23 minutes ago Drivers handed more than 41,000 parking tickets a day by private firms

Some 3.8 million tickets were handed out between July and September, according to analysis of Government data.

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27 minutes ago ITV I'm A Celebrity fans make 'shocking' observation as another change made to show

The 2024 series kicked off earlier this month and saw ten famous faces swap their lives of luxury for basic living Down Under

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35 minutes ago World Chess Championship 2024 all you need to know as Liren and Dommaraju do battle

China's Ding Liren will look to put a difficult year behind him against teenage challenger Gukesh Dommaraju.

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37 minutes ago Liam Payne report uncovers devastating detail on star's 'desperate escape plot'

As new details emerge concerning Liam Payne's alleged attempt to escape his hotel suite, a devastating finding on a balcony sheds light on his final hours

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42 minutes ago Vladimir Putin expels British diplomat for 'spying' after claims of 'intelligence activities'

Russia has expelled a British diplomat amid accusations of spying, according to reports coming out of the country

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43 minutes ago Seven killed and dozens hurt as Imran Khan supporters clash with security forces in Pakistan

Up to 100,000 people broke through barriers in locked-down Islamabad to demand Khan’s release from prisonAt least seven people have been killed and dozens injured in Pakistan as thousands of supporters of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan forced their way through security barriers and entered the capital Islamabad on Tuesday morning.Authorities have enforced a security lockdown in the capital for the last three days after Khan called for supporters of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party to march on parliament for a sit-in demonstration to demand his release. Continue reading...

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44 minutes ago Spotify Wrapped: Could BLACKPINK’s Rosé make a late charge and appear in your 2024 Wrapped?

BLACKPINK’s Rosé has already surpassed 400 million streams with her collaboration with Bruno Mars 🎶

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48 minutes ago In Wales, we’re one more flood away from another disaster like Aberfan | Aaron Thierry

It is only a matter of time before a mountainside is brought down. We need climate adaptation help – and we need it nowAaron Thierry is an Earth-system scientist and environmental campaignerIt’s “raining old ladies and sticks” is the Welsh equivalent of cats and dogs, and boy did those old ladies mean business when Storm Bert poured out nearly a month’s worth of rain on the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) over Saturday night. By Sunday, the deluge was surging into the River Taff and through the Welsh valleys, forcing the Taff to burst its banks, bringing misery to communities along its length – including mine in Taff’s Well.Neighbours, who had been devastated by Storm Dennis in February 2020, were shocked to find that everything they had done to rebuild was undone. Replastered front...

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48 minutes ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is accused of sexual abuse. Why are his music streams rising?

Combs is the latest problematic artist to see his work break more ground on platforms such as Spotify and YouTubeIn the past few years, powerful men within the music industry – the singer R Kelly, the Def Jam founder Russell Simmons, and the Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose – have faced public outcry after sexual violence allegations against them surfaced. But in many cases, streams of these artists’ music have remained largely unaffected, sometimes even ballooning in popularity.The disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is the latest artist to see his music streams sharply increase following public accusations of sexual assault by numerous people, including minors. Continue reading...

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48 minutes ago ‘You’ve got the grass; you put a cow in it, and Bob’s your uncle’: the ranchers trying to halt the devastation caused by Bolivia’s cattle farms

This year, wildfires driven by ranching burned an area of Bolivian forest larger than Portugal – yet beef is booming. Two sets of pioneers aim to make the industry more sustainableWords and photographs by Thomas Graham in Concepción, BoliviaAt Alta Vista, a ranch in Concepción, Bolivia, a herd of cattle grazes under a smoky sky. Workers had been fending off fires for weeks, says Hermes Justiniano, the ranch’s general coordinator, as he rustles dry foliage with his boot. “It has been months since there was good rain.”That was in September, midway through Bolivia’s worst fire season on record, for which ranching and industrial agriculture are the main culprits. Alta Vista is one of a few ranches in Bolivia on a mission to make the business more sustainable. It faces an uphill task in a co...

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