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A photograph of Raychel Ferguson who died on 10 June 2001 sits alongside a copy of the findings of the hyponatraemia inquiry (Brian Lawless/PA)

Coroner says ‘human errors’ resulted in death of young girl following operation

Elizabeth Donowho close to the site of the crash in Shucknall Hill, Herefordshire (Jacob King/PA)

US man ‘associated with secret service’ leaves UK after nurse injured in crash

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks before the meeting of EU foreign ministers (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Pressure mounts on Hungary not to veto EU membership talks with Ukraine

Former England footballer Lineker was among a group of celebrities to sign a letter calling for the Government to scrap its Rwanda scheme and for political leaders to come up with a ‘fair new plan for refugees’ (PA)

Lineker hits back after being criticised for expressing views on Rwanda scheme

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Rishi Sunak’s plans to revive the stalled Rwanda asylum scheme do not go far enough, a panel of lawyers convened by a campaign group of Tory MPs has said (PA)

Star chamber of Tory lawyers says Sunak’s Rwanda Bill needs significant changes

Police arrive at the site where a construction lift crashed to the ground on a building site in Sundbyberg, near Stockholm (Claudio Bresciani/TT News Agency via AP)

Five people seriously hurt after lift crashes to ground on building site

Alexei Navalny, who is in jail in Russia, has not been seen or heard for six days (AP Photo, File)

Friends raise concern for jailed Navalny after not hearing from him for six days

An independent review has been published into a major PSNI data breach (Niall Carson/PA)

Outdated approach to data contributed to major PSNI breach, report finds

First Minister Humza Yousaf has condemned a letter from Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron which threatened to revoke UK Government support for the country’s overseas activities (Jane Barlow/PA)

Cameron letter ‘petty and misguided’, claims Yousaf

A Chinese coastguard ship, right, uses its water cannons on a Philippine vessel (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Chinese attack on Filipino supply ship was ‘pure aggression’, says general

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry (UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA)

Sunak apologises to bereaved families as he appears before Covid inquiry

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Tanaiste Micheal Martin said that Ireland is open to considering placing sanctions on Hamas leadership and extremist West Bank settlers (PA)

Ireland to push for EU sanctions on ‘terrorist’ settlers in the West Bank

The First Minister said the Government would work ‘at pace’ on whether to appeal (Jane Barlow/PA)

Government has not come to decision on gender appeal, says Yousaf

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Jack Edwards’ family said they were ‘devastated’ by his death (Nottinghamshire Police/PA)

Boy, 13, appears in court charged with murdering man near skate park

Flowers and messages left at the scene in Sandgate, near Folkestone, after seven-year-old William Brown was killed in a crash on Monday (PA)

Thousands of pounds raised for seven-year-old’s funeral after Folkestone crash

Police officers at the scene of the shooting near Vine Close, Hackney (Lucy North/PA)

Teenager in court charged with murder after woman shot dead in east London

Israeli soldiers move into a neighbourhood in Gaza City (AP Photo/Moti Milrod, Haaretz)

Fighting goes in Gaza’s largest cities amid fears of mass displacement of people

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Rishi Sunak has insisted his new Rwanda legislation ‘blocks every single reason that has ever been used to prevent flights’ (James Manning/PA)

Sunak faces threat to leadership as Tory factions gather to consider Rwanda Bill

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A 28-year-old man was pronounced dead at hospital following the incident in Liverpool (Yui Mok/PA)

Man dies following ‘targeted’ attack on three people

Passenger numbers at Heathrow were just 2% below pre-pandemic levels last month, new figures show (PA)

Heathrow passenger numbers near pre-Covid levels

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McDonald’s aid it was ‘shocked and saddened” by the incident’ (Jonathan Brady/PA)

McDonald’s apologises after security guard mops pavement around homeless man

A car is buried under rubble on Main Street after a tornado hit Hendersonville, Tennessee (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean/AP)

Six people killed as storms tear through Tennessee

An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires a shell from southern Israel towards the Gaza Strip as the Israeli offensive continues (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel prepared ‘to fight for months or longer’ to defeat Hamas

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A man returns to his seat during the national Hanukkah Menorah lighting near the White House in Washington (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden to host Hanukkah reception amid rising antisemitism in United States

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Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris will host talks with Northern Ireland political leaders (James Manning/PA)

Hillsborough talks will focus on stabilising Stormont finances – Heaton-Harris

Rishi Sunak has a tough week that kicks off with the Covid inquiry (Justin Tallis/PA)

Fraught week for Sunak as warring Tory factions mull over his Rwanda Bill

People eating outside a restaurant in Chinatown in Soho during the Eat Out to Help Out scheme (Yui Mok/PA)

Rishi Sunak to be quizzed on Eat Out scheme and lockdowns at Covid inquiry

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A report from the Institute for Public Policy Research has warned that a growing gap in voter turnout across social groups impacting the UK’s democracy (PA)

Voter turnout gap growing across social groups, think tank warns

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High water levels along the Severn after heavy rain in Worcester (Jacob King/PA)

Heavy rain to continue across parts of UK after weekend washout

A collection of British newspapers (PA)

What the papers say – December 11

Rishi Sunak defended the Eat Out to Help Out scheme (Jeff J Mitchell/PA)

Eat Out to Help Out protected workers from ‘devastating’ job losses – Sunak

Russian president Vladimir Putin, left, visits the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin visits shipyard as two new nuclear submarines are commissioned

Police at the scene after a shooting incident in Sion, Switzerland (Louis Dasselborne/Keystone via AP)

Two people killed and one wounded as gunman opens fire in Swiss town

The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales returns to Portsmouth Naval Base (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Families and friends welcome aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales home

Demonstrators against the Rwanda policy at a removal centre at Gatwick (Victoria Jones/PA)

Why is Rishi Sunak under pressure and what happens next to the Rwanda Bill?

Stonehenge in Wiltshire (Ben Birchall/PA)

High Court to hear second challenge against Stonehenge road project

Train passengers on major routes, including to Heathrow Airport are being hit by disruption (Steve Parsons/PA)

Train passengers suffer fresh disruption

Royal Mail reached an agreement with its main union in July (Ben Birchall/PA)

Two Royal Mail bosses to leave after agreement with union

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Deveca Rose has been granted conditional bail after appearing in court charged with four counts of manslaughter after her two sets of twin sons were killed in a fire in Sutton, south London, in December 2021 (Yui Mok/PA)

Mother charged with manslaughter over children’s fire deaths granted bail

A resident, looks on the debris at a site of a recent Russian missile attack in Kyiv (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ballistic missiles shot down in latest Russian attack on Kyiv, say Ukrainians

Train services remain disrupted following the fourth major issue with overhead electric wires in nine days (Danny Lawson/PA)

Rail services hit by fourth electric wire failure in nine days

Online train ticket retailers are using so-called drip pricing with booking fees of up to £6.45 per transaction, a regulator has found (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Train ticket retailers using drip pricing – regulator

Miners take a break during the mine rescue mission in Chingola (AP Photo)

Rescuers recover bodies of 11 miners trapped by landslides after heavy rain

Elizabeth Donowho was left unable to walk for six weeks after the crash (Elizabeth Donowho/PA)

US man ‘associated with secret service’ leaves UK after nurse injured in crash

The Bank of England is expected to hold interest rates at its next meeting (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Interest rates ‘almost certain’ to be held steady by Bank of England

The Rugby World Cup was one of the top Google searches of the year (Adam Davy/PA)

Rugby World Cup and Happy Valley among top UK Google searches of 2023

The shooting took place in Hackney, east London (Lucy North/PA)

Teenager due in court charged with murder after woman shot dead in east London

Virgin Media O2 is contacting all five million of its broadband, landline and TV customers to ensure low-income households are aware of bill support available to them (Nick Ansell/PA)

Virgin Media O2 to contact all five million customers about social tariffs

Transgender teenager Brianna Ghey (Cheshire Police/PA)

‘I saw boy stabbing Brianna,’ girl tells murder trial

WH Smith’s boss has seen his pay surge by 78% over the past year after the retailer continued its travel-boosted resurgence (PA)

WH Smith boss sees pay deal jump 78% to £2.9 million as rebound continues

Figures from the OECD show the UK tax ratio against GDP hit its highest level on record (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

UK tax level rises to highest on record – OECD

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More companies went insolvent in the year to the end of September, Begbies Traynor said (Adam Davy/PA)

Begbies Traynor boosts staff levels as it warns of growing insolvencies

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A total of 42% of parents said Ofsted should be more transparent on how it reaches judgments (Mike Egerton/PA)

Parents want Ofsted inspections to be ‘more transparent and less high-stakes’

Police at the scene of the fire in Collingwood Road, Sutton (Yui Mok/PA)

Mother to appear in court charged with manslaughter over children’s fire deaths