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Police have found a body in the search for a missing teenage girl who fell into a reservoir from a dam. Emergency services were called to Baitings Dam near Ripponden, West Yorkshire, at 1.17pm on Wednesday. Underwater searches continued throughout Thursday before a body was found in the afternoon. West Yorkshire Police said a formal identification process is yet to take place, but it is believed to be the girl’s […]

The alleged driver of a car that ploughed into a crowd at Liverpool’s victory parade has been charged with a number of offences, including wounding and causing grievous bodily harm. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Paul Doyle, 53, is accused of two counts of unlawful and malicious wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and two counts of causing unlawful and malicious grievous bodily harm with intent to […]

Twenty-two new settlements in the occupied West Bank represent “a deliberate obstacle to Palestinian statehood” by Israel, a Foreign Office minister has warned. Hamish Falconer said the UK “condemns” the decision, which Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz described as “a strategic move that prevents the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel”. Labour last year in its general election manifesto committed to “recognising a Palestinian state as a […]

Sir Keir Starmer said he does not need “lessons” from Nigel Farage on what life is like for working people as he took aim at the Reform UK leader and dodged questions about the two-child benefit cap. The Prime Minister launched a series of attacks on Mr Farage, saying that he wanted to “protect” working people from what his party would do after they set out policy plans earlier this […]

A 17-stone tiger who was sedated so vets could carry out a delicate operation to remove an ingrown toenail is “getting back to her playful self”, wildlife park staff have said. Tschuna, a rare Amur tiger, spent Wednesday sleeping off the general anaesthetic after having a rogue claw clipped off. The operation was carried out after staff at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, noticed 15-year-old Tschuna, who weighs around 110kg, […]

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are missing lessons because they cannot afford uniforms, food, trips and transport, a report has suggested. Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are missing lessons because they cannot afford uniforms, food, trips and transport, a report has suggested. A survey, commissioned by charity Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), found 16% of all pupils said they have missed secondary school at least once because they did not have something […]

Millions of workers could see a £6,000 boost to their retirement pots as part of Government plans to double the number of UK pension megafunds by 2030. Millions of workers could see a £6,000 boost to their retirement pots as part of Government plans to double the number of UK pension megafunds by 2030. Reforms in the Pension Schemes Bill propose that multi-employer defined contribution pension schemes and local government […]

Visitors to the Lake District are being asked to look out for England’s only mountain butterfly to help scientists protect the rare species. The mountain ringlet, a small brown butterfly with orange wing spots, lives exclusively on mountains and is more commonly found in Scotland than in England, where conservationists say it is so hard to find that they have yet to discover whether numbers are going up or down. […]

Police have been given extra time to question a driver who allegedly ploughed into a crowd at Liverpool’s victory parade. Police have been given extra time to question a driver who allegedly ploughed into a crowd at Liverpool’s victory parade. The 53-year-old man, from West Derby, Liverpool, remained in custody on Wednesday after officers were granted further time to question him on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving and drug […]