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Some 309,300 people had been waiting more than 52 weeks to start hospital treatment at the end of March.

Marius Gustavson’s Eunuch Maker website netted him more than £300,000 between 2017 and 2021, a court heard.

The UK would not support a major assault by Israel on Rafah unless there were steps taken to protect civilians, Lord Cameron said.

David McLean’s mother was undergoing end-of-life care and medics thought she was about to die, jurors were told.

Marco Longhi faced shouts of ‘resign’ and ‘shameful’ as he raised the matter in the House of Commons at business questions.

The funeral of Bobby Storey in June 2020 sparked political controversy.

The Commons Leader aimed jibes at the Scottish Government during business questions in the Commons.

The central bank has again voted to freeze rates.

On average, Britons bought three items of clothing from secondhand retailers in 2023, the survey for Westfield suggests.

Hundreds of subpostmasters are still awaiting full compensation.

The Commons Leader also compared Sir Keir Starmer to a crab that selects ‘sedentary creatures and seaweed’ to help ‘disguise its true form’.

Eden Golan, representing Israel, is due to perform Hurricane.

People are still being diagnosed with hepatitis C following the contaminated blood scandal.

An estimated 7.54 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of March, relating to 6.29 million patients.

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry, sitting in Belfast, is investigating the initial response to the pandemic.

Labour’s shadow environment secretary Steve Reed called for those involved with water companies implicated in pollution to ‘end up in the dock’.

The party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner said a Labour government would give women ‘the best start at working life’.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conducted a meeting in No 10 with vice-chancellors from leading UK universities to tackle antisemitism on campuses.

The increase in home repossessions is largely due to older cases working through the court system, UK Finance said.

Anneliese Dodds said the MP had been through a parliamentary process over remarks about her ex-husband who was convicted in 2020 of sexual assault.