11 minutes ago How arms cache plot masterminded by Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh mirrors a notorious con by career criminal and gangster John Haase

Liverpool gangster John Haase was a notorious underworld figure who graduated from armed robbery to orchestrating an international heroin racket which smuggled kilos of the drug from Turkey.

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39 minutes ago Only Connect viewers 'forced to mute' show after just seconds as they brand host Victoria Coren Mitchell's 'awful' intro the 'worst 30 seconds of their week'

Only Connect viewers complained that they were 'forced to mute' the show after just seconds on Tuesday.

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50 minutes ago An Air New Zealand flight to Auckland diverts to Melbourne because of disruptive passenger

An Air New Zealand flight bound for Auckland, New Zealand, from Perth, Australia, has been forced to divert after a passenger became disruptive

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83 minutes ago Viral college football fan Grant Walther breaks his silence and asks Matthew McConaughey to shave the hair that made him famous

The 20-year-old, who is studying government in Austin, opened up on his remarkable rise to internet fame which has seen him compared to to Butthead and country legend Conway Twitty.

Sport

2 hours ago Putin returns to world stage hosting 36 leaders at Brics summit in Russia

West infuriated as UN secretary general accepts invitation to meeting of countries including China, India and IranVladimir Putin, ostracised by the west and labelled a possible war criminal by the international criminal court, has played host to 36 world leaders from nations including China, India and Iran as part of a summit of the Brics group designed to display Moscow as anything but isolated.One of the main aims of the summit will be to speed up ways to reduce the number of dollar transactions, and so mitigate the US ability to use the threat of sanctions to seek to impose its political will. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israel says it killed Hezbollah’s presumed next leader Hashem Safieddine in early October

Israeli military says strikes in Beirut three weeks ago killed most likely Nasrallah successorAs Israel continues its war in Gaza and assault on Lebanon, a growing number of international airlines are suspending flights to the region or to avoid affected airspace.Reuters has helpfully compiled a list of some of them:Aegean Airlines: The Greek airline cancelled flights to and from Beirut until 6 November and to and from Tel Aviv until 5 November.AirBaltic: Latvia’s airBaltic cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until 30 November.Air Algerie: The Algerian airline suspended flights to and from Lebanon until further notice.Air France-KLM: Air France extended its suspension of Paris-Tel Aviv flights until 29 October and Paris-Beirut flights until 30 November. KLM extended the suspension of...

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2 hours ago Employer national insurance hike 'could cost Scotland hundreds of millions'

The SNP demanded Sir Keir Starmer provide a ‘cast-iron guarantee’ that any rise will not hit services

Economics

3 hours ago Wales train crash: Train 'may have slid while braking' before fatal crash, say investigators

It is believed the 6.31pm service from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth travelled beyond where it should have stopped and hit the stationary 7.09pm service from Machynlleth to Shrewsbury

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3 hours ago Zach Bryan 'blindsides' girlfriend Brianna LaPaglia as he announces split after 'tough year'

Country music star Zach Bryan has announced he's split from internet personality Brianna 'Chickenfry' LaPaglia after more than a year of dating

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