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• Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd to be sentenced for assaulting partner

  14-09-2026 05:47 via express.co.uk
  Shepherd was released from prison part-way through his sentence for the manslaughter of Charlotte Brown
  
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• Harry and Meghan change children's school over security concerns

  15-09-2026 12:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is understood that the couple's private security team had cited concerns about difficulties in making the school run route secure.
  
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• Two dead after car hits group of pedestrians

  15-09-2026 12:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A vehicle hit four people before colliding with two cars on White Rose Way in Doncaster, police say.
  
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• Assembly to debate bill aimed at banning conversion practices

  15-09-2026 11:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The bill contains provisions that could see a two-year jail sentence imposed on people who conduct conversion practices.
  
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• Fall in small boat Channel crossings down to law enforcement, agency says

  15-09-2026 11:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  But other factors, including developments in the Middle East, may also be playing a role.
  
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• State pension likely to top £13,000 a year as UK wage growth slows to 3.9%

  15-09-2026 10:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The increase has reignited the debate about the state pension's long-term affordability and generational fairness.
  
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• We must heed warnings of AI tech developers, says UK minister

  15-09-2026 10:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Louise Haigh is set to address growing concerns over AI safety in a speech at the TUC Congress.
  
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• UK could 'unlock' 100 more oil and gas projects, say North Sea bosses

  15-09-2026 08:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK could supply half of its oil and gas needs without imports if the government showed more support for the sector, an OEUK report claims.
  
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• Rare marble sculpture mistaken for garden ornament

  15-09-2026 07:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 19th Century bust, which spent more than 70 years outside, could fetch up to £18,000 at auction.
  
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• Giant jellyfish with '40ft tentacles' captured on camera

  15-09-2026 07:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Iestyn Morgan has set out to make Welsh aquatic life "more accessible" for people to see.
  
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• Pubs, hotels and gyms in Wales to get 30% business rates cut

  15-09-2026 07:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The cuts comes into effect in April, but the largest businesses will pay higher rates to fund the changes.
  
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• Why is a village holding a referendum on leaving the UK?

  15-09-2026 07:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Residents of Piddington, near Bicester, will vote in a symbolic referendum on Tuesday.
  
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• The Papers: Reform donors 'could face enhanced checks' and 'Sydney Sweeney blasted'

  15-09-2026 06:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Several papers feature actor Sydney Sweeney, who has been criticised by female athletes for posing nude for a sports betting company advert.
  
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• Balaclava ban comes into force in Nottingham city centre

  15-09-2026 02:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nottingham becomes one of the first cities nationally to take this action, its council leader said.
  
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• UK set to turn cooler as unsettled weather continues

  15-09-2026 02:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As temperatures drop through the week and it starts to feel more autumnal, is it now time to put the summer clothes away?
  
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• Chris Mason: Row over Reform's mega donations has mileage in it yet

  15-09-2026 01:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The £72m heading towards Reform UK's coffers is transforming the debate at Westminster about politics and money.
  
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• Pubs in England and Wales to allow digital ID apps to prove age

  15-09-2026 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New rules introduced on Tuesday mean establishments will be able to accept digital ID apps alongside physical documents.
  
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• Watch: What's behind the decision to review Harry and Meghan's UK security?

  15-09-2026 00:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are going to be given a review of their publicly-funded security after their return to live in the UK.
  
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• British Crown symbol was branded on enslaved Africans, research finds

  14-09-2026 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The findings are part of a project documenting British involvement in the slave trade between the 16th and 19th Centuries.
  
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• Burnham cancels engagements after death of father

  14-09-2026 20:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Burnham has previously said his father did not know he had become prime minister due to his Alzheimer's.
  
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• Police officer who put suspect in headlock and punched him 9 times faces misconduct hearing

  14-09-2026 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  PC Richard Williams faces eight allegations relating to an arrest in a police misconduct hearing.
  
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• Farm tax a mistake, Lord Blunkett says in call for Burnham 'rural reset'

  14-09-2026 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former mentor to Prime Minister Andy Burnham has joined ex-PM Lord Cameron in criticising rural policies.
  
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• No police collusion in sectarian murder but multiple RUC failings included tip-off to suspect

  14-09-2026 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Robert Hamill died after he was beaten by loyalists in Portadown, County Armagh.
  
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• Key convicted Palestine Action member on the run

  14-09-2026 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sean Middlebrough is convicted in his absence over a break-in at a British defence firm in Bristol.
  
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• I had 11 years of chemotherapy for a cancer I didn't have

  14-09-2026 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Becky Jones is among more than 40 people taking legal action against a hospital trust.
  
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• Uganda will now take part in Harry's Invictus Games after King's reassurance

  14-09-2026 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After a phone call with Buckingham Palace, Uganda now says it will take part in the Invictus Games.
  
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• Westminster's time is coming to an end, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish leaders say

  14-09-2026 17:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The leaders of Plaid Cymru, SNP and Sinn Fein say the UK government should prepare for constitutional change.
  
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• Member of UK armed forces dies in road traffic incident in Ukraine

  14-09-2026 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The incident is not the result of hostile action, the BBC understands.
  
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• Chief coroner calls for inquiry into Manchester synagogue attack

  14-09-2026 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The chief coroner says sensitive MI5 evidence means inquests may not be suitable.
  
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• Opera singer leads Scottish takeover of the Last Night of the Proms

  14-09-2026 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nicky Spence from Dumfries got the crowd laughing and cheering with a mash-up of traditional and modern music combined with dance moves and patriotic outfits.
  
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