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A 20-year-old man from London has been arrested after a woman was stabbed to death on a beach in Bournemouth.Police launched a murder investigation after Amie Gray, 34, a personal trainer and women's head coach at Dorset Futsal Club, was killed on Friday night. Another woman, 38, and also from Poole, suffered serious injuries and is still being treated in hospital. Image: Police at the scene of the Bournemouth beach […]

The Conservatives will promise to replace "rip-off degrees" with 100,000 apprenticeships each year by the end of the next parliament if they win the general election.Rishi Sunak will outline the plan on Wednesday to replace the "worst performing" courses with high-skilled apprenticeships, which they say will provide "more opportunities and greater financial security". Politics live: Starmer gives blunt response on EUMaking the announcement, Mr Sunak will say: "Improving education is […]

A "jealous" man who stabbed his pregnant ex-partner after stalking her for weeks has been jailed for attempted murder.Daniel Mihai Popescu, of no fixed abode, previously pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Andreea Pintili in Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil, last December. Ms Pintilii was 37 weeks pregnant at the time of the attack.The 29-year-old also pleaded guilty to stalking Ms Pintili between 25 October and 6 December 2023.He was sentenced […]

Weather warnings have been issued for heavy showers, thunderstorms and a small chance of flash floods posing a "danger to life".The Met Office issued three yellow warnings for thunderstorms across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Tuesday, stretching from midday up until the evening. In the warnings, the weather agency said there is "a small chance of fast flowing or deep floodwater causing danger to life".Check the weather forecast in […]

The Conservatives have promised to cut taxes for pensioners by creating a new "age-related" tax-free allowance - dubbed "triple lock plus". Currently, people can receive £12,570 a year of their pensions before they start paying income tax on them - the same figure as the personal allowance for those who work. But if the party wins the next election, a pensioner's allowance would rise in line with either average earnings, […]

An MP who is not contesting her seat at the election has quit the Conservative Party after she was suspended for supporting the Reform candidate in her constituency.Lucy Allan, the outgoing MP for Telford, said on X she was supporting Alan Adams, who is standing for the rival Reform Party, to be the next constituency MP. Ms Allan, who has represented Telford since 2015, told the PA News Agency she […]

Sir Keir Starmer accused the Conservatives of wanting a "teenage Dad's Army" with their plan to introduce National Service.The Labour leader, giving his first major speech of the election campaign, called the Tory plan for 18-year-olds to serve in the military for a year or do mandatory volunteering "desperate". "I think they are rummaging around in the toy box to try and find any plan that they can throw on […]

Melanoma skin cancer cases in the UK are at an all-time high, with 20,800 people expected to be diagnosed this year.Cancer Research UK says rates of melanoma - skin cancer that can spread - have increased by almost a third over a decade. Rates have increased from 21 to 28 per 100,000 people between 2007-2009 and 2017-2019.New analysis has found the upward trend in cases can be seen across all […]

Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of a woman on a beach in Bournemouth have released CCTV images of a suspect. Dorset Police were called to reports of two women who had been stabbed on Durley Chine Beach at around 11.45pm on Friday.A 34-year-old woman from nearby Poole was pronounced dead at the scene, while a 38-year-old woman who sustained serious injuries is still in hospital receiving treatment.A 17-year-old boy from […]