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People in London will be able to order black cabs through Uber from early next year, the company has announced. A spokesman for the firm said a “small number” of taxi drivers have already signed up to the service and it hopes to recruit “several hundred” by January. Senior figures in the black cab industry

The UK’s largest nursing union is calling for the government to reopen pay negotiations after an offer was made to consultant doctors, in a move that has angered other health unions. The Royal College of Nursing – RCN – has suggested new strikes are “more likely in the future” as a result of yesterday’s announcement.

Spain says it’s “very close” to agreeing a deal on the post-Brexit status of Gibraltar. The country’s foreign minister made the statement after meeting Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron in Brussels at a NATO meeting. “Today we have made progress, because David Cameron has shown a willingness to reach an agreement,” Jose Manuel Albares told reporters.

A person has been taken to hospital after a crane collapsed and smashed into a building at a construction site in Edinburgh. The arm of the crane crashed into the under-construction building in Steads Place, Leith, at around 9.30am on Tuesday. The Scottish Ambulance Service sent two ambulances and its special operations teams (SORT) to

The author of Booker-Prize-winning Prophet Song, a dystopian novel about the rise of a fascist regime in Dublin, has said the energy that fuelled last week’s riots in the city “is always there”. But Paul Lynch, who was awarded the prestigious Booker Prize on Sunday, said he wasn’t trying to make predictions about the rise

Police are treating the disappearance of a golden eagle as suspicious and believe the bird has come to harm. The bird of prey, named Merrick, was last seen in the Fountainhall area of the Scottish Borders, between Heriot and Stow, on 12 October. The disappearance was reported a few days later to Police Scotland, which

Motorists are being urged to avoid puddles after a record number of breakdowns caused by potholes. The AA said it received 52,541 callouts in October for vehicles damaged by road defects, which is costing drivers an average of more than £400 in repair bills. This is the most for any October on record and represents

More wintry weather – including snow in places – is forecast for the UK later this week after temperatures dropped below freezing two nights in a row. Thermometers plunged as low as -7.7C in Shap, Cumbria, on Friday night and -5C in parts of Scotland on Saturday night. Many other parts of northern England and

Police are searching for an ex-bus driver who killed a man in a high-speed car crash after taking cocaine. Gerald Cotter was driving his Vauxhall Meriva at more than 50mph in a 30mph zone when he hit Kieron Fevrier near London‘s Olympic Park in November 2016. The 23-year-old victim was a motorcycle display team instructor.

Boris Johnson has heaped further pressure on Rishi Sunak over the UK’s “all-time high” net migration figures, as he suggested “demographic change” had led to “race riots” in Dublin. The former prime minister criticised net migration numbers released this week as “way too big” and suggested imposing a minimum income of £40,000 for those who

A secondary school teacher was forced to stop working after developing an incurable ear condition he believes was caused by surfing in sewage-polluted water. Reuben Santer told Sky News he has had “an awful nine months” after contracting Meniere’s disease, which has caused him to have severe dizzy spells and hearing loss. Politics Live: Migration

West Midlands Police will be put into special measures, inspectors have said, following a series of failings including poor investigations. His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary (HMIC) said the force has been moved into an enhanced level of monitoring. The force is not carrying out investigations “which lead to satisfactory results for victims”, or effectively

Pro-Palestinian protesters will be handed leaflets by police telling them what will land them in a cell, with more than 100,000 people expected to march in London on Saturday. Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan assured Jewish people they will be “absolutely” safe with around 1,500 officers on duty on both days over the

Nissan has announced plans to build new electric versions of its popular Juke and Qashqai models at its Sunderland plant. All models made at the site will be entirely electric cars and a battery making plant, a so-called gigafactory, will also be built as part of an overall £3bn investment in the transition away from

If I was nervous, how must our two guests have been feeling? The last time they’d met, one was blocking a road and the other looked like she was trying to run her over in a Range Rover. “I have to hold my hands up. I did do wrong,” says Sherrilyn Speid, the driver, to

A woman has told a court she did not feel safe around her dance instructor, who is on trial accused of sexually abusing her and other students, due to how he touched her when correcting her movement. The woman, now 31, told jurors that the corrections dance teacher Jonathan Barton, 41, would make “felt inappropriate”

The King presented K-pop band Blackpink with honorary MBEs a day after hailing them as environmental champions. Charles handed medals to South Korean megastars Jennie Kim, Jisoo Kim, Lisa Manobal and Rose Park at Buckingham Palace. They were joined by the country’s President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon Hee during their state

Motorists could face a charge to travel on some Welsh roads in future to meet clean air targets. The Welsh government has increased the circumstances under which charging schemes could be introduced on trunk roads. Charges may now be introduced on roads in order to reduce or limit air pollution, as part of the amendments

National Insurance is to be cut by two percentage points, the chancellor has announced, as he pledged to “honour the triple lock in full” and increase Universal Credit by inflation. Delivering his autumn statement in the Commons, Jeremy Hunt said the main 12% National Insurance rate would fall to 10% from 6 January – saving

The national living wage will rise to £11.44 per hour from April. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced he is accepting the recommendation from the Low Pay Commission – an increase of £1.02 from the current rate of £10.42. The national living wage is the minimum people aged 21 and over must be paid for their