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A teenager told a teacher "I'm going to f****** kill you" as she attacked her at a school in Wales, a trial has heard.The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denies the attempted murder of two teachers and a pupil at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman School - also known as Amman Valley School - in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. She has admitted wounding with intent and possession of a bladed […]

Each Monday, our Money team speaks to someone from a different profession to discover what it's really like. This week we chat to James Davies, a specialist orthodontist at Quayside Orthodontics in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire...People think my job is... something they would not want to do. Looking in people's mouths all day! What I'd say to them is... it's better than working with smelly feet.One thing I'd change about the industry […]

The Scottish government is scrapping its plans to create a National Care Service.It is an embarrassing but perhaps predictable end to years of ambitious talk about finally coming up with a solution to the social care crisis. In a statement at Holyrood, the government tore up parts of the bill that would require major structural changes to the Scottish social care system.The downfall of the plan wasn't money or lack […]

Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump "stressed the importance of the close and warm ties" between their countries and "agreed to meet soon" in a phone call, Downing Street has said.During the conversation on Sunday, the prime minister congratulated the president on his inauguration and paid tribute to his "role in securing the landmark ceasefire and hostages deal in Gaza", according to a Number 10 spokesperson. The two leaders "discussed […]

Kemi Badenoch has defended blaming "peasants" from "sub-communities" in foreign countries for the grooming gangs crisis.Speaking to Sky News' Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, she insisted she would not be "shy" when talking about the scandal, which saw a string of child sexual exploitation convictions of men mostly from Pakistani backgrounds. Ms Badenoch told GB News last week there is a "systematic pattern of behaviour not even just from one […]

The chancellor has said the goverment is "absolutely happy" to look at joining a pan-European customs area after the EU said it is open to British membership.Earlier this week, EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic said Brussels "could consider" allowing the UK into the Pan Euro Mediterranean Convention (PEM) as part of a "reset" in discussions between the UK and the EU. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video […]

Sir Winston Churchill died 60 years ago this week on 24 January 1965. His funeral took place on 30 January, following three days lying in state in the Palace of Westminster.It was the only occasion since the Second World War when a full state funeral was held for someone who was not a member of the Royal Family. Churchill was venerated then as the prime minister who had led Great […]

Tributes have been paid to a university lecturer who was found seriously injured in Plymouth on Wednesday and later died in hospital.Claire Chick, 48, "spent her life giving to other people", said Jo Taylor, who launched a fundraising page to help her two daughters with funeral costs. "Her infectious laugh is a sound I will never forget," she wrote.Ms Chick, previously known as Claire Butler, had five grandchildren who call […]

A former British Museum employee has been arrested after allegedly breaking in and shutting down the museum's security and IT systems.The person - who had recently been fired - "trespassed" at the venue and was arrested at the scene, the museum said. Part of the London attraction's permanent collection was closed on Friday, while temporary exhibitions will remain shut over the weekend.A spokesman said on Saturday: "An IT contractor who […]