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Police ‘seize high-end campervan in SNP finances probe’
The ongoing investigation has been described by SNP president Mike Russell as the party’s biggest crisis in 50 years.
Teachers call out rape threats as poll says 13% physically assaulted by pupils
The survey conducted by the NASUWT teaching union found teachers have been spat on, kicked at, and upskirted.
Latest polls show Rees-Mogg on course to LOSE his seat as MP
It's the sort of news that could put Jacob Rees-Mogg off his Easter egg on Sunday, as public opinion turns against the Tories.
Water CEOs ‘rewarded with huge bonuses’ – despite filling UK rivers with sewage
Although sewage is spewing into our rivers, bosses at the UK's top water companies have received millions in bonuses between them.
Access to abortion pill in the US plunged into uncertainty by competing rulings
Two separate rulings were issued just minutes apart by federal judges in Texas and Washington.
China defends search for source of Covid-19 after WHO criticism
The director of the China Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Shen Hongbing, said research is ‘always shared’.
Four-day walkout by junior doctors ‘could see 250,000 appointments postponed’
“In the last junior doctors’ strike, we saw about 175,000 appointments and operations having to be postponed."
SNP facing biggest crisis in 50 years, says president
Mike Russell said recent weeks have been ‘wearing’ for the SNP after former chief executive Peter Murrell was arrested.
Thornberry defends Labour attack ad on Sunak after criticism
Shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry defended the ad and said the critics of the social media post are ‘wrong’.