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Tory Small Boats Week ‘Not A Good Idea’, Says Senior Conservative HUFFPOST says Rishi Sunak’s plan to blanket the airwaves with coverage of government attempts to prevent people crossing the channel was “not a good idea”, a senior Tory has said, given what happened last week. The prime minister has made “stop the boats” one of his top five pledges to voters ahead of the election. Before heading to California on holiday, the prime minister lined up major announcements to demonstrate how his government was achieving this target.

Teenage hillwalker found safe after search in Highlands A hillwalker, 17, who was reported missing overnight on a walking trip in the Highlands has been traced safe and well, police say.  Isaac Johnson had set off at lunchtime on Saturday from Glen Moidart in Lochaber but did not return as planned. Mountain rescue teams, the coastguard and police were involved in the search. Police said on Monday morning the teenager had been found.

Five-year-old girl left with ‘significant’ injuries after dog attack  A dog attack outside a corner shop has left a five-year-old girl with “significant” facial injuries. The attack happened near a Nisa shop in Norton Road, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, at about 18:30 BST on Saturday. Police said the child was taken to hospital for treatment and a dog has been seized. The dog owner remained at the scene after the attack, a police spokesman confirmed. “Officers attended the scene within minutes of the report being called in and provided medical assistance to the girl whilst waiting for the ambulance, ” the force…

Many cancer waiting time targets set to be dropped in England Two-thirds of the cancer waiting time targets set by the NHS are likely to be eliminated in England, with the intention of detecting cancers at an earlier stage, according to the health service.  NHS administrators are aiming to streamline the targets, as the majority of them have consistently gone unmet in recent years, intending to reduce them from nine to three. This strategy is supported by prominent cancer specialists and is meant to simplify what are deemed as outdated benchmarks.  The leader of Radiotherapy UK charity, Pat Price, who…

Wales campsite crash: Two in serious condition in hospital A car crash in Pembrokeshire has left two people in a serious condition in hospital.  The car crashed into a campsite and hit a tent, where a baby was sleeping. Nine people were injured when the car left the road at Newgale, Pembrokeshire, on Saturday night. The baby in the tent escaped serious injury as it was in a cot, according to the campsite owner. The car went over a ditch, rolled into a tent and over a group of people. Dyfed-Powys Police said the car crashed into the campsite shortly…

Police were called to Paget street on Sunday evening

A man’s body was discovered in the back of a van engulfed in flames in Staffordshire.

Police were called to the blaze in Paget Street, Burton-upon-Trent, at 7.55pm on Sunday by Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

The remains were discovered only after the fire had been extinguished.

His death is currently being treated as unexplained, Staffordshire Police said, with a post-mortem examination to be carried out to establish the cause of the man’s death.

Police have asked anyone with footage from the area or information about the incident to contact the force, quoting incident 637 of August 13.

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