in Whitchurch since 1949, said he would not vote for Mr Paterson again due to the allegations.“ I’m

The body of a 13-year-old boy has been found in the River Taff following a search operation, police have revealed.... However, the boy was found around an hour later in the river 15 minutes from where he was last seen.... South Wales Police confirmed the boy had died despite efforts from emergency services. Police have launched an investigation and said the family of the boy has been informed....

The Reform UK candidate in the crunch North Shropshire contest is unable to attend the all-important count as she has been struck down with Covid. Instead, she will be watching the knife-edge result on TV with the Conservative Party and Lib Dems neck and neck in the polls.Ms Walmsley is expected to secure around five per cent of the vote-snatching vital support from Conservative candidate Neil Shastri-Hurst. Even a few hundred votes could tip the result in favour of the Lib Dems Helen Morgan who

From the church building site they heard men shouting “ run ” before the scaffolding around the church collapsed with another “ huge bang ”.... In a statement, Mr Plevey’s children, Lauren and Joshua, said: “ This has been a difficult and challenging time for all of us.... We finally have closure, Dad can now rest.”....

A new watchdog to enforce environmental laws after Brexit must be “ totally independent ” from government in order to hold ministers and public bodies to account, parliament has heard. The creation of the new Office for Environmental Protection( OEP), which will replace the European Commission’s oversight, has been mired by controversy after the government said it will be part of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs( Defra). The organisation is being set up as part of the delay

We shouldn’t bar young people, children, and people who’ve recently recovered from Covid-19 from church carols.... We did our risk assessments and will observe the rules.... There is no official guidance from dioceses nor the government that says we need to be locked down, so we’re legally free to have services.“ At some point, we have to go back to normal life and carry on with traditions....

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Rishi Sunak has been criticised for not announcing a new package of support amid the latest Covid guidance" src=" https:// static. independent.co.uk/ 2021/ 12/ 16/ 08/ newFile-2. jpg?... The Tories are defending a 23, 000 majority, in what was expected to be a straight shoot out between them and the Lib Dems....