3 h. ago Five flights carrying British tourists are forced to divert after mystery drone is spotted near Alicante airport

Five flights packed with British tourists had to be diverted to other destinations after a mystery drone was spotted near Alicante Airport on Tuesday. 

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13 h. ago Alicante airport shut down as police deployed and UK flights diverted

Drones have been detected at Alicante-Elche Airport in Spain leading to flight chaos at the popular destination for British tourists with flights diverted as police investigate

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37 h. ago M6 closure LIVE: Major UK motorway shut in BOTH directions overnight after horror crash

The M6 has been shut in both directions this evening following a car crash, with police and paramedics at the scene between junctions 27 and 28 near Standish, Greater Manchester

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4 d. ago Man seriously injured after being 'attacked with a blade' as police shut off street

A cordon was in place

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5 d. ago M60 LIVE: Motorway shut with severe traffic delays as police respond to incident

Officers are in attendance

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5 d. ago A2 traffic UPDATES: Major commuter road from Kent to London CLOSED due to lorry fire

Kent Fire and Rescue Service and Kent Police are in attendance to a lorry fire, which has shut a large stretch of the A2 eastbound from Gravesend to the M2 junction

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5 d. ago A2 traffic UPDATES: Huge delays as major commuter road to London CLOSED after lorry fire

Kent Fire and Rescue Service and Kent Police are in attendance to a lorry fire, which has shut a large stretch of the A2 eastbound from Gravesend to the M2 junction

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5 d. ago A2 traffic RECAP: Huge delays as major commuter road to London reopens after lorry fire

Kent Fire and Rescue Service and Kent Police attended the lorry fire, which had shut a large stretch of the A2 eastbound from Gravesend to the M2 junction this morning

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6 d. ago Busy London street shut as police rush to scene of horror stabbing

Busy London street shut as police rush to scene of horror stabbing  Daily Star

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7 d. ago LIVE updates as 'police shut off' South Norwood road after 'incident'

LIVE updates as 'police shut off' South Norwood road after 'incident'  This Is Local London

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7 d. ago Recap as 'police shut off' South Norwood road after 'incident'

Recap as 'police shut off' South Norwood road after 'incident'  This Is Local London

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1 week ago Most athletes have chosen to ‘shut up and dribble’ over Gaza | Nathan Kalman

Only a handful of North American athletes have spoken out against Israel’s assault on Gaza, a silence shaped by fear, sponsorship and the policing of speech“I will not just shut up and dribble I get to sit up here and talk about what’s really important.” So proclaimed LeBron James in 2018 when confronted with the question of whether athletes have the right to speak about the political and social justice questions of their time.Yet since 7 October 2023, elite athletes in North America have had startlingly little to say about what most human rights groups in the world, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and the United Nations have characterized as Israel’s genocide in Gaza (a situation currently in flux due to a mutually agreed upon ceasefire and prisoner exchange).Nathan Kalman-Lamb is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick. Derek Silva is Professor of Sociology and Criminology at King’s University College at Western University. They are ...

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1 week ago London travel news LIVE: Major Islington road shut by police after knife fight

Essex Road is shut in both directions following the incident around midnight

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1 week ago London travel news LIVE: Major Islington road shut by police after incident

A key road connecting Islington Green to Dalston remains closed at this time

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1 week ago Nursery shut down after 'incident involving staff member' as police investigate

A nursery has been 'temporarily suspended' by Ofsted following an incident on Monday - police are now investigating and the parents of the child involved receiving support

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2 w. ago Road shut 24 hours after HUGE Penge fire with police probe launched

Road shut 24 hours after HUGE Penge fire with police probe launched  This Is Local London

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2 w. ago Police issue update on crash that shut major road in Swansea

A man was hospitalised in the crash at

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2 w. ago Westminster Bridge closed in major incident as police warn people to stay away

Westminster Bridge, which is passed tens of thousands of times each day, has been shut off by police after a 'major emergency' with authorities warning locals to 'stay away'

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2 w. ago Drug gangs stormed by police with thousands of county lines shut down

More than 1,120 senior gang members have been charged in the 12 months to July, the government said

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3 w. ago Air India flight grounded at UK airport after 'emergency turbine deployed' on descent

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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