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Andy Burnham has made a third policy announcement to help bring down costs - after dropping hints there would be more to come.

A "committed jihadist" planned a terror attack on a defence base with the man who later committed a fatal knife rampage at a Manchester synagogue, a court has heard.

Venezuela's captured president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores appeared in a US court today over drugs trafficking charges.

At least 25 inflatable boats and 25 engines intended for use by people smuggling gangs have been seized in Felixstowe.

A teenage girl and a woman in her 40s have died after getting into difficulty in the water off the Essex coast, police said.

A teenage girl and a woman in her 40s have died after getting into difficulty in the water off the Essex coast, police said.

The US and Saudi Arabia have reached a nuclear cooperation deal.

The ex-CEO of Southern Water faces a charge of conspiracy to defraud alongside three other former employees, it can now be reported.

A mid-air brawl involving around 10 passengers forced a Liverpool-bound easyJet plane to return to Tenerife.

The mother of one of the Nottingham attack victims has welcomed a corporate manslaughter investigation into the mental healthcare trust that treated triple killer Valdo Calocane, calling it the "beginning of the reckoning".

A modelling scout linked to Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead at his home in Paris.

Tropical Storm Bertha is due to make landfall in Louisiana late on Wednesday, with forecasters predicting heavy rain and localised flooding.

The UK's largest onshore windfarm is set to double in generating capacity as part of a massive £1.5bn rebuilding project.

The building Adolf Hitler was born in has been converted into a police station, in a bid by the Austrian government to prevent it becoming a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis.

William and Kate have shared a new photo of Prince George to mark his 13th birthday.

Rebel Wilson has been cleared of defaming another actress on social media.

The wreckage of a Pan Am plane that crashed 74 years ago, and led to safety briefings becoming mandatory on flights, has been found off the coast of Puerto Rico.

Southampton's head coach Tonda Eckert has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association (FA) over the "Spygate" scandal.

In a significant move in the middle of a war, Ukraine's president has sacked his military chief and is seeking to woo a former defence minister back into the fold – just days after ousting him too.

The widow of PC Andrew Harper has said it is "deplorable" that two of the three men convicted over his death are being considered for early release from prison.