41 minutes ago Nursing boss tells Letby inquiry she ‘pleaded’ with hospital to contact police

Karen Rees tells Thirlwall inquiry she had ‘never been so relieved’ as when police were eventually calledA nursing boss has described how she “pleaded” with a hospital executive to contact police over allegations Lucy Letby was harming babies.Karen Rees, the head of nursing in urgent care at the Countess of Chester hospital, said she wanted a criminal investigation because other reviews were “getting nowhere” and “relationships were breaking down all over the place”. Continue reading...

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48 minutes ago Can Democrats still win in rural states? Montana’s Senate race offers litmus test

Jon Tester is fighting to keep his Senate seat amid the prospect that Democrats like him are now facing political extinction in the stateHe was a young and little-known underdog. So Max Baucus, candidate for Congress, decided to trek 630 miles across Montana and listen to people talk about their problems. “As luck would have it, on the first day, I walked into a blizzard,” he recalls, pointing to a photo of his young self caked in snow. “It was cold! But the blizzard didn’t last that long.”Baucus shed 12lbs during that two and a half month journey in 1974. He also made friends. The Democrat defeated a Republican incumbent and would soon go on to serve as a Montana senator for 36 years. He never lost an election but saw his beloved home state undergo many changes. Among them is the prosp...

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57 minutes ago The Guardian view on foreign powers in Sudan: struggling for advantage while civilians starve | Editorial

The role of the United Arab Emirates in fuelling the war is under the spotlight. But other countries too are exacerbating the deadly conflictThe often denied but obvious involvement of foreign powers in Sudan’s deadly civil war is now firmly in the spotlight. Tens of thousands of people, including many civilians, have been killed since it began last April. Now, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has accused the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) of bombing its ambassador’s residence in Khartoum, causing “extensive damage”. The SAF denied it, claiming that last month’s strike was the work of the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), backed by the UAE.What’s not in doubt is that both sides are committing war crimes and that they are able to do so because foreign governments are supporting t...

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60 minutes ago Carol Vorderman's Pride of Britain looks through the years as she hosts ceremony for 25th time

Carol Vorderman always looks stunning on the red carpet when hosting The Daily Mirror Pride Of Britain Awards, which she has been fronting since 1999

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75 minutes ago Jill Biden admits husband Joe made ‘right call’ by exiting presidential race

First lady says family is excited to ‘start new chapter of our lives’ in Good Morning America interviewJill Biden acknowledged on Monday that her husband, Joe Biden, made “the right call” by stepping down from his run for re-election as president.In a candid interview on Good Morning America, the first lady spoke openly about her feelings as her family’s time in the White House comes to an end. Continue reading...

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79 minutes ago North Korean arms more significant than troops in Russia’s war against Ukraine

Intelligence builds that members of Pyongyang’s special forces are in Russia preparing for combat as munitions are also shippedUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, got to the point in his presidential address last night: “Another state,” he said, was “joining the war against Ukraine”. He was referring to the growing intelligence that shows elite soldiers from North Korea are in Russia preparing to join what has become a fight that, in effect, extends all the way across Asia.The effect will be greater than the numbers believed to be involved. On Friday, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) reported that 1,500 members of Pyongyang’s special forces had crossed the border to Vladivostok in Russia’s far east to begin training and some degree of participation in the war in U...

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80 minutes ago Man, 55, arrested on suspicion of murder after death of dog walker Anita Rose

Anita Rose, 57, was found unconscious with serious head injures in Suffolk after taking her dog for a walk

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85 minutes ago Hamas 'will keep new leader's identity SECRET to avoid another assassination' following Yahya Sinwar's death

An official from within the terror group told the BBC that the movement intends to elect its new head in March 2025 but until then it will be run by a five-member committee.

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99 minutes ago Florence Pugh pens heartwarming message to a fan who's mum died of cancer

Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield star in a touching movie called We Live In Time. A fan of the movie took to Florence's page to share her gratitude for the film

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1 hour ago Warren Gatland Q&A: Why I've recalled stars and our real focus this autumn

The Wales head coach named his squad for the upcoming autumn internationals on Monday

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