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This year’s Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) “will confront complexity with curiosity and openness” as it marks 250 years of American independence, its director has said..

MPs will examine the fairness of student loans repayment in a new inquiry following increasing debate over the system..

Many organisations in the health service face a “perilous” financial situation, with analysis finding that NHS trusts ran a deficit of more that three quarters of a billion pounds last year..

Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh will not face a terror trial after judges at the High Court rejected a Crown Prosecution Service appeal against the decision to throw out the case..

Sir Keir Starmer was warned there was a “general reputational risk” over Lord Peter Mandelson’s relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein before giving him the role of ambassador to the US..

Some train services at Glasgow Central have resumed after a weekend fire devastated an adjacent building, but the main part of the station will remain shut for the rest of the week..

Newport men jailed for west Wales golf club burglaries Two men have been jailed after targeting two west Wales golf clubs in back-to-back burglary hits. Mikael Bourkhari, aged 45, and Simon Dickey, aged 38 – both from Newport, South Wales – both pleaded guilty to burglary at a court hearing in January. On Monday 2 […]

Jack O’Sullivan, who was 22 at the time he went missing, went missing following a night out at a house party in the Hotwells area of Bristol on Saturday 2 March 2024. Speaking on the second anniversary of his disappearance, Assistant Chief Constable Joanne Hall said: “As we reach the second anniversary of Jack O’Sullivan […]

A doctor who exploited patients by sexually assaulting them and secretly filming them during routine examinations has been sentenced to six years in prison. Dr Timothy Girling, 55, of West Molesey, Surrey, carried out intimate physical examinations at at a medical centre in Bournemouth. During one appointment, he conducted a sexual health examination that went far beyond […]

A man was arrested on Tuesday evening following a Police chase in Hereford. A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: “Around 9.40pm yesterday evening (3 March) a car failed to stop for police and was later found abandoned in a field near Vernon Williams Close.  “Following a search of the area, supported by the police […]

Trade restrictions on conifer trees have been lifted across seven English counties today (Wednesday 4 March) after a review that concluded the tree disease Phytophthora pluvialis no longer meets the criteria for quarantine pest status. Demarcated areas in Cornwall and Devon, Cumbria, Herefordshire, Surrey, Gloucestershire and Shropshire have been revoked with immediate effect, enabling the unrestricted movement […]

Three people have been arrested as part of a Counter Terrorism Policing investigation into suspected National Security Act offences. The men [A-C] were arrested on Wednesday, 4 March on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service, contrary to section 3 of the National Security Act, 2023. The country to which the investigation relates is China.  […]