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People with dementia have spent £15bn of their own money on care in the last two years because of government delays in reforming the system, according to the Alzheimer’s Society.

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt are set to take part in a head-to-head debate this evening as they each bid to become the UK’s next prime minister. 

More than 500 potential trafficking and modern slavery victims were held in UK immigration detention centres last year, official figures suggest. 

Boys in the UK will be given the HPV jab for the first time from September in a bid to wipe out cervical cancer.

For years, girls have been offered the HPV vaccination just before they reach their teen years and, from September, boys will also be eligible.

‘Big six’ energy firm E.ON says its customers’ electricity will come from renewable sources only from today – and at no extra cost

Five people have been arrested and sound equipment seized after police learned of an illegal rave through a Facebook advert.

Deutsche Bank has begun the process of culling 18,000 staff worldwide, with members of its 8,000-strong UK workforce among those facing the axe.

British number one Johanna Konta is into the Wimbledon quarter-finals after beating former champion Petra Kvitova in three sets, 4-6 6-2 6-4.

Labour’s deputy leader has “undermined” efforts to handle antisemitism complaints in order to “attack the leadership”, according to a member of the party’s governing body.