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It marks the highest rate since the Covid pandemic, official figures show.

Thirty councils across England now have to organise local polls after the government abandoned plans to delay.

Leader Nigel Farage says Reform is "the voice of opposition" to Labour, as he unveils his new top team.

Yellow weather warnings will also come into force on Wednesday across parts of England and much of Wales.

The synth artist and Eurovision fan says he finds it "completely bonkers" to be representing the UK.

The Met had announced that membership of the Freemasons or similar organisations would have to declared.

Alfie Phillips, 9, had the pioneering treatment at Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

Thousands of NHS workers were pursued by debt collectors after salary overpayments, the BBC finds.

The force also warns that young children are being targeted over social media to steal phones.

The move follows further revelations over her friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Scotland's more generous benefits and public policies may have to be reconsidered, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Jay Curtis was flying his drone when he spotted the Resolute vessel off the coast of Pembrokeshire.