7 m. ago Family pay tribute to 'infectious, beautiful' girl, 10, killed when electric BMW ploughed into football practice as they reveal her dream of one day playing for Manchester United

Poppy Atkinson, from Kendal, was killed after being struck by the car on a sports pitch at Kendal Rugby Union Football Club yesterday.

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10 m. ago Santa Fe fire chief agrees with key theory about Gene Hackman and wife's deaths, as mystery continues to swirl

The remains of the Oscar winner, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 65, were found in their $3.8 million Santa Fe home last week. The cause of their deaths remains unknown.

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13 m. ago Train drivers launch series of strikes in row over sacked colleague

Members of Aslef at Hull Trains will walk out on Fridays and Saturdays until the end of April.

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33 m. ago Trump's erratic trade policies are baffling businesses, threatening investment and economic growth

President Donald Trump’s ever-changing, on-again, off-again tariff war with America’s three biggest trading partners – Mexico, Canada and China — is baffling businesses and causing them to delay or cancel the investments that help drive economic growth

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35 m. ago Edwyn Collins: ‘Could an Orange Juice reunion ever be on the cards? No!’

The singer-songwriter on breaking up his band, recovering from a stroke, being too old to be a punk, and the chaos of recording with Mark E Smith In these deeply troubled, fractured, febrile times, why did you call the new record Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation? smileywombatIt was Grace’s choice [Grace Maxwell, his wife and musical collaborator]. Up in Helmsdale [in the Scottish Highlands], in my studio, I have an art deco radiogram speaker which has a sort of sunburst thing with that phrase written on it. For £60 on eBay – pristine! It was the BBC World Service motto. When we were casting about for a title for the new record, it seemed like a great expression. Grace said, if you’re going to call it that you have to write a song with that title. So I did.I very much enjoyed the new song Knowledge and the video, shot in Helmsdale. Do you like to travel much these days or are you pretty much happy at home? nogs09I like Helmsdale, and Grace loves it. When I was seven, eight years old, I...

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36 m. ago Amazon delivery driver killed 'when thief tried to steal van and smashed into parked car'

Claudiu Carol-Kondor, 42, died while trying to stop Mark Ross, 32, stealing his van while he was delivering parcels for Amazon in Leeds on August 20 of last year

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37 m. ago Inside life of Fear's Solly McLeod from Outlander role to starring opposite Martin Compston

Fear stars Solly McLeod as a creepy neighbour causing chaos

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42 m. ago Winning designs by local school children aim to slow traffic in Winchburgh

As part of Road Safety Week at the end of last year, Taylor Wimpey East Scotland challenged primary seven pupils of Winchburgh Primary School to design road signs to encourage drivers to drive safely throughout its local development.

Politics

63 m. ago 'Floundering' Reform UK chief fails to know names of new Scottish defectors amid Glasgow chaos

Richard Tice has been accused of “floundered under basic questioning” after failed to know the names of two Scottish councillors that have defected to his Reform UK party from the Conservatives.

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1 hour ago Drivers could be fined £1,000 for not reporting these changes to the DVLA

It is a legal requirement that could catch you out

Economics

1 hour ago Welsh sporting hero's beloved dog leads his funeral procession as Cardiff street brought to a standstill

His beloved dog, Lucy, walked in front of the hearse as residents lined the streets and applauded the popular Cardiff bus driver with a sporting hero past

Politics

1 hour ago Meghan Markle's 'fiery' star sign could cause 'tension' over new Netflix series

EXCLUSIVE: The American Princess is back on our screens with the Netflix series 'With Love, Meghan'. But, is it all truffle popcorn and layered sponge cakes at the Sussex's LA pad

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2 h. ago Fury over 2ft tall posts that stop people parking in their drives and force emergency and delivery vehicles to stop in the road

Angry residents have called for the removal of 'nightmare' cycling wands in Wimborne Road in Poole, Dorset - as larger vehicle drivers complain there is now nowhere for them to stop.

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2 h. ago BBC Radio 2 in chaos as fire alarm forces Jeremy Vine off air and studio evacuation

Radio 2 and 6 Music were forced off air mid-show due to the incident

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2 h. ago BBC Radio 2 chaos as Jeremy Vine show is forced off air in evacuation

BBC Radio 2 was forced off air and the studio evacuated during Jeremy Vine's radio show after a fire alarm went off, with the building's evacuation being called "very impressive"

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2 h. ago Motorists warned of disruption as five weeks of A82 roadworks set to begin

Work to resurface a section of the A82, north of Crianlarich, will begin next week as drivers get set to face five weeks of delays.

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2 h. ago When Just Eat goes bad: The moment delivery driver and his sons attack customer with metal poles after he complained about cold kebab

Sadiq Yildirim, 57, and sons Cerkez, 26, and Erkan, 31, were caught on doorbell film brandishing metal poles as a heated row over a takeaway exploded into violence in Dumfries, Scotland.

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2 h. ago French navy branded a 'taxi service' after failing to stop a migrant dinghy headed to Britain which got into trouble in its waters

Shocking scenes showed the packed dingy - carrying 60 people - struggling to break through the waves on French seas yesterday as migrants onboard appeared to wave for help.

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2 h. ago Car tax check: the one vehicle change you can make to save on April 2025 UK road tax price and rates rises

Get ready for changes to vehicle tax laws that could impact your wallet 🚗

Economics

2 h. ago Police hunt fire yob who sparked blaze at Scots farm causing 'considerable damage'

Police Scotland are appealing for information after a fireraising incident on a farm in Callander, Perthshire.

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