37 minutes ago Pictured: Asda delivery driver, 50, who died in crash before shift he was never meant to be doing but picked up because 'he didn't want to let anyone down'

Marc Thomas, 50, died following a collision in Bishop Auckland on September 9. He was was travelling to work on the B6286 at Toronto shortly before 8am when his Ford Fiesta left the road

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60 minutes ago NHS spends record £12.3BILLION outsourcing patients to private hospitals in bid to clear waiting lists, figures reveal

The NHS has spent a record £12.3billion outsourcing patients to private hospitals to try to clear waiting lists, figures show.

Economics

82 minutes ago Driver in his late teens dead after 'speeding' Porsche supercar left the road and rolled: Man, 27, arrested

On December 21 police were called to Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwickshire, after a single-vehicle collision at 2:15am.

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85 minutes ago Drink driver 'unable to walk' caught tumbling out of car on busy M1 motorway

A drink driver tumbles to the ground and tells a police officer she 'can't get up' in the shocking new clip from the M1 in South Yorkshire

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1 hour ago New blow to official UK data with fall in responses to GDP and inflation survey

Statistics agency takes swift action to ensure quality of economic figures in wake of debacle over jobs review

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1 hour ago Moment driver who is so drunk she can't stand up collapses to the floor 'in middle of busy motorway'

The woman, who was found to be nearly six times over the drink drive limit, was so inebriated she was unable to work to officers without falling over and collapsed in the middle of the M1.

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2 hours ago Absent US congresswoman has been dealing with ‘dementia issues’, family says

Republican Kay Granger of Texas living at senior living facility, which she reportedly had not disclosed to publicA Republican congresswoman from Texas has not cast a vote in the US House since July while she has been grappling with “dementia issues” and residing at a senior living facility, according to her family – something they did not disclose to the public before a Dallas media outlet figured out where she was during her prolonged absence.Kay Granger, 81, has represented Texas’s 12th congressional district, which includes part of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, since 1997. And beginning in January 2023 she spent more than a year as the chairperson of the powerful House appropriations committee. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Seasalt Cornwall shoppers race for heavy reductions as Boxing Day 2024 sale goes live early online

Seasalt Cornwall has launched its massive winter sale with up to 50% off hundreds of coats, knitwear, dresses, tops and more

Economics

3 hours ago Inside Luke Littler's breakdown as darts sensation reveals all on shock moment he didn't want to be on stage

The Englishman was in tears during his post match on Saturday and has lifted the lid on the reasons

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4 hours ago Florida and oranges have been a pair for decades. Now the industry has sour prospects

Hurricanes and an untreatable tree disease have left a once fruitful citrus industry with little to produce this yearFor decades it was the signature taste of Florida: orange juice from the state’s plentiful groves advertised to a thirsty nation as “your daily dose of sunshine”. But now another hyperactive hurricane season, paired with the dogged persistence of an untreatable tree disease known as greening, has left a once thriving citrus industry on life support.Only 12m boxes of oranges will have been produced in Florida by the end of this year, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasts show, the lowest single-year yield in almost a century. The figure is 33% lower than a year ago, and less than 5% of the 2004 harvest of 242m boxes. Continue reading...

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