16 h. ago Mum and dad whose daughter, 4, was killed share urgent request to parents

Becky and Glenn Youens' daughter, Violet-Grace Youens, 4, was killed in 2017 by a hit-and-run driver in a stolen car going 80mph in a 30mph zone in St Helens, Merseyside

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37 h. ago Alert over spiralling numbers of children hit by 'Victorian illness' that can kill

The infectious disease, which was most prominent in the Victorian era, largely affects children aged between two and eight. Today it can be treated with antibiotics.

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38 h. ago Israeli diplomats Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim shot dead just days before engagement by pro

Israeli embassy staffer Yaron Lischinsky and his girlfriend Sarah Milgrim were named as the victims of the vile attack early on Thursday morning, which was condemned by President Donald Trump .

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56 h. ago Car makers have a surprising new target demographic – your dog

Goodwood is the home of fast cars, but last weekend it was all about dogs. Steve Fowler speaks to the car makers trying to woo their human companions

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2 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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2 d. ago Watchdog urges Scotland to take action after repeatedly missing climate targets

Climate Change Committee says original goal of a 75% emissions cut by 2030 will now be delayed by up to six yearsThe UK’s climate watchdog has warned that Scotland needs to take “immediate action at pace and scale” to cut its emissions after ministers axed a series of policy pledges.The Climate Change Committee (CCC), an official advisory body, said ministers in Edinburgh needed to take urgent action to curb emissions from buildings and transport to cut Scotland’s overall emissions to nearly zero by 2045.Abandoned a target to cut car miles by 20% by 2030.Dropped a pledge to rapidly decarbonise homes by mandating low-carbon heating systems.Cut funding for tree planting.Missed targets to restore degraded peatland.Ignored calls for a plan to cut meat and dairy consumption, and failed to use their powers to tax air travel more heavily. 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 Legal Aid hack: Names, financial details and criminal histories compromised in cyber attack, Ministry of Justice says

The cyberattackers claimed 2.1m pieces of customer data had been stolen from the Legal Aid Agency

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4 d. ago Huge cyber attack targets Legal Aid as names and personal details at risk

The culprits claim more than two million pieces of data were accessed

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5 d. ago Police given more time to question second man arrested in connection to trio of fires linked to Sir Keir Starmer after nabbing suspect at airport

Sir Keir Starmer's home, as well as a flat and a car (pictured) he previously owned, were targeted in suspected arson attacks in London between May 8 and 12.

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5 d. ago Pensioner, 72, is killed after being hit by an electric motorbike as police release suspect, 17, on bail

The motorbike slammed into Shaat Bibi on Leeds Old Road in Bradford on Wednesday.

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6 d. ago Strictly's Saffron Barker targeted by armed thieves after rental car breaks down

Strictly Come Dancing competitor Saffron Barker has shared her horror road trip to Las Vegas after her rental car was targeted by 'armed' thieves who stole all her possessions

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8 d. ago Man is charged in fires targeting properties linked to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

A 21-year-old man was charged Thursday with three counts of arson for fires that targeted two properties and a car linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer

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8 d. ago Pregnant Israeli woman killed on way to give birth in West Bank shooting attack

Tzeela Gez, who was nine months pregnant, was in a car driven by her husband when they were targeted by a Palestinian attacker late on Wednesday

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9 d. ago Strike on Gaza hospital kills 28 as Israel claims it hit 'Hamas command centre'

Gaza's Civil Defence teams scrambled through the rubble at the European Hospital in Khan Younis, pulling casualties, including children, from the wreckage - in a blast that killed at least 28

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9 d. ago The good news from Kyiv: with or without a ceasefire, Ukraine has a newfound confidence | Nathalie Tocci

Its European allies must commit to the long-haul – but they, as much as Zelenskyy, will reap the rewardsMy train rolled into Kyiv last week as Russian ballistic missiles and drones hit the city, killing a mother and her son. I had last been in Ukraine just over a year earlier. Back then, in April 2024, the mood was dark. Frustrated by delays in western military aid, people had a palpable fear of escalating Russian territorial gains, perhaps even a collapse of Ukraine’s frontline. Today, the international context is even more fraught. The Biden administration was frustratingly slow and scared, but few doubted that the US wanted to prevent Russia from prevailing. The same cannot be said of Donald Trump, whose ideological affinity with Vladimir Putin has thrown Europe, starting with Ukraine, off balance.But despite the Trump administration’s betrayals, I found the mood in Kyiv more confident than a year previously. After more than three years of war, Ukrainians are tired, but they are ...

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1 week ago Moment car explodes on road where Keir Starmer's £2m home was 'targeted in arson attack'

Exclusive MailOnline footage shows the dark blue Toyota Rav 4 engulfed in flames as firefighters fought the blaze on VE Day last Thursday.

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1 week ago Actor who starred in Leonardo DiCaprio film dies aged 45 as cause of death revealed

Samuel French, who starred in the hit movie Killers of the Flower Moon, has died at the age of 45 as his close friend and director of his final film paid tribute to the actor

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1 week ago Manchester is a 'hotbed' for a deadly consequence of climate change

After a killer fungus hit headlines this week, a Manchester scientist has revealed why this deadly threat of global warming is definitely something to fear

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