Cost of kennelling seized dogs soars and in many areas attacks continue to rise, forces tell the BBC.
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Mother of girl operated on by disgraced surgeon says hospital ‘gaslit’ her
Jodee Seeley tells BBC Newsnight she is considering legal action against Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Deaths from alcohol at record high in England
Public-health experts are calling for minimum pricing to stop further rises in harmful drinking.
UK considers sending troops to train Ukrainians
Defence Secretary John Healey visits Kyiv to discuss plans to provide more support to Ukraine.
Family’s £3,500 Lapland holiday dream shattered
Tui should have rescheduled the trip based on weather forecasts, the O’Neil family says.
Publish secret papers, says Lockerbie victim’s father
Dr Jim Swire hopes that an upcoming Sky TV series on the atrocity will spark fresh public debate.
Women arrested for murder after body found in car
Police say the body of a man was found in a car in Helston Business Park.
UK’s youngest knife killers’ sentences increased
The two 13-year old boys killed Shawn Seesahai in Wolverhampton in November last year.
Interest rates expected to stay at 4.75%
Analysts are forecasting rates will stay at 4.75% after inflation rose for the second month in a row.
Neo-Nazi with home ‘armoury’ jailed for 10 years
Alan Edward, who had almost 28,000 social media followers, had discussed attacking a local LBGT group.