6 h. ago 'I hated whoever had done it with all my heart': Veteran broadcaster Michael Buerk on the horrific scenes he witnessed at Lockerbie the morning after Britain's deadliest terror attack

Buerk covered the breaking news on the BBC that evening, then flew to Scotland at dawn, arriving at Lockerbie the morning after the attack.

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29 h. ago Huge action sequel 'even better than the original' on ITV tonight

The ‘masterpiece’ fourth installment in a massively successful American thriller franchise wowed critics by upping the ante on what was an already polished and innovative series

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31 h. ago 'You're not even paying to stay here, you've no right to complain'

Families facing homelessness are being placed in hotels intended for short stays, but with nowhere else to go, many are left living in a single room for months. One family’s experience sheds light on a system under strain. Charlotte Hall reports.

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42 h. ago Wayne Lineker ‘still fighting’ pneumonia and may spend Christmas alone after almost dying in heartbreaking update

WAYNE Lineker has updated fans after almost dying while in hospital being treated with pneumonia. Earlier this month, the Celebs Go Dating star revealed how he'd come close to death, but has told fans of more heartbreaking news. Posting from his hospital room, Wayne explained how that even though he was doing all the rehab prescribed by...

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2 d. ago ‘CBS Evening News’ anchor chokes back tears during emotional farewell amid Bari Weiss revamp

‘Thank you for watching. Good night and good luck,’ the two CBS News anchors said together at the end of the broadcast.

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3 d. ago Donald Trump's new event for High School students draws dystopian 'Hunger Games' comparisons

The Patriot Games will feature 'one young man and one young woman from each state', echoing the dark science fiction film franchise in which Jennifer Lawrence's protagonist takes on President Snow

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3 d. ago Even a Fox News analyst admits that AOC could win the presidency in 2028

“I wouldn’t bet on it, but I would not count it out, and I would not underestimate her either,” Fox News political analyst Guy Benson said

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4 d. ago Use pillowcases, coffee filters or bedsheets to make drinking water in event of 'instantaneous' UK blackouts, UK's top doctors to warn

Brits will be urged to use pillowcases, bedsheets or coffee filters to make safe drinking water in the event of an extended UK blackout.

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4 d. ago Major Trafford Centre Christmas event cancelled at short notice due to weather

'We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused'

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5 d. ago The eerie and sobering Government advice in the event of a UK

Scripts published for the first time show what Professor Chris Whitty and fellow chief medical officers would tell the public in the event of a major power outage

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5 d. ago Elon Musk’s X wins appeal to lift block on Australians seeing Charlie Kirk shooting footage

In successful challenge, X argued the video wasn’t excessively offensive and was an objective record of a ‘public event of historical and political significance’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian classification review board has overturned a decision to block Australians seeing footage of the shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk on social media after Elon Musk’s X appealed against the ruling sought by the eSafety commissioner.After Kirk’s death at Utah Valley University on 10 September, the eSafety commissioner applied to the board to have video of the shooting classified in Australia. The video was ruled to be “refused classification”, which allowed eSafety to serve notices on social media platforms ordering them to geo-block the posts from view for Australia-based users. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago George Osborne takes role with ‘most exciting company in the world’ OpenAI

The former chancellor is leaving his job with investment bank Evercore to take up the role.

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5 d. ago The Guardian view on Trump’s BBC lawsuit: grievance politics with a purpose | Editorial

The US president has repeatedly targeted American media in an attempt to muzzle debate and scrutiny. His attempt to export the bullying must be resistedOn the day that the government launched a high-stakes consultation to consider fresh ways of funding the BBC in the digital era, the corporation could have done without another difficult news event of its own. Donald Trump’s decision to follow through on threats to sue over the content of a Panorama programme broadcast in October 2024 may not have come as a surprise, given Mr Trump’s litigious record in the United States. But it will add to the general air of beleaguerment at the corporation and further embolden its domestic political enemies.A terse BBC statement on Tuesday suggested that there would be no backing down in the face of White House bullying. That is the right response to absurd claims of “overwhelming financial and reputational harm” caused to the US president, and a fantastical request for damages amounting to $10bn. ...

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6 d. ago How Man United academy loanees are doing this season after Ruben Amorim's brutal comments

Ruben Amorim fired a dig at Manchester United's academy prospects as Manchester Evening News now takes a look at how they are all faring out on loan

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6 d. ago What Paul Doyle did before he ploughed into crowds at Liverpool FC parade

'The safety of others was far from the priority of Paul Doyle even at that early stage'

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7 d. ago Brown University shooting: authorities releasing sole person of interest

At least two people were killed and nine others injured in Saturday attack that occurred in engineering building on Providence, Rhode Island campusA person of interest detained after a mass shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine is being released after the investigation took law enforcement authorities in a “different direction,” officials said Sunday night. The disclosure, made at a hastily convened late night news conference, represents a stunning turn of events in an investigation into killings that rattled the Ivy League campus, and came more than 12 hours after officials had announced that they had taken a person into custody.The Rhode Island attorney general, Peter Neronha, said of the man who was detained earlier, there is “no basis to consider him a person of interest.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Met Police to increase cop numbers at London Hanukkah events following Bondi Beach terror attack on Jewish festival

Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan said Scotland Yard would be 'increasing their visibility' after at least 12 beachgoers were killed and 29 injured while attending a holiday celebration in Australia.

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8 d. ago ‘It’s not a coincidence’: journalists of color on being laid off amid Trump’s anti

Black and brown former employees from CBS, NBC and Teen Vogue talk about the effects of being let goTrey Sherman was traveling to work on the New York subway when he received an email from David Reiter, a CBS News executive, about an imminent meeting on 29 October. Sherman, an associate producer of CBS Evening News Plus at the time, suspected that he would be laid off. CBS News’s parent company, Paramount, had closed a merger with the Hollywood studio Skydance in August, and planned to slash more than 2,000 jobs as part of corporate restructuring.Sherman, who is Black, and Reiter, who is white, had an amicable conversation, according to Sherman. Reiter told Sherman that he was being laid off because his show was being eliminated, Sherman said, and that Reiter was unable to assign the team to other positions. Sherman accepted the news and the two men wished each other good luck. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Predatory cousins and bold burglar among those locked up in Greater Manchester this week

The Manchester Evening News looks back on the cases before our region this week

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9 d. ago 'We were lucky to have a true hero like you living among us for so long, Ike'

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham writes for the Manchester Evening News about his friend Ike Alterman and how meeting him remains one of the 'greatest privileges' of his life

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