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Farmer killed father after ‘blazing row’ over finances and then took own life, inquest told
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Madeleine McCann suspect ‘very happy’ as round-the-clock police surveillance to end
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Remembering Sir Patrick Stewart: A life on stage in pictures
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NEW: Nominations have closed for Birmingham’s Shard End by-election, triggered by the resignation of Reform UK’s Alan Feeney following the undercover ITV investigation.
No Lib Dem candidate could help Labour, while Reform faces competition from Restore.
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Man injured in Lichfield bar attack that killed friend said punch felt like ‘sledgehammer’
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18 people convicted for smuggling drugs hidden in rolls of cheese
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Police in #Nottingham have cordoned off a road after a disturbance in the early hours of this morning. Eyewitnesses say there was large-scale disorder outside the Nest venue near Notts County FC @ITVCentral
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Andy Burnham tells @DanielHewittITV his first Budget as prime minister wasn’t his ‘ideal budget’
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'I don't want to see anyone in their 20s on benefits'
Andy Burnham insists he does want to cut the welfare bill, in an interview with @DanielHewittITV
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham tells @DanielHewittITV there will not be a general election in 2027 but admits he would have done 2024 manifesto differently
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham tells @DanielHewittITV he still speaks to his predecessor Keir Starmer and contacted Rachel Reeves before unveiling the Budget
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Man charged with murder after another man fatally stabbed
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Body found in burnt-out car in Staffordshire as police investigate
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Long jumper Jazmin Sawyers on breaking the internet with the help of a pink, fluffy blanket
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Poundland to appoint administrators with thousands of jobs at risk
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Thousands of jobs at risk with Poundland on brink of administration
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Chancellor says 'no government can completely offset' cost of living pressures itv.com/news/2026-10-29/chan…
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Onlookers watch in horror as man is fatally stabbed Birmingham in broad daylight
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Police lacked resources to detain psychotic man before he killed dad at 90mph, inquest finds
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Rise in bank tax and £100 energy payments: What’s in Healey’s debut Budget?
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