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The PSNI has launched a recruitment campaign as the chief constable said he wants the force to grow to at least 7,000 officers.

The family of Kevin Clarke, a relapsing paranoid schizophrenic who died in police custody, said they were ‘extremely disappointed’ by the outcome.

The Met previously investigated claims of phone hacking at the now defunct tabloid News of the World between 2011 and 2015.

Some users have complained of being unable to unfollow accounts linked to the new US president’s administration.

Just Transition Commissioner Richard Hardy addressed the Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster.

John Healey warned Vladimir Putin ‘we see you, we know what you are doing and we will not shy away from robust action’.

Researchers said there is an ‘urgent need’ for multi-centre trials to support wider implementation of prehabilitation.

The Met Office has issued an amber warning of wind from 6am to 9pm on Friday across the north of England, south of Scotland and North Wales.

Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald sounded the alarm while appearing before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

A 12-year-old boy was said to have been walking home when he was stabbed in the stomach, and later died of his injuries.

The Duke of Sussex settled his legal claim against The Sun’s publisher on Wednesday.

Climate Change Committee chief executive Emma Pinchbeck spoke out as she appeared at Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee.

The proportion of families who admit to flouting rules or playing the system to secure a school place has risen, according to Zoopla.

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill makes a series of changes, including to academy freedoms.

The Labour Government has previously pledged to recruit 13,000 new police officers, PCSOs and special constables.

The Prime Minister said it was ‘unacceptable that these murder weapons could be bought with two clicks’ online.

Women do not understand how findings of maladministration have not led to compensation, the Work and Pensions Committee was told.

Harry’s case against News Group Newspapers (NGN) involved allegations of unlawful information gathering.

Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, took their own lives at the facility within months of each other in 2018.

John George, also known as John Hardy, had been on holiday in Alicante when he was reported missing in December.