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The Home Office is launching an investigation after a baby’s birth certificate was returned to her parents “with the word Israel scribbled out”. The Campaign Against Antisemitism said the certificate was sent off as part of a passport application two weeks ago and returned on Monday with the father’s place of birth defaced. The organisation, which
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Activists demanding lower food prices have occupied the royal dining room at the Palace of Holyroodhouse as part of their ongoing campaign. Nine protesters entered the Edinburgh palace at about 1.15pm on Monday carrying banners with slogans including “is treasa tuath na tighearna”, which is Gaelic for “the people are mightier than a lord”, and
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Headteachers in England have been given advice on how to ban mobile phones from school classrooms under government plans dismissed by one teaching union as a “non-policy for a non-problem”. Guidance issued by ministers on Monday includes how to search students and their bags for devices “if necessary”. Headteachers “can and should identify mobile phones
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Solar farms in the UK only account for 0.1% of land – that’s less than that of golf courses. But, as the government aims to meet its clean energy targets, more agricultural land is being lost to solar panels. On this episode of ClimateCast, Tom Heap visits farmer Andrew Dakin, whose family have farmed the
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Votes are being counted in the Kingswood and Wellingborough by-elections, where Labour will be looking to capitalise on the UK entering a recession to inflict a double defeat on Rishi Sunak. The Tories are defending traditionally safe seats in South Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire, following the departures of Chris Skidmore and Peter Bone, respectively. But the
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