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The North East Skinny Dip has been held on 11 occasions (Owen Humphreys/PA)

North East Skinny Dip: Swimmers bare all braving North Sea for charity

Former US president Donald Trump has praised Rishi Sunak (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Donald Trump backs Rishi Sunak’s decision to water down net zero measures

Then transport secretary Grant Shapps visits the start of works at the HS2 site at Old Oak Common station (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Shapps says HS2 cannot have ‘open-ended cheque’ as Sunak set to wield axe

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The end of a one-mile section of the first completed HS2 tunnel under ancient woodland near Southam, Stratford-on-Avon (PA)

HS2: What is it, how much has it cost and how have the plans changed?

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Patrick Harvie condemned the Prime Minister’s rollback of climate pledges (Jane Barlow/PA)

Harvie: Sunak has ‘damn nerve’ to blame climate rollback on household burden

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At least nine people are known to have died in the factory fire (Pingtung County Government via AP/PA)

Two more bodies found in rubble of Taiwanese factory explosion

Large queues formed on Sunday morning (Anthony Bailly/PA)

Long queues at Vitality London 10k race after runners do not receive bib numbers

An illustration of the Osiris-Rex spacecraft at the asteroid Bennu (Conceptual Image Lab/Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA via AP)

What is Nasa’s Osiris Rex space mission?

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is reportedly drawing up plans to cut inheritance tax (Dan Kitwood/PA)

Inheritance tax ‘punitive’ and ‘unfair’, says minister as Sunak mulls change

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Members of reenactment group Legio VI Victrix Eboracum during Malton Museum’s Roman Festival in North Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA)

In Pictures: Re-enactors bring spirit of Roman empire back to North Yorkshire

A view of the HS2 site at Old Oak Common station in west London (PA)

Sunak set to cut off HS2’s northern leg as costs spiral – reports

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Chris Kaba was shot and killed in south London in 2022 (INQUEST/PA)

Armed police step back from duties after murder charge over Chris Kaba death

Waves break along the jetty at Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach, Virginia (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot via AP/PA)

Downgraded tropical storm Ophelia still poses threat, hurricane centre says

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Palestinians inspect a damaged building following an Israeli army raid in Nour Shams refugee camp (Majdi Mohammed/AP/PA)

Two Palestinians killed in Israeli raid on West Bank, health officials say

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (J Scott Applewhite/AP)

Republican colleagues implore holdouts not to shut down government

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What the papers say (Andrew Matthews/PA)

What the papers say – September 24

The 30-year-old MP for Bishop Auckland will stand down at the next election (Victoria Jones/PA)

Outgoing MP Dehenna Davison says migraine condition is ‘debilitating’

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Sir Ed Davey has said returning to the EU is not on the table in the immediate future (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Triple social media tax to fund mental health worker in every schools – Lib Dems

A Kosovo police officer guards the road near the village of Banjska (AP Photo/Dejan Simicevic)

Kosovo police officer killed and another injured as tensions with Serbia rise

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has ordered a review (Joe Giddens/PA)

Braverman orders review after armed police step back from firearms duties

Samples from the asteroid Bennu are due to return to Earth (Nasa/Goddard/University of Arizona/PA)

Nasa to return largest asteroid sample ever as UK helps with research

The Scottish Conservatives said ministers were ‘miles off’ the target for electric charging stations (John Walton/PA)

Scottish Government could miss electric car-charging target by 12 years – Tories

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Endangered Rothchild’s giraffe Sifa settles into his new home in Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park, near Stirling, after travellilng from Dublin Zoo, becoming the first male giraffe to call the park home in a decade. (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Endangered male giraffe Sifa arrives at safari park

Home Secretary Suella Braverman (Lucy North/PA)

Braverman questions whether international migration rules are ‘fit for purpose’

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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to back cost-of-living measures ahead of the autumn statement (James Manning/PA)

Starmer cannot offer change without backing cost-of-living plan, SNP says

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Susanna and the Elders, c1638-9, by Artemisia Gentileschi, on display at Windsor Castle following the completion of extensive conservation treatment. (Royal Collection Trust/ His Majesty King Charles III 2023/PA)

Lost Artemisia Gentileschi artwork goes on display in Windsor

LibDem leader Sir Ed Davey alongside West Country MPs and key candidates as they arrive by bicycle for the Liberal Democrat conference (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Lib Dems would seek ‘root-and-branch’ reform of post-Brexit relationship – Davey

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is reportedly considering cutting inheritance tax (Justin Tallis/PA)

Sunak reportedly considering inheritance tax cut

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LibDem leader Sir Ed Davey during the Liberal Democrat conference (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Lib Dems: Long waits for GPs three times higher in some rural areas than London

Actor Steve Coogan has backed Liberal Democrat proposals for electoral reform (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Steve Coogan and Carol Vorderman back Lib Dem calls for electoral reform

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Police appeal after teenager stabbed to death in south-east London

The Government’s energy efficiency taskforce has been axed (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Miliband criticises Sunak as energy efficiency taskforce scrapped

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Man taken to hospital after suspected American XL bully dog attack in park

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Russian minister lashes out at the West but barely mentions Ukraine in UN speech

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Campaigners wore EU style beret hats (Jeff Moore/PA)

Brexit branded ‘a huge mistake’ as protesters march to re-join EU

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Campaigners described their trespass as a celebration rather than a protest (Danny Halpin/PA)

Campaigners stage mass trespass calling for more countryside access in England

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SNP Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election candidate Katy Loudon was joined by Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson, MP Alyn Smith and MSP Christina McKelvie as they campaigned with activists at Rutherglen’s Cuningar Loop (Rebecca McCurdy/PA)

Brexit really important on doorstep, says SNP’s Rutherglen by-election candidate

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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint news briefing with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (Clodagh Kilcoyne/PA)

Zelensky meets Sudanese official during ‘technical stopover’ in Ireland

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Shadow net zero secretary Ed Miliband (Jane Barlow/PA)

Miliband hits out at Sunak over net zero policy shift

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaks alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press via AP)

Trudeau pledges Canada’s support for Ukraine and punishment for Russia

The party says it also wants to expand parental leave to include self-employed workers (PA)

Statutory shared parental pay would be doubled under Lib Dem proposals

Pope Francis attends the final session of the Rencontres Mediterraneennes meeting at the Palais du Pharo in Marseille, southern France (Sebastien Nogier, Pool via AP)

Pope Francis insists Europe does not have migrant ’emergency’

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Flowers and toys placed outside the Study Preparatory School in Wimbledon, south-west London, after a Land Rover crashed into the girls’ prep school building on the last day of term, killing two girls. Picture date: Friday July 7, 2023.

Arrested woman re-bailed until next year after Wimbledon school crash

Police are appealing for witnesses (PA)

Motorcyclist, 22, dies following collision on Aberdeen’s A92

A landslide caused a sinkhole to open on a major highway (Adam Ihse/TT News Agency via AP)

Three injured after landslide in Sweden causes huge sinkhole on highway

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson (Liam McBurney/PA)

Sinn Fein’s ‘grip on PSNI leadership must be broken’ – Donaldson

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The football group has helped to put smiles on the faces of refugees in Derby (PA)

Football group in Derby puts smiles on refugees’ faces

Cera has been building AI products since 2021 (Joe Giddens/PA)

AI could cut the number of elderly people falling at home

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The proposals will be discussed at the party’s annual conference (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Rivers would get ‘blue flag status’ to stop sewage dumps under Lib Dem plans

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The Lib Dems will outline plans for small-group tutoring to help pupils who have fallen behind in class to become a permanent fixture in England’s schools (David Jones/PA)

Lib Dems launch conference with plans for ‘flexible’ childcare and tutoring

Celebrating Filipino heritage will contrast with migrant narrative – food vendor

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Claire Stork, (left) abseils down the front of St Thomas’ Hospital in London (Aaron Chown/PA)

Cancer patient’s ‘scary ‘ abseil 160ft down London hospital for charity

Russell Brand thanks ‘questioning’ supporters following week of sex allegations

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What the papers say (PA)

What the papers say – September 23