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Transport secretary’s plans could see ‘dramatic shake-up’ of rules for bike users

Interim compensation will be paid to victims before the inquiry concludes in 2023

Former PM urges government to bring back masks on public transport ahead of ‘winter crisis’

Foreign secretary under fire for ‘effectively branding British workers as lazy’

Sturgeon is preparing for the arrival of the fourth occupant of No. 10 Downing Street since she took office

A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages

Rowling accuses fellow author of allowing female writers to be ‘silenced and intimidated’ over their gender identity beliefs

Reports suggest rift between the Sussexes and the Cambridges has not been healed

The jab combines the original form of the Covid vaccine with a version tailored for Omicron

Prolonged dry spell to come to an end this week but 24 million people still face hosepipe ban

Keir Starmer unveils £29bn plan to freeze energy price cap

The Cambridges will reportedly move to a four-bedroom home in Windsor before their children start a new school in September

Latest figures show that 41% of UK population has cut back on food and essentials as inflation continues to rise

Government’s chief legal adviser says schools can ‘ignore’ trans students’ pronoun preferences

Inmate numbers and self-harm cases are rising despite government pledge to improve conditions

Football star denies claims by Kate Greville that he was aggressive and controlling

Glasgow is the frontrunner to host the famous competition

UN warns that ‘land is drying up’ in countries across the globe

Household energy bills could go up before the expected October price cap rise

The issue has become a ‘key battleground’ in the Conservative leadership contest

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Former PM has made a series of high-profile interventions on the cost-of-living crisis

Gordon Brown calls for government to negotiate with energy providers for lower prices

Costs are soaring as people return to the capital after the Covid pandemic

Fewer opposite-sex couples are getting wed than ever before

Pharmacist says low supplies of medication means they are ‘always firefighting’

After a painful legal battle to keep their son on life support, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee were defeated

Met Office data shows we have enough water, the problems lie in timing

And other stories from the stranger side of life

One in 25 people in the UK are thought to have the virus

The Tory leadership hopeful and the former Labour PM are said to speak ‘fairly regularly’

The Snowman author ‘tried to avoid children’ and described himself as a ‘creative sociopath’

Institutions criticised for ‘cosseting students’ by axing ‘challenging’ texts