3 h. ago US prepares for deadly floods with many National Weather Service offices understaffed

Dangerous weather comes after Trump administration job cuts left nearly half of offices with 20% vacancy ratesDonald Trump on Friday approved an emergency declaration for Kentucky as the central US braces for what experts in the region have warned could be a “generational” flooding event, as severe spring storms that have killed at least seven continue to wreak havoc.Millions are affected across a swath of the US stretching from Texas to Ohio, and the powerful storm system that has raged for two days is expected to stall over the country’s midsection, the National Weather Service (NWS) said, fueling further deluges and possible tornadoes in areas already drenched from thunderstorms bringing heavy rains. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago 'Dobby the drug lord' jailed after flogging cocaine wearing Harry Potter elf mask

Lewis Breen-Ledger, 19, disguised himself as Dobby from Harry Potter as he went about his drug-dealing business. He has now been caught and sentenced to four-and-a-half years meaning he is no longer a free elf

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5 h. ago FTSE latest: UK stock markets plunge in biggest daily fall since Covid after Trump tariffs

The stock markets in the UK, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea and Australia were all falling for a second day

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7 h. ago DWP rule change will see thousands more eligible for £333 monthly benefit from Monday

The earnings limit for Carer's Allowance is going up from next week, meaning thousands of people will be better off

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7 h. ago Tonight's rugby news as Ospreys riled up by Scarlets video comments and Wales target announces new job

The latest news and headlines from Welsh rugby and beyond

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7 h. ago South Korea’s impeached president sacked over illegal martial law

Hardline Yoon Suk Yeol lost his job over his illegal slapping of martial law on his country to flood the streets with troops and tanks - and tried to bar politicians from objecting to the dramatic move

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8 h. ago AD FEATURE: Win a premium prize package including tickets for Hauser's Manchester show this autumn

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8 h. ago Trump unveils $5m ‘gold card’ featuring his face for wealthy immigrants to live in US

The Republican president has introduced the visa in the hope of creating jobs and boosting economic growth amid stock market turmoil

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8 h. ago Wales' health minister blasts Rachel Reeves PIP decision as 'wrong' and one Welsh Government 'won't defend'

Wales' health minister Jeremy Miles said the Welsh Government would not have pursued a policy which will impact disabled people

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8 h. ago AD FEATURE: Grand National race time, odds, full racecard and betting offer

One of the biggest races takes place at Aintree racecourse this weekend in the Grand National as 34 horses battle it out to win the famous race in this year's edition and bookies CopyBet is getting in on the action

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9 h. ago BBC The Repair Shop's Suzie Fletcher recalls reason filming had to be stopped

The Repair Shop's Suzie Fletcher has opened up about the emotional impact the BBC show has on its cast and crew, revealing how filming has had to be stopped in the past.

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9 h. ago RFK Jr says 20% of Doge’s health agency job cuts were mistakes

Health secretary says roles will need to be reinstated amid Trump administration’s push to slash federal workforceUS politics live – latest updatesAround a fifth of the 10,000 jobs cut from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were done in error and will need to be corrected, the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has admitted.Mass layoffs from the health department began this week amid a push by Donald Trump’s administration to shrink the size of the federal government workforce. Union representatives were told around 10,000 people were to lose their jobs ahead of further reductions that could see the department’s 82,000-strong workforce slashed by nearly a quarter. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Scots businesses 'braced' for impact of Donald Trump tariffs with firms taking 'urgent' measures

The US market is worth about £971million to the Scotch whisky industry, while salmon is worth £225million in exports.

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9 h. ago ‘Another nail in the coffin’: Germany’s car industry faces up to Trump’s tariffs

There are major concerns about the potentially ‘catastrophic’ impact US policy will have on vehicle makers Emerging into the springtime sun from gate 17 at Volkswagen’s main factory in Wolfsburg at the end of his shift on Thursday afternoon, Carsten, 63, pulled heavily on a cigarette and shook his head when asked about Donald Trump’s US tariff policies.“It’s just another nail in the coffin for the German car industry,” the assembly line worker said. He cited managers’ plans to slash jobs and close factories earlier this year, and a decade before that the ‘dieselgate’ scandal, costly both financially and reputationally, after Germany’s largest carmaker was found to have falsified CO2 emissions tests. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Inside Gogglebox's Helena Worthington's life from quirky job to partner

Gogglebox star Helena Worthington is a talented artist, mum and TV favourite - here's a look at her life off screen

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9 h. ago Only one man will ever know why man beat his own flatmate to death in an 'explosion' of rage

Emotive impact statements were read out to the court by Antony Derwent’s son and sister

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10 h. ago DWP estimates 370,000 people could lose PIP claim under major changes

The DWP has published its latest PIP impact assessment, which includes the UK Government's controversial eligibility rule changes to the daily living component of the benefit

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10 h. ago Raspberry scented weirdness: will Elio be Pixar’s wildest ride to date?

The Inside Out studio’s latest, long-awaited project is a neon-drenched star-straddling adventure featuring an orphan, a tardigrade and a wannabe astronautPixar’s film-makers are famously asked to pitch three unique ideas when proposing new projects. In terms of Elio, unique is very much the operative word. Presumably that pitch went somewhere along the lines of: “A lonely kid is mistaken for Earth’s ambassador by a UN-style council of sentient celestial bath bombs dipped in day-glow glitter and floating in a malfunctioning lava lamp.”If you thought Inside Out, with its candy-coloured Freudian crisis management team, was pushing it, the studio’s latest project may make you suspect Pixar has fully surrendered to the void, and is now making films for children who are made of sherbet and tie-dye, rather than flesh and bones. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Stock markets expected to continue plunge as investors fear impact of Trump’s tariffs and China’s response

Friday’s stock market comes after a historically bad day as investors react to Trump’s tariff plan

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10 h. ago ‘Only job I know’: tiny Lesotho’s garment workers reel from Trump’s tariffs

Impoverished African country is hit with highest tariff rate at 50%, overturning decades of global trade policyThe day after Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs, Lesotho’s garment workers feared for their jobs.Last year, Lesotho sent about 20% of its $1.1bn (£845m) of exports to the US, most of it clothing, as well as diamonds, under a continent-wide trade agreement meant to help African countries’ development via tariff-free exports. Continue reading...

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