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Artist and playwright John Byrne has died aged 83 (PA)

Tributes paid to ‘inventive’ artist and playwright John Byrne

Hollie Dance has offered her support to the parents of Indi Gregory (Joe Giddens/PA)

Mother of Archie Battersbee ‘heartbroken’ at death of Indi Gregory

The funeral cortege of baby Indi Gregory arrives at St Barnabus Cathedral, Nottingham, for her funeral service (Joe Giddens/PA)

‘Beautiful warrior’ Indi Gregory’s funeral held in Nottingham

Former health secretary Matt Hancock began giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry (UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA)

Sick pay in the UK is ‘far too low’, Matt Hancock tells Covid inquiry

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Matt Hancock said Nicola Sturgeon had communicated Covid messages to the public ‘in a way that was unhelpful and confusing’ (PA)

Sturgeon’s public statements ‘unhelpful and confusing’ during pandemic – Hancock

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Wilko returns to high street months after chain’s dramatic collapse

Former health secretary Matt Hancock and Gina Coladangelo (Lucy North/PA)

Matt Hancock acknowledges his affair with aide damaged public confidence

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Passengers are being urged to avoid one of the UK’s busiest rail routes next week during emergency work to repair a landslip (Network Rail/PA)

Emergency landslip repair work to disrupt train journeys on major route

Court artist sketch of Sir James Dyson appearing at the Royal Courts Of Justice, central London, for his libel trial against Mirror Group Newspapers (Elizabeth Cook/PA)

Sir James Dyson loses libel claim against Mirror publisher at High Court

Radio presenter Ken Bruce has unveiled his latest pun-tastic Christmas decoration (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Ken Bruce transformed into Gingerbread Ken for his 2023 Christmas decoration

The UK’s manufacturing downturn eased further in November (Ian Forsyth/PA)

UK factory slump eases but ‘little festive cheer’ for under-pressure firms

John Byrne has died aged 83 (Jane Barlow/PA)

Artist and playwright John Byrne dies aged 83

Same-sex couple Surendra Pandey, right, and Maya Gurung pose for a photograph with their marriage certificate (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

Nepalese couple vow to continue campaigning after same-sex marriage recognised

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Decarbonising industries such as steel will be a major part of reaching net zero (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Decarbonising industry can’t wait for ‘technologies of tomorrow’, says Tory MP

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Andry Rajoelina has been re-elected as President of Madagascar (Alexander Joe/AP)

Madagascar’s top court ratifies presidential election result after boycott

Mohammed Ghalayini experienced a bittersweet moment when he went to the beach in Gaza (Mohammed Ghalayini/PA)

Briton in Gaza refuses to be ‘driven out of homeland’ as Israeli strikes resume

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Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown also worked in Better Together’s campaign to keep Scotland in the Union (Danny Lawson/PA).

Gordon Brown says briefings against Alistair Darling were ‘completely unfair’

Mark Gillen suffered life-changing injuries in the boat yard accident (The Health and Safety Executive/PA)

Yacht builder fined £600,000 over accident which left worker seriously injured

Services that are running will start later and finish much earlier than usual (Danny Lawson/PA)

Fresh disruption for rail travellers as train drivers strike again

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Air strikes have resumed in Gaza (Adel Hana/AP)

Israeli jets hit Gaza targets after week-long truce expires

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The Prince and Princess of Wales at the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall (Aaron Chown, PA)

Prince and Princess of Wales appear ‘relaxed’ at Royal Variety Performance

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Police attempt to put out flares that have been thrown towards them outside the stadium before the UEFA Europa Conference League Group E match at Villa Park, Birmingham (David Davies/PA)

Four police officers injured in ‘disgusting scenes’ at Aston Villa match

A helicopter carrying Israeli hostages released by Hamas lands at the Sheba Medical Centre in Ramat Gan, Israel (Leo Correa/ AP)

Israel resumes strikes in Gaza Strip as truce with Hamas expires

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Mia Schem was released after 55 days in captivity in Gaza (AP)

Israeli military confirms release of six more hostages in Gaza Strip

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What the papers say (PA)

What the papers say – December 1

The King and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are attending the Cop28 climate summit in Dubai (Daniel Leal/PA)

King and Sunak to attend Cop28 as leaders assess bids to tackle climate change

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Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Stephen Watson replaced Ian Hopkins in May 2021 (James Speakman/PA)

Significant improvements by Greater Manchester Police, inspection finds

A Palestinian girl wounded in Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip is brought to a hospital in Khan Younis (Fatima Shbair/AP)

Israel urges civilians to leave homes in Gaza as war with Hamas resumes

Fertility clinics have been warned by a judge to make sure paperwork relating to the ‘parental legal status’ of children is in order (Alamy/PA)

Judge tells fertility clinics to make sure parent ‘status’ paperwork in order

A refugee has been fined after holding an offensive sign at a pro-Palestine rally (Alamy/PA)

Refugee fined for waving placard she ‘found at bus stop and did not understand’

The union took strike action in the summer (PA)

Lighthouse staff agree pay rise of up to 15% after strike action

The First Minister was speaking at Cop28 in Dubai (Brian Lawless/PA)

Don’t let perfect be enemy of good on Cop28 loss and damage deal, says Yousaf

Members of the Aslef union on a picket line (Danny Lawson/PA)

Train drivers vote to continue taking strike action for next six months

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Sections of the Parthenon marbles in London’s British Museum (Matthew Fearn/PA)

Sunak denies throwing ‘hissy fit’ over Elgin Marbles

Christopher Elgifari was jailed for life on Friday (South Wales Police/PA)

Thief who murdered delivery driver with stolen van jailed for life

Sergei Lavrov talks to the media at a news conference, during the OSCE summit (Boris Grdanoski/AP)

Russia ‘will not review its goals’ in Ukraine, says Lavrov

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Rhonda Micetich appeared at Southampton Crown Court (Alamy/PA)

Woman, 31, in court charged with attempting to murder two children

Caroline de Vechere who was handed a three-month jail sentence at the High Court (Family handout/PA)

Financier’s ex-wife given jail term after breaching order on ‘luxury’ ski chalet

Bathing waters are measured for harmful bacteria throughout the summer (Yui Mok/PA)

Highest percentage of bathing waters rated poor since 2015 – Environment Agency

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Rockets are fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Sunak to seek ‘sustained humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza after fighting resumes

The Rwanda plan is a key plank of Rishi Sunak’s pledge to stop small boat crossings of the English Channel (PA)

Sunak’s patience ‘worn thin’ by Rwanda plan delays

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The King addressed the World Climate Action Summit at Cop28 in Dubai (Chris Jackson/PA)

Charles tells Cop28: Countries are ‘dreadfully far off’ achieving climate goals

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Sir James Dyson sued for libel over an article in the Daily Mirror newspaper (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Sir James Dyson loses libel claim against Daily Mirror publisher

Infant electrical brain responses were recorded using a special headcap (Centre for Neuroscience in Education, University of Cambridge/PA)

Speaking to babies in sing-song speech ‘helps them learn language’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on the roof of the British Embassy in Dubai before attending the Cop28 summit (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

UK can ‘stand tall’ at Cop28 summit, Sunak says

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Air strikes have resumed in Gaza (Adel Hana/AP)

Israeli jets hit Gaza targets after week-long truce expires

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UK house prices rose for the third month in a row in November, according to Nationwide (Yui Mok/PA)

UK house prices inch higher but ‘rapid rebound’ in property market unlikely

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A Royal Mail Christmas postbox on Oxford Street (Yui Mok/PA)

Singing postboxes to bring festive cheer in run-up to Christmas

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Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy in October (Jonathan Brady/PA)

European Union will be Labour’s first foreign policy priority, vows David Lammy

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The inquest heard that following the Ofsted inspection, Ms Perry contacted her local GP, as well as local mental health services (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Ruth Perry’s GP tells inquest Ofsted inspection contributed to her death

Former health secretary Matt Hancock giving evidence at Dorland House in London (PA).

Hancock was told of need for focused effort on care home testing, inquiry hears

Most care home workers rely on Statutory Sick Pay (Alamy/PA)

Most care workers cannot afford to take time off sick, survey shows

Palestinians evacuate as Rafah in the Gaza Strip is bombarded (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Sunak renews call for humanitarian pauses in Gaza in talks with regional leaders

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Former health secretary Matt Hancock giving evidence (UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA)

Sunak would have put ‘enormous pressure’ on Johnson – Covid inquiry