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UK services sector ‘having worst year since financial crisis’
New stats for August suggest the biggest UK sector for the economy is flatlining, making a recession more likely.
Paramedic left weeping after trying to save life of London’s 100th murder victim this year
Emergency services worked on the teenager for an hour after he was stabbed in Stratford east London.
US diverts 3.6 billion dollars into Mexico wall funding
Funds set aside for military construction projects will instead be spent on Donald Trump’s border barrier.
Afghanistan sees its worst month for civilian casualties as peace talks continue
"The current surge in violence in Afghanistan raises a fundamental concern: has the military intervention by the United States and other nations since 2001 left Afghanistan a more stable, safer place?”
Medics restart baby’s heart after dunking her in bucket of icy water
Specialists saved Holly Hutchinson using a different technique after he heart became infected.
Yellow vest protester Goddard freed without charge after Corbyn protest
The pro-Brexit campaigner blocking the Labour leader’s car after an event at the Lowry Theatre in Salford.
‘Revive quickly if risk of no-deal Brexit subsided’ Builders see sharpest drop in new orders since 2009
The Markit/CIPS UK Construction purchasing managers’ index recorded a reading of 45 in August, down from 45.3 in July.
Mum of murdered Alex, five, says she wasn’t warned his killer was banned from contacting children
Marvyn Iheanacho was jailed for life for the murder of Alex Malcolm who was fatally beaten in a park after losing a shoe.
Health think tanks write to MPs, joining doctors groups to warn of no-deal effect on NHS
The warning comes after the BMA, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Midwives, Unison, and other NHS staff groups called on MPs to take no-deal off the table.