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The UK’s census data has just included the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people for the first time in its history. The March 2021 census – a national…

The deaths of an estimated 500 people each week caused by delays in emergency care is “a real problem”, a senior health official has said. Ian Higginson, vice-president of the…

The cost of living crisis is “heaping misery” on households this Christmas, with the poorest families twice as likely to suffer from depression. A survey carried out by the Office…

A senior US intelligence official says Russian missiles crossed into Nato member Poland, killing two people. Polish government spokesman Piotr Mueller did not immediately confirm the information, but said top…

A former Bank of England policymaker has said that the UK economy has been “permanently damaged” by Brexit, because it reduced the country’s potential output and resulted in reduced investment…

England Lioness star Toni Duggan will become the first player in the Women’s Super League to officially take maternity leave – and it’s a groundbreaking moment for women’s football. Unbelievably,…

A Conservative member of the Scottish parliament was very publicly trolled by the official Holyrood Twitter account, and (accidentally) compared to a vegetable… It all started when Stephen Kerr was…

There are plenty of memorable moments in Love Actually (and not all of them for the right reasons, these days), but actor Bill Nighy had arguably the best line in…