1 hour 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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2 hours ago Tourists return to NYC's Vessel sculpture after it reopens with netting to prevent deaths

A building-sized sculpture popular with tourists in Manhattan is open again with new safety features meant to prevent people from jumping off its viewpoints

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2 hours ago Meloni’s government passes new law to save Albania migration transfer policy

Move by Italian PM overturns ruling by a Rome court that could have blocked deal to curb migrant arrivalsItaly’s far-right government has passed a new law to overcome a court ruling that risks blocking the country’s multimillion-dollar deal with Albania aimed at curbing migrant arrivals.On Friday, a court in Rome ruled to transfer back to Italy the last 12 asylum seekers being held in the new Italian migration hub in Albania. The ruling has cast doubt on the feasibility and legality of plans by the EU to explore ways to establish migrant processing and detention centres outside the bloc as part of a new hardline approach to migration. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Top lawyer's urgent warning about risk to 'innocent people' due to broken legal system

Law Society President Richard Atkinson said that after 'decades of underinvestment' he fears 'innocent people will continue to suffer miscarriages of justice'

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2 hours ago Dr Phil warns Texas hearing that executing ‘shaken baby’ death row inmate would ‘100%’ be miscarriage of justice

The Texas Attorney General’s Office and Governor Greg Abbott have asked the state Supreme Court to vacate a subpoena for Robert Roberson to testify before a legislative committee

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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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3 hours ago Police stop search for man at Dovestone Reservoir overnight due to 'very difficult conditions'

A third day of search efforts will continue on Tuesday (October 22)

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3 hours 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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3 hours ago Employment Rights Bill will cost businesses up to £5bn a year, government’s own analysis warns

The legislation will have a greater impact on small businesses, the impact assessment warns

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3 hours ago Harrods Aviation Expands Pet Travel Services at London Stanstead Through New Partnership with Animal Air Care

Harrods Aviation Expands Pet Travel Services at London Stanstead Through New Partnership with Animal Air Care  Aviation Pros

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