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Public trust in media has plummeted to just 28% following EU referendum – research
Before the Brexit vote, 50 per cent of people in the UK said they trust “most news most of the time”.
Government should end ‘hostile bureaucracy’ facing overseas students
Calls for four-year post-study work visa to help universities overcome Covid-19 and Brexit.
Patrick Hutchinson: Daughter’s pride for ‘hero’ of London protests
Mr Hutchinson’s daughter Sidena watched on excitedly as her father featured on TV news bulletins for saving a white man from attackers.
US fighter jet crashes into North Sea off Yorkshire coast
The status of the pilot is not known and a search and rescue operation is under way.
Covid-19 – Two million children have done ‘hardly any schoolwork at home’
The findings come as ministers face pressure to get children back to school as soon as possible.
Reaction to The Sun’s ‘black versus white’ front cover
Not a single person at The Sun falls under the category 'everyone', one Twitter user said.
Football fan who urinated next to Pc Keith Palmer memorial jailed
Andrew Banks was handed an immediate jail term after handing himself into the police when he was confronted by his father.
Spurs fan admits urinating next to memorial dedicated to Pc Keith Palmer
Andrew Banks was said to have drunk 16 pints during Friday night into Saturday morning, and had not been to sleep.
First place in British Isles ends social distancing and re-opens pubs
The biggest change in restrictions since the island went into lockdown takes place today, including the removal of the legal need for people to stay two metres apart.