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The Home Office building has been cordoned off by armed police amid reports of a stabbing. The Independent understands that a victim is thought to have been stabbed or slashed near the government department's headquarters in Marsham Street, Westminster. The…

Sir Lenny Henry and model Adwoa Aboah are among a group of artists and MPs calling for a greater focus on creative subjects in schools.  A letter to education secretary Gavin Williamson hopes to reverse the drop in pupils taking up the arts by calling for a …

The number of people prosecuted or handed penalties for crimes in England and Wales has fallen to a record low. Statistics released by the Ministry of Justice showed the figure dropped by 2 per cent to 1.59 million people in the year to March. The number of…

In a move so characteristic of Boris Johnsons government that it could almost pass for satire, the Home Office has announced the distribution of special #knifefree chicken boxes in chicken shops all over England and Wales.  Lets just sit with that for a mome…

More than two million EU citizens living in the UK will be told they need to pay to use NHS services under a no-deal Brexit, it has been reported. New rules circulated to hospital managers say health trusts should begin checking the status of patients and st…

A health boss who stayed off work for nine months while being investigated over accusations of bullying continued to receive his £300,000 salary, it has been revealed. George Thomson pocketed the cash from struggling Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust despi…

Campaigners raised alarm bells about the dangers of coercive control after a woman shared an extremely worrying text message her ex-partner sent her outlining 12 rules she must follow. Zoe Scholefield, from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, said her ex gave her a l…

A ban on drivers using mobile phones in hands-free mode should be considered, MPs have said. Current laws which only proscribe the use of devices being held by drivers gives the misleading impression that hands-free use is safe despite it creating the same r…

The governments latest wheeze to convince us that Brexit means Brexit was announced this weekend. Sajid Javid is drawing up plans for millions of 50p coins to be issued when the UK leaves the EU later this year. One side of the coins will feature the words p…

A teenage girl who helped put her father behind bars after filming him launch an attack on her mother says she has no regrets. Maysa Rosato-Clifton, 15, recorded dad Andrew battering down the door to mum Tanias home in order to assault her. The attack, in D…