11 minutes ago Liam Payne's fatal balcony fall is being treated as 'inconclusive': Probe continues into tragedy at Argentinian hotel

Police and prosecutors continue to investigate the tragedy involving the 31-year-old at the Casa Sur Hotel in the Argentine capital last Wednesday.

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12 minutes ago Storm Ashley latest: Rail and flight delays continue due to 80mph winds as UK put on high alert for flooding

Met Office weather warning also remains in force on Monday morning after Scotland pummelled with 111mph gusts

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30 minutes ago Liverpool boss Arne Slot slams officials and questions two decisions against Chelsea

Arne Slot was not happy with decisions made by the officials which could have altered the outcome of the game against Chelsea even though Liverpool won

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32 minutes ago Volkswagen fined £5.4m for mistreating UK customers in financial difficulty – business live

Volkswagen Finance has agreed to pay over £21.5m in redress to around 110,000 customers who may have suffered harm because of its failings.Volkswagen Financial Services has apologised for the failings identified by the FCA, saying (via Reuters):“We are in the process of concluding our remediation efforts as we continue to provide goodwill payments to affected customers and apologise for any detriment caused.” Continue reading...

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38 minutes ago With her protest before the king, Lidia Thorpe bursts the warm bubble of nostalgia around the royal visit | Karen Middleton

Charles and Camilla entered the Great Hall from a door behind the stage – not from the foyer, down the centre aisle, and past Thorpe. Now we may know whyKing Charles heckled by Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe at Australia’s Parliament HouseGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs soon as Lidia Thorpe RSVP’d to the royal reception at Parliament House, it would have been clear to those in charge of protocol that there was probably going to be a protest.Perhaps this was why the king and queen and their hosts entered the Great Hall from a door behind the stage and not straight ahead from the foyer, down the centre aisle and right past where Thorpe, dressed in a possum-skin cloak, had taken up an early position at the front of a group of waiting MPs. Continue reading...

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39 minutes ago Britney Spears marries again and says 'it's the most brilliant thing I've done'

After three failed marriages, Britney Spears says she has finally found the perfect person as she posted a video of herself wearing a wedding dress and veil on social media

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41 minutes ago France to take stake in Sanofi unit to quell backlash over sale to US firm

Move follows fears over jobs and control when private equity firm CD&R entered talks to buy Opella for €16bnThe French government is to take a stake in the pharmaceutical company Sanofi’s consumer healthcare division to try to quell a backlash as the US private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice enters talks to buy the unit for €16bn (£13.3bn).Sanofi is spinning off Opella, which makes the paracetamol brand Doliprane, the laxative Dulcolax and other over-the-counter medicines. However, the revelation of talks with CD&R earlier this month prompted concerns over French jobs and the loss of control to a foreign company. Continue reading...

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62 minutes ago Weather tracker: Hurricane Oscar gathers strength in Atlantic as Australia swelters

Oscar, 10th hurricane of 2024 season, batters Turks and Caicos and Bahamas and threatens Cuba and CanadaHurricane Oscar has become the 10th hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, battering the Turks and Caicos Islands on Saturday night and the far southern Bahamas on Sunday.The disturbance that eventually became Oscar was initially given a low chance of tropical development by the US National Hurricane Center. It began on 10 October as a tropical wave across western Africa, bringing thunderstorms and gusty winds to the Cabo Verde Islands, before moving westwards over the Atlantic. However, it struggled to become sufficiently organised at it progressed, as dry air inhibited further thunderstorm development. Continue reading...

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72 minutes ago Readers' Letters: We should get behind Streeting's controversial obesity plan

The state of the NHS continues to occupy readers

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85 minutes ago Curtis Jones 'scraps Liverpool transfer plan' after revealing what's changed under Arne Slot

Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones was so influential in their big win over Chelsea on Sunday that Jamie Carragher has suggested Arne Slot could change his transfer plans

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