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The man, dressed in a white shirt and shorts, can be seen getting into a red car outside a house in Rotherham in the footage.
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He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault and is on trial.
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Prime-minister-in-waiting has been a key figure in overhauls behind the scenes of the game, as well helping to create the Hillsborough Independent PanelPicking up the country when it is in a slump of self-doubt is perhaps within Andy Burnham’s reach. And football, close to Burnham’s heart, may provide the template. There have been several occasions in the past 20 years when English football has been in a state of anguish, but a nadir came in 2007, when Burnham made one of his most significant in
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Calls have grown to deport Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed after his release from prison.
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In the US, China, Europe, Russia and elsewhere, how is the UK's expected new prime minister regarded?
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Three-year plan will deliver an extra 500 officers to patrol Jewish neighbourhoods after series of antisemitic incidentsMore than £250m will be invested by the government to increase policing in Jewish communities after a spate of violent attacks, the Home Office has announced.The funding over the next three years will deliver more than 500 additional officers across England and Wales in Jewish neighbourhoods and around schools, synagogues and community centres, while strengthening national coun
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Exclusive: Report warns an additional 50,000 people could be added to current record figure without bold policiesAndy Burnham has been warned that an additional 50,000 people in England will become homeless in the next four years without a radical “housing first” agenda of government.The incoming prime minister’s leadership team is understood to have been briefed on projections, due to be published on Monday, showing the current record levels of homelessness rising 25% by 2030 to more than 230,0
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Exclusive: Party’s average registered donation was £137, 496, almost six times that of Labour or ConservativesReform UK would have held just 15% of the donations it received last year if a proposed £100,000 cap on political donations had been in force, according to analysis shared with the Guardian.The analysis by Friends of the Earth using Electoral Commission data highlights the party’s reliance on a handful of wealthy backers ahead of a showdown over political funding. Continue reading...
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The crush at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest left 97 fans dead.
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Miatta Fahnbulleh says she expects people will have "more money in their pockets" if Burnham becomes PM.
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If Starmer won’t act then his successor should – by restricting the power of a small group of mega-donors Just as Nigel Farage kicks off a summer of “arguing with a bin”, as Rachel Reeves called it, Labour’s bill to clean up politics returns to the House of Commons this week.As more questions emerge about the financing of Reform and Farage’s mega-donor chums – through the brilliant reporting of Guardian colleagues – MPs should seize the opportunity to toughen it up. Continue reading...
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These financiers want to remodel the UK into a form that suits them – one that could threaten to erode the barriers between crime and businessThis coming Tuesday, the government’s representation of the people bill comes back to the House of Commons for its third reading. It bundles up a multitude of measures, including an extension of the franchise to 16- and 17-year-olds and welcome changes to voter registration. But thanks to the continuing furore around Nigel Farage and his extremely wealthy
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Devon and Cornwall Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with her death.
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A 28-year-old white British national has been arrested in South Yorkshire, police say.
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A 26-year-old white British man arrested on suspicion of her murder has been released and is no longer part of the investigation.
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The Chancellor tells Laura Kuenssberg she will be handing over a stable economy to the incoming PM.
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Voters’ views range from adulation to scepticism to outright cynicism over contest triggered by sitting MPAs Nigel Farage inflicts an August byelection on the Clacton constituency in Essex, local voters are divided over whether they need, or want, to give the Reform UK leader a fresh mandate.In this self-styled battle between the “establishment and the people” views range from adulatory to sceptical to outright cynical over a contest that all mainstream parties are boycotting, leaving Count Binf
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Nigel Farage foresaw a summer stroll to glory when he forced a byelection – but now risks his career being trashedThe votes were being counted and the media had gathered for the moment that Andy Burnham, his sights on Downing Street, would be elected as the MP for Makerfield in greater Manchester. But Nick the Flying Brick, a candidate on numerous occasions for the Monster Raving Loony party, could not help but be distracted. How could it be that the candidate across the Edge Conference Centre w
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The BBC's political editor reflects on Widdecombe's life after the former government minister's death.
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Plenty in Westminster who knew her, whether they agreed with her or not, found her immensely likeable.