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  • Forestry Commission launches inquiry into London oak felled by Toby Carvery owner
    by Matthew Weaver on 24th April 2025 at 7:05 pm

    Minister says incident ‘opened up a nerve in the country’ as it emerges the 500-year-old tree may have stood on land not leased by the companyThe Forestry Commission has started an investigation into the controversial felling of an ancient oak near a Toby Carvery car park amid new questions about ownership of the land on which it stood.The investigation was announced by the junior environment minister, Lady Hayman, who said the felling of the 500-year-old tree in Enfield, north London, […]

  • Shoplifting offences in UK reach highest level on record, figures reveal
    by Joanna Partridge on 24th April 2025 at 6:49 pm

    Number of recorded offences rose to 516,971 last year, though retailers fear data ‘severely underestimates’ scale of problemThe number of shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales has risen to the highest level on record, according to official figures, surpassing half a million offences for the first time in 2024.A total of 516,971 shoplifting offences were recorded last year, a 20% increase on the 429,873 recorded in 2023, according to the Office for National Statistics. […]

  • Ukraine gets nothing in Trump’s proposals for peace, says Boris Johnson
    by Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor on 24th April 2025 at 6:41 pm

    Former British prime minister posts apparent criticism of US president over his plans for peace deal with RussiaRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesBoris Johnson has issued stern criticism of Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace proposals in one of his first apparent censures of the US president, saying under his terms the Ukrainians would “get nothing”.The former British prime minister, a strong supporter of Ukraine who remains close to Ukraine’s president, Volodomyr Zelenskyy, has […]

  • UK politics: Reform will axe councils’ special needs funding if they win in local elections, Lib Dems claim – as it happened
    by Andrew Sparrow (now) and Amy Sedghi (earlier) on 24th April 2025 at 5:35 pm

    Party’s education spokesperson says Farage’s comments about doctors over-diagnosing children shows he wants to cut spendingJohn Swinney, the first minister of Scotland, is attending the funeral of the Pope on Saturday, the Scottish government has announced. In a statement Swinney said:His Holiness Pope Francis was a voice for peace, tolerance and reconciliation who had a natural ability to connect with people of all ages, nationalities and beliefs.On behalf of the people of Scotland, I am […]