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Food prices are still rising faster than wages, new data has shown. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) reported overall food inflation rose 11.6% in August, down from 14.3% in July. But annual growth in average total pay only grew by 8.2% from April to June, according to the latest data available from the Office for

Police chiefs have warned the home secretary they must have “operational independence” when deciding how to respond to crime. The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) was responding to Suella Braverman‘s announcement that police forces in England and Wales must investigate every theft as part of a crackdown on crime. The home secretary said it was

GP surgeries will face economic sanctions if they do not provide patients with adequate services if Labour come to power, according to the shadow health secretary. Wes Streeting has told the NHS that the “like it or lump it” approach taken by UK health providers is not acceptable and Labour “will give back patients control

Police forces must investigate every theft, Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said. Ms Braverman said it was “unacceptable” crimes such as shoplifting, criminal damage and phone or car theft have been treated as “less important”. Forces have committed to follow all “reasonable lines of enquiry” in an effort to improve investigations and drive down crime

Police were called to a “disturbance” at a West End performance of Grease, as officers had to escort four theatregoers from the theatre. Officers were called to the Dominion Theatre in central London at 8.40pm on Saturday. Audience member Ryan Redmond told Sky News that two men and two women were being “rude and abusive”

A £50,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information on the whereabouts of the body of a mother who went missing in 2019. Hadir Al Enezi, originally from Kuwait, arrived in the UK with her daughter on 7 November 2018, seeking refuge. She found support from relatives living in Rusholme, according to Greater Manchester

Police searching for a missing 54-year-old woman have found a body as a man in his 20s remains in custody on suspicion of her murder. Claire Knights, 54, from Upstreet near Canterbury, was last seen in the village on 23 August, police said. Her silver Suzuki car was found parked in another village, St Nicholas

A police officer is in a serious condition after being hit by a train while saving a “distressed man” who was on the tracks. Nottinghamshire Police said they were called to a residential area in Balderton, near Newark-on-Trent, over concerns for a man’s safety just before 7pm on Thursday. The officer was taken to Queen’s

Guyana’s president has called for those involved in the slave trade to be posthumously charged with crimes against humanity, ahead of a formal apology from the descendants of a British slave owner. President Irfaan Ali has also said people whose ancestors profited from the transatlantic slave trade should pay reparations to today’s generations. Mr Ali

Police have launched a murder investigation after finding a man’s body while responding to reports of a dog being stolen. Officers were called to an address on Ainsworth Road in Bury, Greater Manchester at approximately 10.30am on Tuesday 22 August, where the theft of a white labradoodle was believed to be in progress. While searching

The driver of a car that was later involved in a crash which killed three people has been fined. Joel Lia, 28, pleaded guilty to driving without a licence and driving without insurance. The charges were separate to the fatal crash in the early hours of 4 March but involved the same vehicle. Later that

A man has been interviewed by the Metropolitan Police following alleged thefts at the British Museum. The force has confirmed no arrests have been made. The museum had earlier sacked a senior curator after close to 2,000 artefacts worth millions of pounds were believed to have been stolen. The Met Police said in a statement

The King and Queen’s postponed state visit to France will take place in September. The original trip was meant to happen in March but widespread protests and riots led to its cancellation. France was chosen to be the royal couple’s first state visit destination, but that privilege went to Germany, which was planned as the

A former teacher has been found not guilty of animal cruelty after video footage showed her kicking and slapping a horse. Sarah Moulds, 39, had been accused of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal – a grey pony she owned called Bruce Almighty. The 39-year-old, who said she lost her job as a teacher

The former boss of the hospital where Lucy Letby killed seven babies says she fears it is “more likely than not” that failures of management to deal with complaints about the nurse led to lives being lost needlessly. Dr Susan Gilby joined the Countess of Chester Hospital as medical director and deputy chief executive in

Energy bills are to rise higher than last year for millions this winter, despite the energy price cap falling, a think tank has said. Withdrawn energy supports and a rise in the daily standing charge will mean winter bill costs going up for one in three English households, the Resolution Foundation said. That’s despite the

Students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their GCSE grades later today as they work towards sixth form, college or training. The number of pupils in England achieving at least a grade 4 in maths and English GCSE is expected to fall this year, amid efforts to restore grading to similar levels to

Facebook groups are being “overwhelmed” by hoax posts about serial killers, missing children, and animals, a charity has warned. Full Fact said it had identified at least 1,200 examples of such misinformation across more than 100 areas in the UK, suggesting the content is being replicated. One hoax about a nine-year-old boy named Justin Smith

A police force that lost nearly three years worth of body-worn camera footage from its computer systems says it does not believe it has been hacked. South Yorkshire Police believes the footage, filmed between July 2020 and May 2023, has instead been deleted and an estimated 69 cases have potentially been affected. The force said

NatWest has said former boss Dame Alison Rose, who quit last month over her handling of Nigel Farage’s bank account closure, could receive a pay package worth more than £2.4m. Dame Alison resigned last month, abruptly ending her four-year tenure, amid government pressure on her position. It followed her admission that she had discussed the