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Other A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a nine-year-old girl was fatally stabbed in a town centre. Lillia Valutyte was found with a stab wound in Fountain Lane in Boston, Lincolnshire, on Thursday. Lincolnshire Police said the 22-year-old was detained in Boston on Saturday after two people previously arrested were released

Hollie Adams Widespread disruption to train services is expected on Saturday as drivers from seven operators walk out over pay. A 24-hour strike by about 5,000 members of the Aslef union will affect lines across England – including Southeastern and West Midlands Trains. Travel to the first games of the season for most English Football

More than 4,000 surviving victims of the contaminated blood scandal should receive provisional compensation of £100,000 each, a judge has said. The chairman of the infected blood public inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff, said there was a compelling case to make the payments quickly. At least 2,400 people died after contracting HIV or hepatitis C through

Hosts: Birmingham Dates: 28 July to 8 August Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV with extra streams on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live and Sports Extra; live text and clips online. Birmingham opened its Commonwealth Games in spectacular style with a captivating,

Hosts: Birmingham Dates: 28 July to 8 August Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV with extra streams on BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app; Listen live on Radio 5 Live and Sports Extra; Follow live text and video clips online. Over the next 12 days, Birmingham will welcome 72 teams and

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has sacked a junior shadow transport minister who joined striking rail workers on a picket line. Ilford South MP Sam Tarry attended the protest at London’s Euston station despite Sir Keir calling

Reuters Tory leadership contender Rishi Sunak has not performed a U-turn by pledging to scrap VAT on energy bills if prices keep rising, his supporters say. The ex-chancellor, who has not promised any tax cuts during the contest so far, said the plan would help families with living costs. Rival Liz Truss’s team described the

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The latest Tory leadership debate between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss has been cancelled after the presenter fainted on air. The Sun and TalkTV debate, hosted by journalist Kate McCann, abruptly halted around halfway through after a

Pacemaker Lord Trimble, former first minister of Northern Ireland and Ulster Unionist Party leader, has died. Lord Trimble, who was 77, led the UUP between 1995 and 2005, and was instrumental in the negotiation of the Good Friday Agreement – the peace deal which ended the worst of Northern Ireland’s Troubles. His efforts won him

PA Media The Eurovision Song Contest will take place in the UK next year after show organisers decided it could not be held in the winning country, Ukraine. The ongoing war following February’s Russian invasion prompted the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to look for an alternative host. The UK’s Sam Ryder came second this year,

Getty Images The large number of unfilled NHS job vacancies is posing a serious risk to patient safety, a report by MPs says. It found England is now short of 12,000 hospital doctors and more than 50,000 nurses and midwives, calling this the worst workforce crisis in NHS history. It said a reluctance to decisively

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Holidaymakers and hauliers are being warned of another day of disruption at the Channel Tunnel and the Port of Dover after two days of gridlock. Overnight, people reported sleeping in cars on the road as the approach

PA Media Travellers heading to France are facing delays of several hours amid continuing gridlock on roads near Dover and the Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone. More than 17,000 passengers had left Dover on ferries by lunchtime on one of the busiest weekends of the year. P&O Ferries warned customers to allow three to four hours

PA Media Rishi Sunak has said he would put the UK on a “crisis footing” on day one as PM, as he and Liz Truss continue their pitch to lead the Conservative Party. In an interview with the Times, the former chancellor said the country faced a national emergency, including on the economy, the NHS

Glenn Carpenter, his wife Charlotte and their four children are stuck in the traffic at Dover – and think they’ve moved about a mile and a half in over four hours. The Port of Dover has declared a “critical incident” because of long queues leading to the ferry terminal. You can follow more on this

Getty Images Long NHS waiting times appear to be pushing people into paying thousands of pounds for private treatment. There were 69,000 self-funded treatments in the UK in the final three months of last year – a 39% rise on the same period before the pandemic. It meant the numbers paying for care topped 250,000