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Luxury carmaker McLaren has announced plans to invest £500 million in the UK and to create 1,000 new jobs, a move hailed by the Prime Minister as “doubling down on Britain”. The British car brand plans to expand its research and development site in South Yorkshire, and to open a new factory in the UK through the investment. Some 1,000 jobs could be created in the company’s bases in Woking, […]

The search for a three-year-old boy who vanished from a Suffolk village remains a missing persons investigation with no indication anything sinister has happened, police have said. A massive search operation is under way in Brantham supported by hundreds of volunteers in the desperate hunt to find toddler Noah. He went missing after a visit to a play area in the village on Tuesday afternoon when he became separated from […]

A disgraced celebrity police officer who created a “toxic” WhatsApp culture has been jailed for four years after asking for a female suspect’s sex video. Ex-Cambridgeshire Constabulary police sergeant Paul Street, 41, engaged in “salacious gossip” with former Pc Josh Williams after he found intimate pictures and footage on the woman’s personal phone. On Wednesday, the woman told of her “overwhelming sense of shock, violation, anger and humiliation”. Street also […]

Andy Burnham assured Nato chief Mark Rutte that the UK’s commitment to the alliance remains despite the change in prime minister. The Nato secretary general wished Mr Burnham “good luck” in the job as the two met face-to-face for the first time to discuss defence issues. Mr Burnham said: “There’s been a change of prime minister but never any change in the UK’s unwavering commitment to Nato and our Nato […]

Hundreds of members of the public have joined the search for a three-year-old boy who vanished following a visit to a village playground. A massive police operation is under way in Brantham, Suffolk looking for the little boy called Noah, who became separated from a relative after a trip to the play area in Merriam Close at 3pm on Tuesday. On Wednesday, volunteers could be seen in hi-vis jackets helping […]

The parents of a child injured in the Southport attack have said they are “devastated” after court files were accessed without authorisation. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said an urgent investigation had been launched after court files about victims, their families and survivors of the attack on the dance class in July 2024 were accessed without authorisation. It comes after it emerged earlier this year that the North West Ambulance […]

The Government “will not take risks with people’s living standards” in the Budget next month, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said, after official figures showed another jump in inflation. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that inflation accelerated to a five-month-high of 3.1% last month as higher fuel prices and airfares pushed up the cost-of-living for Britons. The Prime Minister stressed that he is prepared to take “difficult decisions” on […]

Surging fuel prices helped drive UK inflation higher again last month, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation increased to 3.1% in August, compared with 2.9% in July. It was in line with predictions from economists and points to an upward trajectory for inflation since striking a 15-month-low of 2.6% in June. Economists are predicting that inflation will continue to rise […]

Police are continuing their search for a non-verbal autistic three-year-old boy who went missing following a visit to a playground. The child, called Noah, was last seen at 3pm on Tuesday, Suffolk Police said, when he became separated from a relative after visiting the playground in Merriam Close, Brantham, near Manningtree. Noah is believed to have run off down the alleyway beside the playground towards the new build housing estate, […]