3 h. ago Red Arrows 'are running out of jets': Iconic display team are forced to cannibalise old planes for parts as shows come under threat from shortages

The iconic fleet has been slashed from 26 working aircraft earlier this year to 17 today, with a further four in so-called deep maintenance and unavailable to fly.

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5 h. ago Union warns SNP that councils face 'morally compromising decisions' and threatens strike action

Scottish local authorities are being forced into “morally compromising decisions” as the threat of strike action looms over a pay deal standoff.

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15 h. ago LA Mayor Karen Bass issues World Cup threat in war with Trump over riots: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: The military is set to stay in Los Angeles for 60 days after Monday marked a fourth day of destructive anti-ICE protests.

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16 h. ago Trump threatens protesters who rain on his military parade Saturday ‘will be met with very big force’

The explicit threat comes days after Trump ordered soldiers to put down protests in Los Angeles

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18 h. ago War Hawks led by podcaster Mark Levin are pushing Trump to bomb Iran and using misinformation to make the case: report

Mark Levin has quietly been lobbying President Donald Trump to abandon his plans for diplomacy and bomb Iran, according to a report.

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18 h. ago Passenger calls in a bomb threat to Spirit Airlines after he missed his flight

John Charles Robinson allegedly managed to get the Spirit Airlines flight cancelled, but was later arrested when he tried to leave Detroit

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18 h. ago Moody AI bots suffer ‘complete accuracy collapse’ when presented with tough tasks

Artificial Intelligence are becoming a bit too much like humans as when things go wrong, the systems down tools and stop trying - suggesting tech business is still feeling its way

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19 h. ago ‘Kid rotting’: why parents are letting their children go wild this summer

Forget the organised fun that comes with a high price tag and the threat of debt. US parents are turning their backs on summer camps and activities, in favour of much freer, easier school holidaysName: Summer kid rotting.Age: The name is new, but long school summer holidays started spreading in the 1840s, thanks to the US educational reformer Horace Mann. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Los Angeles protests: California governor says marines ‘not political pawns’ as Donald Trump deploys more National Guard troops – live

Gavin Newsom says Trump’s threat to deploy marines to LA is ‘blatant abuse of power’ as state lodges a suit against administrationUS officials said the marines were being deployed to protect federal property and personnel, including immigration agents. A convoy of 10 to 15 buses with blacked-out windows and escorted by sheriff’s vehicles, left the base at Twentynine Palms in the desert east of Los Angeles late Monday and headed toward the city, stopping around 1am (9am BST) at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, about 20 miles (35 km) south of downtown Los Angeles.Despite their presence, there has been limited engagement so far between the Guard and protesters while local law enforcement implements crowd control. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago ‘The language of authoritarianism’: how Trump and allies cast LA as a lawless city needing military intervention

As a pretext to sending in the national guard, the White House marked the Ice protests as a broader threat to the USDonald Trump and his allies turned to a familiar script over the weekend, casting the sprawling city of Los Angeles in shades of fire and brimstone, a hub of dangerous lawlessness that required urgent military intervention in order to be contained.“Looking really bad in L.A.,” Trump posted on Truth Social in the very early hours of Monday morning. “BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!” Continue reading...

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25 h. ago 'Absolute masterpiece' period drama filmed in real historic royal palace

Sofia Coppola's 2006 period drama might not be historically accurate, but it's an absolute "masterpiece" in the eyes of many viewers, who are still raving about the film

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26 h. ago New blood test for coeliac disease can diagnose autoimmune condition without need to eat gluten

Australian researchers hope test is a ‘game-changer’ for diagnosing those following a strict gluten-free dietCoeliacs may soon no longer need to eat large amounts of gluten – the very thing suspected of making them sick – to get an accurate diagnosis.Australian research published on Tuesday in the journal Gastroenterology showed a blood test for gluten-specific T cells had a high accuracy in diagnosing coeliac disease, even when no gluten was eaten. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago London AI firm claims Getty copyright lawsuit is an ‘existential threat’ to generative tech industry

London AI firm claims Getty copyright lawsuit is an ‘existential threat’ to generative tech industry  Business Matters

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27 h. ago Once again, British politicians want to ‘ban the burqa’. But this time, I’ve never felt so afraid | Nadeine Asbali

Since the riots last summer British Muslims have felt a deep unease in our own countryHere we are again, debating the right of Muslim women to wear what they want. Last week, the Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin asked the prime minister, Keir Starmer, if he planned to follow other European countries and prohibit burqas.Then the leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, called for bosses to be able to ban the burqa in the workplace. Following the example of the former Labour minister Jack Straw, who in 2006 sparked the first burqa debate by asking constituents at his surgeries to remove their face coverings, she stated that she does not see constituents at her surgeries if they have their faces covered, “whether it’s a burqa or a balaclava”.Nadeine Asbali is a secondary school teacher in London and the author of Veiled Threat: On Being Visibly Muslim in Britain Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Pentagon draws up rules on possible use of force for Marines in Los Angeles as governor slams ‘dictatorial’ Trump

Local officials were reportedly blindsided by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s threat to deploy military troops against protesters in Los Angeles.

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36 h. ago Pentagon to reportedly deploy hundreds of US marines to Los Angeles

Reports say battalion to be sent to LA ‘temporarily’ but Trump reportedly not set to invoke Insurrection ActHundreds of active-duty US marines are to be deployed in Los Angeles, it was reported on Monday, making good on Donald Trump’s threat to send more troops to the city to quash protests against government immigration raids and deportations.A US official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told news agency Reuters that a battalion of 700 marines, reportedly from the Twentynine Palms base in southern California, would be sent to Los Angeles “temporarily”. This was despite a relatively quiet day of protests in the city. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago JD Vance’s veiled threat to deport the man behind a popular menswear X account using Jack Nicholson meme

Menswear expert shared his experience living as an undocumented immigrant in the United States.

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39 h. ago California to sue Trump for deploying National Guard in Los Angeles

Governor Gavin Newsom’s legal threat comes as authorities brace for further demonstrations over immigration raids

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40 h. ago Poundland to shutter hundreds of high street stores with 500 more under threat

It has now been claimed that up to 200 stores could close before then, with hundreds more under threat as well as Poundland's future looks increasingly more bleak by the week

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40 h. ago UK struck by triple threat of earthquakes in 48 hours including biggest of 2025

Seismic activity in the United Kingdom is far more common than many would think, and the biggest of the year struck at the weekend on the same day two others also hit

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