Scrapping the HS2 rail line to Manchester would be a “gross act of vandalism”, senior Tories have warned Rishi Sunak. Former chancellor George Osborne and ex-deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine said the move would mean “abandoning” the North and Midlands. Writing in The Times, they warned the prime minister: “Governments are remembered for what they
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The head of the Metropolitan Police has demanded increased legal protections for officers after a revolt by armed police left the army poised to fill in. Soldiers are on standby for armed police after scores of Metropolitan Police officers stood down from firearms duties following a murder charge against one of their colleagues. The force’s
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Sep 24, 2023, 12:18 PM ET Alan Williams resigned as Chicago Bears defensive coordinator last week in part because of inappropriate activity, multiple sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Williams was not involved in any criminal activity, sources told Schefter, but the Bears’ human resources department was part of the process that culminated in his abrupt
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One of Britain’s most prominent university spinout ventures is backing a developer of therapies for neurological diseases as part of a capital-raising to fund it through to clinical trials. Sky News understands that Crucible Therapeutics, which was founded by University of Sheffield academics at its Department of Neuroscience, will announce this week that it has
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The home secretary has questioned whether international migration rules and conventions designed more than a century ago are “fit for purpose” ahead of a major speech in the United States. Suella Braverman suggested a shake-up of international rules could be needed to tackle the migrant crisis. She warned a failure to address the problem will
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