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Supreme court seeks new judges who will 'improve its diversity'Law society hopes court will better ‘reflect society’, as all of current panel are white and majority are privately educated men -
Health cuts most likely cause of major rise in mortality, study claimsGovernment refutes verdict that NHS and social care cuts may have caused 30,000 excess deaths in England and Wales 2015
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Stoke byelection: Lib Dems alert police over text urging Muslims to vote LabourLabour says it doesn’t know who sent the text suggesting voters could go to hell if they helped elect Ukip’s Paul Nuttall
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Ukip leader Paul Nuttall condemned for failing to attend hustingsNuttall gave just an hour’s notice that he was pulling out of event in Stoke, where he is contesting byelection next week
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Rare old master drawings to be shown at National Portrait GalleryVery light-sensitive, seldom-viewed works by Rembrandt, Leonardo, Dürer, Holbein, Rubens in forthcoming exhibition
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A celebration of Dot Cotton, EastEnders' coiffured queenShe’s been playing Albert Square’s chain-smoking misery guts for the past 32 years. Long may she reign
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Missing wage rises give lie to picture of full employmentWith non-UK nationals representing most of 300,000 rise in number employed, labour supply is helping keep lid on wages
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Brexit weekly briefing: article 50 moves closer but EU dashes divorce deal hopesMPs vote overwhelmingly to trigger Brexit as Guy Verhofstadt suggests Brussels will not let UK leave ECJ’s jurisdiction in 2019
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Alarming number of cancer medics suffering burnout and stressOncologists worldwide experiencing emotional exhaustion and depression with some resorting to sedatives, finds study
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Kirkless council breached parents’ human rights by removing babyCouncil ordered to pay £11,250 after removing week-old baby over father’s ‘unorthodox views’ about benefits of formula milk
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NHSNHSHealth cuts most likely cause of major rise in mortality, study claimsGovernment refutes verdict that NHS and social care cuts may have caused 30,000 excess deaths in England and Wales 2015
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CrimeCrime‘Why was my Aunt Phyllis murdered? I badly needed to know’The nephew of a woman killed by her lodger in Cheltenham in 1970 knew little about her death. Ageing, and in ill health, he asked two crime reporters to unravel the mystery
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Ukip leader denies responsibility for website Hillsborough claim – videoUkip leader Paul Nuttall tells Liverpool’s Radio City Talk on Tuesday that he did not lose any close friends at the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, contrary to a statement on his website
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Dozens of people fight in Wetherspoons pub in Wiltshire – videoPolice have launched a witness appeal after two men were injured and an officer was knocked to the floor in a mass pub brawl
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Joanne Lees reveals plan for Peter Falconio memorial – videoThe Briton talks to 60 Minutes’ Liz Hayes about her intention to erect a statue in memory of her murdered boyfriend
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Tom Watson: Labour is not ‘road-testing’ Corbyn successors – videoThe Labour party’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, discusses reports that the party is vetting potential successors to Jeremy Corbyn
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Paul Nuttall reacts to Hillsborough inquest verdict – archive videoIn this clip from the BBC’s Sunday Politics North West on 1 May 2016, Ukip leader Paul Nuttall responds to the inquest that ruled the 96 victims of Hillsborough were unlawfully killed
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What is the Dubs amendment? – video explainerLast year Lord Alf Dubs, who entered the UK as a six-year-old refugee, brought in the Dubs amendment to provide refuge for unaccompanied children – but government announces the commitment will now end
Tony Blair calls on remainers to 'rise up in defence of our beliefs'