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Sir Keir Starmer has been hit with a fresh attack from Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.Mr Burnham, who was accused of jumping the gun by talking up his leadership ambitions at the Labour Party Conference, criticised the Prime Minister’s record on homelessness.He said: “What I am saying is homelessness is fixable – it requires something more radical if you really want to fix it.“If you go for that ‘housing first’ approach – ‘everyone in’, ‘a bed every night’, those type of approaches – in the end, in my view, you save money.“And that’s what I would encourage them to do.…

Mat Trewern North WestFamily HandoutDania said getting an education in Gaza is impossible at the momentWhen Hayat’s adult daughters persuaded her to leave her teenage daughter with them and flee the escalating conflict in Gaza in 2023, she believed they would be quickly reunited.However, the 46-year-old, who was able to travel to the UK due to her second husband’s British passport, has seen that situation turn into a “living nightmare”.She said despite her daughter Dania being offered a scholarship at a UK boarding school, she has been unable to take up the place, as her age meant she was not…

Simon Jack,Business editorandArchie MitchellWatch: GSK boss Dame Emma Walmsley lays out competitions facing the UKThe US is the best place for a business to invest, the boss of one of the UK’s biggest pharmaceutical companies has said.Dame Emma Walmsley, chief executive of vaccines and medicines giant GSK, said it will invest $30bn (£23bn) in the US by 2030.It comes as other major drug makers have pulled UK projects worth billions after years of frustration on NHS drug budgets and pressure from President Donald Trump to set up production in the US.However Dame Emma, who will leave GSK in January after…

Tottenham players including Bethany England, Kit Graham, Jessica Naz and Lenna Gunning-Williams share their confessions, including unpopular opinions and their team-mate icks.Watch live coverage of Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur in the Women’s Super League on Sunday, 14 December from 14:30 GMT on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website & app.WATCH MORE: ‘I used to stage fights’ – Man City confessions

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Alix Hattenstone LocalBournemouth UniversityThe Pin Wreck is an Admiralty Mooring Lighter believed to have sunk in 1903 off the Dorset coastA mysterious shipwreck, a colourful cathedral and a “birthplace of the communication age” are among the remarkable places in England that have been granted special protection this year.Historic England has added 199 new sites to its National Heritage List during 2025, while others have had their protected status upgraded.Listing gives places of special architectural or historical interest legal protection against certain changes. Anyone can recommend a building for listing.Here are some of the most unusual places on the list that…

Earlier this year Cordina returned to south Wales to train with Gary Lockett, and there is no better place to motivate him in his quest for another world title than the Llanrumney Phoenix Boxing Club.The canvas in the ring at the gym is the one on which he beat Ogawa with a thunderous second round knockout in 2022.”I didn’t even know they had the canvas here until I came into the gym,” said the Cardiff-born fighter.”I would have loved a chance to buy it, maybe put it in a gym that I eventually get and run, but they’ve got it…

Damian GrammaticasPolitical CorrespondentGetty ImagesA high-profile Hong Kong pro-democracy activist living in the UK has been the target of a campaign of harassment involving letters containing fake, sexually explicit images of her sent from China to her neighbours.Carmen Lau, 30, who fled Hong Kong four years ago, told the she was “shocked” as the letters, delivered to addresses in Maidenhead in Kent, included her name and images made to look like she was either naked or in underwear and offering sexual services.”The letters had a couple of very unpleasant images, AI-generated or photo-shopped, where they put my face on those images,…

West Ham are watching Clayton, Roma open negotiations over Joshua Zirkzee, and Sunderland bid for Matteo Guendouzi.West Ham have been watching Rio Ave’s 26-year-old Brazilian forward Clayton, who is joint top scorer in the Portuguese Primeira Liga. (Teamtalk), externalRoma have officially opened negotiations to sign Netherlands forward Joshua Zirkzee, 24, from Manchester United on loan with an obligation to buy for £30m. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian), externalUnited are looking to add to their defensive ranks with former Real Madrid veteran Sergio Ramos, 39, an option to sign after leaving Mexican club Monterrey. (Fichajes), externalFormer Arsenal midfielder Matteo Guendouzi…

Visitors to the US may have to disclose their social media activity from the past five years in order to enter the country, according to the Guardian. The paper reports that the Trump administration intends to apply the new mandates to the 42 countries whose nationals can enter the US without a visa – which includes the UK. Author Sophie Kinsella is also pictured on the front page, after she died on Wednesday following a three-year battle with a glioblastoma, the deadliest and most aggressive type of brain cancer.The Metro also leads on the Trump administration’s new immigration rules, noting…