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The Government risked “throwing good money after bad” in its negotiations over the Scunthorpe steelworks, the Chancellor has said. Taking questions about whether ministers would bring the North Lincolnshire steelworks into public ownership, Rachel Reeves pledged that the Government would “play a big role” in its future. MPs gathered in Westminster last weekend, when Parliament was recalled from recess on a Saturday for the first time since the Falklands War […]

The Prison Service will investigate whether frontline staff should be given protective body armour following an attack on officers at HMP Frankland, the Justice Secretary has said. The guards were attacked with hot oil and homemade weapons at the jail in County Durham on Saturday by Manchester bomb plotter Hashem Abedi. Four prison officers were injured during the incident, with three sustaining serious injuries and taken to hospital, Counter Terrorism […]

Silver cutlery designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh has been sold for £175,200, nearly six times its estimate. The cutlery set sold on Thursday by fine art auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull consisted of a soup spoon, dessert spoon, dinner fork and dessert fork which were part of a set commissioned in 1902 by artist and embroiderer Jessie Newbery and her husband, Francis (Fra) Newbery. Mr Newbery also commissioned the art nouveau […]

David Lammy is expected in Paris as a series of talks are scheduled between European leaders and Donald Trump’s top team about efforts to end the war in Ukraine. US secretary of stare Marco Rubio and the president’s special envoy Steve Witkoff have travelled to the French capital for discussions. The Foreign Secretary’s trip to Paris is the latest in the UK’s diplomatic efforts on the conflict. Alongside France, the […]

The suspended chief constable of Devon and Cornwall Police will not be prosecuted over allegations of sexual offences. The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) in Northern Ireland also said Will Kerr will not face charges relating to an allegation of misconduct in public office. Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall Alison Hernandez said the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) would now be resuming an investigation into allegations of […]

Chimps at a safari park have taken part in an Easter egg hunt as part of a project educating children about animal care. Primates living at Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park near Stirling hunted eggs made from papier-mache by primary school children. Pupils from Kincardine-in-Menteith and Doune primaries created the eggs as part of an enrichment project designed to stimulate the chimps’ curiosity and problem-solving skills. The eggs were later […]

British researchers have found the “strongest evidence yet” of alien life beyond our planet. While studying exoplanet K2-18b, which is 124 light years away, the team found signs of chemicals which are produced on Earth by simple organisms such as marine phytoplankton and bacteria. The chemicals, dimethyl sulphide (DMS) and dimethyl disulphide (DMDS), were detected by researchers from the University of Cambridge using the James Webb Space Telescope. Lead researcher […]

The King has hailed love as an important virtue across religions and one that the world “still needs” in a personal Easter message. It comes as he and the Queen are due to attend a Royal Maundy service in Durham Cathedral on Thursday. The ceremony is a major fixture on the royal calendar and normally the monarch, who is the head of the Church of England, presents specially minted coins […]

Arsenal came of age in Europe by dominating Real Madrid over two legs while Inter Milan also booked their place in the Champions League semi-finals at the expense of Bayern Munich. Newcastle continued their winning run to move third in the Premier League while Ruben Amorim and Ange Postecoglou prepared for pivotal Europa League games. Arsenal overwhelm holders Real Madrid Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli struck at the Bernabeu as […]