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Ben Lacomba will appear at Medway Magistrates’ Court via video link Via: Sarah Wellgreen: Man charged with murder of missing mother-of-five

Trump insists: ‘Any measure must include border security’House GOP scrambles with a remade spending bill Thursday nightDonald Trump veered toward a shutdown of the federal government by vowing on Thursday not to sign a stopgap spending bill passed by the Republican majority in the Senate, taking his colleagues by surprise Read more

‘Do you want to call that nanny state? If so I’m chief nanny,’ chief medical officer says of recommendations to make fruit and veg more affordable than junk food Via: Crisps and chocolates should be taxed to pay for harm to NHS and public, says England's top doctor

Supervised units allow intoxicated or violent revellers to be supervised by volunteers and police Via: NHS sets up £300,000 city centre 'drunk tank' fund to take pressure off A&E over Christmas

Officials say demand for illicit mobile phones is driving organised crime and violence Via: Prisoner access to in-cell phones expanded by £10m scheme to cut reoffending

Production declined by 19.6% in November, which is biggest year-on-year drop since 2008Britain’s car manufacturing output fell by almost a fifth in November, as Brexit worries and weakening demand in key markets affected the industry.Car manufacturing declined by 19.6% in November compared to the same month in 2017, a steeper Read more

A judge lifted a court order banning the media from naming 16-year-old Jimmy Owens, who killed Derek Whyteside with a single blow on the day he left secondary school in Mainslee. Via: Boy who killed Derek Whyteside with cricket bat over bike row in Mainslee jailed Jimmy Owens

The six-and-a-half hour TUI Airways flight from Cape Verde to London Gatwick was diverted to Stansted last night due to disruption caused by drones over the Sussex airport. Via: Police storm TUI plane diverted from Gatwick and grounded for four hours

Pregnant women and young children were resting on the floor, disabled people were on chairs and people were trying to calm small babies amid the travel carnage at London Gatwick Airport. Via: Passengers blast Gatwick Airport chaos after diversions and cancellations

Airport manager says they cannot say when flights will resume as thousands of passengers face disruption caused by drones over the runwayFull story: Gatwick flights suspendedHow dangerous are drones to aircraft?How have you been affected? 1.58pm GMT The European aviation agency Eurocontrol has again pushed back the earliest time flights Read more