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Wednesday briefing: We asked you - what do you want from the Burnham government’s first budget?
In today’s newsletter: First Edition readers and people struggling with the cost of living tell us what the go...
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Russell Brand gives evidence in rape and sexual assault trial – latest updates
Brand, 51, has been charged with three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempt...
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Budget 2026 live: gas standing charges to be scrapped for millions as chancellor prepares to deliver budget
John Healey says UK faces ‘difficult moment’ as he prepares to deliver first budget of Andy Burnham’s governme...
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‘Dear Charlie’: letter revealing move to snare future Rolling Stones drummer up for auction
Brian Jones wrote to Charlie Watts in 1962 asking him to leave his R&B group and join his ‘far better’ ban...
Science
Country diary: Our tiny island is awash with waxcaps
Calf of Man, Isle of Man: Such is the wealth of Manx fungi, a map is being built to plot it all. We took a spe...
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The life and death of Jaysley Beck: how her mother turned detective – and took on the military
In 2021, the young soldier took her life after being sexually assaulted by a sergeant major, then sent thousan...
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Landowners could scupper free Land Registry access plans, campaigners warn
Proposed lifting of paywall would reveal who owns vast majority of land in England and Wales
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‘It’s a better experience’: shoppers praise Oxford Street pedestrianisation
Many punters say inconvenience of bus rerouting is small price to pay for more space, but not everyone is happ...
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UK government met 137 businesses over AI datacentres – but no environmental groups
Investigation finds dozens of ministers and civil servants moved into AI roles as government developed datacen...
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‘We want a full apology for slavery’: Commonwealth at a crossroads as king heads to the Caribbean
Campaigners say tour could hasten Charles’s removal as head of state unless he does more to confront monarchy’...
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Tories dismiss PM’s budget ‘everyday fixes’ as little more than ‘cheaper gherkins’, and ‘an insult to families’ – UK politics live
Removing tariffs on more than 100 products, including gherkins and baked beans, was one of five measures annou...
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Two men charged with national security offences over RAF Fairford incident
One charged assisting a foreign intelligence service and the other with entering a prohibited place, CPS says