4 h. ago Harrow crash: One person dead and child, 9, seriously injured in bus smash

Shocking photographs show the devastation following the crash involving a bus and a car on Whitmore Road in Harrow, northwest London, to which emergency services were scrambled

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5 h. ago Allowing AI to exploit and undermine journalism in Wales would be catastrophic

AI corporations will be able to extract all the value from the work of everyone from artists and musicians to historians and scientists - as well as local journalists at Wales Online

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5 h. ago Tennessee suspect in dozens of rapes gets 95 years for child sex abuse images and escape convictions

A Tennessee man accused in lawsuits of drugging and sexually assaulting dozens of women has received a 95-year prison sentence for two other types of offenses: the production of child sex abuse images and an escape from an inmate transport van

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7 h. ago Hard rock duo Nova Twins debut songs from upcoming album at Brits Week gig

The pair thanked their fans for ‘keeping venues alive’ during the gig at London’s Omeara.

Culture

8 h. ago Paedophile surgeon who 'raped 300 children including some under anaesthetic' admits he has committed 'hideous acts'

Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, is charged with assaulting or raping 299 boys and girls over three decades.

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10 h. ago ICC urged to investigate Biden for ‘aiding and abetting’ Gaza war crimes

US-based nonprofit Dawn also accuses ex-secretary of state Antony Blinken and ex-Pentagon chief Lloyd AustinA US-based nonprofit organization has urged the international criminal court to investigate former president Joe Biden and two of his cabinet members for complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.The request, submitted by the Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn) last month but made public by the group on Monday, urges the ICC to investigate Biden, as well as former secretary of state Antony Blinken and former defense secretary Lloyd Austin, for their “accessorial roles in aiding and abetting, as well as intentionally contributing to, Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza”. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Idaho town hall meeting turns chaotic after woman is forcibly removed for heckling speakers

A Republican-hosted legislative town hall meeting in northern Idaho became turbulent after three plainclothes security workers forcibly removed a woman who was heckling the speakers

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12 h. ago Police watchdog probes death of ‘child attacker’, 45, restrained by officers in south London

IOPC Director Amanda Rowe: ‘Our thoughts are with all those affected by his death’

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12 h. ago Donald Trump refuses to call war criminal Vladimir Putin a dictator despite branding Zelensky same

Asked in the Oval Office if he would characterise Vladimir Putin as a 'dictator', Donald Trump said: 'I don't use those words lightly' - despite branding President Volodymyr Zelensky the same

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13 h. ago The murder rate in Venezuela has fallen − but Trump is wrong about why

Maduro’s government and criminal gangs is under increased scrutiny, writes Rebecca Hanson

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13 h. ago Cameron Diaz, 52, is seen for the first time in public with her second child, baby boy Cardinal

The 52-year-old actress - who recently made a stunning return to film - flashed her megawatt smile while carrying the tot on her hip in Santa Barbara. She also has daughter Raddix, five.

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13 h. ago People smuggler, 55, who ran £1.5 million operation to transport migrants across the Channel in small boats while working as railway cleaner is jailed

Pistiwan Jameel, 55, acted as a broker for smuggling gangs in France and boasted of being a 'trusted' fixer who made at least £1.6million for his criminal network.

Economics

15 h. ago Police called to Scots high school amid reports of 'youths with weapons'

Police were called to St Andrew's and St Bride's High School in East Kilbride after receiving a report of youths in possession of weapons but "no criminality was established".

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16 h. ago Girl, 3, killed in van and tram crash was 'sweetest and kindest' child as tributes paid

A three-year-old girl died after a crash involving a van and a tram in central Manchester on Saturday morning. Police have now made an arrest

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16 h. ago Paedophile surgeon who 'raped 300 children, including some under anaesthetic,' finally faces his alleged victims as France's biggest ever child

The bespectacled surgeon is accused of assaulting or raping 299 boys and girls over three decades - many of whom were under anaesthetic following surgical procedures.

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16 h. ago Man in his 20s arrested on suspicion of drug dealing and 'cuckooing'

Police say they have shut down a suspected drugs line

Events

16 h. ago Revealed: how members of House of Lords benefit from commercial interests

Months-long Guardian investigation exposes weaknesses in code of conduct that could trigger calls for greater reformCalls to toughen Lords rules as it is revealed one in 10 peers are paid for political adviceWhat is the House of Lords and what do peers do?A Guardian investigation into the House of Lords raises questions over the accountability of parliament’s second chamber, with revelations about how a string of peers are benefiting from commercial interests.One in 10 members have been hired to give political or policy advice, according to their own declarations, and others do paid work for companies that could conflict with their role as legislators. The findings expose weaknesses in the Lords code of conduct and raise questions about whether the rules on lobbying and paid employment should be tightened in line with restrictions signed up to by MPs.Nearly 100 members of the Lords are paid to give political or policy advice by commercial firms.A Labour peer offered access to minist...

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16 h. ago Pembroke Dock dog attack: Child in hospital with 'serious injuries' as woman arrested

Police said the dog was seized and destroyed after it attacked the child at a property in Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, with the child still in hospital with "serious injuries"

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17 h. ago BBC viewers blast new historic drama as 'a load of drivel' and 'totally confusing tripe'

The criminal underworld drama dives into London at the end of the First World War and follows a group of women as they tackle the country's expanding illicit underground clubland.

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18 h. ago Boris and Carrie Johnson enjoy luxury trip away to Saudi Arabia with their children after 'miserable' Christmas

Mrs Johnson posted scenes from a family trip to a resort in Saudi Arabia, including her husband hugging their 19-month-old third child Frank.

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