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Olly Robbins and Mandelson’s vetting: what did he do, why – and who knew?
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Olly Robbins and Mandelson’s vetting: what did he do, why – and who knew?

Starmer says ministers were in the dark, but friends of former top civil servant suggest it was a case of them looking the other wayUK politics live – latest updatesFiddling with his reading glasses, the then cabinet secretary, Sir Chris Wormald – sitting alongside the most senior civil servant in t...

Daniel Boffey Chief reporter
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Is Mandelson vetting scandal the final straw for Starmer?
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Is Mandelson vetting scandal the final straw for Starmer?

Keir Starmer says it is ‘staggering’ and ‘unforgivable’ that he was not told Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting before taking up the role of US ambassador. The comments follow a Guardian investigation that exclusively revealed Mandelson had initially been denied clearance after a background...

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Man found guilty of rape that led to Andrew Malkinson’s wrongful imprisonment
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Man found guilty of rape that led to Andrew Malkinson’s wrongful imprisonment

Paul Quinn convicted in light of DNA evidence from 2003 attack that led to notorious miscarriage of justice• The rape case that became one of Britain’s greatest miscarriages of justiceA man who evaded justice for more than two decades has been found guilty of the 2003 rape for which Andrew Malkinson...

Josh Halliday and Priya Bharadia
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The rape case that became one of Britain’s greatest miscarriages of justice
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The rape case that became one of Britain’s greatest miscarriages of justice

Paul Quinn’s conviction, 23 years after the attack, exposes how a victim was repeatedly failed and an innocent man wrongly jailed• Paul Quinn found guilty of rapeOne of Britain’s most shocking miscarriages of justice began before dawn on a summer day in Salford more than 20 years ago.A young woman h...

Josh Halliday
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Three meningitis B cases confirmed in Dorset as vaccinations offered to young people
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Three meningitis B cases confirmed in Dorset as vaccinations offered to young people

UK Health Security Agency says cases have been treated successfully and antibiotics are being given as a precautionThree cases of meningitis B have been confirmed in the south-west of England, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), as young people in the area have been offered vaccinati...

Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent
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Asif Kapadia to direct 70 Up, last chapter of influential ITV documentary series
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Asif Kapadia to direct 70 Up, last chapter of influential ITV documentary series

70 Up to conclude long-running show following group of children into adulthood, revisiting them every seven yearsAsif Kapadia will bring the long-running and influential ITV documentary series Up to an end, with a concluding instalment that will air later this year.The series, which began in 1964, w...

Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent
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More than half of Britons support rejoining EU 10 years on from Brexit vote
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More than half of Britons support rejoining EU 10 years on from Brexit vote

But Labour’s ‘halfway house’ approach risks losing support from progressives and ‘red wall’ voters, experts sayUK politics live – latest updatesSupport for rejoining the EU rather than simply rejoining the single market is growing among British voters, with more than 80% of Labour, Liberal Democrat...

Lisa O’Carroll
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Average new UK electric car price is now lower than petrol vehicles
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Average new UK electric car price is now lower than petrol vehicles

Autotrader says average EV cost is £785 cheaper, in an important milestone in the move away from fossil fuelsBusiness live – latest updatesThe price of new battery electric cars has fallen below petrol cars in the UK for the first time, according to the car sales website Autotrader, in a significant...

Jasper Jolly
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BBC radio DJ Andy Kershaw dies aged 66
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BBC radio DJ Andy Kershaw dies aged 66

DJ spent almost three decades working for corporation, and was best known for Radio 1 show from 1985 to 2000The broadcaster Andy Kershaw, who presented BBC Radio 1 for almost 15 years, has died at the age of 66, his family have told the BBC.The DJ spent almost three decades working for the corporati...

Press Association
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Retired high court judge to review Peter Mandelson’s vetting process
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Retired high court judge to review Peter Mandelson’s vetting process

Exclusive: Adrian Fulford will also examine wider national security vetting system after Foreign Office controversyUK politics live – latest updatesA retired high court judge is expected to review Peter Mandelson’s vetting process and the wider national security vetting system.The review, commission...

Henry Dyer, Paul Lewis and Pippa Crerar
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South Koreans breathe sighs of relief as escaped wolf is returned to zoo safely
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South Koreans breathe sighs of relief as escaped wolf is returned to zoo safely

Nine-day search for two-year-old Neukgu gripped nation and sparked safety concerns for animal and publicThe internet in South Korea erupted in celebration as a two-year-old wolf that escaped from a zoo was captured safely after a nine-day search that had gripped the nation and made the animal a nati...

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French widow, 86, flies home after ICE detention ordeal
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French widow, 86, flies home after ICE detention ordeal

Marie-Thérèse Ross was arrested on 1 April and held in a Louisiana facility by immigration officials A French woman in her eighties who was arrested and placed in a US immigration detention centre has flown home.Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Marie-Thérèse Ross in Alabama on 1 A...

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EU officials arrive in Hungary for high-stakes talks with Magyar’s government
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EU officials arrive in Hungary for high-stakes talks with Magyar’s government

Departing PM Viktor Orbán admits ‘political era has ended’ as EU says ‘clock is ticking’ to resolve important issuesEU officials have arrived in Budapest for high-stakes talks aimed at reshaping the bloc’s strained relationship with Hungary, weeks before the new government takes office, as the count...

Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent
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Police investigate security incident near Israeli embassy in London
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Police investigate security incident near Israeli embassy in London

Police say officers found discarded items in area after group claimed to have targeted embassy with dronesPolice have said they are investigating a security incident near the Israeli embassy in London after officers found a number of discarded items in the area.A statement said Counter Terrorism Pol...

Caroline Davies
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