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Four-year-old among thousands of children caught with weapons at school as crisis escalates
Police and support services cuts blamed as over 2,000 people were found to have weapons including swords, a machete and a zombie knife.
Extinction Rebellion launch legal appeal after Met bans protest from the whole of London
Activists risked arrest in defiance of the police order, as human rights lawyers said the Met was ‘criminalising protest.'
Deadly Ebola outbreaks ‘will become more common due to global warming’
A new study by British scientists has shown the number of cases is set to soar - under any climate change scenario
Northern Ireland farmers face bankruptcy in no-deal Brexit, MPs warned
Westminster Brexit committee also heard from a senior police officer who warned of a potential upsurge in dissident republican violence after Brexit.
Spike in hate crimes is fuelled by parliament, media and social media warns sister of Jo Cox
Kim Leadbetter, sister of the murdered Labour MP, spoke out after police in England and Wales recorded 103,379 hate crimes in the last year.
15 year old schoolboy murdered last week was stabbed in heart & lung by another teen wielding two knives
Baptista Adjei was in his school uniform when he was stabbed by a youth with a knife in each hand, a court heard.
Hate crimes soar to record high new figures reveal
Police figures reveal a massive surge in the number of attacks reported to be motivated by sexual orientation and transgender identity.
No government minister contacted Thomas Cook bosses in the six days leading up to its collapse
Government ministers from Germany, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria did contact bosses.
Bleak report lifts the lid on under-resourced NHS and social care facing ‘perfect storm’
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) warned of worsening ’tremendous pressure’ across health and social care where people cannot access the care they need.