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Meta under fire for ‘tone deaf’ minimum age change on WhatsApp
Social media giant Meta has been urged to reverse the lowering of the minimum age to use WhatsApp.
The change, which reduces the age limit from 16 to 13, came into force in the UK and EU on Thursday.
Campaign group Smartphone Free...
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World-first factory turning faeces into jet fuel to be built in Essex
Plans for the world’s first commercial-scale factory converting human waste to sustainable aviation fuel (Saf) in Essex have been announced.
Biofuel company Firefly said it will develop the plant in Harwich and expects to begin...
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Rwanda President Paul Kagame departs following meeting with PM Rishi Sunak
Rwanda President Paul Kagame departs 10 Downing Street following a brief meeting with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday afternoon.
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Rishi Sunak meets President of Rwanda Paul Kagame
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomes the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, to 10 Downing Street, London, for talks.
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Keir Starmer says NHS on its knees - full clip
Pool clip with Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer on a visit to Mansfield as he unveils Labour's plans to digitise the 'red book' of children's health records.
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Families of Israeli hostages call for their release six months on
Families of hostages held by Hamas joined a rally in London to call for their release, saying the six months after the October 7 attack have been “hell”.
Sunday marked six months after Hamas’s raid on Israel that killed 1,200 people and...
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Dame Maureen Lipman: 'We will not accept the victims being turned into the villians or just into the vansihsed'
Families of hostages held by Hamas joined a rally in London to call for their release, saying the six months after the October 7 attack have been “hell”.
Colonel Richard Kemp, former commander of the British forces in Afghanistan,...
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Politics daily briefing: April 6
All the latest political news as former prime minister Boris Johnson has criticised Lord David Cameron for his response to the debate on UK arms sales to Israel.
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Motorists stuck in ‘pretty horrendous’ 20-mile Good Friday motorway queues
Holiday traffic has caused “pretty horrendous” 20-mile queues on major motorways, adding 45 minutes to journey times.
Around 2.6 million car journeys were expected to be made on Good Friday, with “significant” congestion around the M25...
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Education Secretary ‘confident’ Government will deliver childcare expansion plan
The Education Secretary has said she is “confident” that the Government will deliver its pledge to expand funded childcare for working families in England.
Gillian Keegan said the Government is “on track” to deliver the first phase of...
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Education Secretary responds to doubts over new childcare expansion scheme
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan responds to doubts over her new childcare expansion scheme, backlash from NHS dissatisfaction and difficulties on the issue of immigration.
From April, working parents of two-year-olds will get 15...
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UK industrial action – which strikes are coming up?
The UK continues to face a barrage of industrial action by key workers in a series of pay disputes. Here are the details of strikes taking place over the next few weeks.
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Suspected migrants arrive in Dover
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, from Border Force vessels following small boat incidents in the Channel.
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UK to look at sanctions over ‘Chinese interference’ with democratic process
The UK is reportedly set to sanction individuals believed to be involved in Chinese state-backed interference in Britain’s democratic process which allegedly saw the personal details of millions of voters accessed in a hack.
Ministers...
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London mayor rules out expansion of Ulez if he stays in role after election
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged not to expand the ultra low emission zone (Ulez) scheme if he returns to the role after May’s election.
In a letter to London’s transport commissioner Andy Lord, Mr Khan wrote that he had...
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Cleverly: 'I’m absolutely determined to get the legislation through the House''
Speaking to reporters about the Rwanda scheme, Home Secretary James Cleverly said: “I’m absolutely determined to get the legislation through the House."
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Home Secretary vows to hold perpetrators to account by updating law on spiking
The Home Secretary has vowed to crack down on spiking as he said perpetrators will be “held to account” by changes in the law.
James Cleverly said the Government is updating legislation to make it clear that spiking is a crime, as he...
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Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey launches the party's local election campaign in Harpenden
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey gives a speech during his launch of the party's local election campaign in Harpenden, highlighting how 'time is running out' for Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives.
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Train drivers to stage fresh strikes in long-running pay dispute
Train drivers at 16 rail companies are to stage a fresh wave of strikes in a long-running dispute over pay, threatening more travel chaos for passengers across the country.
Members of Aslef will hold a rolling programme of one-day...
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UK has 'turned the corner' on the economy, says Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak insisted the UK has “turned the corner” as he gave an upbeat assessment of the economy while battling to shore up his own position as Prime Minister.
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Rishi Sunak insists UK has 'turned the corner' as he spoke to business leaders in Coventry - full speech
Rishi Sunak insisted the UK has “turned the corner” as he gave an upbeat assessment of the economy as spoke at business event in Coventry.
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UK Confidence in BOE Plummets to Record Low
A Bank of England survey of household attitudes finds that UK public confidence in the central bank has plunged to a record low amid the cost-of-living crisis and soaring interest rates. The survey finds only 19% are satisfied with the...
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Scrapping HS2 Link Destroys Confidence in UK: Mace CEO
Mace CEO Mark Reynolds says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's highly-expected decision to scrap the HS2 high-speed rail line from the West Midlands to Manchester destroys confidence in the UK. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets Today."
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UK signs trade pact with Texas
Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch and the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, sign a statement of mutual cooperation to strengthen the trade and economic development ties between the UK and the US state of Texas, at 10 Downing Street, London.