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The 19-year-old woman who died after she was attacked by a dog at a flat in Bristol on Wednesday has been named as Morgan Dorsett from Shropshire. Two people – a man and a woman both aged in their 20s – have been arrested over the attack and have been released on conditional bail. Initial

The Baltic states are “very unhappy” after the UK failed to invite their leaders to join a summit on Ukraine this weekend, a European diplomatic source has said. The source, with knowledge of the situation, warned that Moscow would notice with interest that Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have been excluded. “Russia and our publics will

Home video of Eleanor Williams shows a happy teenager; dancing, singing into a bottle, joking with her sister, and making others laugh. A marked contrast to the videos that came to define her. Warning: This article contains references to sexual abuse and violence Five years ago, police bodyworn camera footage showed a battered and drugged

With Donald Trump, it’s all about relationships. Going into this bilateral summit, those around Sir Keir Starmer were stressing that these guys genuinely got on well, they liked each other, and that the prime minister could say things to Mr Trump in private and not get his head blown off. What we saw today was

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer brushed aside growing tensions between the White House and Europe over Ukraine on Wednesday, saying he trusted Donald Trump and wanted the “special relationship” to go “from strength to strength”. Speaking to reporters ahead of a crucial meeting at the White House, Sir Keir insisted that the UK was working

The government has signalled that plans to bring a second runway at Gatwick into regular use will get the green light if environmental conditions are met. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said she was “minded to approve” the airport’s plans but the deadline for a decision had now been pushed back until the end of October.

Oil and gas giant BP has again slashed its renewable energy investment and announced more funding for greater fossil fuel production. In a further row back of climate targets the company has said renewable energy investment will fall by $5bn (£3.95bn) a year to just $1bn to $2bn (£790m to £1.58bn). Funding for further oil

The body of a British businessman who went missing in Kenya more than a week ago was reportedly found in a sack of pineapples in a forest. Campbell Scott, believed to be from Dunfermline in Fife, Scotland, was last seen attending a conference at the JW Marriot Hotel in the capital Nairobi on 16 February.

Care providers have warned the government that the UK social care system is “at breaking point” as it struggles with rising demand and high costs. It comes as thousands of care and support providers, and some of those who rely on the service, plan to stage a demonstration in central London to urge the government

A teenager who admitted killing his mother and two younger siblings was plotting a school shooting, it can now be reported. Nicholas Prosper, 19, appeared at Luton Crown Court over the deaths of Juliana Falcon, 48, Giselle Prosper, 13, and Kyle Prosper, 16. Their bodies were found at a flat in Leabank, off Wauluds Bank

Russian oligarchs with links to the Kremlin can now be banned from the UK, the government has announced as part of a fresh sanctions package on the third anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The Home Office said “elites” linked to the Russian state can now be prevented from entering the UK under the

Two motorways were shut on Saturday evening for several hours after human remains were found on the carriageway.  Several drivers called police from 6.40pm to report “something in the road” between junctions 20 and 21 of the M4 – between Almondsbury and Awkley. The body is believed to be that of a man in his

A body has been found in the search for 23-year-old runner Jenny Hall.  She was last seen leaving her home in Barracks Farm, County Durham, in her car just after 3pm on Tuesday. Police said there are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances after a body was found in a very remote area in

Police are searching for a van driver who fled the scene of a Manchester city centre collision in which a three-year-old girl was killed. The girl, a pedestrian, died after a collision between a tram and a van at about 10am on Saturday morning. The tram forced the van onto the footpath on Mosley Street,

A major police search is taking place for a runner who has been missing for three days – as officers say they are becoming “increasingly concerned”. Jenny Hall, 23, was last seen leaving her home in Barracks Farm, Tow Law, County Durham, in her car just after 3pm on Tuesday. In an update on Friday,

A man has been found guilty of attempted murder for attacking author Sir Salman Rushdie. The 77-year-old British-American writer was stabbed multiple times as he was preparing to give a speech in New York in 2022. He was blinded in his right eye in the incident, suffered a severely damaged hand, and spent months recovering.

The British Army’s failure to properly deal with a soldier’s sexual assault complaint played “more than a minimal” role in her death, a coroner has said. Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck, 19, was found dead in her room at Larkhill Camp in Wiltshire on 15 December 2021. An inquest on Thursday recorded a conclusion of

Thousands of men are to be checked for prostate cancer in one of the first large-scale European trials of smart screening. The pilot study, starting next week in Ireland, will combine a blood test with personal risk factors and an MRI scan to increase the accuracy of screening men in their 50s and 60s. Up

British and other European troops could be deployed to Ukrainian cities, ports and nuclear power plants to help secure the peace following any ceasefire deal with Russia, Western officials have said. Protecting Ukraine’s skies and coastline will also be key. The officials declined to give numbers on the size of any potential force but signalled

A British journalist has gone missing in Brazil, according to an association of foreign correspondents in the country, which is calling for authorities to step up the search. Charlotte Alice Peet, 32, told a friend she was in Sao Paulo on 8 February but was planning to go to Rio de Janeiro before she disappeared.