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Robert Jenrick has quit as immigration minister (James Manning/PA)

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick quits after new Rwanda legislation unveiled

Former prime minister Boris Johnson giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry (UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA)

Boris Johnson admits ‘underestimating’ threat of Covid in early days of pandemic

Rishi Sunak has published a draft of his ’emergency’ Rwanda legislation (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Sunak risks angering Tory right by avoiding most hardline Rwanda legislation

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Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove admitted he is concerned about local government finances. (James Manning/PA)

Michael Gove blames councils’ financial failure on poor leadership

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Former prime minister Boris Johnson said he ‘regretted’ his remarks about long Covid (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Boris Johnson ‘regrets’ long Covid remarks

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Fraud investigators have launched an investigation into a company suspected of supplying fake aircraft parts used by airlines across the world (Alamy/PA)

Arrest over alleged fake plane parts scam

Veteran TV executive Dr Samir Shah is the Government’s preferred candidate to become BBC chairman (DCMS/PA)

TV executive Samir Shah is Government’s choice for next BBC chairman

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Former health secretary Matt Hancock after he gave evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry earlier in December (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Johnson defends decision to resist calls to sack Hancock

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Jonathan Barton faced eight charges involving eight women at Dumbarton Sheriff Court (John Linton/PA)

Ballet teacher acquitted of sexual assaults on teenage pupils

District Judge Kate Thomas outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London, where she has taken legal action against the Judicial Appointments Commission (Yui Mok/PA)

Judge loses High Court fight after failing to get promotion

Women and equalities minister Kemi Badenoch said those places removed from the list do not have ‘similarly rigorous’ systems as the UK (Victoria Jones/PA)

Parts of Australia and US removed from UK gender recognition certificate list

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HM Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland highlighted concern among officers about a lack of reporting regarding misconduct (PA)

‘Unwillingness to challenge unacceptable behaviour’ found within Police Scotland

The study found certain proteins in the blood could help predict a person’s risk of disease in particular organs (PA)

Blood test to determine organ age could help predict disease risk

Brianna Ghey (Family handout/Cheshire Police/PA)

‘Frenzied’ stabbing of transgender teenager Brianna Ghey denied by boy

Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch announced an update on gender recognition in Parliament (Liam McBurney/PA)

Countries to be taken off gender recognition list over ‘less rigorous systems’

Suella Braverman was sacked as home secretary last month (Justin Tallis/PA)

Braverman: Tories face electoral oblivion if they get Rwanda legislation wrong

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BBC Broadcasting house (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

New BBC chairman will return to corporation after 25-year absence

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MPs were told work is continuing on trains (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Development of HS2 trains continues despite doubts over order

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Education Secretary Gillian Keegan told MPs on the education select committee that all responsible bodies of settings with buildings built in the target era have now submitted responses (PA)

Seventeen more schools and colleges found to have collapse-risk concrete

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Neil Leighton celebrates his £1 million National Lottery win at the Talyllyn Railway, Gwynedd (National Lottery/PA)

Man who won £1m on lottery phone game may buy steam train with winnings

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Forensics teams joined Met officers at the scene (Lucy North/PA)

Woman described as ‘beautiful soul’ killed in east London shooting

Lewis Capaldi was TikTok’s most-viewed UK artist in 2023 (Yui Mok/PA)

Lewis Capaldi crowned TikTok’s most-viewed UK artist for 2023

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The search operation will continue (Kyodo News via AP)

Eight US air force crew lost in Osprey crash in Japan identified

Sarah Henshaw was last seen several days before her body was discovered (Derbyshire Police/PA)

Carpet fitter murdered ex and ‘callously dumped’ her body in lay-by, trial told

More than half of London’s black cabs are zero emission capable, new figures show (Alamy/PA)

Majority of London’s black cabs can provide zero emission journeys

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A survey of more than 200 manufacturers found customs paperwork and border delays were said to be the biggest barrier to trading with the EU (Rui Vieira/PA)

Manufacturers find trading with EU a challenge – report

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Former home secretary Suella Braverman will make a statement on Wednesday afternoon (Joe Giddens/PA)

Former home secretary Suella Braverman to make personal statement to the Commons

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Humza Yousaf said his brother-in-law and his family are unable to get to the Rafah crossing out of Gaza (PA)

Yousaf says family face ‘impossible situation’ to flee Gaza

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Screen grab from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry live stream of counsel to the inquiry Hugo Keith KC as he questions former prime minister Boris Johnson at Dorland House in London (UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA)

Hugo Keith KC – Who is ‘Star at the Bar’ grilling former PM at Covid-19 inquiry?

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Proposals to close railway station ticket offices across England were scrapped in October (Lucy North/PA)

Legal challenge over rail ticket office closures dropped after Government U-turn

Ladbrokes in Nottingham City Centre (PA)

Entain reaches final approval on deferred prosecution agreement with CPS

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William with Dave Martin (Andy Parsons/Big Issue/PA)

William joins Big Issue seller in London again

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The scene near Vine Close, Hackney, east London, following a shooting incident (Lucy North/PA)

Woman dead and two injured after east London shooting, police say

Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican (AP)

Pope says he’s ‘much better’ after bout of bronchitis

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Exam board OCR staged a pilot of digital exams earlier this year and will now introduce it for GCSE computer science (Alamy/PA)

Exam board to offer digitally assessed GCSE in computer science

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Academics from Oxford have come up with a new campaign to try to reduce hesitancy around vaccinations (Vaccine Knowledge Project/PA)

New campaign hopes to boost jab numbers

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Tenpin bowling group Ten Entertainment has agreed a £287 million takeover (Ten Entertainment/PA)

Bowling firm Ten Entertainment set for £287m takeover by US firm

Isabel said those interested in the sport should give it a go (BpiryPhotograpy/PA)

16-year-old freestyle footballer sets sights on becoming world champion

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Martha Cullen Close said her partner would be unable to move to the UK from Mexico under the Government’s new five-point plan to tackle net migration (Martha Cullen Close/PA)

Couples feeling ‘stuck’ because of Government’s ‘cruel’ migration plan

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President Joe Biden arrives at Boston Logan International Airport (Evan Vucci/AP)

President Biden says he is only running because Donald Trump is in race

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The scene on Moy Road in the village of Aberfan, Merthyr, South Wales, after a 29-year-old woman was stabbed around 9.10am on Tuesday (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Man in custody after ‘pregnant’ woman stabbed

A jet takes flight from Sky Harbor International Airport as the sun sets over Phoenix, (AP)

November breaks heat record for sixth straight month

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Joseph Emerson, left, is arraigned in Portland in October (AP)

Attempted murder charges dropped against pilot who tried to cut engines

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President Joe Biden speaks to the media as he returns to the White House after a stop in Boston. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

President Biden calls on world to condemn sex attacks by Hamas

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Undated handout photo issued by the Home Office of Nicole Jacobs, the first Domestic Abuse Commissioner.

Domestic Abuse Commissioner vows to hold public bodies to account over deaths

A collection of British newspapers (Peter Byrne/PA)

What the papers say – December 6

Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron will hold key meetings in Washington this week (Dan Kitwood/PA)

Ukraine to top agenda in Cameron visit to Washington

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under pressure from different wings of the party over Rwanda (Daniel Leal/PA)

Rishi Sunak under pressure over Rwanda legislation after treaty signing

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Its goal is to get half its revenue from non-combustibles by 2035 (Richard Drew/AP)

British American Tobacco writes down £25bn as it moves away from cigarettes

The company also announced a partnership with Google Cloud (PA)

McDonald’s to open 10,000 new restaurants over the next four years

Margaret Aspinall talking to the media at the Capital Building in Liverpool after a Government response to a report on the experiences of the Hillsborough families (Peter Byrne/PA)

Hillsborough families to continue fight for new law despite Government response

Camilla helped decorate the Christmas tree at Clarence House (PA)

Queen hosts Clarence House Christmas party for poorly children

The New Caledonian crow was one of two species tested (Martina Schiestl/ PA)

Crows can use self-control to hold out for favourite food, study suggests

A security guard uses a baton to control people at the jobs fair in Harare (Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP)

Chaos at jobs fair in Zimbabwe underscores desperation for work

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