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The HS2 high-speed rail project will cost up to £30bn more than expected, an internal review has warned raising fresh questions over whether Boris Johnson will axe it. The final bill for building the network is likely to be between £70bn and £85bn not the £5…

A China tour by Pragues Philharmonic Orchestra has been cancelled and the city zoos long-held dreams of hosting a panda shattered in an escalating feud between a maverick Czech mayor and Beijing.  China is furious at Zdenek Hib, 38, the citys anti-establishm…

A teenage student's body was found trapped in thick slurry at a building site two days after he vanished on a night out, an inquest has heard.  Marcin Porczyk was "camouflaged" in the mix of building materials before he was eventually found by workers at the…

Parents are taking on second jobs, as well as sacrificing holidays and new cars, to cover their childrens university costs, according to new research.   More than a quarter of parents have had to, or are planning to, cut back on spending on home improvements…

Charlotte Huggins, 33, stabbed. Leanne Unsworth, 40, head injuries. Christy Walshe, 40, shot. Alison Hunt, 42, stabbed. Rosie Derbyshire, 27, head injuries. Laureline Garcia-Bertaux, 34, strangled. Allison Marimon-Herrera, 15, strangled. Rachel Evans, 46, bea…

Gay people are being subjected to forced marriages to spouses of the opposite sex by families in the UK, police have warned amid a national crackdown. Officers are being stationed at major airports across Britain this week in a bid to prevent victims being t…

Its not easy to move through the world as a butch lesbian. It never has been. For as long as I can remember, Ive been subject to the most vile abuse for challenging what it means to be a woman misogyny is a right pain in the tits.  But never…

In her last moments in office, Theresa May has an easy solution to the Sir Kim Darroch affair. Put him in the House of Lords and leave the question of his successor to her successor. A personal confession here. I worked with Darroch in my eight years in the …

Joy! The phone rings, tearing me from happy slumber and putting an abrupt end to dreamtime. Its a private number. So I know, even before I answer, that this will either be some earnest call-centre type concerned by the accident in which I was recently injured…

After all these years  like the most annoying, amnesic gadfly  Im still going on about it because the message clearly isn't resonating: diverse companies make better companies, so gender issues are everyones business. Though were intelligent enough to build…