2 hours ago Boy killed in Newcastle house explosion named in reports as second body found

Six people, five adults and a child, were taken to hospital following the incident and a man in his 30s remains in a critical but stable condition.

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2 hours ago Boy killed in Newcastle house explosion ‘named’ after second body found

Six people, five adults and a child, were taken to hospital following the incident and a man in his 30s remains in a critical but stable condition.

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2 hours ago Transfer of some Tesco Bank services to Barclays approved by High Court judge

The deal will take effect from next month.

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3 hours ago M6 crash: Mum who died in horror smash with car 'going wrong way on motorway' pictured

Five people, including two children, died in the horror crash between a Skoda and Toyota on the major motorway as they passed near Tebay Services in Penrith, Cumbria on Tuesday

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4 hours ago Police insisted second Salisbury novichok attack was drug overdose, inquiry told

Inspector dismissed emergency services’ concerns that incident was similar to Skripal poisonings, KC saysPolice officers urged paramedics and firefighters to treat the second novichok incident in 2018 as a drug overdose despite warnings from the ambulance and fire services that it had similarities to the first poisoning four months earlier in Salisbury, a public inquiry has heard.The UK government believes the novichok was brought into Britain by agents tasked by Vladimir Putin to target the former spy Sergei Skripal, who had been settled in Salisbury after a spy exchange, the inquiry heard earlier this week. Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were poisoned on 4 March 2018 and both survived. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago US Secret Service needs new leadership after attempt on Trump’s life, review finds

Bipartisan commission lists multiple failures that led to assassination attempt on former president in Pennsylvania in July

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4 hours ago AMANDA PLATELL: Why Liam Payne was doomed from the moment he became a child star

Teenage Liam Payne had everything he could ever have dreamed of. But in the aftermath of his tragic death, it's hard not to feel he was doomed from the moment he became a child star.

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4 hours ago Spikes in air pollution lead to rise in number of vet visits for cats and dogs

A team at the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute analysed five years of data on more than seven million visits to veterinary practices across the UK

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4 hours ago Scots artist famed for unique murals releases book which helped him with ADHD

Tragic O'Hara, real name Steven McIntyre, had no idea he had the condition when writing A Practical Guide to Walrus Chasing.

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