5 h. ago Government pushes reforms of ‘green tape’ in bid to boost growth and nature

Review says current system of environmental regulations not working, but conservationists warn of ‘high risk’ to nature in planning reforms.

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7 h. ago British mother and her daughters, eight and five, are killed in New York car crash after Audi 'driven by glam wigmaker' ploughed into family as they walked along busy street 

Tributes have been paid to Natasha Saada, 34, who grew up in Mill Hill, north London, and her two young daughters, who were killed after a car smashed into the family in New York on Saturday.

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11 h. ago The 'very hot property' found in woman's bedroom as cops smashed 'Lex' drugs gang

A 'well organised' operation

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15 h. ago Plans unveiled for atom smasher even bigger than the Large Hadron Collider

The giant collider could unlock the mysteries of physics

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16 h. ago Is Labour smashing the first rung on the jobs ladder? IFS warns young people face being shut out of work as businesses reel from NICs raid and minimum wage hikes

The Institute for Fiscal Studies has raised concerns about 'long-lasting' effects on the careers of a generation as a result of the policies.

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18 h. ago Lorry driver flees Woodhead Pass crash scene after smashing into wall

The road has been closed all morning

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18 h. ago Lorry smashes into rear of easyJet plane at Paris airport causing flight chaos

No passengers were onboard the easyJet A320 at the time of the collision

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18 h. ago Multiple killed in Heathrow Airport bus smash as witness heard 'boom like a bomb'

Metropolitan police rushed to the scene in Feltham, west London, after reports of a vehicle involved in a collision with a bus leaving three people dead and one hospitalised

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19 h. ago The 'Mona Lisa of pigeons' is among five racing birds valued £625,000 stolen by gang

Champion pigeon racer Tom Van Gaver was shocked when he walked into one of his aviaries last November to find part of the door had been smashed from the inside.

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19 h. ago ‘Please leave feedback’: how constant online reviews are changing our brains – and our lives

We live under mutual surveillance, asked to leave public ratings for every purchase, meal, taxi ride or hair appointment. What is it doing to us?‘Alexlilly1999* has left you feedback!” pings the Vinted notification. My stomach flips as the app loads and I open my review: “Quite good.” A gut punch. I sit in shock, scrutinising the words in front of me. “Good” is a bit uninspired but “quite” feels both passive-aggressive and viciously spiteful: quite good. Alexlilly1999 has also given me just four stars. It’s a lukewarm write-up considering the dress I sold them was good quality, a brilliant price and shipped quickly. I glare at the review. And then another notification pops up: do I want to leave feedback for the buyer? Well, yes, actually, I do.It’s likely we’ve all, at some stage, been asked to leave feedback online. Called your electricity provider with a query? Please answer a few quick questions about the service you received. Had something delivered by a courier? Please rate yo...

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19 h. ago Tractor smashes into homes in the early hours leaving scene of devastation

The collision on Vicars Cross Road in Chester saw a tractor colliding with the front of two houses

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20 h. ago Atom smasher even bigger than the Large Hadron Collider unveiled in new plans

The giant collider could unlock the mysteries of physics

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20 h. ago 'Totally epic' Arnold Schwarzenegger action film hits streaming this month

Still as good as ever some 35 years after it came out, Total Recall was a huge smash on release in 1990 and launched the career of a huge Hollywood star

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21 h. ago New £20 million funding to help make drone and flying taxi services 'reality'

Ministers said they want to give the UK the ‘most advanced aviation technology ecosystem in the world’

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21 h. ago Scientists release plans for an even bigger atom smasher along the French

Scientists at the world’s largest atom smasher have released a blueprint for a much bigger successor that could help solve enigmas of physics, starting in the mid-2040s at a cost of about $16 billion

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24 h. ago ‘I cried like a little boy’: pigeon fanciers in Belgium relive agony of stolen prized birds

Suspected criminal gangs are leaving pigeon racers bereft after a spate of thefts in aviaries across the countryWhen champion pigeon racer Tom Van Gaver walked into one of his lofts one morning last November, he immediately knew something was wrong. Part of the door had been smashed from the inside. He soon realised it was no accident: thieves had broken into his aviary in Moortsele in Flanders and stolen five birds, including Finn, one of his most renowned breeders. Father and grandfather to many champions, Finn was “the Mona Lisa of the pigeon world”, Van Gaver said.The five birds, he estimates, were worth €750,000 (£625,000), but like da Vinci’s masterpiece, it is hard to tell, because he had no plans to sell. He had ordered a retirement loft so his oldest birds could live out their days under more sun. Instead, CCTV footage shows one of the thieves snatching Finn and bundling the delicate jade-necked dark bird into a plastic bag. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago The wrestler with nine lives: how Saraya survived alcohol, abuse, injury and a leaked sex tape

At 18, Saraya-Jade Bevis had a rags-to-riches signing that took her from Norwich to the largest wrestling promotion in the world. A few years later, she hit rock bottom. Here is how she started overIt’s hard to know where to start with champion wrestler Saraya-Jade Bevis. Do we start in the same place as her memoir, at rock bottom aged 25 when a sex tape of Bevis taking part in a threesome was leaked and went viral? At that time, Bevis was suspended from wrestling, addicted to alcohol and, she says, snorting so much cocaine that her nose was spraying out blood.Or do we start with her childhood in Norwich, raised by a family of wrestlers, ex-cons and alcoholics, living in a council house where, she says, the rent was always due and dinner might be mashed potato sandwiches. The childhood sexual abuse that she had kept hidden for most of her life? Her rags-to-riches signing at 18 to WWE, the largest wrestling promotion in the world? Her new life in the US, when she was enjoying success...

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24 h. ago UK weather: Snow storm bringing 1 inch per hour forecast to smash Britain as mercury drops AGAIN

Weather maps show that the UK has more snow ahead from an Arctic blast bringing heavy flurries to many parts of the country as temperatures fluctuate wildly over the coming weeks

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26 h. ago Virginia Giuffre's lawyer says friends are waiting for an update she revealed she was days from death following a bus crash

On Sunday, Ms Giuffre, née Roberts, 41, shared a photograph to Instagram of herself from her hospital bed, covered in bruises sustained in the smash.

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26 h. ago ALP MEHMET: I don't believe a word that delusional Keir Starmer says about 'smashing the gangs'. The truth is he's given up on securing Britain's borders

Promising to lead a 'global crackdown' on illegal migrants, Sir Keir Starmer wrote in yesterday's Mail: 'Believe me, I get it.'

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