23 h. ago US and China seek to project power with huge and expensive aircraft carriers

China launches £5.4bn ship capable of carrying 60 aircraft that Beijing values as much for maintaining its global influence as for its use in warfare In port, the 80,000-tonne Fujian aircraft carrier would be impossible to miss. More than 300 metres long and capable of carrying about 60 aircraft, the £5.4bn super-vessel places China second among the world’s navies, with three aircraft carriers, though still a long way behind the global leader, the US, which has 11.Yet for all the great power projection of the new warship, nearly 5,000 miles away from its home port another conflict appears to suggest size may not matter. In the Black Sea, Ukraine achieved an extraordinary military success by inflicting a “functional defeat” on Russia’s naval fleet using swarms of skilfully targeted sea drones. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Andy Burnham 'seeking answers' over 25,000 tonnes of waste illegally dumped in Wigan

It's going to cost about £4.5m to clean up, the LDRS understands

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68 h. ago Andrew Mountbatten Windsor 'probably will' have to bow to his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, says royal expert Robert Hardman

Nearly a week since the disgraced ex-Duke woke up a commoner, royal expert Robert Hardman seeks to answer some of your most prominent questions.

Science

4 d. ago Andy Burnham should be allowed to introduce new Greater Manchester transport tax, report says

It's a concept successfully used in Dijon

Sport

7 d. ago Families invaded by rats after 25,000 tonne mountain of stinking rubbish is dumped by 'Liverpool gang' outside their homes as council say it will cost £4.5MILLION to clear up

The 30ft mountain of 25,000 tonnes of waste in Wigan, Gtr Manchester, is made of of soiled nappies as well as chemicals and plastic.

Economics

7 d. ago ANDY BURNHAM: 'Helping hand from Rachel Reeves will go down a treat this autumn'

Rachel Reeves' Budget this November could signal the start of a long-term mission to bring down the cost of all the essentials - and draw a big dividing line with the ­Populist Right, writes Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham

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8 d. ago Andy Burnham office's legal battle over £140m loans to go on for months more

The case started last year, but an appeal means it won't conclude until next year

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8 d. ago Government minister speaks out on Andy Burnham's 'education revolution' in Greater Manchester

"I think it’s really exciting for people. I think there will be great take-up"

Politics

9 d. ago Andy Burnham responds to letter released by Greater Manchester asylum seekers

It follows an open letter from asylum seekers housed in Greater Manchester said they felt 'unsafe'

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1 week ago Organised crime making millions from illegal waste dumping in UK, says committee

Peers say ‘woeful’ record on prosecutions has led to a ‘low-risk, high-reward’ criminal cultureOrganised crime groups in the UK are making millions every year from illegally dumping and burning rubbish, peers have told ministers, after an inquiry found a lack of enforcement made it a “low-risk, high-reward” criminal enterprise.“Criminality is endemic in the waste sector,” a Lords committee told the government on Tuesday, after it found at least 38m tonnes of waste was illegally managed every year, “leading to serious environmental, economic and social consequences”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Organised crime groups are ‘illegally dumping 38 million tonnes of waste each year’

Peers said they were “unimpressed with the lack of interest shown by the police” when it came to tackling serious and organised waste crime

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1 week ago Caroline Flack's assault charge 'makes no sense' and her celebrity status was 'the only explanation' former CPS prosecutor now argues as late star's mother seeks answers in new documentary

Caroline Flack should not have been charged with assault, former prosecutor within the Crown Prosecution Service Nazir Afzal states in a new documentary.

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1 week ago Caroline Flack’s mum, Christine, on seeking answers and setting the record straight

It’s five years since the TV presenter killed herself after being charged with assaulting her partner. Her mother Christine wants the world to know what the police, crown prosecution service and media got wrongWhen Christine Flack was invited by Disney to make a documentary about her daughter Caroline, one that would focus on the last few months before her suicide in 2020, of course she had to think hard. Why put Caroline back under the spotlight, expose her to more scrutiny, when tabloids and talkshows and social media had long since moved on?“I knew there could be as many bad outcomes as good outcomes,” says Christine. “Certain things will be picked up and stories might come out, including ones that aren’t true. But I’d been trying for four years to understand what happened and I still had so many questions. I’d come to a brick wall so I went ahead.” She pauses for a moment before adding: “And whatever happens next, I always say that no one can do anything worse to me now. Nothing...

Politics

1 week ago Dining across the divide: ‘I said Trump’s a bit of a despot and shouldn’t have had a state visit to the UK’

One’s a Keir Starmer believer, the other’s a reluctant Labour voter. Could this GP and teacher agree on public sector pay rises and Andy Burnham?Joe, 33, BrightonOccupation GP Continue reading...

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2 w. ago High court battle over Andy Burnham's giant housing plan ends in disappointment for campaigners

Campaigners challenged the Places for Everyone plan, alleging the Greater Manchester Combined Authority ‘erred in law’

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2 w. ago Andy Burnham speaks out on Manchester Pride liquidation for the first time

'There’s a difference between Pride as an occasion we know so well and the organisation that runs it'

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2 w. ago 'At a loss': Andy Burnham speaks out as hundreds to be evicted from Seven Sisters flats

It's the latest twist in the future of the 1960s blocks

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2 w. ago More than 5,000 Greater Manchester children could benefit from bus pass Andy Burnham 'carefully looking at'

The mayor said he would 'carefully' examine the proposal from the M.E.N., supported by MPs and charities

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2 w. ago The answers demanded by families of 1994 Chinook crash as 47,000 sign petition

The families are fighting for a public inquiry

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2 w. ago Families of 1994 Chinook crash victims seek answers as 47,000 sign petition

The petition from the Chinook Justice Campaign will be handed in at Downing Street.

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