57 minutes ago Wealthy couple infuriate neighbours after converting £1.25m boutique hotel into noisy 'hot tub party' home without permission and using their garden as a helipad

Once an award-winning boutique hotel, the huge Grade II listed building in the New Forest National Park was bought by Stephen Parker and Hannah Passmore for £1.25 million last year.

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3 hours ago Major Scottish health board’s gender clinic to resume all referrals and assessments

Scottish Trans Alliance say questions remain over the health board’s decisions

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5 hours ago Millions scammed on tech platforms despite pledge to tackle online fraud

Three quarters of those conned in last year fell victim on the websites of technology giants who committed to the government's Online Fraud Charter.

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5 hours ago Businesses go to war with Labour: Half of CBI members are looking to cut jobs after monster Budget tax raid

The CBI is using its conference to sound the alarm on the £25billion hike to employer National Insurance.

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6 hours ago Defiant Reeves to tell firms ‘we had no choice’ amid fierce Budget backlash

CBI boss will say measures announced by government have made it harder for firms to ‘take a chance’ on hiring new people

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8 hours ago 1 in 10 Brits ready to 'pull a sickie' for Black Friday shopping spree

Brits plan to use the cold or flu as an excuse to avoid working this Friday to shop for Black Friday deals

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10 hours ago Stock market today: Asian shares mostly gain after Trump picks billionaire for Treasury post

Shares are mostly higher in Asia, tracking last week's gains on Wall Street

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11 hours ago DOMINIC LAWSON: Labour's attack on farmers is part of a cynical plan to cover the country in solar panels and turbines

There is a different purpose behind Labour 's attack on farmers and not just class war against wicked landowners.

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13 hours ago Senior Army officer is accused of having a hand grenade in airport hand luggage

Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Clark is said to have taken the deactivated explosive device through security at Edinburgh Airport in his hand luggage, which led to the deployment of bomb squad specialists.

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14 hours ago As Cop29 wraps up and the climate crisis gathers pace, Australia’s dash for gas is confounding | Bill Hare

Nearly all observers believe Chris Bowen is strongly committed to action. Most agree that can’t be said for his partyCop29 in Baku has concluded but its outcome is disappointing – in many dimensions. Its decisions on finance – agreeing that the developed world would provide US$300bn a year by 2035 – come nowhere close to what’s needed. Ultimately, it may even be poisonous because of its lack of ambition and muddled scope – it does not even cover loss and damage.Baku saw little sense of urgency or increased climate action, despite the universal message from scientific studies, including the Climate Action Tracker. Our global update this year found that in the last three years there’s been virtually no improvement in either action on the ground, nor ambition to take action in the future. ...

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