4 h. ago Starmer's migrant plan set to be sunk before it's launched: Campaigners threaten to scupper return deal with France

Only a day after unveiling the scheme alongside Emmanuel Macron, the PM was facing objections from Europe and charities that helped ground the Tories' Rwanda plan.

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5 h. ago High power lawyer last seen with beer in hand found dead in Thai massage parlour

Successful Christopher Saines, 43, left his family in their £3,500-a-night boutique hotel in Koh Samui, Thailand, for a massage and suddenly died with staff thinking he was asleep

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5 h. ago BBC threatened to sack Gregg Wallace six years ago unless behaviour improved as presenter finally dismissed

A Corporation executive wrote to the MasterChef host in 2019, following allegations about his conduct in the workplace

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6 h. ago Oasis fans threatened with arrest as they try to get into Heaton Park without tickets

Liam and Noel Gallagher have returned to their hometown of Manchester as they reunite with Oasis for the first time in over a decade at Heaton Park for the first of their huge gigs

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6 h. ago DAME ANGELA EAGLE: Historic migrant return deal shows we're replacing chaos with control

Writing for The Mirror, Border Security and Asylum Minister Dame Angela Eagle says Labour is finally replacing chaos with control, after a groundbreaking returns deal was agreed with France

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8 h. ago Britain on high alert for wildfires as sweltering heatwave hits 32C with more than six million homes banned from using hosepipes

The London Fire Brigade said that the risk of wildfires in the capital was 'severe', as firefighters managed to extinguish a grass fire in Wanstead Flats in the east of the city this afternoon.

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8 h. ago US state department issues first of 1,350 termination orders after court lifted ban

Career diplomats and other staff begin receiving notices amid Trump administration cull of about 15% of workforceUS politics – live updatesThe US state department has begun issuing the first of more than 1,350 termination notices as part of a huge reorganisation of America’s diplomatic corps under the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, according to internal documents and US diplomats at the state department on Friday.Career diplomats and other staff began to receive the notices on Friday morning, days after the supreme court lifted a ban on the Trump administration moving forward with mass firings of government employees that will affect hundreds of thousands of federal workers. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Physical therapist, 43, burns to death trapped in oxygen tank after machine 'caught fire' during treatment

Dr Walter Foxcroft, 43, was killed Wednesday after a flash fire broke out inside his clinic in Lake Havasu City, near the Arizona-California border, just before 11pm.

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9 h. ago Chaos at London Labour council as leader ousted by own party days after his election

Three Labour councillors in Southwark have threatened to quit over the row that has engulfed party

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10 h. ago Startling images show low reservoir levels as hosepipe ban begins across the Pennines

The water levels around the Rivington area have been described as ‘almost at the level of the 2018 drought’

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10 h. ago Charity trustee hails Good Samaritans who made sure she got home safely after being taken to hospital

Ina Thomas, 80, had been shopping in Glasgow when she fell down the escalator in Sports Direct in the city's Argyle Street.

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10 h. ago Heatwave latest: 'Killer' hot weather alert for London as capital braces for hosepipe ban and wildfire breaks out

Temperature hits 32C in London at 4pm as South East Water announces domestic hosepipe ban from July 18

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10 h. ago London hosepipe ban looms as heatwave sparks amber health alert and wildfire burns

London hosepipe ban looms as heatwave sparks amber health alert and wildfire burns  London Evening Standard

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10 h. ago Crystal Palace banned from Europa League and relegated to Conference League

Palace shareholder John Textor is also the owner of LyonClub expected to appeal to court of arbitration for sportCrystal Palace have been banned from the Europa League and moved into the Conference League after Uefa concluded the FA Cup winners were in breach of its multi-club ownership rules.The ban had been expected after Lyon won their appeal against relegation to Ligue 2, clearing them to take their place in the tournament. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Enduring confusion is the only certainty amid Trump’s latest tariff threats

Experts suspect ‘front loading’ of activity may mask deeper impact of tariffs on the US economy“There has been no change to this date, and there will be no change,” Donald Trump said on his Truth Social platform this week. “All money will be due and payable starting AUGUST 1, 2025 – no extensions will be granted.”There had, in fact, been a change. The 90-day “pause” on the highest tariffs threatened by Trump on his so-called “liberation day” in April elapsed on Wednesday. But with just three trade agreements in place, instead of the 300 once promised, the White House had switched one deadline for another. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago The special envoy’s plan is the latest push to weaponise antisemitism, as a relentless campaign pays off | Louise Adler

The omissions are as important as the inclusions in Jillian Segal’s plan, which is guilty of overreachGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne must acknowledge the remarkably effective Jewish community organisations in Australia behind the latest antisemitism report. Collectively, with their News Ltd megaphone, they have successfully badgered the government of the day, cowed the ABC, intimidated vice-chancellors and threatened to defund arts organisations.With the ability to garner prime ministerial dinners, a battalion of lobbyists has gained access to editors, duchessed willingly seduced journalists keen to enjoy junkets and corralled more than 500 captains of industry to subscribe to full-page ads against antisemitism and thereby blurring political argument with prejudice and bias. It is no surprise that this relentless propaganda effort has paid off. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Trump threatens GOP senators: Vote to defund NPR and PBS, or I’ll withhold my endorsement

‘Any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement,’ Trump blared on Truth Social this week.

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12 h. ago Will there be a hosepipe ban in London? Restrictions in place in the southeast

Some parts of the UK are preparing for a ban already, but will this include London?

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13 h. ago Physical therapist dies in nightmarish freak accident after his own hyperbaric chamber caught fire

Dr Walter Foxcroft, 43, was killed Wednesday after a flash fire broke out inside his clinic in Lake Havasu City, near the Arizona-California border, just before 11pm.

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13 h. ago 'Best' tomato growing hack will help you get 'full of flavour' fruit using one item

Tomatoes need a steady diet of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to grow the juiciest fruit. According to experts, there is a kitchen scrap item that contains these nutrients

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