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November 20, 2024

Lidl boss: Retailers are ‘reeling’ amid hit from Budget tax hikes

Man, 92, charged with rape and murder after woman’s death 57 years ago

‘Almost 23,000 young people’ in England could face homelessness this Christmas

Former vicar jailed for life after raping six-year-old boy in church

Eon Next pays out £14.5m for ‘unacceptable’ pre-payment meter billing failures

UK takes key role at UN climate talks as pressure mounts to reach finance deal

Santander UK profits plunge after £295m motor finance hit

British Army fires new artillery gun for the first time on Nato exercise

UK doing ‘everything we can’ to keep Britons safe in Ukraine as US shuts embassy

Inflation jumps to 2.3% in sharpest increase for two years

Social media ban for teenagers under consideration – Technology Secretary

Young carer who saved mother’s life with CPR to be honoured by Princess Royal

Starmer defends G20 trip to Brazil amid domestic concerns

Snow and ice could cause headaches for morning commuters in parts of UK

What the papers say – November 20

Inquest to open into killing of Harshita Brella as police hunt for suspect

Used EVs save owners average of £1,600/year compared with petrol models – study

Inflation set to rebound after jump in energy bills

AI urine analysis predicts infection in lung disease patients a week in advance

Morning commuters set for disruption after parts of country see heavy snowfall

Food bank demand dips but numbers still needing help branded ‘heartbreaking’

Royal Mail issues stamps to mark 150th anniversary of Churchill’s birth

Ministers urged to end need for mental health hospitals for children by 2030

Government launches review of the role of physician associates in the NHS

Almost a million workers ‘lost’ by unreliable official data, claims think tank

Children as young as 11 carrying knives because they feel unsafe, report finds

Stars ‘manifesting’ success prompt Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year

Health Secretary urges Scottish Labour MSPs to back national insurance call

Zoo ‘in awe’ of Boki the brown bear’s progress after pioneering brain surgery

‘Increasing risk’ of tropical infections as new blood donor monitoring launched

Many Muslims feel Islamophobia has grown but half more open on identity – poll

Bridge strikes cause more than 100 days of train delays in a year, figures show

Hydebank Wood seeing outcomes at ‘highest achievable level’ for first time

Penny Mordaunt urges close US-UK links as she takes up global development role

Ads for five gold dealers banned for failing to make lack of regulation clear

‘Dire shortage’ of anaesthetists hitting 1.4m operations a year, report warns

November 19, 2024

High fitness levels linked to reduced dementia chance among those at risk

Putin’s ‘irresponsible nuclear rhetoric’ will not deter UK support for Ukraine

Trump’s son says Swinney was ‘nasty’ for supporting Kamala Harris in US election

Chris Philp wants guidelines around non-crime hate incidents to be rewritten

Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan makes history securing Baillie Gifford gong

Starmer not joining the Bluesky social media platform ‘at the moment’

King, Queen and William welcome diplomats to glittering Palace reception

Breast cancer drug blocked for NHS use as price talks break down for third time

Eric Trump says brother encouraged their father to appear on Joe Rogan podcast

Starmer bids to ‘restore UK’s role as climate leader’ with green global alliance

‘Chummy’ UK-UAE links could stifle efforts to free detained Briton, warns family

Sinn Fein plan to review RTE’s objectivity ‘extraordinarily concerning’ – Harris

Rumours of Musk and Trump’s friendship breakdown are ‘lies’, Eric Trump says

Many farmers ‘wrong’ about inheritance tax change, Environment Secretary says

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