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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..

Sir Richard Branson has said “thinking differently is something to be celebrated” as a nationwide awareness campaign celebrating dyslexic entrepreneurs is launched..

Taylor Swift and her fiance Travis Kelce are “crazy about each other”, the NFL star’s father has said..

Troubled Thames Water has agreed to pay £24.5 million of its record £122.7 million in fines by the end of September under a payment plan agreed with regulator Ofwat..

People who start smoking cannabis to combat pain, anxiety or depression are at a greater risk of developing paranoia compared to those who start using it for “fun”, according to the largest study of its kind..

JD Sports said it is “cautious” about trading over the rest of the year due to pressure on consumer finances and the risk of rising unemployment..

The energy price cap will rise by 2% from October 1 for a typical household in England, Scotland and Wales, Ofgem has said..

Fraudulent CV-writing services are now the biggest scamming threat to online job hunters as the busy post-summer hiring season gets under way, LinkedIn has warned..

The Government said it wants to get a permanent deal with the EU on food and drink agreed in the next 18 months, as it sets out its stall ahead of talks later this year..