32 minutes ago As Vauxhall’s Luton factory faces closure, is the UK car industry dying again?

Vauxhall’s planned Luton plant’s closure has been blamed on the government’s plan to force car makers to build more electric vehicles

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37 minutes ago Lorraine Kelly forced to halt ITV show by husband Steve as he corrects her live on air

Lorraine Kelly was presenting her ITV show on Wednesday morning when she was forced to interrupt the broadcast after her husband Steve Smith spotted her mistake

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44 minutes ago Sex change recognised in eyes of law with gender recognition certificate, Scotland tells Supreme Court

Judges at UK’s highest court will rule on whether trans women should be considered female under the 2010 Equality Act in landmark case

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54 minutes ago Bombshell police report details alleged Bolsonaro plot to stage rightwing coup

Former president accused of leading role in apparent scheme to overturn 2022 election defeat by rival LulaBrazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has moved a step closer to jail after a federal police investigation laid bare what it called a murderous authoritarian plot to explode the country’s democratic system with a military coup that the far-right populist allegedly helped mastermind.Bolsonaro has repeatedly denied involvement in an attempt to overturn the result of the 2022 presidential election, which he narrowly lost to his leftwing rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Sex beasts who groomed young boys with cash, cigarettes and alcohol jailed

David Marsh, 74, and Anthony Whitehead, 72, carried out vile abuse over two decades. The sex beasts were found guilty of grooming and sexually abusing the boys following a four-week trial at Minshull Crown Court.

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2 hours ago Gypsy and Travellers leaders accuse GMP of 'utterly deplorable racial profiling'

Representatives from the Travelling community have written to GMP Chief Constable Stephen Watson to call for an apology and a 'full investigation' after large groups of Irish Traveller and Gypsy children were forced onto trains out of Manchester city centre

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2 hours ago ‘Thank god we are home’: Lebanese return south after ceasefire with Israel

People are relieved to be home but face having to re-build lives among destroyed homes and villagesBefore the ceasefire had even come into effect, Zeinab and Dina were already driving south. The two sisters had been forced to flee to Tripoli, northern Lebanon, for 64 days – they had counted – and they could not bear another day without seeing home.“We were laughing and crying at the same time when we heard the news of the ceasefire. We were packing our stuff and still we didn’t believe it was happening, it was like a dream,” said Zeinab Beezeh, a 28-year-old resident of the town of Zibqeen, south Lebanon. Zeinab and Dina joined the tens of thousands of Lebanese who headed south on Wednesday morning after a ceasefire came into effect, ending more than 13 months of fighting between Israel...

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2 hours ago ‘Thank God we are home’: Lebanese return south after ceasefire with Israel

People are relieved to be home but face having to re-build lives among destroyed homes and villagesBefore the ceasefire had even come into effect, Zeinab and Dina were already driving south. The two sisters had been forced to flee to Tripoli, northern Lebanon, for 64 days – they had counted – and they could not bear another day without seeing home.“We were laughing and crying at the same time when we heard the news of the ceasefire. We were packing our stuff and still we didn’t believe it was happening, it was like a dream,” said Zeinab, 28, a resident of the town of Zibqeen in south Lebanon. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago UN chief says Lebanon ceasefire ‘first ray of hope amid darkness’ in conflict – Middle East crisis live

António Guterres says it is ‘essential’ that signatories of ceasefire ‘respect it in full’Full report: Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire comes into forceDown to the final half-hour before the ceasefire comes into effect and AFP is reporting strikes on south Beirut after the Israel army’s evacuation warning.“Urgent warning to residents of the Beirut area,” army spokesperson Avichay Adraee had earlier said in a post on X, telling people in the Bachoura area in the city centre to leave, as well as “all residents in the southern suburb area”, specifically in Ghobeiry. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Lorraine Kelly forced to stop ITV show as husband corrects her live on air

Lorraine Kelly was left red-faced on her ITV show on Wednesday morning after her husband Steve Smith was forced to correct her live on air after she made a mistake

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