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The Home Secretary was shown around the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which honours victims of the 1994 atrocity.

The S&P Global/CIPS UK services PMI survey showed a reading of 50.9 in November, higher than economists had forecast.

The backlog of older cases has fallen by nearly three-quarters (74%) since June 2023.

The chairman of the Infected Blood Inquiry recommended that the compensation scheme should be extended in April.

Alice Arthur, 63, said mobile internet access means she does not have to make a six-hour round trip to buy presents.

Jamel Boyce suffered brain damage due to oxygen deprivation after he was stabbed in the chest in a fight in Clapham, south London, in 2016.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said 156,525 vehicles were registered last month, up from 142,889 in November 2022.

The immigration minister said there are ‘merits’ in calls for a cap on numbers coming to the UK.

Developer Rockstar Games confirmed the much-anticipated next instalment in the series will be released in 2025.

James Cleverly is the third Home Secretary to visit Rwanda, but so far no asylum seekers have gone there under the Government’s controversial plan.

William Rucker, chairman of the Wolverhampton-based firm, said consumer demand has remained ‘resilient’.

The group saw half-year profits tumble 54% while debts rose 7% to £14.7 billion.

Railway lines blocked between Edinburgh and Newcastle by flooding.

The monarch is reported to be planning his first trip Down Under during his reign to coincide with Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

The Prime Minister wrote in The Sun: ‘If you can’t contribute to the UK, you are not coming to the UK.’

The 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) showed Scotland’s reading level was above OECD average.

The international study by the OECD was postponed by a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The case against the department is expected to conclude on Thursday, with a decision at a later date.

Fierce competition between supermarkets is seeing the cost of the main festive meal rising well below the overall rate of grocery inflation.

An investigation by The Guardian said it had found security breaches dating back to 2015.