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Arrests after three stabbed to death in east London knife brawl
90 people died in fatal stabbings in London last year. Nationwide, the number of knife crimes being dealt with by the police and courts are the highest in a decade.
HS2 may cost £106 billion, reveals leaked review, with full high-speed service only in the South
An inquiry found there is ‘considerable risk’ that the project’s cost will rise up to 20% beyond the £81bn-£88bn set out in a report four months ago.
Wetherspoons to cut price of 10 drinks to mark Brexit
The pub giant’s ‘Let’s stay friends’ move will offer customers around 60p off drinks which originate in a number of European countries.
Prince Harry says he and Meghan had ‘no other option’ but stand down
“Our hope was to continue serving the Queen, the commonwealth, and my military associations, but without public funding. Unfortunately, that wasn’t possible.”
CIA and NSA accused of withholding documents that would help impeach Donald Trump
House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff said the security services appear to be succumbing to pressure from the administration.
Queen joined by Andrew at church as Harry and Meghan step back from royal life
The Sussexes will stop carrying out royal duties from the spring.
Girls feel boys are treated better than they are, report finds
They say they feel unsafe in public and held back by sexism in school.
10-year-old boy stabbed in front of mother
The attack happened in Leicester on Saturday evening.
Wildfires may permanently alter Australian landscape, scientists warn
The blazes have already burned an area the size of Ohio.