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Health secretary jokes the drugs are the talk of the Commons as he sets out plan for speeding up rollout

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Reeves smiles ’appily through surreal NHS strategy launch

A day after being distressed on the Commons front bench, the chancellor was unexpectedly back in business alongside the PM and health secretary

Israeli hostages say they are ‘dead men walking’ in new video

Tourists told to flee as fast-moving wildfires take hold on Crete

Israeli hostages say they are ‘dead men walking’ in new video

Tourists told to flee as fast-moving wildfires take hold on Crete

Rare object from another solar system streaks through our own

Virgin Trains’ return to rail with open access service blocked

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Rare object from another solar system streaks through our own

Rare object from another solar system streaks through our own

Virgin Trains’ return to rail with open access service blocked

Virgin Trains’ return to rail with open access service blocked

Record-breaking speech delays vote on Trump’s flagship tax cuts

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Record-breaking speech delays vote on Trump’s flagship tax cuts

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Orcas bring gifts to humans in puzzling acts of kindness

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BBC head of music stood down from duties over Bob Vylan broadcast

UPDATED

BBC head of music stood down from duties over Bob Vylan broadcast

UPDATED

Rare object from another solar system streaks through our own

Virgin Trains’ return to rail with open access service blocked

Record-breaking speech delays vote on Trump’s flagship tax cuts

LIVE

Rare object from another solar system streaks through our own

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Rare object from another solar system streaks through our own

Virgin Trains’ return to rail with open access service blocked

Virgin Trains’ return to rail with open access service blocked

Record-breaking speech delays vote on Trump’s flagship tax cuts

LIVE

Record-breaking speech delays vote on Trump’s flagship tax cuts

10 minutes ago

LIVE

Orcas bring gifts to humans in puzzling acts of kindness

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NEW

BBC head of music stood down from duties over Bob Vylan broadcast

UPDATED

Rare object from another solar system streaks through our own

Virgin Trains’ return to rail with open access service blocked

Record-breaking speech delays vote on Trump’s flagship tax cuts

LIVE

Orcas bring gifts to humans in puzzling acts of kindness

10 minutes ago

NEW

BBC head of music stood down from duties over Bob Vylan broadcast

UPDATED

Rare object from another solar system streaks through our own

Rare object from another solar system streaks through our own

Virgin Trains’ return to rail with open access service blocked

Virgin Trains’ return to rail with open access service blocked

Record-breaking speech delays vote on Trump’s flagship tax cuts

LIVE

Record-breaking speech delays vote on Trump’s flagship tax cuts

10 minutes ago

LIVE

Orcas bring gifts to humans in puzzling acts of kindness

10 minutes ago

NEW

Orcas bring gifts to humans in puzzling acts of kindness

NEW

BBC head of music stood down from duties over Bob Vylan broadcast

UPDATED

BBC head of music stood down from duties over Bob Vylan broadcast

UPDATED

Rare object from another solar system streaks through our own

Virgin Trains’ return to rail with open access service blocked

Record-breaking speech delays vote on Trump’s flagship tax cuts

LIVE

Rare object from another solar system streaks through our own

10 minutes ago

Rare object from another solar system streaks through our own

Virgin Trains’ return to rail with open access service blocked

Virgin Trains’ return to rail with open access service blocked

Record-breaking speech delays vote on Trump’s flagship tax cuts

LIVE

Record-breaking speech delays vote on Trump’s flagship tax cuts

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LIVE

Orcas bring gifts to humans in puzzling acts of kindness

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NEW

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Home favourite Draper claws set back but trails Cilic in second round

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Lord Lipsey, political adviser and journalist, dies in River Wye

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Lord Lipsey, political adviser and journalist, dies in River Wye

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Lord Lipsey, political adviser and journalist, dies in River Wye

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Jockey Oisin Murphy fined £70,000 for drink-driving

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Gen Z’s famed abstinence waning… and it may be all about money

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PM considering a ‘revenge reshuffle’ after welfare dissent

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PM considering a ‘revenge reshuffle’ after welfare dissent

IN DEPTH

Tories mock Starmer’s welfare fiasco in X retweet

THE TIMES DIARY

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World

Ukraine seeks answers as Trump puts pause on weapons supplies

President Zelensky says he has asked for clarification from the US as experts fear Kyiv will be defenceless against ballistic missiles

Russia-Ukraine war

Hamas leaders in Doha ‘told to give up personal weapons’

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Russian navy deputy killed in Ukrainian strike

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