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A planned £2.5bn merger between British housebuilders Barratt Developments and Redrow Plc looks set to go ahead despite concerns from the competition regulator.

People possessing zombie-style knives and machetes have been urged to hand them in to police stations ahead of a ban.

A British diplomat has resigned over claims continued arm sales to Israel could be making the UK "complicit in war crimes".

The education secretary has said the rollout of 30 hours' free childcare by 2025 "will go ahead" but some parents might not get their first choice of nursery or childminder.

London Zoo says it has removed a Banksy artwork for "safekeeping".

An emergency plan to avoid overcrowding in jails could be triggered in the coming days as more rioters are sentenced, according to the Prison Officers' Association.

Clapping for the NHS in the COVID pandemic may have been "dangerous" because "no organisation can be a national religion", the health service ombudsman has said.

Nigel Farage has denied being paid nearly £98,000 a month for appearing on GB News.

A supermoon will rise over the horizon on Monday night.