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Watford MP Matt Turmaine hosted visitors from twin town Mainz, Germany, including German MP Daniel Baldy, for a UK visit with tours of Parliament.
A yellow heat health alert has been extended to all regions in England, with temperatures set to reach 31C on Thursday and expected to climb as the third heatwave of the summer hits the UK.
Suspensions and exclusions from schools in England have risen to a record high for recent times, Government figures show. There were 954,952 suspensions in the 2023/24 academic year, compared with 786 ...
Campaigners have made renewed calls to scrap the two-child benefit limit after the latest figures showed the number of children in affected households is approaching 1.7 million across Great Britain.
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Tensions are continuing to smoulder around two loyalist bonfires in Northern Ireland which have attracted significant controversy.
Sculptor Charlie Whinney has created a place for people to sit beside and touch a section of the much-loved tree, which was felled in 2023.
Owen Farrell is among the replacements for Saturday’s British and Irish Lions clash with an Australia and New Zealand Invitational XV after being drafted into the squad. The 33-year-old Saracens and ...
It comes as new figures show the waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England fell to its lowest in more than two years.
Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court next month ...
Inspector Simon Cooper will return to Watford as a neighbourhood policing lead, aiming to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour in the area.
Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee described the threat from Iran as ‘persistent’ and ‘unpredictable’.