South Carolina’s macabre new law won’t make execution any more humane

States that still have the death penalty are struggling to procure the drug needed for lethal injections

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EastEnders' Bernadette faces surrogacy setback

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Stop thinking like the EU, Lord Frost tells ‘indoctrinated’ UK officials

British officials remain indoctrinated with "EU ways of thinking" that must be eradicated to make Brexit Britain more competitive, Lord Frost said on Monday as he called for a bonfire of Brussels red tape. He told MPs on the European Scrutiny Committee that a revolution was needed to "normalise" EU law still on Britain’s rulebook and return them to UK common law traditions, which are "lighter touch" and less risk averse. Lord Frost said: "Lots of our bureaucracy and our regulatory systems have had to operate within a prescriptive EU law framework." "We have internalised principles of EU law and EU ways of thinking about things for the last 50 years, which is harder to eradicate because it's quite subtle," the Cabinet minister and former Brexit negotiator said. Lord Frost said he was recruiting for a task force that would focus on how to diverge from EU rules to give Brexit Britain a global competitive edge over European businesses in areas such as financial services. "I have a role in making sure that what we put before Parliament is genuinely reforming, genuinely consistent with deregulation and the spirit of Brexit and and goes forward on that basis," he told MPs in comments that will fuel Brussels’ anxiety about Britain’s plans to diverge from EU rules. The Brexit trade deal has level playing field provisions and an enforcement system that can allow either side to hit the other with tariffs if divergence is too dramatic. Lord Frost added: "I personally profoundly believe that it's a huge advantage to a country to have the control over its own laws and the ability to design arrangements that suit its own traditions and ways of doing things."

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  UK warns EU of ‘turbulence’ in Northern Ireland unless Protocol crisis solved by July

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  British official says UK-EU relations 'bumpy' after Brexit

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UK woman murdered in Pakistan ‘may have been killed by a hired gunman’

The 24-year-old woman had registered a complaint with local police against two local men

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  Dispatcher hears Garland woman shot to death in murder-suicide at apartment complex

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  Pakistan police ‘ignored pleas for protection’ from UK woman murdered in Lahore

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Fears parts of Scotland could lose new freedoms as Sturgeon urged to speed up vaccines in Covid hotspots

Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to speed up Scotland’s vaccine rollout in Covid hotspots, after her deputy warned that areas with rising virus rates could soon see lockdown restrictions reimposed. Opponents accused Ms Sturgeon and her ministers of “sitting on their hands” over the roll-out of jabs in Glasgow, which along with Moray has been forced to remain in Level 3, while the rest of the country enjoyed new freedoms on Monday. Public Health Scotland figures showed there are now 100.3 cases per 100,000 people in Glasgow following an outbreak linked to the Indian variant - more than double the benchmark of 50 for it to join most of the rest of the country in Level 2. Linda Bauld, professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh, warned that the outbreak in the country's largest city would not "settle down quickly" and said it was unlikely experts would feel confident lifting restrictions next week. Under Level 2, hugs and indoor visits to homes are allowed while hospitality venues are allowed to serve alcohol indoors.

Seth Rogen reveals why he and his wife don’t want kids

‘I don’t know anyone who gets as much happiness out of their kids as we get out of our non-kids,’ said Rogen

Next week on 'Emmerdale': Kim shoots her posioner? Plus Bernice returns and Lydia is mugged (spoilers)

Lydia is facing flak, Kim has a loaded shotgun, Liv has a drunken reunion and Bernice returns to the village.

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'Royal pain in the a**': Backlash intensifies after Prince Harry calls US First Amendment 'bonkers'

Sean Hannity told the prince he was welcome to leave, while another asked the UK to take Harry back.

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Surprised Eric Clapton is a conspiracy theorist? Don’t be

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Bill Gates admits to extramarital affair with Microsoft worker nearly two decades ago

Bill Gates has reportedly admitted to having an affair with a Microsoft employee. The Microsoft co-founder stepped back from the board as the software giants launched a probe into a two-decade-old affair. A spokesperson for Mr Gates denied that his decision to leave the board had anything to do with the investigation.

Sheridan Smith deletes social media after sharing she had received 'shocking news'

The 39-year-old actor and TV presenter said she had received some 'shocking news' before deleting all her social media accounts.

Brexit news – live: Ministers in ‘ferocious row’ over Australia trade deal, as UK faces ‘Italy-style decline’

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This is what we do about anti-vaxxers: No job. No entry. No NHS access

Being coughed on by someone with coronavirus is not my idea of freedom. Those refusing a vaccine must face the consequences. The rest of us have rights too, including the right to life

Exclusive: Neighbours' Charlotte Chimes explains Nicolette's ultimatum

"The well-being of a new baby has to come first."

Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

Bolton, Bedford and Blackburn with Darwen continue to record the highest rates.

Quiz! Can you match these fictional lawyers to the film or show?

Our 15-question multiple choice quiz will test your knowledge to the limit, asking you to match the character to the TV show (and occasionally to the actor who played them).

Indian Covid variant cases leap by 1,000 in just four days as decision on scrapping social distancing rules is shelved

Strain now ‘dominant’ in Lancashire hotspots – with at least 5 cases in 86 local authority areas

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  UK embarks on major reopening despite fears over COVID variant

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