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Badenoch says Tories ‘talked right but governed left’ at party leadership launch

Far-right success in German votes piles new pressure on Scholz’s coalition

No justice without people behind bars, says 12-year-old Grenfell victim's aunt

One-word Ofsted judgments for schools scrapped by Government

Bereaved and survivors hope landmark Grenfell final report exposes wrongdoing

Tory leadership race: Robert Jenrick says he has plan to fix this 'great country'

Oldbury: 13 year old boy was fatally stabbed inside his own home, police chief says

Mother and chef die from injuries after attacks during Notting Hill Carnival

Oasis ticket-selling websites hit with outage issues

Police release 'terrified' 999 call that led to them finding 12 people in back of lorry

Extinction Rebellion protesters in Charles and Camilla masks join Windsor Great Park demonstration

Priti Patel says she would get Tories back to government as party leader

Flowers laid at house in Oldbury after 13-year-old boy stabbed to death

Public fury as Conservative MP uses Holocaust poem to attack smoking ban

Nigel Farage says smokers are ‘heroes of the nation’ as he lights up cigarette near pub

Van driver convicted of smuggling migrants found screaming for help on ferry

Keir Starmer continues to push for closer EU ties in meeting with Macron

Keir Starmer's government looking to extend smoking ban to pubs, clubs and other outdoor spaces

Cleveland Police launch operation to target people suspected of disorder

More than 500 migrants arrive in UK after crossing English Channel