1 hour ago Chances of nukes being used 'on the rise in two places,' claims atomic bomb survivor

Masako Wada was just a child when the atomic bomb hit Nagasaki and left complete devastation behind, now Masako warns history could be repeating itself – in these specific places

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3 hours ago ‘It’s been a lot of detective work’: Madame de Pompadour’s £1m wall lights discovered in Yorkshire hotel

Four gilt-bronze sconces that lit up home of Louis XV’s mistress are set to go on sale at Sotheby’s in DecemberFor almost 140 years, four massive gilt-bronze wall lights have hung in the 18th-century drawing room at Swinton Castle in Yorkshire, now an opulent luxury hotel.Guests will almost certainly have noticed the one metre-high rococo appliques with their entwined branches decorated with leaves, berries and cherubim, and passed them off as impressive reproductions of more valuable original works. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago 20mph speed limit is about saving lives, not raising revenue through fines

The chance of a pedestrian being killed if hit by a car travelling at 30mph is more than five times greater than a car doing 20mph

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5 hours ago He'll be the last meatpacker in the Meatpacking District. Here's how NYC's gritty 'hood got chic

The last meatpackers in New York's Meatpacking District have agreed to end their leases early and make way for development on their city-owned lot

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5 hours ago UK wealth managers warn Reeves over plan to levy inheritance tax on pensions

AJ Bell boss tells chancellor that ‘complex and costly’ Budget proposal will ‘undermine’ retirement savings system

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6 hours ago Hero cop almost died rescuing stranded motorists as storms battered Scotland

PC Sally Nicol also saved the life of her colleague – and narrowly escaped with her own – after being caught in a series of avalanche-like mudslides on a country road during Storm Babet.

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6 hours ago Russia ‘aggressive’ and ‘reckless’ in cyber realm and threat to Nato, UK minister to warn

Pat McFadden will tell cyber summit that Russia ‘won’t think twice about targeting British businesses’ and danger to Nato must not be underestimatedRussia is “exceptionally aggressive and reckless in the cyber realm” and “no one should underestimate” the threat to Nato, a senior UK minister will warn in a speech on Monday.Pat McFadden, whose portfolio includes national security, will tell a Nato cybersecurity conference in London that Moscow “won’t think twice about targeting British businesses”, according to excerpts of his address released on Sunday by his ministry. Continue reading...

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8 hours ago Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi tipped to receive peerage in Rishi Sunak's resignation honours list

Mr Zahawi did not contest his Stratford-on-Avon seat in this year's election and was sacked last year as Tory Party chairman over omissions about his tax affairs.

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8 hours ago Health Minister accused of 'age discrimination' after telling pensioner he was not getting shingles vaccine because it would not make 'optimal use of NHS resources'

The jab - which greatly reduces the chances of developing the viral skin condition - is offered to everyone when they turn 65 as well as those aged between 70 and 80.

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