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03/09/2024 Swingeing cuts to public spending in Scotland

The Scottish government has announced half a billion pounds of cuts to public services.

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04/09/2024 Grenfell Tower inquiry blames 'dishonest' companies and failures by successive governments

The final report on the 2017 Grenfell fire, which killed 72 people, has been published.

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05/09/2024 Barnier becomes new French PM and bids to end turmoil

The former Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has taken over as France's prime minister.

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06/09/2024 Man handed longest jail sentence so far over riots

A man who targeted a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years.

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07/09/2024 Ukraine tactical nuclear 'risk'

The CIA director recalls a "risk" of tactical nuclear weapon use in Ukraine

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08/09/2024 Children's Hospital Surgeon Investigation

A former Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital surgeon is facing an investigation.

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09/09/2024 Covid Inquiry hears NHS was "creaking at the seams" when virus struck

It heard there were not enough staff and hospital infrastructure was unfit for purpose

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10/09/2024 MPs overwhelmingly back government's plan to cut winter fuel payments to millions of pensioners

The Tory motion seeking to stop the benefit from becoming means-tested was rejected

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11/09/2024 Government orders public inquiry into high profile murder during conflict in Northern Ireland

Pat Finucane was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in 1989 at his home in Belfast

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12/09/2024 Sir Keir Starmer warns NHS needs "major surgery" after review of health service

The review concluded the NHS in England was in a "critical condition"

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13/09/2024 Foreign Office dismisses Russian claims British diplomats were spies

The Kremlin have stripped the officials involved of their accreditation

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14/09/2024 Government facing calls to rethink cuts to winter fuel payment

The government is facing fresh calls to rethink cuts to winter fuel payment

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15/09/2024

National and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4

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16/09/2024 Former 大象传媒 presenter Huw Edwards given six-month prison sentence suspended for two years

He had admitted to having indecent images of children as young as seven

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17/09/2024 Exploding pagers used in unprecedented mass attack on Hezbollah

The Lebanese armed group immediately blamed Israel amid a recent escalation in tensions

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18/09/2024 Second wave of explosions targets Hezbollah in Lebanon

More people have died and been wounded as walkie-talkies detonated

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19/09/2024 Hezbollah says Israel faces "tough retribution" after blaming it for explosive attacks in Lebanon

The group's leader said the detonations of pagers and walkies-talkies was a major blow

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20/09/2024 Lawyers representing women accusing Mohamed Al-Fayed of rape and sexual assault describe him as "monster"

They said those at Harrods, the department store he once owned, enabled his attacks.

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Israel-Hezbollah Conflict

Israel mounts another wave of air strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon.

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22/09/2024 Israel and Hezbollah threaten to intensify cross-border attacks

Strikes between Israel and Hezbollah have escalated, as concern grows about a wider war.

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23/09/2024 Chancellor rules out return to austerity in conference speech

Rachel Reeves said her optimism for Britain "burns brighter than ever"

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24/09/2024 Sir Keir Starmer promises national "renewal" in conference speech

He told delegates in Liverpool that Labour would rebuild public services

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25/09/2024 Israel suggests it is preparing for possible ground offensive in Lebanon

The Chief of the General Staff has told troops to prepare to enter "enemy territory"

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26/09/2024 Police investigate whether others can be pursued in relation to accusations against Mohammed Al Fayed

Around 200 women have come forward with accusations against the former boss of Harrods

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27/09/2024 Dame Maggie Smith dies age 89

Dame Maggie was described by BAFTA as a "legend of British stage and screen"

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Hezbollah leader killed in Beirut

Hezbollah confirms that its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed by an Israeli airstrike.

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29/09/2024 Israel claims 20 Hezbollah leaders killed in Friday's air strike

Bombardment continues across Lebanon

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30/09/2024 Israel warns next stage of its fighting in Lebanon will start soon

Reports from the US suggest a limited ground offensive is imminent

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01/10/2024 Iran launches missile attack on Israel in retaliation for invasion of Lebanon overnight

Last night Israel sent ground troops into southern Lebanon to attack Hezbollah positions

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02/10/2024 Israel expands its operation in southern Lebanon

Israel has committed more troops to the invasion and said eight soldiers have been killed

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