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‘He was not in a gang’: lives and deaths of 30 London teenage homicide victims
Most of young people were victims of knife crime and were killed by other teenagers London has recorded its highest ever level of teenage homicides in a single year after two boys were killed on Thursday.A 15-year-old was stabbed to death in a park in …
The Guardian view on levelling up: a flagship policy adrift and becalmed | Editorial
More mayors and a shake-up of local government will not be enough to rebalance the economy and heal the north-south divideTwo years after Boris Johnson made “levelling up” the lodestar of his new administration, the public still struggles to understand…
PM’s flat overhaul: Labour demands inquiry findings be made public
Boris Johnson dogged by scandal amid calls for all evidence to be passed to standards commissionerBoris Johnson faces a further headache over the scandal surrounding the funding of his Downing Street flat refurbishment after Labour demanded the finding…
UK government’s Covid advisers enduring ‘tidal waves of abuse’
Exclusive: Guardian survey shows level of intimidation, including death threats, against scientific and medical advisersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe “appalling” scale of abuse, intimidation and threatening behaviour d…
‘Time to party’: roving revellers cross Welsh border to escape Covid rules
Fun-seekers criticise Welsh restrictions on New Year’s Eve celebrations but say they’ll be carefulThey arrived at Bristol Temple Meads train station clutching cans of booze, a change of clothes and this year’s most essential New Year’s Eve accessory – …
Police release image of woman wanted over Milton Keynes anti-vaxx protest
Dozens of people enter test-and-trace centre and appear to damage and remove equipment in videos shared on social media Police have released an image of a woman wanted in connection with a theft during an anti-vaccine protest at a test-and-trace centre…
Johnson blamed for Covid test shortages as cases hit record 183,000
Labour criticises PM over ‘total shambles’ of some essential workers being unable to access test kitsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson has been accused of presiding over a “total shambles” as millions of people s…
Labour lambasts reported £330k award of public money to repair peer’s road
Lisa Nandy questions whether ‘filling in potholes for a Conservative peer’ is what PM means by levelling-upLabour has demanded ministers explain why £330,000 of taxpayers’ money was spent on repairing a pothole-ridden road reportedly owned by a former …
Man charged with murder of elderly couple in Livingston
Reports said Tobyn Salvatore, 19, was grandson of Denis and Mary Fell, found dead in their home on Boxing DayA teenager has appeared in court charged with murdering an elderly couple found dead in their home on Boxing Day.Denis and Mary Fell, both aged…