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The company's website showed an error message as passengers tried to access their tickets.

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Genesis Monita,19, dropped scalding hot barbeque sauce over her thighs – an incident that she alleges left her with second-degree burns

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61 minutes ago Fitness fans rush to snag £15 Nutribullet blender 'perfect' for protein shakes

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61 minutes ago UK emergency alert to be sent to mobile phones as part of national test of pandemic preparedness

The Emergency Alert System (EAS) – which can sound an alarm through mobile phones – will be tested nationwide

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2 hours ago Strictly Come Dancing’s Amy Dowden reveals how she’s changed after sudden show exit

Professional dancer Amy Dowden has revealed she 'feels like Amy again' following her Strictly Come Dancing set back as she was forced out of the show due to an injury

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9 hours ago Manchester Airport issues major update for easyJet passengers flying this week

A change has been made to the airline's departures

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4 hours ago Octopus overtakes British Gas as the UK's biggest household energy supplier

Disruptor now has 23.7% of the domestic market, just ahead of its former state owned rival

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2 hours ago Traditional camembert makers win landmark legal battle against major manufacturers

Factories mass producing the staple cheese have been barred from labelling their products as ‘made in Normandy’

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77 minutes ago Big fire at California battery plant prompts evacuations amid toxic smoke

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6 hours ago Don’t Look Up director says ‘half a billion people’ have now seen film despite critics

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4 hours ago Elon Musk taking over TikTok could lead to 'unparalleled power' and change democracy

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38 hours ago Archaeologists uncover Roman ‘service station’ during roadworks in Gloucester

The mutatio, on Ermin Street linking Silchester and Gloucester, would have provided a place for travellers to rest or change horsesAt Gloucester services on the M5, travellers are resting and refuelling, taking a break from the demands of the road.Just a few miles east, scores of archaeologists are completing a two-year project that has unearthed a forerunner of the site, a 2,000-year-old Roman take on the service station. Continue reading...

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90 minutes ago Man Utd issue major update on new stadium as date set for final decision

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4 hours ago Pair who took own lives in Polmont ‘given death sentence’, families’ lawyer says

A sheriff has ruled the deaths of Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, could have been avoided.

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3 hours ago Sky TV, Netflix and broadband deal drops £120 to its cheapest price ever

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6 hours ago Wales rugby international is now part of top security team at major sports events

The popular former lock has lifted the lid on his surprising new career

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1 hour ago EU asks X for internal documents about algorithms as it steps up investigation

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11 hours ago No Dylan but loads of Coldplay! What the songs with a billion streams on Spotify tell us about music taste today

Spotify’s Billions Club tracks the world’s most popular songs, but dozens of greats are nowhere to be found. From TikTok to TV soundtracks, we explore the forces shaping pop’s new canonIn 2011, Jacob Rubeck and Nick Rattigan were living in a basement in Reno, Nevada, and thinking about starting a band. One afternoon, Rubeck came up with a frisky Strokes-like guitar riff, Rattigan whipped up the melody and lyrics and Surf Curse’s Freaks was born. “We wrote the song in like 30 minutes,” the singer says.A catchy song about alienation and longing, Freaks was released in 2013 and became a raucous highlight of their live shows but didn’t trouble the wider world until 2021, when it was discovered, out of the blue, by TikTok users. Its Spotify streams kept going up and up and up, until last March it passed a remarkable milestone. Unlike Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd or Prince, Surf Curse can claim membership of Spotify’s Billions Club, the running playlist of every song to have a...

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2 hours ago Tonight's rugby news as legend predicts more misery for Wales and major event returns to Principality Stadium

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5 hours ago Are our offices too female? That's a billionaire's incendiary new claim. But when BRENDAN O'NEILL dives into the details, his conclusion may shock you

What a makeover Mark Zuckerberg has had. Just a few years ago the Meta boss was the world's best-known nerd. Now he sports an unruly moptop, baggy black T-shirts and gold chain.

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Once reserved for beers, fizzy drinks and all manner of nitro infused cocktail tins, the aluminium can has now also become the go-to vessel for drinking water across the world.

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1 hour ago Landlords warn rents will rise ‘fairly significantly’ in response to Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill

The government’s Renters’ Rights Bill will bring in measures landlords will need to ‘price in’ to rents charged, claims an industry figure

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The 26-year-old, who rose to fame in season 10 and became embroiled in one of the show's most dramatic love triangles, dropped a major hint on Instagram on Thursday

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32 hours ago Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket launches into orbit to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX

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8 hours ago Liverpool: Arne Slot reveals major new injury doubt for Brentford clash in fresh blow

Premier League leaders could be missing important attacking threat as they look to create more distance to Arsenal in title battle

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5 hours ago Bill Miller restaurant facing $1 million lawsuit over ‘dangerously hot’ sauce that burned teen girl

Genesis Monita,19, dropped scalding hot barbeque sauce over her thighs – an incident that she alleges left her with second-degree burns

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22 hours ago Logan Paul and Conor McGregor discuss $500m boxing fight during phone call

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2 hours ago Warning to anyone storing milk in fridge door as major mistake could cost hundreds

Fridge manufacturer Beko has issued a major warning to homeowners. According to the experts, storing your food and drinks in the wrong place could cost you hundreds of pounds

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29 hours ago Regulation expert shares 'good news' concerning your mobile, TV and broadband packages

New rules come into force on Friday (January 17) requiring mobile, broadband and TV package providers to share with customers when and by how much prices will increase, rather than relying on inflation

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35 hours ago Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket blasts off in challenge to Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Launch of Amazon founder’s New Glenn craft on second attempt ramps up rivalry between tech billionairesBlue Origin’s huge New Glenn rocket has blasted off from Florida on its first mission to space, an inaugural step into Earth’s orbit for Jeff Bezos’s space company as it aims to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the satellite launch business.Thirty storeys high with a reusable first stage filled with liquid oxygen and methane, New Glenn launched at about 2am ET (0700 GMT) from Blue Origin’s launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force station under cloudy skies on its second attempt this week. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago BA down: British Airways website, app and systems not working amid major technical issue

British Airways’ online services are down, leaving travellers unable to access their bookings and other information.

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26 hours ago LA fires live updates: California weather eases up as firefighters report gains against massive wildfires

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8 hours ago Major BBC licence fee update as ‘radical’ alternatives considered to £169.50 fee

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy labelled the current system as 'deeply regressive' and said she was thinking 'quite radically and creatively' about alternatives

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27 hours ago Football Daily | Spurs live down to underdog billing as Arsenal paint town red

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2 hours ago Missing Aberdeen sisters latest: Police reveal eerie final text sent to landlady at same time as last sighting

Police Scotland continue major search for triplets Eliza and Henrietta Huszti as family issue desperate plea saying ‘all we want is for them to be found’

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41 hours ago How Britain's comedy scene is dominated by Cambridge graduates: Footlights

Tune in tonight to a panel show, a bill of stand-up comics or even a TV quiz and chances are you will see some showbiz royalty alumni of Cambridge's famous Footlights society.

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3 hours ago Who pays for the presidential inauguration? These are some of the major donors

Inaugural committee set to raise more than $200 million, with any leftover funds likely to be used for a Trump presidential library

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27 hours ago Three London students in 'danger to health' cold and mouldy flat win £20,000 rent back from landlord

A residential property tribunal ruled in their favour after they sought a rent repayment order in the row over a £1.2 million flat near Hyde Park

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8 hours ago Millions of phone alert sirens to blast again as Labour repeats a test of its controversial emergency system

In line with a recommendation from the Covid inquiry regarding crisis preparation, alarms on 87 million devices will sound.

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28 hours ago Novak Djokovic changes his opinion as players put in Australian Open complaint

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3 hours ago Labour to push ahead with DWP and benefits cuts despite "unlawful" High Court ruling

The proposed changes would reduce disability benefits, such a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) by hundreds of pounds for new applicants by 2029

Events

3 hours ago Skin is in: as sales of thong bikinis rise, is body confidence also growing?

A Sydney council’s ban on ‘inappropriate’ swimwear stirs a wider debate over complex feelings about women’s bottomsWhen it comes to clothing advice for women, the “rules” are endless. They range from sizeist – “avoid horizontal stripes if you have a wider frame”, to ageist – “don’t wear a crop top over 50”. Now Australia is weighing in. A council in Greater Sydney has banned thong and g-string bikinis at its public swimming pools causing outrage among pool users and stirring a wider debate about the policing of women’s bodies.In a now-deleted post on Facebook clarifying its swim-attire rules, Blue Mountains leisure centres stated that skimpy swimwear was “inappropriate” at its facilities. The guidelines were posted after pool users queried posters at centres warning that “revealing swimwear/thongs” were not to be worn. Continue reading...

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28 hours ago Three London students in 'danger to health cold and mouldy flat' win £20,000 rent back from landlord

A residential property tribunal ruled in their favour after they sought a rent repayment order in the row over a £1.2 million flat near Hyde Park

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10 hours ago LIV Golf makes final decision on world ranking hopes as new CEO reveals talks with major bosses

LIV Golf has failed to acquire accreditation from the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) since its inception, but it appears their hunt OWGR points is now over

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31 hours ago Everything can change in two games – David Raya sure Arsenal can catch Liverpool

The Gunners moved to within four points of the Reds by beating Tottenham on Wednesday night.

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3 hours ago US supreme court cites TikTok’s relationship with ‘foreign adversary’ in upholding sale

The supreme court has allowed to go into effect a law that will force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell its US business by Sunday, or face a banUS supreme court issues ruling upholding nationwide ban on TikTokCan Donald Trump circumvent a TikTok ban?Justice Neil Gorsuch expressed reservations about the TikTok sale-or-ban billThough Gorsuch voted to uphold the law, he did not express total certainty in it.There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, means of engagement, and source of community. But Congress has determined that divestiture is necessary to address its well-supported national security concerns regarding TikTok’s data collection practices and relationship with a foreign adversary. For the foregoing reasons, we conclude that the challenged provisions do not violate petitioners’ first amendment rights. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago This one change to your coffee could add years to your life, claims expert barista

James Hoffman, a former barista champion and devoted coffee enthusiast, took a deep dive into the hidden health benefits of your daily coffee

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33 hours ago Top Russian model robbed at knifepoint in London after partying at nightclub

Irena Fedotova claims she was robbed at knifepoint as part of a set up outside a London club, where she had around £40k stolen after masked armed robbers forced her to unlock her phone

Society

10 hours ago Tesco makes huge online shopping change with 'unexpected' items for sale

Tesco Marketplace now stocks more than 300,000 products - up by more than 3,000% from when the website launched in June 2024

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31 hours ago Rangers transfer news at halfway stage: One key priority, the 20y/o gamechanger, major exits on cards

We take a look at Rangers’ transfer state of play at the halfway stage of the January window

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4 hours ago UK emergency alert warning: When will you receive it on your mobile phone and why?

The alert will be sent to nearly 90 million UK devices later this year

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3 hours ago London's newest exhibition venue set to open at Battersea Power Station within weeks

Exhibition space bills itself as first built entertainment and cultural exhibition space next to Battersea Power Station

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34 hours ago Lloyds Bank to cut hundreds of jobs and shut offices as part of major overhaul

'Making changes means not only creating new roles and upskilling colleagues in some parts of the business but also having to say goodbye to talented people who have been a part of the group’s success in the past'

Society

10 hours ago Billy Bob Thornton: ‘I didn’t want Johnny Cash to catch me looking in his fridge in my underpants’

The actor and musician answers your questions on his time as a roadie, being intimidated by rich people and falling off a horse for Steven SeagalIs your music less important, more important, or about as important as your film work? BenderRodriguezHere’s the thing: I grew up in music. I saw the Beatles when I was eight. By the time I was nine, I had a band. Started with a little cheap guitar and then got a drum kit, which my father hated. I was playing pretty big concerts by the time I was 16 and then went on tour. I became a roadie from 18 to about 22. I went to LA to play music, accidentally got into acting. I’m still not sure how it happened. I always say that my success as an actor was out of ignorance, because I didn’t know how to be anything other than natural, and I think they liked that.I loved both of them. It’s all one vision, all out of the same brain. I couldn’t choose one over the other. I’d like to do both, as long as they’ll let me. Continue reading...

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31 hours ago The Traitors fans notice major flaw in Minah's game plan after bold decision

The Traitors viewers are completely divided after Minah made a rather bold decision in the turret, which has led to a number of theories about how the series will play out

Sport

4 hours ago Families of Polmont custody death youths slam prison service 'licence to kill' after FAI

The grieving relatives of Katie Allan William Lindsay have hit out at jail bosses after a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) ruled both of their deaths at the young offenders institution "could have been avoided".

Events

4 hours ago Premier League drops PSR case against Everton, removing threat of points loss

Case related to new stadium interest paymentsEverton were twice docked points last seasonEverton will face no further action over their breach of Premier League profitability and sustainability rules up to 2023 after an investigation into stadium interest payments.Everton were docked two points last April for a second breach of PSR rules but part of that charge, relating to interest on loans taken out for the club’s new stadium at Bramley-Moore dock, was unresolved. Continue reading...

Politics

35 hours ago The London room for rent where you can’t come home before 8:30pm or have guests round

Landlord’s rules for would-be tenants included no guests, no use of the living room and no noise after 11pm

Society

18 hours ago Elon Musk and DOGE eyeing $120 billion in cuts on federal diversity spending, says report

DOGE, which is not actually a government department, wants to cut up to $2 trillion in annual spending

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32 hours ago Chelsea in talks to avoid points deduction over secret transfer payments made under Roman Abramovich

Club in talks with Premier League over financial settlement over alleged rule breaches 10 years ago

Sport

4 hours ago Virgin Atlantic targets BA frequent flyers after loyalty scheme changes

Airline angered many customers after announcing controversial shake-up to its executive club points system

Events

4 hours ago ‘Everybody wants to be my friend’: who’s on the Trump inauguration guest list?

Billionaires, far-right leaders and wrestling influencers are expected at a better attended ceremony than in 2017Trump’s inauguration speech to swap ‘American carnage’ for ‘unity’, aides sayAs a theme, it could be entitled “all the president’s friends”.Donald Trump’s boast that “in this term, everybody wants to be my friend” – voiced at a press conference in Mar-a-Lago last month – is likely to be borne out in emphatic fashion at his second presidential inauguration on Monday. Continue reading...

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39 hours ago Hawaii lawmakers vow to stabilize property insurance market as climate change fuels higher premiums

Hawaii lawmakers are beginning a new legislative session with a vow to try to stabilize the state’s property insurance market

Society

19 hours ago Major rule change affecting anyone who pays broadband and mobile bill kicks in today

Under the previous rules, broadband and mobile companies are allowed to increase prices mid-contract in line with inflation from March and April, plus up to 3.9% extra on top of this

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37 hours ago Ruben Amorim urged to hijack Arsenal transfer in desperate bid to solve Man Utd crisis

Gary Pallister believes Red Devils need to address their striker issue urgently and says Newcastle striker Alexander Isak would fit the bill perfectly - even at £150million

Sport

4 hours ago Mikel Arteta offers Riccardo Calafiori injury update as Arsenal hope for major boost for Aston Villa clash

Gunners hope to have defender back as they bid to keep pressure on Liverpool in title race

Events

4 hours ago ‘Get those rocket ships going’: where will Trump’s space odyssey lead Nasa?

Donald Trump and SpaceX owner Elon Musk have ambitious plans in space. Are they shooting for the moon?As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House next week with Elon Musk at his side, the pair are planning to write the next chapter in US spaceflight history with an ambitious agenda that includes the first human footprints on Mars.How many of their grandiose aspirations get cemented into official US space policy and what gets left on the launchpad remains to be seen. But analysts envision a lively few years from the partnership between Musk, the enthusiastic billionaire founder of SpaceX, and Trump, who exploited US achievements in space during his first term for some jingoistic flag-waving. Continue reading...

Politics

43 hours ago Jump in heat pump installations in 2024 as household renewables rise to new high

There were almost 60,000 certified installations of heat pumps last year – an 43% increase on 2023.

Society

22 hours ago Man City make major transfer breakthrough for third deal of January window

Omar Marmoush will become a Manchester City player this month - barring any late U-turns - after a fee was agreed on Thursday night with Eintracht Frankfurt.

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5 hours ago Doctor's recommended diet change can help prevent dementia 'for years to come'

Lifestyle choices along with genetic factors can have a major impact on the onset of dementia

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Pick from hundreds of AO.com deals on TVs, vacuum cleaners and more

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24 hours ago UnitedHealth has lost $63 billion in value since former CEO Brian Thompson’s shocking murder

Despite the shocking incident, and subsequent financial loss, the company posted a better-than-expected profit in the final quarter of 2024

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5 hours ago Rep. Jasmine Crockett received creepy phone call from Republican staffer after Rep. Nancy Mace ‘threatened violence’

EXCLUSIVE: ‘I do need to take it seriously, because violence has become a very real thing in this chamber,’ Crockett told The Independent

Events

4 hours ago Determined mum calls on parents to attend public meeting on free school transport in North Lanarkshire

Marissa Cloughley has been campaigning relentlessly against the changes

Politics

26 hours ago Man City transfer news latest amid major Omar Marmoush update as £50m Kyle Walker replacement 'targeted'

Manchester City are trying to sign Eintracht Frankfurt striker Omar Marmoush, with conflicting reports on Friday about the status of transfer negotiations.

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5 hours ago He was sitting in the barber's chair trying to disguise himself when his crimes caught up with him

Ryan Morgan was trying to change his appearance by having facial hair shaved off when he was exposed as a member of an organised crime group

Events

4 hours ago Syrian Christians want their identity and freedoms protected in any new constitution, envoy says

As Syria begins recovering from 50 years of autocratic rule by the Assad family, an international envoy says Christians and other religious groups expect their rights and freedoms to be preserved under a new constitutional settlement

Politics

26 hours ago Conor McGregor is blocked from releasing CCTV evidence from his civil rape trial and faces paying £1.1million legal bill plus £200,000 damages

Nikita Hand, also known as Nikiti Ni Laimhin, won her claim for damages against Mr McGregor after accusing the professional fighter of raping her in a Dublin hotel in December 2018.

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A massive fire has devastated a a casino in Culiacan, Mexico, with images showing huge plumes of smoke billowing up into the sky after people were quickly evacuated

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5 hours ago Arsenal XI vs Aston Villa: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Premier League

Arenal unlikely to make major changes from north London derby win

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26 hours ago Toyota's truck division Hino to pay $1.6 billion as part of emissions scandal

A Toyota subsidiary has agreed to pay more than $1.6 billion and plead guilty for violations related to the submission of false and fraudulent engine emission testing and fuel consumption data to regulators and the illicit smuggling of engines into the United States

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6 hours ago Fire at one of the world's largest battery plants in California forces evacuations

Hundreds of people have been ordered to evacuate and part of Highway 1 in Northern California has been closed due to a major fire at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants

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5 hours ago Could US anoint 'President Musk'? How Tesla billionaire is stealing Trump’s spotlight

Just days before the inauguration, the joke around Washington, DC’s corridors of power is that the Republican leader is now known as Musk’s ‘Vice President Trump’

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26 hours ago Citigroup faces spiraling £1bn bill on London HQ overhaul amid RTO push

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6 hours ago Granddad killed in freak gardening accident when his trousers caught fire

Ronald Barker, 85, died five days after he suffered major burns to both of his legs

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5 hours ago ‘A nice little cameo that Judi Dench hasn’t got her paws on’: Joan Plowright’s screen career blossomed with age | Peter Bradshaw

Her film breakthrough in 1960’s The Entertainer was a harbinger of the calmness and strength she brought as a distinguished character actor – and as her lovable self in Nothing Like a DameJoan Plowright dies aged 95Michael Billington: Plowright was a dynamic forceJoan Plowright: a life in picturesOne of Joan Plowright’s greatest screen performances came towards the very end of her career: a gloriously subtle, lovable appearance on Roger Michell’s documentary Nothing Likea Dame from 2018, with four great dames of the British acting profession – Plowright, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Maggie Smith – assembling like Marvel superheroes at the country home that Plowright shared with her late husband Laurence Olivier to drink tea and swap uproarious anecdotes and sharp observations about the acting profession and the sexism they and their younger colleagues continue to face.The then 89-year-old Plowright, despite her failing health and eyesight, exchanges affectionate badinage with the o...

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26 hours ago Film company of the son of Welsh tech billionaire Sir Terry Matthews tipped for Oscar success

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6 hours ago Danger to life UK wildfires could last 7 days sparking evacuations, Government warns as Los Angeles fires burn

The alarm was raised about the growing risk of wildfires as the planet warms

Events

5 hours ago BBC Radio change could force hundreds of thousands of Brits to get smart meters

A BBC radio service is being axed and could impact people unknowingly relying on the longwave signals it sends out

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27 hours ago Brazen dealer waving cash while telling universal credit helpline he was 'struggling'

Iestyn Raven, 24, was caught pretending a stack of money was a phone during a call about a universal credit application in which he said he was 'struggling'

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6 hours ago Missing Aberdeen sisters latest: Major update as CCTV reveals pair visited bridge hours before disappearance

Police Scotland continue major search for triplets Eliza and Henrietta Huszti as family issue desperate plea saying ‘all we want is for them to be found’

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