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Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to question after two people were stabbed at the Oxford Circus Tube station within 24 hours. Emergency services were called to the first incident at 3.40am on Saturday and to the second just after 1.30am on Sunday. A 23-year-old man injured on Saturday and a 43-year-old man who suffered stab injuries on Sunday were both treated in hospital, the […]

Long NHS waits are over 800 times more common in Scotland than they are in England, Scottish Labour has claimed. The party said its own analysis of publicly available figures showed Scotland had nearly 15,000 ongoing waits of two years or more – representing one case per 367 people. Meanwhile, NHS England reported having 182 waits of more than two years, or around one in 317,000 people. The figures involve […]

Scots who carry naloxone are being urged to have “extra life-saving kits” of the drug to hand, with a warning that “dangerous” synthetic opioids such as nitazenes mean repeat doses may be needed. Drug and alcohol policy minister Maree Todd issued the advice after being shown how to administer naloxone – which can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose – during a visit to an ambulance station in Glasgow. […]

The Education Secretary has said parents must also do more to get children into class and behaving as the Government rolls out measures to support schools with attendance and behaviour. The Department for Education (DfE) has announced around 600,000 pupils in 800 schools will have access to support from heads who have successfully taken action on attendance and behaviour. Bridget Phillipson said: “I am calling on parents, schools and families […]

Sir Keir Starmer has promised small boat migrants will be “detained and sent back” as he faced mounting pressure to show results on tackling English Channel crossings and ending the use of asylum hotels. The number of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats remains at a record high for this point in a year and small-scale protests continued over the use of hotels to house asylum seekers. Labour former […]

Coldplay have rescheduled the final two dates of their 10-show run at Wembley Stadium due to strikes on the London Underground. The Chris Martin-fronted band said the strikes, which will see Rail, Maritime And Transport (RMT) union members on the Tube take industrial action at different times from September 5 for seven days, had made it impossible for the gigs to go ahead on September 7 and 8. A statement […]

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a stabbing in Leeds, police have said. Officers were called to Cardigan Road in Headingley shortly before 4.30pm on Friday, after reports of a stabbing, West Yorkshire police said. Emergency services provided medical treatment but the male victim was pronounced dead a short time later. A 31-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and remains in […]

Railway revenue and gateline workers are to strike in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) employed by a private contractor for Northern Trains will walk out on September 2 and take other forms of industrial action from September 3. The union said its members voted overwhelmingly for action after nine months of negotiations failed to resolve the dispute. RMT general […]

Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has said “my toyboy days are behind me” as she revealed does not think she “will ever have another relationship”. The 64-year-old former professional dancer who split with her partner Danny Taylor in December after six years together, told The Mirror that if she ever did have another relationship “it would have to be with somebody that was much more calm”. Ballas, who has […]