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What has the UK government done for Afghan asylum seekers?

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 01:27
A scheme to resettle people fleeing Afghanistan is expected to be announced shortly.

'NHS abandoned me after I tried to kill myself'

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 01:05
Mental health referrals across the UK have hit their highest point for two years.

UK to welcome 20,000 Afghans amid Taliban takeover

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 00:56
Some 5,000 refugees will be eligible under a new scheme in the first year, on top of 5,000 Afghan staff.

Nubya Garcia: The British sax star who is jazzing up the BBC Proms

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 00:51
Saxophonist Nubya Garcia on playing Royal Albert Hall, the Mercury Prize and "natural vibrations".

Afghanistan: The 'pure devastation and guilt' of British-Afghans

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 00:10
We chat to young people in the UK who have family in Afghanistan, as the Taliban take control.

Aspirin may help treat aggressive breast cancer

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 00:08
Doctors hope it could boost the anti-cancer power of other drugs to fight hard-to-treat tumours.

Outrage at chronic fatigue syndrome advice update pause

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 00:06
NICE decided to pause the final update to its advice just hours before planned publication.

Never mind going electric, where will we park?

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 00:05
UK roads are already jam-packed and that looks set to get worse as more people snap up EVs.

Colleges need extra £570m due to rise in students - think tank

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 00:02
The IFS says England's colleges and sixth forms need extra funds to keep pace with student numbers.

Trials of shared banking hubs to be extended

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 00:01
The two trial projects allow different banks to operate from the same premises after branches closed.

Trendy shoffices and pizza ovens raised lockdown fire risks

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 00:00
Insurer Zurich says residential outbuilding fires rose by 16% last year compared with 2019.

The Papers: UK's refugee plan 'big-hearted', or 'not enough'

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 23:45
Many of the papers focus on the UK's plan to resettle 20,000 Afghan refugees as part of a new scheme.

Plaid Cymru: Ex-leader no longer friends with successor

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 22:54
Leanne Wood says Adam Price made "a bad judgement call" in the timing of his leadership challenge.

VHS fan bids to save 20,000 tapes from being dumped

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 22:50
A video shop owner and film buff is travelling from Liverpool to Dundee to pick up the haul from a collector.

Black Lives Matter: PSNI asks that protest fines be refunded

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 21:04
Police say they will make the request over more than 70 fines issued in Belfast and Derry last year.

Afghanistan: 'I can't stop my tears for my Kabul family'

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 20:33
A Leeds family share their worries about relatives after the Afghan capital is claimed by the Taliban.

Three fined for Liverpool lockdown hotel party breach

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 20:04
More than 50 people were found at four separate parties at the hotel in Liverpool on 31 January.

Greater Manchester Police chief scraps 'tosh' Citizens' Contract

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 18:54
Stephen Watson says a scheme defending squeezed police resources was "patronising nonsense".

Plymouth shooting: Gunman had mental health support in lockdown

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 18:21
Jake Davison, who killed five people in Plymouth, used a mental health helpline, the NHS says.

Nando's shuts restaurants as it runs short of supplies

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 18:20
The chain says it will lend some of its own staff to its suppliers, to help tackle delays to deliveries.

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