote on its Brexit deal. John Bercow said a motion on the deal had already been brought before MPs on Saturday, and it would be […]

Image copyright StormontImage caption The Democratic Unionist Party walked out of the chamber after attempts to derail the impending law changes failed A last ditch attempt at the Stormont assembly to stop abortion law changes in Northern Ireland has failed, with the law set to change at midnight. Unionist parties, who oppose the upcoming liberalisation, […]