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Thousands of children are being "robbed" of a decent childhood by growing up in converted shipping containers and office blocks, say campaigners.

Students from the poorest areas are significantly more likely to score low grades in their GCSEs, a charity has warned.

Bosses at Britain's biggest companies have taken a pay cut but continue to earn more than 100 times the average employee.

A 20-year-old man has appeared in court and denied the "horrific murder" of PC Andrew Harper in Berkshire.

Northamptonshire Police will arm every frontline officer with a Taser in response to a "sickening trend" of attacks on staff.

The Briton who ran away to join Islamic State as a teenager has told Sky News he wants to be released from jail to join the fight against Islamist radicalisation.

While the unanswered questions keep coming about Prince Andrew's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the Duke of York has been taking time out among Europe's moneyed elite with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson in Sotogrande.

The site earmarked for David Beckham's Major League Soccer stadium in Florida is more toxic than anticipated, according to a study.

US pop star Pink has defended the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, saying Meghan is a victim of "the most public form of bullying I have seen in a while".

National Grid is facing an investigation by Ofgem over a major power cut earlier this month - as it blamed a lightning strike for the outage.

A worker at Britain's Hong Kong consulate has been detained for allegedly violating the law, the Chinese foreign ministry has said.

The most senior member of the Catholic Church to be found guilty of child abuse has lost an appeal against his conviction.

Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil's space research centre INPE.

Donald Trump has cancelled a planned trip to Denmark because its prime minister dismissed the idea of selling Greenland to the US.

Donald Trump has said it would be appropriate to let Russia join the G7 group of advanced industrialised countries.

A police sniper in Rio de Janeiro has shot dead an armed man who took dozens of people hostage on a bus, according to officials.

The Italian prime minister has handed his resignation letter to the country's president after his populist government lost the support of a key coalition member - Matteo Salvini's League.

Police are investigating reports that a Muslim teenager had her hijab pulled off and was pelted with eggs by a group of people in Dublin.

Three lions have been shot dead after a 70-year-old game keeper - who reportedly raised the animals as cubs - was fatally mauled in South Africa, according to local media reports.

While the unanswered questions keep coming about Prince Andrew's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the Duke of York has been taking time out among Europe's moneyed elite with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson in Sotogrande.

Jason Roy will be checked by England medical staff on Wednesday morning to make sure he has suffered no ill effects after being hit on the side of the neck while batting in the nets.

Steve Smith will miss the third Ashes Test against England after suffering concussion at Lord's.

If you look at the championship table, it may seem that the 2019 season has been dominated by one man and for the most part that's true.

Joe Cokanasiga says England are not panicking after losing to Wales, and that the squad trusts the systems in place.

Anthony Joshua has hit out at "shallow-minded, small-minded" calls for him to replace his trainer Rob McCracken.

When Phoebe Waller-Bridge first performed Fleabag in 2013, one critic wrote: "I doubt if this material will spin off into a long-running radio or television series." 

The producers of James Bond have revealed the upcoming film will be called No Time To Die.

Keanu Reeves is set to return to the world of The Matrix as a fourth instalment of the film franchise is announced.

YouTube star PewDiePie has married his longtime girlfriend Marzia Bisognin at a ceremony in London.

A man accused of stealing an Oscar statuette from Hollywood star Frances McDormand will no longer face charges, prosecutors said.

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a… gaffer-taped motorbike which looks like a boat crossed with a plane nose and covered in white paint. 

A seaside town is planning to install public toilets that will stop sexual activity by spraying amorous occupants with water and sounding an alarm.

The "lookalike" of Friends actor David Schwimmer has been jailed for nine months for theft and fraud offences.

Old television sets have been dumped outside the homes of dozens of people in the US... by a man wearing an old TV on his head.

The nearest town to Area 51 has warned people to stay away from a music festival being organised by the man behind a call to arms that saw more than two million people sign up to storm the military base.

The government has taken a crucial step to help unprepared businesses to trade with EU members in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Bosses at Britain's biggest companies have taken a pay cut but continue to earn more than 100 times the average employee.

Investors ploughed $6.7bn (£5.5bn) into the UK tech sector in the first seven months of the year, more than the whole of 2018, according to figures from the government's digital economy council.

A US toy company famed for its plastic action figures and board games is giving plastic packaging the boot.

Thousands of children are being "robbed" of a decent childhood by growing up in converted shipping containers and office blocks, say campaigners.

National Grid is facing an investigation by Ofgem over a major power cut earlier this month - as it blamed a lightning strike for the outage.

A French-led consortium is in advanced talks to buy a big chunk of Rolls-Royce‎ Holdings' civil nuclear operations as part of a deal that will continue the transformation of one of Britain's most important industrial  groups.

Facebook has launched a tool that lets users stop apps and businesses sharing their data to the social network in the latest move to improve its privacy.

Britain's economy is slightly bigger than previously thought according to new estimates published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Facebook and Twitter are cracking down on what they say is a China-backed disinformation campaign to "undermine" ongoing protests in Hong Kong.

Boris Johnson will meet the German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin this afternoon, just a day after she added her voice to EU scepticism about his "alternative arrangements" to the Irish backstop.

The government has taken a crucial step to help unprepared businesses to trade with EU members in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The EU's Donald Tusk has given Boris Johnson's call to scrap the Brexit backstop short shrift - with a thinly-veiled dismissal of his demand.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the European Union "clearly still thinks that there is a possibility parliament will block Brexit".

Jeremy Corbyn and Sadiq Khan have called on the government to scrap plans to immediately end freedom of movement from the European Union in the event of a no-deal Brexit.