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Kate hopes her early years initiative will help give greater prominence to the issue of nurturing the formative years of children.

Producer Adam Merrifield gave evidence on the fifth day of the trial in London.

Thousands of cleaners, catering and security staff in the capital will now be eligible for free travel.

The Public Accounts Committee said the department had been ‘struggling for years’ replace some critical IT systems.

The Deputy First Minister told MSPs he was still dealing with an overspend of £100 million in this financial year.

Baroness Benjamin was formerly a presenter on Play School.

The decision was taken to help keep inflation under control.

Jason Hicks persuaded the nine-year-old to send him intimate pictures.

Exam boards predict that digital exams will eventually become the norm for qualifications such as GCSEs, IGCSEs and A-levels.

Claire Radford, sister of teenage victim Alan, welcomed the public inquiry into the Omagh bomb but expressed some reservations.

Health experts warn that further increases are likely in coming weeks.

James Cleverly was speaking after Australia’s foreign minister had urged Britain to confront its ‘uncomfortable’ history in the Indo-Pacific.

The Bank also forecast that an expected recession will be shorter and shallower than previously thought.

The Real IRA bombing in August 1998 claimed the lives of 29 people.

She vanished while walking her dog after dropping off her daughters at school.

No relevant firearms licencing training had been undertaken by staff from Devon and Cornwall Police for over 20 years

The Welsh Government is being urged to amend the draft budget.

The 31-year-old died after he was restrained on the ground by six police officers in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in 2015.

CWU members will walk out on February 16 following a series of stoppages last year.

The £22.7 million funding will allow these projects to analyse where and when deadly disease outbreaks are likely to occur.