Exclusive: David and Anne Moffat to meet permanent secretary after coroner found Treasury ‘materially contributed’ to employee taking her own life

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Moscow ignores Donald Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ while Kyiv’s forces experience connectivity problems on Elon Musk’s satellite network

Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp paid £10k at auction for Epstein’s address book. He then used it to co-author a thrilling account of the swinging 60s – and an intimate portrait of a tormented man whose lif...

A disciplinary hearing finds both officers used unnecessary force on Donald Burgess at his care home.

Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth

The takeover still needs to be approved by the regulator, but would give certainty to TalkTalk's millions of customers

Swift actions of attacked pilot Smit Machchhar allowed passengers and other off-duty pilots to assist in subduing co-pilot and allowing plane to land safely Smit Machchhar was lying on the floor of the flydubai flight deck, covered with blood, when he managed to click the release to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to gain entry, overpower his attacker and save 174 passengers on board. Moments earlier, Machchhar’s fellow pilot had stabbed him, in an apparent effort to crash the plane which was travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Machchhar, an Indian citizen from Mumbai, is being treated in a hospital in Saudi Arabia’s north-western city of Tabuk, where the plane landed safely. Continue reading...

Converted from Victorian buffet bars, ticket offices and waiting rooms, these station pubs offer beautifully restored interiors, real ales and a slice of railway history

It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.

Riley Lubas took two over-the counter medicines without realising they both contained paracetamol.

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The ballroom extravaganza is back – and for the first time ever, the hosts are generating more excitement than the contestants. How will the new presenting trio fare? Strictly is back, back, back! Almost as importantly, so is our sequin-spangled liveblog. Good evening all and welcome to the 24th series of Strictly Come Dancing. I’m Michael, your virtual dance partner from tonight until Christmas. I hope you’ll join me for another life-affirming autumn of glitz, glamour and giddy entertainment. It’s all change beneath the glitterball. After long-serving, much-loved presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman bowed out at Christmas (sob), a new hosting line-up was needed. The BBC surprised us all by replacing them with not one, not two, but three fresh faces: safe-pair-of-hands Emma Willis, wild card comedian Josh Widdicombe and professional dancer Johannes Radebe to provide hoofing expertise. Continue reading...

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

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The inquiry found a "complete failure to protect babies on the neonatal unit" where the nurse worked.

Caroline Steel finds out why some people have difficulty remembering faces. Is it to do with ageing? Or are there other explanations?