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JLR suppliers call for shift to aerospace: What it means for the industry

Major JLR suppliers want government help to pivot into aerospace and defence, as new figures show the sector could offer a lifeline for the 183,000 jobs at risk from a UK car industry they say is "in the wrong market", not in decline.

UK airports
UK

Fresh NATS failure sparks flight chaos and renewed calls for boss to quit

Passengers faced fresh chaos on Monday as a second NATS failure in two weeks hit UK airports, with 25,000 Ryanair customers delayed and airlines renewing furious calls for chief executive Martin Rolfe to quit.

UK courts
UK

Specialist rape courts announced after years of failing victims

Specialist courtrooms, video-link evidence and trauma-informed training will be rolled out over the next two years after years of record delays saw just 2.8 per cent of rape cases lead to prosecution, with survivors describing waits of more than 1,000 days for justice.

Sikh driver assaulted and thrown from vehicle as bus is stolen in Telford
UK

Sikh driver assaulted and thrown from vehicle as bus is stolen in Telford

A British Sikh bus driver was assaulted and "ejected from the vehicle" in Madeley, Shropshire, before his bus was driven along the wrong side of the road and collided with multiple vehicles. A man in his 20s was arrested.

Earl Spencer and Harry
UK

Earl Spencer calls media coverage of Harry and Meghan a ‘cancerous influence’

Earl Spencer has said the media treatment of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has “echoes” of what happened to his sister Diana, Princess of Wales.

Lucy Letby
UK

Letby deaths could have been prevented, inquiry finds; minister 'profoundly sorry'

An inquiry into nurse Lucy Letby's murders of seven babies has found a "complete failure" to protect infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital, with chair Kathryn Thirlwall saying some deaths could have been prevented.

migrants
UK

Bruised, fractured, suicidal: The toll on migrants deported from the UK

Bruising, fractures and psychological trauma have been documented in asylum seekers deported from the UK under the "one in, one out" scheme, with a French health service warning of "particularly worrying" and recurring injuries linked directly to the scheme.

Lucy Letby
UK

Lucy Letby inquiry to publish final report as doubts over convictions grow

A public inquiry into Lucy Letby's murder of seven newborn babies was due to publish its final report on Tuesday, as questions grow over whether the former nurse's convictions rested on flawed medical evidence.