Penny Mordaunt heckled by SNP MPs over heroin jibe row

Richard Wheeler and David Lynch, PA Political Staff

The Commons Leader had said the SNP's legacy would be for young Scots to have “somewhere safe and warm” to take the drug.

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Hancock diaries ‘make no reference to calling for lockdown in mid-March 2020'

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Matt Hancock's published diaries do not support his claim to have told the prime minister a lockdown was needed on March 13, the Covid inquiry heard.

Zoo visitors in final farewell to pandas ahead of return to China

Lucinda Cameron, PA Scotland 30 Nov, 2023

Staff at Edinburgh Zoo said they will be sad to see Yang Guang and Tian Tian leave.

Sunak vows to ‘do what is necessary' to curb net migration

Flora Thompson and David Hughes, PA 30 Nov, 2023

The Prime Minister spoke to reporters during a visit to Surrey on Thursday.

Two police officers appear in court to deny assaulting man in Exeter

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Pc Emmit Wookey and Pc Liam Dunn will stand trial at Bristol Magistrates' Court in April.

‘Confused' development agencies holding back economic growth, says ex-PM Brown

Neil Pooran, PA Scotland 30 Nov, 2023

He said there needs to be better co-operation between the Scottish and UK governments.

RMT members accept deal to end long-running pay and conditions dispute

Alan Jones, PA Industrial Correspondent 30 Nov, 2023

The union has been embroiled in a bitter row for more than 18 months.

Met Police officer cleared of gross misconduct after tasering 10-year-old girl

Lucas Cumiskey, PA 30 Nov, 2023

Pc Jonathan Broadhead's ‘use of Taser on Child A was necessary, reasonable and proportionate in all the circumstances', a disciplinary panel said.

Millions of drivers ignore severe weather alerts, AA survey shows

Neil Lancefield, PA Transport Correspondent 30 Nov, 2023

A third of respondents to a poll of AA members said they would go ahead with planned journeys even if a red warning for snow was issued.

Norovirus levels ‘much higher' than last year, with hundreds in hospital

Ian Jones, PA 30 Nov, 2023

Norovirus is the most common infectious cause of vomiting and diarrhoea.

Sunak will not allow ‘zealots' to dictate climate policy as he heads to Cop28

David Hughes and Danny Halpin, PA 30 Nov, 2023

Rishi Sunak said he was proud of his domestic policies as he prepared to head to the global climate summit.

Covid inquiry: Matt Hancock bemoans ‘toxic culture' in Government

Nina Lloyd, Christopher McKeon, Jonathan Bunn and Storm Newton, PA 30 Nov, 2023

The former miniser denied there had been ‘absence of a plan' and insisted his department did ‘rise to the challenge' of the pandemic.

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Penny Mordaunt heckled by SNP MPs over heroin jibe row

Former chancellor Alistair Darling dies aged 70

Salmond urges Yousaf to back referendum Bill and escape independence ‘dead end'

Yorkshire Water pays out record £1m after polluting Harrogate watercourse

Brookside star Dean Sullivan remembered as ‘soap icon' following his death

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Palestinian mother living in UK ‘helpless' as daughter, five, trapped in Gaza

999 call played to jury in Brianna Ghey murder trial

Hancock diaries ‘make no reference to calling for lockdown in mid-March 2020'

Zoo visitors in final farewell to pandas ahead of return to China

Sunak vows to ‘do what is necessary' to curb net migration

Two police officers appear in court to deny assaulting man in Exeter

‘Confused' development agencies holding back economic growth, says ex-PM Brown

RMT members accept deal to end long-running pay and conditions dispute

Met Police officer cleared of gross misconduct after tasering 10-year-old girl

Millions of drivers ignore severe weather alerts, AA survey shows

Norovirus levels ‘much higher' than last year, with hundreds in hospital

Sunak will not allow ‘zealots' to dictate climate policy as he heads to Cop28

Covid inquiry: Matt Hancock bemoans ‘toxic culture' in Government

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