On top of the added levels of noise and air pollution, there’s the non-trivial matter of demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting several waterways and rerouting a long stretch of the M25Ladies and gentlemen, the captain has illuminated the “fasten seat belts” sign. Not only have Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves run into severe turbulence over Heathrow, the flight deck deliberately steered the Labour plane into storm clouds. That’s an interesting choice for a government that was already buffeted by serious unpopularity and it’s a choice that a lot of their own party are struggling to explain to themselves. Anger about the chancellor’s new commitment to back the expansion of the London airport and others is mingled with bewilderment. A lot of Labour people are scratching their heads trying to work out why she wants to burn political capital on a hugely contentious project that couldn’t possibly be complete until long after she’s done at the Treasury and Sir Keir is gone from Number...

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With home prices high, American families are grappling with the prospect that homeownership might remain out of reach for them for a long time

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The fortified Royal Mint complex in East London resembled the set of a B-grade horror movie as it was lashed last week by the gusting winds and torrential rain of Storm Herminia.

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Curtis Pritchard broke up with Sophie Sheridan before entering the Love Island: All Stars villa, and she claims he's only 'acting like the good guy' while being very different behind the scenes

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The roof was ripped off Clare Gisbey's home just weeks after her husband was killed in a car crash.

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The former Scarlets captain is taking charge of his first match as interim Ireland head coach

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Rachel Reeves is all for growth; her party and the country needs it. But still we hear nothing about the most obvious solution In 1935, Sinclair Lewis wrote a satirical book, It Can’t Happen Here, about a lying demagogue, Buzz Windrip, who rises to power and transforms the American scene for the worse within months.There were fears of parallels with the plot of the book when Trump first became president. This time, the fears are far more serious, as Trump’s barrage of executive orders challenges the constitutional checks and balances designed by the founding fathers to inhibit the autocratic desires of a future wrong’un becoming president. Continue reading...

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47-year-old Laura Harnett managed to convince a random Dragon after her lifechanging battle

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Marcus Smith electric again in frustrating Six Nations opening loss as new captain Maro Itoje also impresses

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An island off the coast of Brazil is home to a deadly and critically endangered creature whose bite causes rapid tissue death, internal bleeding and kidney failure in humans

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Originally designed as an RAF base in the Second World War, Humberside Airport has added a popular Spanish island to its offerings this year - along with its regular routes

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Independent journalists live outside the mainstream and their numbers are growing

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Can Ireland get revenge on the side that denied them a grand slam a year ago?

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Kay faces not being able to access his own driveway if he loses his battle with veteran farmer Michael Quigley over his second home in the countryside in County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Arne Slot's Liverpool claimed another important win on Saturday, getting the better of Bournemouth, but questions remain over their potential transfer activity in the coming days

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A book on the rise to power of Sir Keir Starmer has revealed more on the prime minister’s relationship with Angela Rayner after the party's loss in 2021 Hartlepool by-election

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Ben Chilwell looks set to finally leave Chelsea, having played just 45 minutes of football since Enzo Maresca arrived as manager, though the left-back will remain in the Premier League

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JONATHAN McEVOY: Times change, not always for the worse, just usually, and now it was a 4.45pm kick-off in Dublin and Eddie Jones  was paraded as the new star signing of ITV's coverage.

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Logan Jugler and Boone Hogg run the sensational Instagram account that takes submissions from around the globe

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Huge showdown in Dublin headlines round one as defending champions eye statement

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Brits could be struck down with crippling 'storm migraines' over the next three months due the extreme changes of weather. Experts have commented on the matter and predict that millions could be off work sick

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Borthwick believes inexperience a factor after latest second-half collapse against Ireland in Six Nations continues his side’s worrying run

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Daunting start to campaign for Steve Borthwick’s side

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Engineers working to restore supply are being supported by counterparts from Great Britain and Europe.

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Steve Borthwick’s side slump to their sixth defeat in seven Tests despite impressive first-half effort in Dublin

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Saints claimed a first Premier League win in four months but remain bottom of the table.

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Four people, including a toddler, have been attacked on the island in recent weeks and there’s still no plan to tackle the issueFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFour people were reportedly attacked by dingoes in separate encounters on the same Australian island in recent weeks – including a toddler who was flown to hospital after being bitten on the leg.And this is just the latest spate of violent dingo-human interactions on the popular tourist island of K’gari, which last year saw a pack of three rush and bite a woman who was jogging along a beach, saw a dingo shot and killed with a spear gun and several others put down after attacking people. Continue reading...

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Love Island All Stars watchers have been demanding to know the name of Harriett Blackmore's perfume after Ronnie instantly recognised the scent and 'fell right back in love' with her

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Ireland 27-22 England: Double defending champions pull away in the second half to kick-start pursuit of historic third straight title

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United head into Sunday’s Premier League match at home to Crystal Palace on the back of three successive victories.

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Huge showdown in Dublin headlines round one as defending champions eye statement

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Ireland v England is missing both Owen and Andy Farrell for the first time in years

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Southampton remain bottom of the Premier League, but have moved onto nine points.

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John George, 37, also known as John Hardy, had been on holiday in Alicante when he was reported missing on December 18 after failing to board his flight back home to Northern Ireland.

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The Willie Mullins-trained great took the Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup again under Paul Townend. Bookmakers William Hill go 4-6 that he can equal Best Mate in the Cheltenham Festival feature next month

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The small blue Lego flipper was lost overboard when container ship Tokio Express was tipped by a huge wave during a storm in February 1997 off Land's End.

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Huge showdown in Dublin headlines round one as defending champions eye statement

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Jamie Fraser’s ghost continues to be shrouded in mystery

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John Elliott, a businessman who has given his support to the party, shared a stage with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage as he made the claim.

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The wave of attacks by Vladimir Putin - which led to power cuts in multiple regions - came soon after Donald Trump announced in the Oval Office that his administration was actively talking to Moscow.

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Can Ireland get revenge on the side that denied them a grand slam a year ago?

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"Our thoughts remain with the Huszti family and we are keeping them fully updated following these recoveries.”

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The Aussia got his dream gift after a big pay out from the oddsmakers

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A Norwegian-owned and Russian-crewed ship that authorities initially suspected may have been involved in damage to an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland has been released

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Can Ireland get revenge on the side that denied them a grand slam a year ago?

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Visitors can forge a winning new identity under Maro Itoje but the experienced Irish remain marginal favouritesEvery Six Nations fixture is a grand occasion but some games are bigger than others. Ireland and England both know how crucial today’s Dublin eliminator will be in terms of establishing early championship momentum. Listening to the upbeat pre-match tone of the visitors’ new captain, Maro Itoje – “I think we have a team that’s ready to write our own stories” – this also feels like a pivotal moment for Steve Borthwick’s whole England project.A lot has already been said and written since last March’s corresponding match when Marcus Smith drilled a last-gasp drop-goal through the sticks amid ecstatic Twickenham scenes reminiscent of Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally. England have subsequently played eight Test matches and lost six, beating only Japan twice. The majority of those losses have been tight but close doesn’t win any cigars at the elite level. Continue reading...

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Frankie Bridge looked flawless in a green co-ord on Friday's Loose Women, and fans have been quick to snap up the River Island outfit after she shared a snap on social media

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The guitarist vanished on 1 February 1995 and is widely presumed to have taken his own life, but a body was never found and there is no definitive proof that he died by suicide. Thirty years later, Ed Power reflects on the rock star whose legacy is one of tragedy and conspiracy

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Magnificent, irreplaceable 20th-century architecture made with craft and imagination was destroyed in the Palisades wildfiresPacific Palisades and its surrounding neighbourhoods, which have burned so ferociously over the past three weeks, happen to be the location of some beautiful and magnificent 20th-century architecture. Or were, as the fire has taken a terrible toll.Houses by the émigré Austrian modernist Richard Neutra have gone, as have most of the Park Planned Homes of 1948, an idealistic experiment in affordable modern living by the architect Gregory Ain. Stone chimney stacks are all that remain of the scaled-up cabin that was Will Rogers’ ranch house. His 30-horse stables, in their centre a rotonda like an equine chapter house, are ashes. Continue reading...

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New safety regulations have led SMEs to stop sales to bloc and Northern Ireland while they work out how to complySmall businesses are warning they have had to pause selling their products in the European Union and Northern Ireland since mid-December while they work out how to comply with new EU product safety regulations that caught many of them unawares.Skye Weavers, a small family business on the Isle of Skye, says it has missed out on sales of its scarves, shawls and blankets to customers in both markets after halting internet orders from those locations because of the rule change. Continue reading...

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