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Israel on Friday said its military had recovered the bodies of two hostages as it suspended noon pauses to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza City, calling it a “a dangerous combat zone”..

A vaccine for chickenpox will be rolled out on the NHS in England from January, officials have announced..

The majority of autistic people over the age of 40 in the UK are living without a diagnosis, a study suggests..

The NHS has become “reliant” on private companies, charities and social enterprises to deliver routine mental health care, a think tank has warned..

The person who killed two Catholic school pupils and wounded more than a dozen children fired 116 rounds from a rifle into the Minneapolis church, the city’s police chief said on Thursday..

The UK, alongside France and Germany, has announced its plan to revive UN-backed sanctions on Iran over fears it is developing nuclear weapons..

A volunteer Metropolitan Police officer has been found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a child..

Sir Keir Starmer has condemned the “senseless” Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight that killed more than a dozen people and caused damage to a British Council building in Kyiv..

Not a single childhood vaccine in England last year met the target needed to ensure diseases cannot spread among youngsters, according to new figures..

Sir Ed Davey will boycott US President Donald Trump’s state banquet next month in a protest against his position on Gaza..

Government funding for a programme which offers children from low-income families free meals and activities during the school holidays will be extended..

Pollution from the “huge” pig and poultry farming sectors is harming rivers, the wider landscape and nature, a report from the Wildlife Trusts warns..

The Government could close asylum hotels next year by allowing people from certain countries likely to be recognised as refugees temporary permission to stay under a “one-off scheme”, analysis by the Refugee Council has suggested..

More than 280,000 crimes went unrecorded by police last year, with “unacceptably low” numbers of anti-social behaviour offences being officially documented..

The Home Office’s bid to challenge the decision to temporarily block the owner of the Bell Hotel in Epping from housing asylum seekers is due to be heard at the Court of Appeal on Thursday..

Grimsby goalkeeper Christy Pym said it “had not sunk in” after his side knocked Manchester United out of the Carabao Cup by winning an epic penalty shootout 12-11..

Jack Draper’s arm injury has forced him to pull out of the US Open..

A gunman has opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a Catholic church and struck a group of children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 people in an act of violence the police chief called “absolutely incomprehensible”..

A Scottish Conservative MSP has defected to Reform UK, Nigel Farage has announced at a press conference in Scotland..

The fertility rate for England and Wales has fallen for the third year in a row to reach a new record low, figures show..