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Labour pledges huge increase in defence spending after pressure from Trump

Defence secretary John Healey has promised a ‘certain decade of rising defence spending’ after the US President cast doubt on his willingness to defend Nato countries if they do not pay more

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Author: Kate Devlin

Four people in hospital and one man arrested after car ploughs into pedestrians

A 31-year-old man has been arrested

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Author: Ed Griffiths

Man arrested after ‘car collides with number of pedestrians’ in Leicester

A 31-year-old man from Leicester has been arrested following the collision on De Montfort Street

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Author: Tara Cobham

Man arrested after car hits number of pedestrians in Leicester

Police say a 31 year-old man has been arrested while four pedestrians remain in hopsital.

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Author: @BBCNews

Arrest made as car reportedly hits multiple pedestrians

Three people have been seriously injured

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Author: Dylan Hayward

Starmer loss in Hamilton by-election could set the dominoes falling

Nigel Farage and Reform’s slow creep into Scotland unnoticed by many in Westminster

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Author: Tony Diver

Disposable vape ban: Help young vapers and don’t judge, Liverpool medic says

A ban on the sale of disposable vapes aims to curb littering and cut down youth vaping.

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Author: @BBCNews

Vapers warned not to stockpile ‘fire risk’ disposables before UK ban

The ban, enforced from Sunday, is designed to reduce youth vaping and tackle environmental damage

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Author: Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

Leicester: ‘Hard core’ expected to ignore single-use vape ban

Almost a thousand businesses have been contacted ahead of a change in vape laws from 1 June.

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Author: @BBCNews

Disposable vapes ban ‘will backfire’

Industry leaders suggest new law could encourage former smokers to return to traditional tobacco

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Author: Michael Searles

Healey sees defence spend rise to 3% of GDP by 2034

But a source says the defence secretary is voicing an opinion, not announcing a new commitment.

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Author: @BBCNews

Prison guard stabbed with knife that was ‘flown in by a drone’

The officer was attacked at Long Lartin prison in Worcestershire, a Category A jail that houses some of Britain’s most dangerous criminals

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Author: Matt Dathan, Home Affairs Editor

Live updates as police and forensics cordon off street

At least half a dozen police vehicles are at the scene

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Author: Conaill Corner

HMP Long Lartin prison officer has emergency surgery after attack

The 25-year-old man was attacked by an inmate on Friday, officials say.

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Author: bbc.com

Prison officer stabbed by inmate at HMP Long Lartin

West Mercia Police say a prison officer at HMP Long Lartin is in hospital with “serious injuries” after being stabbed by an inmate earlier today.

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Author: By Amelia Jenne

Prison officer stabbed at high-security HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire

Police have said audio footage circulating online, and claiming to be the aftermath of the attack, is not connected to the incident.

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Author: Sky News

Serious crash shuts M5 both ways

An air ambulance has landed at the scene

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Author: Jamie Hawkins

Car bursts into flames on busy main road

Huge plumes of smoke poured out into the sky

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Author: Paul Britton

‘Police were no help when social media said I was Liverpool suspect’

Peter Cunningham was misidentified online as a suspect after a man drove a Ford Galaxy into a crowd in Liverpool — and struggled to get the posts taken down

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Author: Ellie McDonald

Prison officer stabbed with weapon ‘likely sent in by drone’, union chief tells LBC News as he warns ‘it’s a risk every shift’

Prison officers face risk of being attacked on every shift, a union chief has told LBC News after an officer was stabbed on Friday in a high security jail with a weapon that “may have been delivered by drones”.

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Author: LBC

Liverpool parade crash: Paul Doyle to stand trial in November

The man accused of driving into a crowd celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League victory has been remanded in custody, with a trial date set for November.

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Author: Channel 4 News

Can the chancellor calm Labour’s troubled waters with her spending review?

Sean O’Grady examines the causes of dissent within the party, and how the chancellor might try to keep everyone happy – though don’t hold your breath on that…

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Author: Sean O’Grady