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Muslim student loses bid to overturn prayer ban at ‘Britain’s strictest school’

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Police order right-wing event attended by Farage and Braverman to be shut down

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Rishi Sunak forces through vote for total ban on smoking for a generation

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Dawn French issues plea ‘to young people’ after challenging JK Rowling exchange

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<p>Oxford rowing captain Leonard Jenkins said some of the team had been struggling with illness during Saturday’s Boat Race </p>

I just got my water bill and nearly fainted – this in return for what?

<p>Thames Water says its shareholders will not be injecting the first £500m of funding that was agreed last summer into the group</p>

It’s time for the public to take back control of the water supply

<p>The denial of such opportunities is something for which those who voted for Brexit have only themselves to blame </p>

Forget passports – Brexit has robbed us of so much more

<p>King Charles has delivered a personal Easter message </p>

We’d do well to listen to the King at this time of year

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