Purgatory News

MPs have voted in favour of measures to decriminalise women terminating their own pregnancies..

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More than 1,300 jobs are at risk at Poundland after the retailer announced plans to shut 68 shops and two of its UK warehouses following its takeover by investment firm Gordon Brothers..

Temperatures could hit 33C this weekend as parts of the UK bask in a heatwave..

TV star Kim Woodburn, who rose to fame presenting How Clean Is Your House?, has died at the age of 83 following a short illness, her manager said..

Police fired tear gas at a group of migrants as they waited on sand dunes in France for a small boat which might ferry them to the UK..

A woman has died after being found with stab wounds inside a house where a gas explosion took place..

G7 leaders called for de-escalation in the Middle East before Donald Trump left the global summit early as conflict intensifies between Israel and Iran..

A new study aims to show how genetic testing could help personalise treatments by boosting medication response and reducing harmful side effects..

NHS 999 staff are quitting and suffering burnout caused by the “relentless pressure” of calls, according to new research..

A £500 million five-year deal has been struck between Network Rail and British Steel to help save the Scunthorpe steelworks, the Government has announced..

The UK-US trade deal has been signed and is “done”, US President Donald Trump said as he met with Sir Keir Starmer at the G7 summit..

The lack of data showing the ethnicity and nationality of sex offenders in grooming gangs is “a major failing over the last decade or more”, a new report has found..

A 22-year-old nursery worker abused 21 babies, kicking one little boy in the face and stepping on his shoulder during a harrowing campaign of abuse..

Britons are set to bask in a heatwave this weekend, with some places hotter than parts of southern Europe..

Suspended Tory MP Patrick Spencer has denied two counts of sexual assault allegedly carried out at central London’s Groucho club..

A new documentary into the Grenfell fire setting out the failings which led to the fatal blaze must mark a “turning point” in the fight for justice, a grieving father featured in it has said..

A sheriff has noted former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg’s “complete compliance” with a community payback order, as he said no further review would take place..

The first ever female head of MI6 has been announced by Sir Keir Starmer to lead Britain’s secret service in the face of an “unprecedented scale” of threats faced by the UK..

G7 allies will discuss the prospect of more sanctions on Russia if Vladimir Putin continues to resist calls for an unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine, Sir Keir Starmer has said..