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No 10 had 'dismissive attitude' to Mandelson vetting, says sacked Foreign Office chief

Sir Olly Robbins has defended his decision to approve the peer's security clearance for the role.

Boy, 17, pleads guilty to synagogue arson attack

Accelerant was thrown through the window of Kenton United Synagogue on Saturday night.

Migrant first to be convicted of endangering others under new crossing law

Tajik Mohammad pleaded guilty to piloting an overcrowded dinghy across the Channel in bad weather.

Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed

The "landmark" legislation aims to stop anyone born after 1 January 2009 from taking up smoking to create a smoke-free generation.

Man arrested outside Israeli embassy describes dangerous boat crossings to UK

Abdullah Albadri from Kuwait twice entered Britain on a small boat from France, the Old Bailey heard.