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Assistant director who gave loaded prop gun to actor was reportedly subject of 2019 safety complaint

Wednesday’s budget and spending review have had ‘more trails than the average James Bond movie’

Government in talks to sell missiles to ​​Kiev in first ever arms deal

Booster vaccine programme has been criticised as moving ‘extremely slowly’ as Covid-19 cases hit a peak of nearly 50,000

The Delta descendent already accounts for one in ten UK coronavirus cases

Police and security services said to be exploring a number of theories

Brexit and Covid-19 among explanations as festive supply chain blame game begins

Brussels offers better-than-expected proposals for the Northern Ireland Protocol

Coronavirus deaths have fallen in the region’s ‘Covid capital’ - but Britain may be facing tough winter

Brexit chief accused of ‘engineering breakdown’ of EU agreement

Gypsy King retained his WBC crown with a stunning KO of Deontay Wilder

Boris Johnson heightens farmers’ fury with bacon sandwich comments

Russia accused of using the energy crisis to speed up approval of controversial pipeline

Priti Patel and Dominic Raab unveil latest plans for cracking down on crime

PM and chancellor refuse to rule out further hikes - but insiders say they have struck a secret deal

Downing Street has been accused of “gaslighting the public” by insisting that the UK fuel shortages problem has been resolved

Extinction Rebellion offshoot has blocked junctions of M25 to demand immediate action on home insulation

Embattled leader hit by infighting and resignation of shadow cabinet member

Singer found guilty of sexually abusing multiple fans during 30-year career

Social Democrats claim narrow election victory over Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union

Labour leader backs Scotland’s move to soften laws on possession

Ofgem chief warns that more suppliers may fail amid soaring gas prices

London eyeing US-Mexico-Canada pact but economists say benefits of joining would be extremely limited

MP warns cost of living may be the ‘biggest political issue’ in the next decade

Fears grow that the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter will not co-operate at forthcoming climate talks

Party staff told to prepare for the polls as Boris Johnson shakes up top team

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has been tasked with fixing Britain’s supply chain issues

Powers to enforce the ‘last resort’ measure will stay on the statute book

Vaccines are central to government efforts to avoid further Covid-19 lockdowns

Newly announced National Insurance hike is controversial departure from the party’s low-tax tradition

Victims of police corruption and incompetence join forces to demand resignation

‘Livid’ pensioners threaten revenge at the polling booth – but move may be favoured by the young

The region accounted for a quarter of all coronavirus deaths until recently

UK government forced to ‘overhaul system’ as resettlement plans begin to draw criticism