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Police were guilty of "deep complacency", "fundamental failure" and a "concerted effort" to blame fans during and after the Hillsborough disaster, according to a report from the police watchdog. 

Sexually motivated crimes against women in public are not afforded the same response as other high-priority crimes, an inquiry into the rape and murder of Sarah Everard by off-duty police officer Wayne Couzens has found.

Children as young as three are "being fed content and algorithms designed to hook adults" on social media, a former education minister has warned.

Sir Keir Starmer has warned China poses "real national security threats to the United Kingdom" - and hit out at Brexit.

Former England cricketer Robin Smith has died aged 62.

South Yorkshire Police (SYP) "consistently and intentionally presented unsubstantiated evidence" about the Hillsborough disaster, investigators say.

Did the chancellor mislead the public, and her own cabinet, before the budget?

The number of children's homes in England has reached a record high - as Ofsted warns providers are focusing on cheaper housing rather than the needs of children.

Thousands of people remain without water and schools have been forced to shut after a treatment works closed down over the weekend in Kent.

Dame Joanna Lumley has warned of a "crisis hidden in plain sight", with 1.5 million older people set to spend Christmas alone.