4 h. ago Barry Island Pleasure Park LIVE: Emergency as air ambulance lands at fairground

A spokesperson for South Wales Police asked people to avoid Barry Island Pleasure Park following reports of an 'incident' at the popular leisure hotspot this evening

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3 d. ago Bury murder: Desperate hunt for driver after 'gentle' teen killed in 'targeted' attack

Investigators have launched "relentless" efforts to hunt down the driver of a car following the suspected murder of 19-year-old Brandon Kershaw in Bury, Greater Manchester

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3 d. ago Thames Water chair says he ‘may have misspoken’ to MPs over bonuses

Sir Adrian Montague told select committee paying bonuses out of emergency £3bn loan was insisted upon by creditorsBusiness live – latest updatesThe chair of Thames Water has admitted he may have “misspoken” when he told a parliamentary committee that large bonuses to be paid to senior bosses out of an emergency £3bn loan were insisted upon by creditors.Sir Adrian Montague told the environment, food and rural affairs (Efra) select committee last week that the lenders “insisted” that “very substantial” bonuses of up to 50% of salary should be paid to company executives from the controversial loan in order to retain key staff. The proposed bonuses provoked fury as the company has said that its finances are “hair raising” and that it had come “very close to running out of money entirely” last year. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Bury murder: Man, 19, killed after being hit by car in 'targeted attack' named and pictured

Close friends have left flowers and tributes for him at the scene

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3 d. ago Bury murder LIVE: Emergency services swarm industrial area as teenager found lifeless on road

Greater Manchester Police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old man, who was discovered lying in a road in the Bury area, and officers have arrested a suspect

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4 d. ago LIVE Air ambulance lands in Piccadilly Gardens after knife attack

Police are asking the public to avoid the area

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1 week ago Davide Ancelotti to Rangers LIVE as multiple clues emerge over box

Ancelotti Sr is departing for the Brazil national team and now son Davide has entered talks at Ibrox

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1 week ago Broadcast mogul Sanjog Gupta in line to increase Indian influence at ICC

Head of live sport at Jiostar set for ICC chief executive roleIPL set to resume on Saturday following suspensionIndian influence at the top table of world cricket could be set to increase with Sanjog Gupta, the head of live sport at broadcast giants Jiostar, having emerged as the frontrunner to become the new chief executive of the International Cricket Council.The ICC is currently looking to fill the role with Geoff Allardice, the incumbent, serving a notice period that runs until the body’s AGM in July. Three separate sources have told the Guardian that Gupta is favourite to succeed the Australian, moving across from the broadcast company that holds the ICC’s $3billion (£2.2bn) rights deal for global events. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Broadcast mogul Sanjog Gupta in frame to increase Indian influence at ICC

Jiostar chief tipped for key role at governing bodyIPL set to resume on Saturday following suspensionIndian influence at the top table of world cricket could be set to increase with Sanjog Gupta, the head of live sport at broadcast giants Jiostar, having emerged as the frontrunner to become the new chief executive of the International Cricket Council.The ICC is looking to fill the role with Geoff Allardice, the incumbent, serving a notice period that runs until the body’s AGM in July. Three sources have told the Guardian that Gupta is favourite to succeed the Australian, moving across from the broadcast company that holds the ICC’s $3bn (£2.2bn) rights deal for global events. Continue reading...

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1 week ago LIVE: Trams stopped as emergency services descend on Metrolink line

Passengers in Rochdale are affected by the issue

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1 week ago M6 crash LIVE: Lanes closed after traffic stopped with emergency services at scene

Queues are building in the area

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1 week ago M6 crash LIVE: Lane closed after traffic stopped with emergency services at scene

Queues are building in the area

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2 w. ago Conclave live: black smoke emerges from chimney as cardinals fail to agree on new pope

Signal from Sistine Chapel chimney shows deliberations will continue over new leader of the Catholic church Explainer: how does the conclave work?Leading candidates to be the next popeHistorically, some of the conclaves were really drawn out: in 13th century, they needed three years, over 1,000 days, to choose Gregory X.There was also one that ended on the first day, when Julius II in 1503 was elected after just 10 hours. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mum who needed emergency heart transplant vows to 'live best life' in honour of donor

Her condition was so severe that she was placed at the top of the UK's super-urgent heart transplant waiting list

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2 w. ago Black smoke emerges at Vatican as conclave fails to elect pope – live

Cardinals will be back for more votes tomorrow with up to four rounds of votingWho will be the next pope? Potential candidatesPapal in-tray: new pontiff will have to hit ground runningHow does the conclave work?If you’d rather get up to date on the pomp and the politics of the conclave, the process to elect Pope Francis’s successor, good news: we’ve got you covered.It is, as Guardian journalist Harriet Sherwood explains, an election rich in ceremony and ritual. Yet it can get very dirty too: cardinals lobbying in corridors and Vatican gardens; allegations of leaks to the media to discredit rivals; even the emergence of a video of one cardinal – a bookies’ favourite to be the next pope – singing ‘atheist anthem’ Imagine by John Lennon. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago LIVE: Emergency services descend on Princess Road after pedestrian hit by vehicle

Officers are working at the scene

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2 w. ago Heartbreaking final post from British Superbikes rider emerges just hours after fatal crash on live TV which left two dead

The horrific incident saw eleven riders fall at turn one of the race on Monday evening. Medical personnel quickly rushed to the scene and the British Superbikes event at Oulton Parkwas cancelled.

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2 w. ago Pictured: Boy 14, killed in a fire on an industrial estate after being reported missing

Layton Carr, 14, was found dead inside a building on Fairfield Industrial Park in the Bill Quay area of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear on Friday night.

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2 w. ago Boy 14, killed in a fire on an industrial estate after being reported missing

Layton Carr, 14, was found dead inside a building on Fairfield Industrial Park in the Bill Quay area of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear on Friday night.

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2 w. ago Fourteen teenagers arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after boy, 14, is killed in a fire on an industrial estate

Layton Carr, 14, was found dead inside a building on Fairfield Industrial Park in the Bill Quay area of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear on Friday night.

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