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Brearey also gave his thoughts about his hopes for wider cultural change in the NHS in the wake of the inquiry, but indicated he remained sceptical about the speed of change in some areas. He said Lady Thirwall had recommended “the uncontroversial duty of every manager to put patients first”. …

BBC Sport picks out five things across the EFL that you should be keeping your eyes on this weekend. BBC News

Fifty years ago, Coppergate shopping centre in York looked very different. The city centre site was the location of one of the most important digs in British archaeological history, as experts and volunteers recovered artefacts that would change our understanding of Viking society. The 40,000 objects – among them shoes, …

Prof Kate Brown, from the University of York, whose research focuses on policing interventions with sex workers, said creating such teams was not in itself a solution. “Our research shows that sex work liaison officers can make a real difference to safety and access to justice, but only when they …

Archive footage has revealed how home buyers in 1962 could secure a newly built semi-detached house with a £50 deposit. Bushey Urban District Council built an estate in the Hertfordshire town where houses and flats were available from £3,000. According to estate agents Savills, this was slightly above, external the …

Just over 20 miles away in Warstock, Birmingham, a wildfire is ripping through more homes. Leonie Cotterill yells at her terrified children, aged seven and nine, to get out, but they try to run back inside as they are pulled away. “[My son’s] scream will never leave me,” she says. …

Supporting a Championship club from the other side of the Atlantic can be a lonely experience. When he tells friends which team he follows, he is often met with puzzled looks. “They either look at me like, ‘what is that, I’ve never heard of that club’, or the people who …

“I learnt more in the mortuary than I did through all of my education. “I learnt about the real world, how people work, how grief is processed, what happens after death – and I absolutely loved it.” Gravedigger Louis Fensome has worked in the funeral sector since the age of …

The prime minister has promised to intervene on a school’s “sibling ban” rule that prevents a family with a severely disabled child attending milestone events. Natasha and James say their six-year-old daughter, Hollie, who attends Benyon Primary in South Ockendon, Essex, is often left in tears as they cannot attend …

A historic witch’s mark has been discovered on a 16th Century wooden door at a stately home in Derbyshire. The intricate circular design was found by an “eagle-eyed” visitor on a quiet, dimly lit corridor at Hardwick Hall, near Chesterfield. The National Trust, which owns the site, said the faint …

A teenage boy who stabbed a girl at a school searched the internet for a man considered to be an early adopter of incel and manosphere culture, a jury has heard. The 15-year-old girl was knifed in the back at Thorpe St Andrew School near Norwich on 11 March. Speaking …

Hayler said Price was also unfaithful during their relationship. Asked by his defence barrister Arlette Piercy why he took pictures of the messages between Price and the complainant, he replied: “Because she made out that I fancied [the complainant]. “I thought, ‘this is a bit weird’.” He said he accessed …

A woman who was found dead in a stabbing on a street in Manchester has been named by police. Alisha Samuels, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene after police responded to a “disturbance” on Dorking Avenue in the Newton Heath area of the city at about 02:00 BST. A …

A woman who was found dead in a stabbing on a street in Manchester has been named by police. Alisha Samuels, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene after police responded to a “disturbance” on Dorking Avenue in the Newton Heath area of the city at about 02:00 BST. A …

A paramedic who learned life-saving newborn delivery skills on a pioneering training course helped successfully deliver a baby over the phone later that day. Ollie Zorab guided another paramedic through an out-of-hospital delivery hours after he had completed the training at the Great Western Hospital (GWH) in Swindon, Wiltshire. Zorab …

Two men who were arrested on suspicion of murder remain on police bail while inquiries continue, Devon and Cornwall Police said. Det Insp Jonathan Bray said: “We are continuing to explore various lines of inquiry as we seek to understand what happened to Abdellah in the days and hours before …

A total of 50 people have now been arrested as part of a wider police operation against organised crime following a fatal crash. The arrests have been made after the head-on smash on the A66 on Teesside which killed seven people, including two police officers. Ten of the 50 arrested …

A former supply teacher has been jailed for six years after taking more than 100 upskirt photographs of schoolgirls, including in his classroom, across Greater Manchester. Abusali Rahman, 37, from Salford, also used artificial intelligence (AI) to create sexualised fake images from pupils’ social media photographs which he shared online. …

A man was arrested after a taxi driver who was given fake cash drove the suspect straight to a police station. Nottinghamshire Police said the driver picked up the suspect from Nottingham Road at 23:30 BST on Tuesday. When the customer continued to change his route, the taxi driver asked …

ITV News said its reporters were undercover with Reform candidates and councillors across England and Wales in the run-up to the elections in May, as well as four by-election campaigns this year and last. Feeney, who was campaigning to retain his seat on the council after defecting from the Conservative …