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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.
The Sun declares ‘lift off’ as first asylum seeker sent to Rwanda
The fact that the man didn't arrive in the UK on a small boat and is being given £3,000 in cash and a seat on a commercial plane to leave is buried in the small print.
JK Rowling accuses Keir Starmer of having ‘brass neck’ over transgender issue
The Harry Potter author suggested the Labour leader was part of the problem which had resulted in abuse aimed at people with gender critical views.
London warned of ‘new reality’ as number of days above 30C increases
Analysis shows that more than half of the 116 days over 30C that London has experienced in the past three decades occurred in the last 10 years.
UK removes first failed asylum seeker to Rwanda via voluntary scheme
The unnamed man is understood to have taken part in a voluntary removal scheme, and is now in Rwanda.