35 minutes ago Number of bus passengers set to reach 100,000 on Christmas Day thanks to expanded services

Operators are meeting demand fuelled by a fall in the proportion of young people able to drive, said industry body the Confederation of Passenger Transport.

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75 minutes ago Trump vows to rename Denali, North America’s tallest mountain, as Mount McKinley

Democratic former President Barack Obama renamed the mountain using the local natives’ name of Denali in 2015, after a decades-long naming battleUS president-elect Donald Trump has said he will rename Denali, Alaska natives’ name for North America’s tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th US president who was assassinated in 1901.Democratic former President Barack Obama in 2015 officially renamed the mountain as Denali, siding with the state of Alaska and ending a decades-long naming battle. The peak had been officially called Mount McKinley since 1917. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Scottish job loss new year warning as economy 'headed for the worst of all worlds'

Scottish businesses are ‘in survival mode’ as Rachel Reeves is warned activity will fall in the first three months of 2025.

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1 hour ago One in four Brits disagree with Prince William that homelessness is 'not inevitable'

A survey across the nation has revealed that more than one in four Brits do not believe homelessness is preventable, with 70% adding not enough is done about it

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3 hours ago More than 170 snowboarders and skiers rescued after Colorado ski lift cracks

Officials investigate cause of crack after ski patrolers use rope to lower 174 people to ground at Winter Park ResortA crack in a Colorado ski lift forced the evacuation of more than 170 stranded skiers and snowboarders on Saturday, with people riding the gondolas lowered down by ropes over the course of hours.Officials are still investigating what cause the gondola lift at Winter Park Resort, about 70 miles (113km) west of Denver, to crack. The lift automatically stopped when it detected the crack in a structural piece of the lift just after noon on Saturday, resort spokesperson Jen Miller said. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Louisiana holds people in prisons past their release date, DoJ lawsuit alleges

State accused of ‘systemic overdetention’ that violates inmates’ rights and costs taxpayers millions of dollars a yearLouisiana’s prison system routinely holds people weeks and months after they have completed their sentences, the US justice department alleged in a lawsuit filed on Friday. The suit against the state of Louisiana follows a multi-year investigation into what federal officials say is a pattern of “systemic overdetention” that violates inmates’ rights and costs taxpayers millions of dollars a year.The justice department alleges that since at least 2012, more than a quarter of the people due to be released from Louisiana prisons have instead been held past their release dates. The DoJ warned Louisiana officials last year that the state could face a lawsuit if it didn’t fix the problems – but lawyers for the department say the state’s “marginal efforts” to address the issues were “inadequate” and showed a “deliberate indifference” to the constitutional rights of incarcera...

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5 hours ago Manchester's Christmas Markets are being taken down again for another year

The massive Winter event officially ended its six-week run on Sunday (December 22)

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5 hours ago Rory McIlroy has response to Rickie Fowler's 'not real golf' comments on TGL

Rory McIlroy has responded to Rickie Fowler's claims that The Golf League is 'not real golf', ahead of the inaugural season beginning next month

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6 hours ago BREAKING: Belfast airport: Plane crash lands as landing gear collapses whilst 82mph winds batter UK

Flights at Belfast City Airport have been cancelled after an incident on the runway from an AerLingus aircraft which has sparked a large emergency service response

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