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The letter, marked “official – sensitive”, was shared with Jeremy Heywood, the then-cabinet secretary, John Manzoni, the then-permanent secretary at the Cabinet Office, Kim Darroch, then-British ambassador to the US, the HR directors at the foreign office and cabinet office, and Simon McDonald, now Lord McDonald, who was then-head of the foreign office.

Remember the 16-year-old who scored for Rochdale against Manchester United in the Carabao Cup?In September 2019, defender Luke Matheson netted a famous equaliser at Old Trafford to force a 1-1 draw in a third-round tie that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side eventually won 5-3 on penalties.The next day he was back to school studying for his A-Levels.Fast forward to 2026 and Matheson is part of a Macclesfield squad riding the crest of a wave in the FA Cup and preparing to face Brentford in the fourth round on Monday.The Silkmen have been catapulted into the public eye since beating Crystal Palace…

A fraudster has admitted to conning more than 600 innocent victims out of £9million to fund his luxury lifestyle.Declan Nowell, 31, of The Dell, Scunthorpe, ran a fraudulent company called Investing4You – which he used to scam hundreds of people.He used the stolen funds to purchase a McLaren sports car, a house, and designer clothing.Humberside Police’s Economic Crime Unit launched an investigation into Nowell in 2021.The probe began after multiple reports emerged of customers being unable to access money held in their investment accounts.Nowell appeared at Hull Crown Court on Friday, and pleaded guilty on the first day of his…

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Not everybody fasts during Ramadan – only those who are considered fit and healthy enough. There are exemptions for those who are sick or travelling, and for women who are menstruating, pregnant or breastfeeding. They can make up missed fasts at a later date if possible.

The state pension triple lock is facing growing scrutiny from economists and financial analysts as projections show the policy could add billions to long-term public spending commitments.Since the coalition Government introduced the mechanism in 2011, state pension payments have increased by 73 per cent in cash terms, delivering a real-terms gain of 21 per cent for retirees over the same period.Real wages for working Britons increased by just eight per cent over that timeframe, creating what some experts describe as a widening income gap between those receiving the state pension and those funding it through taxation.Dr Benjamin Caswell, senior economist…

The Liberal Democrats have outlined fundamental principles including a “fair funding system” that incentivises schools to accept SEND pupils, while Reform UK is developing its own SEND policy after the party’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, said some parents were “abusing the system” – limiting the support for those “genuinely in need”.

These are tough times to be a Wales fan. The hardest in living memory for a generation who grew up with regular Six Nations success and a team full of stars such as Sam Warburton and Alun Wyn Jones.There are many issues at play in Welsh rugby, but by any measure, recent results are a complete horror show as Sunday’s record loss to France made it 13 consecutive Six Nations defeats and a 10th straight loss at home in the championship.It’s now 1,072 days since their last Six Nations victory in March 2023 v Italy in Rome and 1,464 days…

More than 70 illegal migrants have been handed thousands of pounds in compensation after judges declared the seizure of their mobile phones was unlawful.The High Court determined that confiscating their devices and downloading their personal data breached the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).Lord Justice Edis and Mr Justice Lane ruled in 2022 that the policy violated the controversial ECHR, sparking concerns that up to 1,300 migrants could be entitled to claim.As a result, the final bill could rise into the millions of pounds.Fighting the legal case cost the Home Office £735,000, a Freedom of Information request by The Sun…

Right now, Bob said: “Every day there’s mail left behind, one, maybe two, maybe three rounds which are not covered… The tracked recorded parcels are done every day, because they make a difference to the stats for the office, but anything that’s not tracked every day there’ll be mail that’s not going out.”