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As Birmingham grapples with bin strikes and ‘rats as big as cats’, councils fear further cuts
In Birmingham, they say the rats are as big as cats.
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Duchess of York offered to help secure PPE early in COVID pandemic, inquiry hears
The Duchess of York and the Dubai royal family offered to help ministers secure PPE in the early months of the COVID-19 crisis, the inquiry into the pandemic has heard.
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Prince William’s style of diplomacy is welcome in these tense times
Prince William's arrival in Estonia felt like the latest example of the Royal Family being right on the frontline of high-stakes diplomatic discussions.
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Boy accused of killing elderly man while girl filmed attack ‘can’t keep track’ of murder trial lies, court hears
A 15-year-old boy accused of killing an elderly man has told so many lies he has "difficulty keeping track", a murder trial has heard.
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Race to clean up billions of plastic ‘nurdles’ that washed up in UK after tanker crash
Clean-up teams are in a race against time to remove billions of plastic pellets that are building up on England's east coast before they are washed back out to sea.
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Is Rachel Reeves about to have a very tough week?
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Prince William meets Estonia’s president amid tensions with Russia
The Prince of Wales has held talks with Estonia's president on the role of British troops as the UK seeks to bolster its ties to the Baltic state.
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Nine Just Stop Oil protesters convicted after planning to glue themselves to Heathrow runway
Nine Just Stop Oil protesters have been convicted after police intervened to prevent them from gluing themselves to the runways at Heathrow Airport.
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Actress ‘shell-shocked’ when asked to ‘bend further’ while filming with Noel Clarke, court hears
An actress who worked in a film directed by Noel Clarke said she felt "shell-shocked" when he asked her to "bend over further" during a scene where she was naked…
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Intertek to hand boss Lacroix multimillion pound pay boost
Intertek Group, the testing and inspection specialist, is to become the latest in a string of FTSE-100 companies to hand their chief executives a sizeable pay boost.