33 minutes ago Drugs smuggled to Liam Payne 'in soap box' as police launch investigation into hotel staff

Argentinian police have reportedly launched an investigation into two members of staff at the hotel where Liam Payne tragically fell to his death, over claims they supplied the singer with drugs

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37 minutes ago Volkswagen fined £5.4m for mistreating customers; UK interest rates ‘to fall to 2.75%’ next year – 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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39 minutes ago Streeting revives claim that some patients face avoidable ‘death sentence’ due to current state of NHS – UK politics live

Health secretary says NHS is going through the ‘worst crisis in its history’In the past the weirdest budget tradition was the convention that the chancellor is allowed to drink alcohol while delivering the budget speech. But since no chancellor has taken advantage of the rule since the 1990s (and no one expects Rachel Reeves to be quaffing on Wednesday week), this tradition is probably best viewed as lapsed.But Sam Coates from Sky News has discovered another weird budget ritual. On his Politics at Jack and Sam’s podcast, he says:Someone messaged me to say: ‘Did you know that over in the Treasury as they’ve been going over all these spending settlements, in one of the offices, its full of balloons. And every time an individual department finalises its settlements, one of the balloons is ...

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39 minutes ago Jury retires in trial of Met firearms officer accused of murdering Chris Kaba

Prosecutors have alleged the shooting was not ‘not necessary’, but the firearms officer claims he feared for his life

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48 minutes ago What are the odds of witnessing the presence of a deceased spouse? – datablog

There’s not much research on death, but one study asked widows and widowers about experiencing their late partner’s presenceIf you’ve recently seen a ghost, you could be in line for $100,000 – just so long as you caught your supernatural sighting on a Ring camera. With Halloween around the corner, the home surveillance company is offering a hefty sum to anyone who can capture footage of paranormal activity, with a Ghostbusters actor, Finn Wolfhard, helping to choose the winner.But while Ring’s competition might be a PR stunt, ghostly experiences can feel very real, especially for those who are grieving. Continue reading...

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48 minutes ago Racing world 'shattered' by sudden death of top jockey with more than 1,000 wins

Johnathan Parkes, 35, was one of the most successful riders in New Zealand where his victories included 62 in Black Type races of which 12 were at Group 1 level

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48 minutes ago Late Queen's heartbreaking conversation with her children in the days leading up to her death

The late Queen knew her time was coming to an end and had spoken to her four children - Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward - about her death, a royal author has revealed

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49 minutes ago Jury retires in trial of police marksman over fatal shooting of Chris Kaba

Metropolitan Police firearms officer Martyn Blake denies murdering the 24-year-old in Streatham, south London, in September 2022.

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51 minutes ago This Morning presenters slammed by guest after controversial interview and huge row

A This Morning interviewee still hasn't forgiven Phillip Schofield for his interview technique following their appearance on the show after a dramatic stint in the Celebrity Big Brother house

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63 minutes ago Police drop case against one of Norway’s richest men after wife’s disappearance

The case of Anne-Elizabeth Falkevik Hagen has gripped the country

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