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Labour may drop minimum wage pledge over youth jobless fears

With almost one in six 18 to 24-year-olds now out of work, businesses say youngsters are being priced out of the workplace by steep hiring costs

Collage of five politicians speaking at podiums, with text "REFORM UK" in the background.

Collage of five politicians speaking at podiums, with text "REFORM UK" in the background.

POLITICAL SKETCH | TOM PECK

Nigel’s superheroes pretend they’re not shadows of real thing

Jolyon Maugham QC speaking with crowd in front of the Supreme Court.

Jolyon Maugham QC speaking with crowd in front of the Supreme Court.

Good Law Project ‘sells hope on trans rights despite court defeats’

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London

A cycle taxi pedicab rider in London awaits customers.

Pedicab clampdown slams brakes on loud music and rip-off fares

One driver attempted to charge £580 for a journey of less than 20 minutes, according to a TfL official

A cycle taxi pedicab rider in London awaits customers.

Pedicab clampdown slams brakes on loud music and rip-off fares

PATRICK KIDD | SKETCHES OF LONDON

Someone’s dressed as Tower Bridge at the City guilds’ pancake race

A participant in a penguin costume flips a pancake in a frying pan during the Inter-Livery Pancake Race at Guildhall Yard.

PATRICK KIDD | SKETCHES OF LONDON

Someone’s dressed as Tower Bridge at the City guilds’ pancake race

‘A bit like a fire’: Kensington and Chelsea residents hit by hack

A pedestrian walks two dogs in front of brightly colored residential terraced properties in London.

‘A bit like a fire’: Kensington and Chelsea residents hit by hack

Inside the East End ‘Eton’ wowing Oxbridge

Five pupils in a classroom at The London Academy of Excellence in Stratford.

Inside the East End ‘Eton’ wowing Oxbridge

Scotland

SNP Chief Executive Peter Murrell giving evidence to a Scottish Parliament committee.

SNP minister denies government involved in Peter Murrell trial delay

Nicola Sturgeon holding her new memoir "Frankly".

Nicola Sturgeon: I want my voice heard again on political stage

a man in a suit and white shirt is smiling for the camera .

Kenny Farquharson Sarwar spiked SNP’s guns and finally we have a Scottish campaign

a man in a blue suit and white shirt looks at the camera

Iain Macwhirter Sarwar’s disloyalty to Starmer is a gift to the SNP

Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp stuck in lift before DJ set

Axe thrower, 70, to compete in Las Vegas world championships

Fay Lenore obituary: actress, singer and comedian

Driver who killed pedestrian at 91mph guilty of dangerous driving

Martin Kemp and others pose for a photo in an elevator.

Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp stuck in lift before DJ set

A man holding an axe next to a wooden fence.

Axe thrower, 70, to compete in Las Vegas world championships

Actress Fay Lenore, lead lady in Norman Wisdom's 1954 Palladium show.

Fay Lenore obituary: actress, singer and comedian

Raymond Munro outside the High Court in Stirling, where he was found guilty of causing David McCallum's death by dangerous driving.

Driver who killed pedestrian at 91mph guilty of dangerous driving

a man in a suit and white shirt is smiling for the camera .

Kenny Farquharson Sarwar spiked SNP’s guns and finally we have a Scottish campaign

a man in a blue suit and white shirt looks at the camera

Iain Macwhirter Sarwar’s disloyalty to Starmer is a gift to the SNP

Royal family

Prue Leith in a red patterned suit with large ruffled sleeves, ruffled pink collar, red glasses, and flowers in her hair, posing backstage at London Fashion Week.

Sharp suit made from King’s holly hits London Fashion Week

Dame Prue Leith took to the runway in a strawberry-coloured Vin + Omi creation, woven from plants grown at Sandringham

Prue Leith in a red patterned suit with large ruffled sleeves, ruffled pink collar, red glasses, and flowers in her hair, posing backstage at London Fashion Week.

Sharp suit made from King’s holly hits London Fashion Week

Hillary Clinton says Andrew should testify to Epstein inquiry

Hillary Clinton smiling.

Hillary Clinton says Andrew should testify to Epstein inquiry

Andrew met model on China trip as aide sent photos to Epstein

Collage of a man in a white shirt and a woman with long dark hair, both seated at a restaurant table.

Andrew met model on China trip as aide sent photos to Epstein

ANDREW LOWNIE

Time to see the Andrew files — we must know what he did as envoy

Collage of King Charles III looking to the right and journalist Andrew Lownie smiling to the left.

ANDREW LOWNIE

Time to see the Andrew files — we must know what he did as envoy

Healthcare

Woman in a white shirt holding a semaglutide injection pen.

Middle-class women aged 30-50 are main buyers of weight-loss drugs

Those in wealthy areas are more likely to use products such as Wegovy and Mounjaro despite lower obesity rates

Woman in a white shirt holding a semaglutide injection pen.

Middle-class women aged 30-50 are main buyers of weight-loss drugs

NHS backs new diabetes drugs to cut early deaths by 17,000

Illustration of a woman holding a glucose meter, an insulin pen, and a bottle of blue and white capsules.

NHS backs new diabetes drugs to cut early deaths by 17,000

PM takes swipe at Reform and antivaxers after measles outbreak

A nurse administering an MMR vaccination to a child's arm with a syringe.

PM takes swipe at Reform and antivaxers after measles outbreak

If you’re wobbly on your feet my hi-tech shoes can prevent a fall

A concept shoe insole wired to a laptop showing gait analysis.

If you’re wobbly on your feet my hi-tech shoes can prevent a fall

Education

City St George’s President, Professor Sir Anthony Finkelstein.

Disappearance of biological sex in research ‘is like Stalin-era purge’

University vice-chancellor laments that the category has become ‘politically uncomfortable’

City St George’s President, Professor Sir Anthony Finkelstein.

Disappearance of biological sex in research ‘is like Stalin-era purge’

University libraries join forces to clear shelf space

A man in a black jacket and glasses reaches for a book on a tall, dark bookshelf filled with many old books in the Bodleian Library in Oxford.

University libraries join forces to clear shelf space

It’s my job to check on 700 home-school pupils. What I see is alarming

Illustration of a person in bed on a laptop, with another person looking over their shoulder.

It’s my job to check on 700 home-school pupils. What I see is alarming

END THE GRADUATE RIP-OFF

Even an architect of the student loans regime wants it fixed

Graduates in caps and gowns, viewed from behind, look towards the horizon.

END THE GRADUATE RIP-OFF

Even an architect of the student loans regime wants it fixed

Crime

Breaking news graphic.

Palestine Action activists face retrial over defence firm break-in

The six protesters had been acquitted of charges over a raid on the factory of Elbit Systems

Breaking news graphic.

Palestine Action activists face retrial over defence firm break-in

Ex-banker banned from railway after dodging £5,900 of train fares

Joseph Molloy, head of index and systematic equity portfolio management at HSBC Global Asset Management.

Ex-banker banned from railway after dodging £5,900 of train fares

Prisoner died after officers failed to check on him for hours

Eddie Hands in a white t-shirt, smiling at the camera with a body of water and land in the background.

Prisoner died after officers failed to check on him for hours

London phone theft ‘down 12%’ as police warn of child recruits

Body camera footage showing a police officer with a blurred face forcing open a door.

London phone theft ‘down 12%’ as police warn of child recruits

Defence

A military Chinook helicopter with skis lands in deep snow as ground crew secure a cargo net.

NEW

RAF will struggle to operate in Arctic cold, admits military chief

INVESTIGATION

British hardware used to make Russian drones in Ukraine

PM ready to pay £390m for access to EU’s Ukraine arms fund

Science

A Hermann tortoise with a patterned shell.

NEW

Why female tortoises are being driven to their deaths off cliffs

Can you solve the first expert-approved Sudoku set by AI?

Decades of medical insight unlocked as UK Biobank gets GP records

Environment

Skiers and snowboarders on a snowy mountain as an avalanche approaches in the background.

Third British skier dies in France as avalanches rock Alps

One in nine new homes built in flood-prone areas, warns insurer

Bats cast shadow over Blanchett’s garden lights in Cornwall

Law

Aerial view of a red car on a two-lane road, with a large amount of fly-tipped waste covering the grassy land below the road.

Farmer plagued by fly-tippers ‘delighted’ as appeal reaches £45,000 target

Mail journalist tells Harry trial of ‘mob’ fear after racism claim

At least £1m of clients’ cash missing after collapse of PM Law

Defence

A military Chinook helicopter with skis lands in deep snow as ground crew secure a cargo net.

NEW

RAF will struggle to operate in Arctic cold, admits military chief

INVESTIGATION

British hardware used to make Russian drones in Ukraine

PM ready to pay £390m for access to EU’s Ukraine arms fund

Science

A Hermann tortoise with a patterned shell.

NEW

Why female tortoises are being driven to their deaths off cliffs

Can you solve the first expert-approved Sudoku set by AI?

Decades of medical insight unlocked as UK Biobank gets GP records

Environment

Skiers and snowboarders on a snowy mountain as an avalanche approaches in the background.

Third British skier dies in France as avalanches rock Alps

One in nine new homes built in flood-prone areas, warns insurer

Bats cast shadow over Blanchett’s garden lights in Cornwall

Law

Aerial view of a red car on a two-lane road, with a large amount of fly-tipped waste covering the grassy land below the road.

Farmer plagued by fly-tippers ‘delighted’ as appeal reaches £45,000 target

Mail journalist tells Harry trial of ‘mob’ fear after racism claim

At least £1m of clients’ cash missing after collapse of PM Law