60 minutes ago Homes are evacuated as 'radioactive' rubbish is found by horrified workers clearing out hoarders' home 100 yards from primary school

'Radioactive' waste has been found inside bin bags near a primary school leading to at least a dozen homes being evacuated in London.

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60 minutes ago Budget's hammer blow to Britain: Private sector shrinks for first time in a YEAR after Labour's massive tax raid

Closely-watched PMI figures for this month were worse than analysts had pencilled in amid mounting fears of a slowdown.

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64 minutes ago BBC EastEnders' Lacey Turner to exit show as she plans major next chapter in her life

EastEnders icon Lacey Turner, who has played Stacey Slater on the BBC soap since 2004, is expecting her third child with husband Matt Kay.

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67 minutes ago FTSE 100 Live 22 November: Games Workshop surges on strong update, retail sales disappoint

Household budgets are in focus after October’s retail sales figures showed a sharp fall and Ofgem increased the energy price cap.

Economics

68 minutes ago UK private sector contracting as firms give ‘thumbs down’ to the budget – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsAverage annual energy bill to rise to £1,738 in Great Britain from JanuaryWhat is the energy price cap and can I cut my bill?The pound has dropped to a six-month low against the US dollar, after this morning’s weaker-than-expected retail sales report.Sterling fell as low as $1.255, its weakest level since 14 May, extending recent losses as economic worries have risen. Continue reading...

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68 minutes ago Premier League vote through new APT rules and Amorim’s first press conference: football news – live

News and features as the Premier League returnsListen to Football Weekly | And you can mail TahaArne Slot has been offering some injury updates ahead of Liverpool’s meet with Southampton.Virgil [van Dijk] is all good, he’s training with us today. Trent [Alexander-Arnold] isn’t training with us yet but he’s getting there so we expect him to be back with us soon. Harvey [Elliott] is training with us again so that’s the positive thing. He’s been out for many weeks but he’s on a training ground again with the team so that’s a positive thing for him.[Diogo] Jota is still apart from the group, same as Federico [Chiesa] who’s coming back into the session, maybe in one exercise today, so they’re all expected to be back within now and a few weeks. The last part of recovery is always the most dif...

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80 minutes ago Watch: Defence secretary John Healey faces MPs as Ukraine fires British missiles at Russia for first time

Watch as defence secretary John Healey faced MPs on Thursday (21 November) after Ukraine fired British missiles at Russia for the first time.

Events

82 minutes ago Iceland volcano eruption prompts new Foreign Office travel warning for UK tourists

The Foreign Office stated another eruption is 'likely' following Wednesday's volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula, which led to major evacuations.

Events

82 minutes ago Watch: Former health secretary Matt Hancock gives evidence at UK Covid inquiry

Watch as former health secretary Matt Hancock gave evidence at the UK’s Covid inquiry on Thursday (21 November).

Science

85 minutes ago Meet Ms Rachel, the YouTube goddess worshipped by toddlers and parents alike | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Her videos offer so much more than speech therapy and a brief respite from childcare: she is part of the fabric of our livesThere’s a woman in my house every day who my toddler loves almost as much as he loves me, and her name is Ms Rachel. If you don’t spend much time with preschool-aged children, Ms Rachel – some people mistakenly say Miss, but the Ms is important, I feel – is probably not a name that will ring a bell. To parents and grandparents and other caregivers, however, she has become the closest thing that we have to a cult figure. You see, Ms Rachel is an angel, a goddess who has bestowed upon us her supreme gifts for entertaining and educating children. I have seen her referred to as “the world’s babysitter”; people jokingly offer to Venmo her cash for all the “childcare” sh...

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