15 minutes ago UK car production falls for the eighth month after slow take up of electric vehicles and looming fines

The poor figures come as car makers warn forthcoming fines for producing too many petrol and diesel cars could lead to more factory closures

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15 minutes ago UK politics live: Keir Starmer gives Downing Street speech on migration after figures fall sharply

Figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that net migration has fallen by 20 per cent this year, after reaching a record high of 906,000 in 2023

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29 minutes ago Emmerdale spoilers tease April death fears, tragic Eric twist and 'double exit'

Emmerdale is set for a huge week of action and drama, but the fate of several characters hangs in the balance as the tension comes to a head in the sleepy Yorkshire village

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36 minutes ago ‘I’m emotionally ruined’: MPs left bitterly divided over assisted dying bill

Unlikely alliances and concerns over vulnerable people’s rights have led to fierce debate and ethical uncertaintyWhen Kim Leadbeater came top of the ballot of private members’ bills, she did not immediately decide to attempt a generational change in the way the British state handles life and death. But, she says, it was an opportunity that rarely comes for a backbench MP.The past few months campaigning for her bill to legalise assisted dying have exhausted her. It has been a licence for everyone she meets – in parliament, in the street, everywhere in her life – to tell harrowing stories. Continue reading...

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36 minutes ago Police officers hit with misconduct charges after death of fleeing girl on motorway

Tamzin Hall managed to jump from the police car and ran across the carriageway before being hit by another vehicle

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37 minutes ago UK signs major border pact with Iraq to smash smuggling gangs behind small boats crisis

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper flew to Baghdad to agree a deal on border security and tackling criminal gangs with the Iraqi government and the regional Kurdistan government in Erbil

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39 minutes ago Student dies on first date at favourite restaurant after they 'secretly changed the menu'

Alison Pickering, 23, chose the restaurant as the location for a first date, knowing she had eaten there before and considered it safe despite her severe peanut allergy

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41 minutes ago World’s largest piracy network taken down after 100 homes raided across 10 countries

Websites hosting streams of movies, TV shows and live sporting events knocked offline as part of Operation Takendown

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41 minutes ago Daniel Khalife: The ‘ultimate Walter Mitty character’, from MI5 double agent pitch to audacious prison escape

Former soldier led police on a 75-hour manhunt after escape from Wandsworth prison and has now been convicted of spying for Iran

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43 minutes ago Urgent police appeal over missing man last seen at Manchester Royal Infirmary

'Officers are becoming increasingly concerned'

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