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Theresa May uses keynote speech at Tory conference to reach out to blue-collar workers

British Prime Minister Theresa May is set to take aim at the 'liberal elite' who sneer at millions of Britons over immigration and find public patriotism 'distasteful', it can be revealed. In her keynote speech to the Tory party conference in Birmingham today, Mrs May will make a pitch to claim the 'centre ground' of British politics - and drive the 'divisive' Labour Party further into the wilderness. She will also pledge to lead a Government that is unafraid to challenge big business and intervene on behalf of workers on low and middle incomes.

Diane James has sensationally quit as Ukip leader tonight just 18 days after winning the race to succeed Nigel Farage.

England's 209 NHS clinical commissioning groups were ranked on their quality of cancer care in terms of survival rates, diagnosis times and timely treatment.

Greggs the bakers could stop selling loaves of bread in Britain as it moves to target the health conscious. The company is moving away from the traditional bakery concept towards 'food on the go'.

General Sir Nicholas Carter has told his officers to support soldiers accused of historic crimes in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts and said they were all 'innocent until proven guilty'.

A litre of diesel rose to £1.13 at the end of September amid speculation about a cap on oil production, according to the RAC. Petrol prices also rose last month to £1.12 per litre.

Mastercard is rolling out its biometric identity check technology to 12 countries across Europe including the UK and Germany following successful trials in the US and Canada earlier this year.

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Daily Mail Australia posted an article on 5 June 2016 containing allegations about an incident at Red Square nightclub in Adelaide, South Australia. The article suggested that a group of deaf patrons was discriminated against and denied entry because of their disability.

Britain's best fish and chip restaurants revealed

Britain's top 10 fish and chip shops have been named, and among them is Kingfisher Fish and Chips in Devon (top centre) which serves whole lobster and posh coffee to diners. Others who've made the shortlist include: Henley's of Wivenhoe in Essex (top left), Hennighan's Top Shop in Powys (top right), Hodgson's Chippy in Lancaster (bottom left), Dudley's Old Swinford Fish&Chip; Shop (bottom centre), and The Dolphin Takeaway in Country Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

The mother, named only as Emma (pictured, with daughter Scarlett) said: 'I love Scarlett, she's amazing. Why wouldn't I want another child exactly like her?'

Dr Stephen Frost was dismissed by the MoD after calling for a police investigation. He claims there was a 'cover-up of criminality' at Weeton Barracks, near Blackpool.

The figures suggest the new charging regime has been a huge success. Tesco, which is Britain's biggest retailer, revealed it has given away 1.5billion fewer bags over the past year.

As few as one in three connections link to the 4G network in some parts of rural Britain, new research has found. Even in London, where signal is best, connection can be very slow.

London police chiefs said they would only release a summary of Sir Richard Henriques report into a bungled VIP paedophile investigation after they consider whether they agreed with it.

In one case, customers of a seller were posting positive reviews of an iPhone 7 case - before the handset had even been released. Now Amazon says it will take action.

QUENTIN LETTS watches Tory wafflers

How could so jellyish and unformed a political personality have been made Lord Chancellor? When she mentioned her predecessor, Michael Gove, the hall burst into applause.

Philip Hammond has been accused of launching a 'tirade of negativity' by his fellow Cabinet ministers after warning the British economy could shrink by four per cent in the wake of Brexit.

Audience members at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham were openly weeping after Melissa Mead, 29, spoke about the NHS blunders that contributed to her son's death aged one.

In an interview, the Prime Minister said her Government's plan to train hundreds more British medics would mean overseas doctors would eventually cease to be needed.

Upmarket wallpaper and furnishings company Osborne & Little in London - run by the former chancellor's father Sir Peter Osborne - revealed it had not yet been affected by the EU referendum.

The baby with a bouffant: Nine-week-old Junior's huge head of hair gets so much attention it takes his mother two hours to do the weekly shop

Junior Cox-Noon (pictured), from Brighton, turns heads wherever he goes thanks to his impressive mane which has continued to grow since his birth in July. His hairdresser mother Chelsea Noon (left), 32, says it now takes her two hours to do her weekly shop rather than 40 minutes as she is stopped so often by people who want to speak to Junior. The infant has now been nicknamed 'Baby Bear' thanks to his thick locks that stand on end.

The work could shed light on whether southern fish will be able to understand their northern counterparts if they are forced to seek out the colder waters they prefer because of climate change.

The nest was found at the top of a 55ft conifer tree in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, close to where the insects were first seen. They have since been spotted in six different locations.

Teenage girls should learn to be less like Kim Kardashian and more like Cleopatra and other Shakespearean heroines, according to top London headteacher Jane Lunnon (pictured).

In his usual cheery tone to his 5.67million Twitter followers yesterday, the 41-year-old chef, restaurateur and campaigner said: 'Good Spanish food doesn't get much better than paella...'

An Oxford University analysis has found that performing good deeds, such as holding the door open for someone or donating to charity, gives the doer a warm glow.

Footage shows a grey Fiat 500 trying to constantly cut in front of photographers and wanting to tailgate the car carrying Kim, her husband Kanye and her sister Kourtney through the French capital.

Lagerfeld had written Kardashian a note on Monday saying: 'We are all with you' after she was robbed in Paris. But he criticised the star for showing off jewellery to her social media followers.

The robbers avoided a police camera, which was not pointed at the front of Kim Kardashian West's palatial Paris apartment, which she rents for £25,000 a month. The five men are still being hunted.

Philip Hammond said big firms need to realise that keeping customers happy is key to sustainability and also warned when the UK leaves the EU, immigration controls must protect our economy.

Six of the late Baroness Thatcher's outfits are set to go on display at the V&A; in December, including royal blue and pink suits by Aquascutum and the black hat she wore to her husband's funeral.

The former Shadow Chancellor and partner Katya Jones danced up a storm with a vigorous country-and-western, barn-dance style routine that even involved prop banjos.

Baby will never see his mother's face after being born without eyes due to anophthalmia

Fourteen-month-old Elijah Davies, from Seacombe, Merseyside, suffers from a rare condition called anophthalmia. He will have to go through a series of operations to rebuild the front of his skull in order to have prosthetic eyes fitted in the future. Mother Zoe Hickson, 23, said Elijah is an 'absolutely amazing' child who is 'always laughing'.

Julie Dudhill, 57, a project manager for John Lewis, was swept out to sea in Alicante after drifting away just yards from her husband, Andy, 51, in the water on June 27.

Alan Rankin was found at the bottom of a cliff over a mile away from the popular holiday resort. Spanish authorities who suggested his death was accidental have been slammed at a new inquest in Nottingham.

Danielle Branch, 30, of Maidstone, Kent, suffered third degree burns to 85 per cent of her body on New Year's Day. She credits a personal visit from Katie Piper with helping her come to terms.

Carmen Greenway, 41, was cycling home after having dinner at a pub to celebrate her mother's birthday when she hit a bumpy patch of road and lost control 100 metre from her west London home.

Jonathon Pengelly (pictured), from Cardiff, wrote on Facebook how he allegedly witnessed one of the fast food giant's employees turning down a request for some hot water.

Tyrone Lock (pictured), 18, had taken the Class A drug with friends after they checked into a room at Hill Valley Golf Club in Whitchurch, Shropshire on November 21 last year.

Basingstoke girl died 'after swallowing spare battery from television's 3D glasses'

Unbeknown to her parents, little Francesca Asan (pictured) went into a set of drawers at the family home in Basingstoke and took the 2cm battery out of its packaging, before putting it in her mouth. The toddler then endured seven days of agony as her worried parents made repeated appointments with medics to try and discover why their daughter was so unwell. It was only one week after the incident when the little girl went 'floppy' in her father's arms that she was rushed to hospital and doctors discovered what had happened. Tests showed the small three-volt lithium battery had eroded through her oesophagus into her artery, causing 'catastrophic' bleeding which led to her death. Despite efforts from medics, the little girl had developed severe blood clots in her stomach and died. Francesca suffered from congenital heart abnormalities, which meant her right subclavian artery was displaced. Today, at an inquest into her death attended by her father George (inset), coroner Andrew Bradley recorded a verdict of misadventure and said the case was a 'timely reminder' of the dangers of batteries.

Little Isaac Armitage, of Effingham, Surrey., was told by the driver: 'Someone needs to take you to one side and have a word with you, you can't be a fairy, you should be a superhero.'

The inquest heard how Asad Khan, 11, had told his mother he did not want to get back to Beckfoot Upper Heaton, Bradford, and hours later she forced her way into his locked room to find him hanged.

Winnie Birkenhead, 53, from Burnley, Lancashire, came to Britain from Malaysia as a five-year-old girl in 1968 after her mother married a member of the British Army.

Mike and Kate Brandon, 31 and 33, of Bristol, travelled to Pennsylvania's Abramson Cancer Centre for last-ditch treatment. They have announced his second biopsy has come back clear.

Millie Mae (pictured) is the daughter of Chantelle and Jack Catterall, the latter of whom has a sister, Emma Suthers, of Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, whose child Faye is also the latest in a long line of girls.

Nottingham's Juanila Smikle jailed for child cruelty after granddaughter was found dead

Juanila Smikle (left) was convicted last month of cruelty allegations at Nottingham Crown Court. She was arrested after her granddaughter Shanay Walker (right) was found dead. The child died from a brain haemorrhage in July 2014. Prosecutor Richard Pratt QC emphasised that there was no suggestion Smikle was responsible for the death. However, he said inquiries showed the grandmother 'wilfully assaulted and ill-treated' the child for two years before her death. He said the death prompted an inquiry that revealed other children had been treated cruelly by Smikle.

Maths assistant Hamid Bhatti, 24, who now lives in Rochdale, was on a placement at a school in Yeovil, Somerset, when he met the girl, Taunton Crown Court was told.

Dorset Police said mother-of-two Natasha Wake was killed in a 'frenzied' knife attack at her home in Bournemouth and left in a pool of blood as flowers and tributes to the 26-year-old were left at the scene.

Businessman Iain Catleugh Hutchinson (pictured) punched cowering Jeremy Lyons more than six times on May 29 this year, in Battersea, south London.

Eddie Osborn, of Manchester has an uncontrollable tremor,
limited mobility and cannot speak due to conversion disorder, a psychiatric condition brought on by his offences.

A schoolgirl who was grabbed from behind by a stranger with a spiky beard and a scratch on his left check escaped by biting her attacker's hand. The incident took place in Hackney, east London.

Winchester Crown Court heard the teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was said to be obsessed with serial murderers, including Ted Bundy (pictured).

Albanian migrant given asylum in Britain despite being wanted by Interpol is jailed

Agustin Sula, 18, right, stabbed 21-year-old Mateusz Szleper, left, seven times, piercing his heart and lungs, in a street attack in Hull in revenge for a 'perceived slight' by one of the victim's friends. And sentencing Sula today at Hull Crown Court, Judge Jeremy Richardson QC told him he did not known if he would be ever released and ordered him to serve a minimum of 18 years. The court had heard Sula was already wanted by Interpol after he fled his native Albania despite being convicted of theft and sentenced to six months in prison.

PC Steven Walters, 48, who served with West Midlands Police, left his victims suffering panic attacks, anxiety and depression after carrying out the attacks while on duty.

Adrian Bostan, 37, and Mioara Toma, 34, are alleged to have exploited Marius Florea, 39, over a period of almost six months after he arrived in the UK in a van from Romania in October 2014.

John Gonzalez, 54, offered his victim a lift home as she was walking from a nightclub in High Wycombe and demanded she call him Sir as he sexually assaulted her, a court heard.

Unemployed gardener Thomas Mair (pictured), who is accused of killing Labour MP Jo Cox has refused to enter a plea to the charge

Thomas Mair, 53, remained silent when asked to enter a plea to the allegations that he repeatedly stabbed the mother of two outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, near Leeds.

CCTV footage shows how the group bottled the passerby (bottle cricled), 29, when he tried to intervene in the assault in Islington, north London, on September 17.

The 55-second clip shows three men searching the upmarket property in Hethersett, near Norwich, before getting the fright of their life as the owner came home.

Desperate house hunters camp outside an estate agent OVERNIGHT in Dartford, Kent

The two-bedroom and three-bedroom properties (pictured inset) were on sale at the new Oakes Park development in Dartford, Kent, with prices starting at £254,995. The town is within easy commuting distance of London - taking just over an hour by train - and topped the list for the country's fastest selling house hotspots earlier this year. Dozens pitched up tents (right) outside the housing development in a bid to secure one of the attractive properties.

Father-of-four Sir George Martin, often described as 'The Fifth Beatle', died peacefully at his home in Coleshill, near Swindon, in March aged 90. It has now emerged he left a £1million estate.

A South West Trains rail replacement bus crashed into a bridge in Isleworth, Hounslow, ripping the roof off and injuring three people, although no one was seriously hurt.

Artist Julian Richardson uses a wire leaf rake to carefully 'tickles' the sand to reveal darker wet sand below. His beach of choice is Brean Down in Somerset, pictured.

Parents and pupils have reacted online after Fulston Manor School (pictured) - in Sittingbourne, Kent - banned students from carrying water bottles because they keep throwing them.

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: The bodies of more than 20 dogs were discovered in a disused building at the former RAF Sturgate near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

Avril Whitfield, 57, has been missing from her home in Caernarfon, Wales, since April 1, despite a massive search, but DNA tests today confirmed a foot found on Anglesey belonged to her.

Dashcam captures heart-stopping moment van spins out of control in front of car on M4 motorway

The nail-biting moment was captured on the dashcam of a car travelling behind the van. It shows the vehicle spinning out of control before rebounding off a barrier in heavy rain and fading light along the M4 near Port Talbot, Wales. Fortunately no-one was injured in the incident.

Anne Darwin, 64, from County Durham, who was jailed in 2008 after helping her ex-husband John fake his death in a kayaking accident, also said on ITV today that she expected they would be caught.

Veeraswamy (pictured in 1963), which opened in the Regent Street, London, in 1926, and has since catered for many royal events, was honoured in Michelin's 2017 guide yesterday.

Joachim von Ribbentrop (ringed) wanted the leader of the Church of England to give evidence on his behalf and tell how the evil Nazi had spoken to him about German and English relations.

Russian-backed Syrian forces advance against rebels in Aleppo

Clutching her in his arms, this is the heartbreaking moment a rescuer pulled the body of a little girl from rubble (left) following a wave of deadly street battles in Syria. The Syrian civil defence volunteer could be seen carrying the girl from the debris as rescuers tried to save children (right) following air strikes in the rebel-held neighbourhood of Karm Homad in northern Aleppo. Soldiers, backed by Russian troops, have advanced against rebels during the intense street riots, after the US finally gave up on talks aimed at reviving a ceasefire. The UN's human rights chief earlier appealed for action to halt the 'ghastly avalanche of violence' unfolding in Syria 's second city, which has seen some of the most brutal fighting since the civil war broke out in 2011. The Syrian army, loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, announced a major push two weeks ago to capture the rebel-held eastern half of Aleppo, where thousands of civilians are trapped.

The young girl, named Eman (pictured) picked up the bomb believing it to be a silver ball. It exploded in her hands, her family told doctors, and shrapnel tore through her tiny body.

Police descended on the offices of pro-Kurdish IMC-TV, one of 12 stations shut down by the government. Today it was also announced that 12,800 police officers had been suspended from duty.

The biggest names from all corners of the golf world have gathered to celebrate the life of Arnold Palmer in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Palmer died September 25 at age 87.

The 400 or so migrants are marching in protest from Belgrade in Serbia to the Hungarian border holding signs pleading the government to open their borders to allow them access to the EU.

Syrian soldiers, backed by Russian air support, have advanced against rebels during intense street battles in Aleppo, after the United States finally gave up on talks aimed at reviving a ceasefire deal.

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Mass grave containing 200 people slaughtered by Spanish dictator Franco is discovered

Experts believe it could be one of more than 2,000 across the country dating back to the civil war and the brutal dictatorship of General Franco. Three pits containing around 200 bodies were discovered in the city of Valladolid, and work has begun on identifying who the skeletons found buried inside belonged to.

Representatives from Egypt, Germany, Italy, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey, UAE, UK and the U.S. all attended the high-level meeting on Monday.

Pope Francis said Jesus would never have turned away transgender people and revealed he had ministered to homosexuals as a priest, bishop and now as Pope.

The Category Four storm drenched Haiti's south-east coast on Monday, with 430,000 people evacuated due to life-threatening winds and rain. It could reach Florida on Wednesday.

A viral video emerged of a group of four boys standing around in a park in Romford, Essex. Without warning, one of them punches another hard on the side of his head, writes SARAH VINE.

Every year, countless highly qualified Britons are turned away from medical schools as there are too few places - while every year, the NHS scours the world for recruits, because we train too few.