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The boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Harrow and Hillingdon and Surrey County Council took legal action against mayor Sadiq Khan’s plans.

The Home Secretary has purchased marquees in recent days to accommodate migrants by the end of August, according to a Whitehall source.

As of May last year, more than 500,000 households across the UK were having their benefits reduced as a result of the policy, figures show.

Jake Davison killed his mother Maxine, and then shot dead Sophie Martyn, her father Lee, Stephen Washington and Kate Shepherd in Plymouth in 2021.

Two eight-year-old girls died following the incident in Wimbledon on July 6.

Auto Trader said some motorists are paying over £3,000 more for Ulez-compliant vehicles compared with identical models only a year older.

The PA news agency answers 11 key questions about the scheme and how it affects drivers.

Joan Scott, 83, had to have both her legs amputated and her family said she is now ‘no longer herself in any way, shape or form’.

The British bank made £3.6 billion in profits in the first half of the year, up from £2.6 billion last year.

International Consolidated Airlines Group made 1.3 billion euros (£1.1 billion) between January and June this year.

Cambridge researchers altered the genes of Drosophila melanogaster.

Five Conservative-led councils brought legal action against the Mayor of London’s plans to extend the zone to all of the capital’s boroughs.

Environmental issues feature strongly in a range of stories on Friday’s newspaper front pages.

Musician Peter Gabriel, with whom she worked closely, described her as ‘an extraordinary talent’.

He will be quizzed over the much-delayed compensation scheme for the thousands of victims.

The MoD has launched an investigation over the typing error.

The Home Secretary has purchased the marquees in recent days, according to a Whitehall source.

The document proposed an independent Scotland would adopt a similar system for citizenship as Ireland.

MPs also raised concerns that ‘many households are skipping meals’ as supermarkets pay high levels of dividends to shareholders.

The Law Commission announced a wide-ranging review into the appeals process.