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Sir Terence English performed the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979 at the Royal Papworth hospital

Labour MP Jess Phillips received a rapturous response in parliament after she lamented the proposed £30,000 salary test for immigrants. The government published a heavily-delayed immigration White Paper last month setting out requirements for workers hoping to move to the UK. In what Sajid Javid described as the "biggest shakeup to the UK immigration system in a generation", workers from across the world would be subject to the £30,000 minimum salary threshold in order to prove they are "skilled" in their trade. The...

Ali Ali (doub corr), Gessica Goti, Mohamed Abdulle, 22, and Fiona Abdillahi, 18, launched a brutal attack on two 40-year-old men at Oxford Circus Tube station.

The number of prisoners who died by suicide rose by almost a third in 2018, figures seen by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal today. Overall deaths in custody rose by 10 per cent, the statistics show, and assaults increased by 20 per cent in the 12 months to September 2018. Some 325 people died in prisons in England and Wales, including 92 men and women who lost their lives through suicide – a 31 per cent rise compared to 2017. The...

The study warns that families may be tucking into "critically endangered" species of shark when visiting their local fish and chip shop

Investment in the UK car sector has dropped by almost £2 billion in three years as Brexit fears put firms on "red alert", the industry's trade body said. In 2015, car manufacturers invested £2.5 billion in the UK. Since then it has fallen ever year and in 2018 was just £589 million. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) say the fall-off in inward investment is down to Brexit uncertainty, which has "done enormous damage" according to SMMT chief Mike Hawes....

Researchers examined 50 mammals from 10 species of dolphins, seals and whales - and found microplastics in them all

Researchers found that going for a daily walk or bike raid can take 20 years off older people's "brain age"

Despite their convictions being overturned, current legislation requires them to prove their innocence in order to claim compensation