National News

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• Tories will challenge Government to rule out property tax hikes

  The Tories will challenge the Government to rule out property tax rises in the autumn budget in a Commons vote.

• Camilla makes first appearance since revelation she fought off sexual assault

  The Queen has made her first public appearance since the revelation she fought off a man who groped her on a train when she was a teenager.

• Southampton flat fall victim named amid murder investigation

  A woman who died after falling from a block of flats in Southampton has been named by police, as a murder investigation into her death continues.

• New Green Party leader wants to reclaim populism after landslide win

  The new Green Party leader Zack Polanski has said he wants to “reclaim” populism after a landslide victory that will see his party shift its politics to the left.

• My son was everything you are not mother tells killer of ex prison officer

  A career criminal was branded a “violent, inhumane coward” as he was jailed for a minimum of 45 years for killing a former prison officer.

• Government defends Online Safety Act after X claims it threatens free speech

  The Government has defended the Online Safety Act after Elon Musk’s X said the legislation was threatening free speech.

• Burden placed on teachers has never been higher union warns

  The burden placed on school and college leaders and teachers has “never been higher”, a teaching union has warned.

• Brainwave test detects Alzheimers linked memory issues years before diagnosis

  A three-minute brainwave test could detect signs of memory problems linked to Alzheimer’s disease years before clinical diagnosis is possible, a trial has found.

• 700000 GCSE pupils without a specialist physics teacher

  More than 700,000 GCSE physics students could be without a specialist teacher, a report has warned.

• Barclays becomes second UK bank to quit industrys net zero group

  Barclays has become the second UK bank to leave the industry’s global alliance for setting climate targets.