Exclusive: A gap in the Home Office’s evacuation rules means that high-school students with prestigious scholarships, like teenager Dania Alfaranji, have slipped through the cracks, reports Maira Butt
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UK weather map: Where Storm Benjamin is set to bring 75mph winds and heavy rain this week
Met Office issues three yellow weather warnings as heavy downpours and strong gales to lash across UK
Met police to use remotely launched drones to bolster emergency response efforts
A new trial will see the drones provide crucial intelligence to officers on the ground and in a central control room
New King Charles 5p coins enter circulation for very first time
Millions of 5p coins will go into circulation featuring the official portrait of King Charles
‘The culture must change’: Police leadership facing once-in-a-generation review after series of scandals
Former home secretary Lord David Blunkett will chair the ‘most significant review of police leadership for a generation’
Scrapping two-child benefit cap could lift 630,000 children out of poverty
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap would be among the most cost-effective ways to reduce child poverty, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said
How dogs can help us learn about human ageing
Scientists find clues in kidneys and gut of pets that may eventually slow process in humans
Teenage killer dances with knife in school canteen moments after stabbing Harvey Willgoose
Newly released footage shows the teenager who killed 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose appearing to dance in their school canteen with a knife moments after stabbing his fellow pupil to death.
British and German military aircraft join forces to hunt down Russian submarines
British and German forces will jointly conduct defensive patrols for Russian submarines from RAF Lossiemouth
Weekend Lotto jackpot stands at £10.5m as ticket holders fail to scoop top prize
Nobody matched all six main numbers for the jackpot, so it has rolled over to Saturday