72 minutes ago M25 closure latest LIVE: Motorway repairs under way as fireball lorry wreckage removed

The HGV burst into flames on the motorway between Clacket Lane and Junction 6, near Godstone in Surrey, at 10pm on Sunday

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75 minutes ago Pictured: Boy, seven, who is still fighting for his life after fiery M6 smash that killed five people including his mother, her partner and two children

Youngster Arran Martin (pictured) is currently in a coma with his father waiting by his bedside 'day and night' after being involved in the collision in Cumbria last Tuesday.

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80 minutes ago TfGM issues new statement after horror bus and tram crash in Manchester city centre

The bus driver was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after the major collision near Piccadilly Gardens

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81 minutes ago Ex Trump ambassador claims ‘brainwashed’ children are ‘taking their own lives’ over climate change

Sands once supported Trump’s bizarre pitch to purchase Greenland from Denmark

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85 minutes ago Arizona Republican official who refused to certify 2022 midterm election pleads guilty

Cochise county supervisor Peggy Judd agrees to plead guilty to misdemeanor charge A Republican county supervisor in rural Arizona who refused to certify the 2022 midterm election has agreed to a plea deal, becoming the first person criminally sanctioned for refusing to certify an election since 2020.Peggy Judd, a Republican supervisor in Cochise county, Arizona, agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge for failing or refusing to perform an official duty by an election officer. She will serve an unsupervised probation of at least 90 days and pay a maximum $500 fine, Arizona’s Democratic attorney general, Kris Mayes, said in a press release announcing the plea deal on Monday. Continue reading...

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85 minutes ago Trump faces yet another defamation lawsuit as Central Park Five allege decades of ‘extreme and outrageous conduct’

Exonerated men endured ‘severe emotional distress and reputational damage’ after years of Trump’s statements, including his latest false claims during September’s presidential debate

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1 hour ago Navy identifies 2 killed in fighter jet crash as female aviators from California

The Navy has identified the two crew members killed when their jet fighter crashed near Mount Rainier last week as two 31-year-old female aviators from California

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2 hours ago Trump uses North Carolina visit to reiterate hurricane relief conspiracies

Republican candidate repeats false claims that Fema spent money on ‘illegal migrants’ in Helene-ravaged areaDonald Trump on Monday used a trip to a hurricane-ravaged part of North Carolina to double down on false claims about the federal government’s recovery effort and promote baseless conspiracy theories about immigration.Trump claimed the Biden administration has not done enough work for recovery and aid in North Carolina, saying instead the federal government spent its resources on “illegal migrants”, three weeks after a devastating hurricane affected the state.Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Honest Bob Jenrick won’t sleep until everyone sees he’s the maddest person in the room | John Crace

The Tory leadership hopeful believes that if he shouts the same things a bit louder, everyone will eventually come round to his way of thinkingYou can only conclude that some politicians are simply untreatable. Their egotism and self-delusion so deeply engrained that reality never gets a look in. I give you Robert Jenrick. Exhibit A. He is a worthy successor to Liz Truss as one of the dimmest solipsists you could hope to meet.After trailing in a distant second in last week’s televised Q&A, you’d have thought Honest Bob might have taken a day or two to regroup. After all, if the most Tory-friendly audience imaginable at GB News doesn’t much like you then most people would reasonably conclude they had a problem. If you can’t connect with the few remaining diehard Tory members, then yo...

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2 hours ago Susan Smith is up for parole 30 years after drowning her kids in a South Carolina lake

Susan Smith, the South Carolina mother convicted of killing her sons nearly 30 years ago by rolling her car into a lake while they were still strapped in, will be up for parole next month

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