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They will be housed at sites including Dorset, Essex and Lincolnshire Around 3,000 asylum seekers could be living on a barge and in former military sites by the autumn in a Government bid to cut back on using hotels. Around 500 migrants will be housed on the Bibby Stockholm barge – which was met with […]

Australia have retained the Ashes after the fourth Test against England at Old Trafford ended in a draw. England’s bid to push for a series-levelling victory in the fourth Ashes Test has been ended by the Manchester rain, which wiped out the entire fifth day at Emirates Old Trafford. Only 30 overs were possible on

Queues of traffic and rail strikes have hit travellers as they embark on trips after many schools across England broke up for the summer holidays. The Port of Dover said it was taking about 40 minutes for departing passengers to pass through border checks, having been 90 minutes on Saturday. It said traffic was moving

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has written to the head of the civil service raising concerns that the UK Government is “exerting ever tighter control on Scotland’s national democratic institutions”. With Mr Flynn insisting that Westminster is seeking to “stop the Scottish Government from carrying out the work it was elected to do” with regards

Two climate campaigners have climbed to the top of The Kelpies tourist attraction as part of action targeted at the fossil fuel industry in Scotland. Activists from This Is Rigged scaled the 100ft steel equine sculptures between Falkirk and Grangemouth at 5am on Sunday. They said they would “not be lured underwater” by the fossil

The 1975 have cancelled two tour dates in Asia after a Malaysian music festival was axed over pro-LGBT+ comments made by the band’s frontman Matty Healy. The English pop-rock group announced that performances at the We The Fest in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sunday and at the Taipei Music Centre in Taiwan on Tuesday will not

Holidaymakers will be hoping to avoid fresh travel misery on Sunday as they try to get away for their summer holidays. Queues of traffic and rail strikes hampered travellers on Saturday who set off on trips after many schools across England broke up for the summer holidays. Saturday started with departing passengers being warned it

UK banks are set to reveal another set of strong profits, but the cracks could be forming as higher borrowing costs and pressure to raise savings rates takes a toll. Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays and NatWest Group will kick of bank earnings season with their half-year financial results. The British banking giants beat expectations in

A health board has sent hundreds of cancer patients to other parts of Scotland for treatment as it tries to attract new consultants to treat those with the disease, it has emerged. Labour is demanding the Scottish Government work with NHS Tayside to tackle the situation there as a “matter of urgency”, claiming patients had

It comes on the first anniversary of the Women’s Health Strategy A range of measures to tackle disparities in healthcare for women has been launched by the Government, covering issues such as menopause, IVF and pregnancy loss. It comes as the first anniversary of the Women’s Health Strategy – a 10-year blueprint for how healthcare