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Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said foreign state involvement can not be ruled out, but did not confirm reports that Beijing could be behind the attack.

The latest amendments proposed in April allowed just weeks for scrutiny, with fears over loss of national sovereignty remaining despite softening of proposals.

The relatively stable interest rate has boosted homebuyers’ confidence, despite prices still being higher than a few years ago.

The latest government figures show there are 2.8 million people in the UK who are ‘economically inactive’ owing to long-term sickness, a near-record high.

Mothin Ali said, ‘This is a win for the people of Gaza’ in his acceptance speech and shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ after winning a council seat in Leeds on Friday.

Frank Furedi, executive director of the MCC Brussels think tank, said young people have been disempowered and indoctrinated over past decades.

ASLEF union members have overwhelmingly backed strike action, stemming from a two-year-long dispute with the government over an increase in drivers’ salaries.

NHS Dumfries and Galloway was attacked by cyber criminals in March when the first batch of data, including patients’ information, was released.

Protesters have set up ‘liberated zones’ at Oxford and Cambridge universities as Education Secretary Gillian Keegan says Jewish students must not be harassed.

Residential on-street parking permits are more expensive for diesel vehicles in 18 of London’s 32 boroughs, an investigation has found.

John Swinney—who led the SNP from 2000 to 2004—has been elected unopposed as the party’s new leader and is set to become Scotland’s first minister.

Women and equalities minister Kemi Badenoch announced plans to ban new offices and shopping centres from offering gender-neutral toilets.

After the Conservatives lost 474 council seats during Thursday’s local elections, Mr. Sunak has accepted the Tories might lose the general election.

The Prime Minister insisted his plan was the right way forward, after the Tories lost the West Midlands mayoral contest to Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour.

The 38-year-old, who claims to be Iraqi, is suspected of facilitating illegal immigration from Turkey, advertising people smuggling services on social media.

Labour had a string of wins by incumbents as well as a clean sweep of victories in the areas that were voting for a mayor for the first time.

The London Mayor urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to call a general election as Labour takes lead in local and mayoral elections.

Police said they were called at around 8.40am on Thursday to reports of people obstructing a coach, which was parked outside a hotel in Peckham.

Twelve people injured or bereaved by the jabs have dropped their claims because the company produced a leaflet warning of ‘rare’ blood clots in April 2021.