53 minutes ago Second body found after house explosion in Newcastle that killed seven

Northumbria Police say body believed to be that of man in his 30s as investigation into incident continues

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73 minutes ago Inside the £2.2m beach mansion that has sparked a political backlash against Australia’s PM

Anthony Albanese bought luxury property just as his government was preparing to roll out an affordable housing plan to address country’s housing crisis

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76 minutes ago Second body found in horror house explosion debris as 'lovely lad', 7, is named

Archie York, seven, was killed in a house explosion in Newcastle in the early hours of Wednesday morning, his aunt wrote on Facebook his name deserves to be shouted from the rooftops!

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85 minutes ago Newcastle house explosion major update as police announce second person has died

A second person has been killed after a horrific house explosion on Violet Close in Newcastle that decimated two terraced homes, killing a young boy at the scene as others were rushed to hospital

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98 minutes ago Just one in 20 private rental listings in London are affordable to low

The analysis also found the capital's rental sector has shrunk significantly

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1 hour ago BREAKING: Newcastle house explosion: 'Lovely lad', 7, killed in horror blast with family 'devastated'

Archie York has been named locally as the seven-year-old boy killed in an explosion in Newcastle, which destroyed two terraced houses in the early hours of Wednesday morning

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1 hour ago Donald Trump says January 6 riot was a ‘day of love’ – US politics live

Republican presidential candidate makes remarks about day when supporters attacked US Capitol during Miami town hall Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alertsUS president Joe Biden announced on Thursday further student debt relief for public servants – amounting to about $4.5bn – with just over two weeks to go until the presidential election, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).The action affects about 60,000 borrowers across the country, said the White House, touting Biden and vice-president Kamala Harris’s efforts to improve loan forgiveness since taking office. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago ITV Big Brother housemate suffers major blow ahead of second live eviction

One of the Big Brother housemates has suffered another big blow after being nominated earlier this week

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2 hours ago When pubs and restaurants close, our culture is a casualty | Jay Rayner

Hospitality jobs have long kept struggling artists, actors and musicians going. When those gigs go, the arts are diminished tooBefore Stanley Tucci was Stanley Tucci, he was just another out-of-work actor striving to make ends meet by pulling front-of-house shifts in a restaurant. “Like so many people in the arts, without the income and flexible hours that restaurant work affords,” he told me, “I would have struggled to support myself until I was able to do so as an actor.” The theatre star Anna-Jane Casey says she needed that work to sustain herself through gaps between jobs. Likewise, the Sherwood and Dear England writer James Graham says working in restaurants enabled him to take in shows and make contacts through numerous Edinburgh festivals. Or as Jamie Dornan says, about his barma...

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2 hours ago ‘Unlimited dollars’: how an Indiana hospital chain took over a region and jacked up prices

In the nation’s most affordable metro area, getting hurt or sick is expensiveOn an October evening, Tom Frost was zooming down a dark state road on the northern edge of Indiana. The father of two had just finished his shift at a small town fiberglass factory. Now, he was doing what he loved, riding a Harley Davidson in his typical getup: black gloves, leather chaps, no helmet.As Frost revved past the corn fields and thinning birch trees that led to his girlfriend’s house, a green pickup jerked off a side road and into his path. Frost didn’t have time. He hit the truck and flew backwards, leaving his body and small trails of blood on the asphalt, police photos show. Continue reading...

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