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Students occupy UK university campuses in protest against Gaza war
The protests follow violent clashes at campuses across the US, most prominently at Columbia University in New York.
Rishi Sunak urged to open investigation into ‘gutter politics’ Facebook groups
Labour said Rishi Sunak’s decision not to address calls for an investigation into Tory links with the groups was an ‘abject failure of leadership’.
Madeleine McCann investigation to receive up to a further £192,000
The Metropolitan Police probe into the high-profile case has so far cost £13.2 million.
Don’t send police to border, Sunak tells Dublin amid asylum row
An Irish minister claimed there had been a rise in the number of asylum seekers crossing the border from Northern Ireland.
UK manufacturing sector shrinks again as firms impacted by shipment delays
The influential S&P Global/CIPS UK manufacturing PMI survey dropped to 49.1 in April, having hit a 20-month high of 50.3 in the previous month.
Migrants detained ahead of Rwanda flight
The Home Office said a series of operations took place across the country this week.
Why underground heat networks are set to revolutionise how we heat our homes
Centralised networks take waste heat from data centres and disused mines to pump heat into homes, effectively removing the need for boilers.
Further protests at UK factories over military arms being sent to Israel
Today’s protests were the latest in a series of demonstrations outside factories in recent months.
Number of foreign care workers applying to work in the UK HALVES
It comes after James Cleverly announced a ban on on overseas care workers from bringing dependants.