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Getty Images The UK inflation rate has gone up for the second month in a row, with prices rising at their fastest pace since March. Inflation hit 2.6% in the …

Mishal Husain bids farewell in last Today episode Mishal Husain has presented her final episode of Radio 4’s Today programme after 11 years on the early morning show. Husain, who …

PA Media The sale of Royal Mail’s parent company to a Czech billionaire has been approved by the government. The £3.6bn takeover by Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group has been given …

Bus crashed into the bridge on Cook Street Eight people have been injured, including one person in a critical condition, after a double-decker bus crashed into a railway bridge in …

A “friendly and happy” West Ham academy goalkeeper has died aged 15 after being diagnosed with cancer. Oscar Fairs from Benfleet, Essex, was found to have a rare 7cm (2.8in) …

PA Media Royal Mail has been fined £10.5m by the regulator Ofcom for failing to meet delivery targets for first and second class mail. The fine is almost double the …

BBC Local councillor Monique Bonney on the roof of St Nicholas’ Church in Rodmersham, Kent Sir Keir Starmer will later unveil sweeping changes to the planning system that could see …

An asylum seeker who piloted a boat in the English Channel where four passengers drowned has not been successful in a bid to bring a challenge against his convictions and …

BBC Union members have protested for several years over the claims Thousands of women are set to have their equal pay claims settled with a council after several years. The …

BBC Dianne Morgan’s home backs on to a coal tip in Cwmtillery which caused a landslide following heavy rain during Storm Bert in November. Residents who saw a coal tip …