1 hour ago TfL accuse mum who lost limbs falling down Tube gap of 'contributing' to own injuries

Sarah de Lagarde, 46, lost two of her limbs when a train ran over her body as it left High Barnet station in North London with another coming in and crushing her again

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3 h. ago Spanish police investigate Catalan wildfire deaths as extreme temperatures grip Europe – live updates

Two victims believed to be farm workers who were trapped by the flames as they tried to reach their vehiclesPolitical cowardice hindering Europe’s climate effortsIn other high stake talks, EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič will be in Washington today in another attempt to strike a tariff deal with the US before the 9 July deadline next week.Our Brussels correspondent Jennifer Rankin takes a look at the EU’s longest-serving commissioner, who has built up a reputation as a reliable and trustworthy fixer. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago World's funniest countries, revealed: Czech Republic tops the global league table...while Britain and the US trail behind

As a nation we're known for our sarcasm and self-deprecating humour. But when it comes to being funny the UK lags behind other countries, according to a new study.

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3 h. ago Neighbours complain about eyesore 'Scaffolding House' as home improvement works on previously pretty cottage go on for FIVE YEARS!

Scaffolding sprang up at Margaret Smith's detached house around five years ago, followed by piles of building materials. Three years ago she revealed work could continue until 2030!

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3 h. ago Eminem, AI and me: why artists need new laws in the digital age | Alexander Hurst

I can’t can’t quote a single line from a song in my book. So how can big tech legally feast on all the lyrics ever written?In the 74,833 words of a book I am writing, there are six words that, when strung together in a specific 12-word sequence, I cannot say. It’s a single line from the song Bloodbuzz Ohio by the National, which goes: “I still owe money to the money to the money I owe.”My book is a memoir about the psychological toll that what I term “desperation capitalism” took on millennials in particular, and how it pushed tens of millions of people to try to find a way out of financial precarity by engaging in high-risk financial activity. It’s told through the lens of my own experience of falling deeper and deeper under the spell as I spent 11 months trading a few thousand dollars into more than $1.2m, and then 18 months chasing my losses all the way down to zero. Well, more than zero, in fact, since by the end I owed the US government nearly $100,000 in taxes on phantom gains...

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3 h. ago How to turn veg scraps into a delicious dip – recipe | Waste not

These dips are a colourful, low-waste way to eat the rainbow and save vegetable odds and ends from the compost binMy friend Hayley North is a retreat chef whose cooking is inspired by the Chinese “five elements” theory: fire, earth, metal, water and wood. Each element corresponds to a colour and an organ in the body (earth, for example, is yellow and linked to the spleen). Years ago, Hayley made me the most deliciously vibrant and earthy bright-red dip from kale, and today’s recipe is a homage to her nourishing, elemental approach, while also saving scraps from the bin. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Inside Iran's troll factory targeting Britain: How 1,300 accounts flooded X with thousands of posts in six

EXCLUSIVE: A vast Iranian propaganda factory which allegedly 'hijacked' social media in a 'coordinated' effort to manipulate millions of Britons can today be exposed.

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4 h. ago Business news live: AstraZeneca CEO discusses leaving London for US and Japan facing new, bigger tariff

Stock markets updates and business news from Wednesday

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4 h. ago Three die in Spain as extreme temperatures grip Europe – live updates

Two people killed in Catalan wildfires and a child reportedly succumbs to heatstroke in a car in the regionPolitical cowardice hindering Europe’s climate effortsIn other high stake talks, EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič will be in Washington today in another attempt to strike a tariff deal with the US before the 9 July deadline next week.Our Brussels correspondent Jennifer Rankin takes a look at the EU’s longest-serving commissioner, who has built up a reputation as a reliable and trustworthy fixer. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Sikh activist who died in UK could have been poisoned, says pathologist

Family of Avtar Singh Khanda, who was thought to be on Indian authorities’ radar and died in 2023, call for inquestThe family of a Sikh activist who died suddenly in 2023 have made new calls for an inquest after a pathologist found the result of the postmortem exam “does not mean that a poisoning can be completely excluded”.Avtar Singh Khanda, 35, died in June 2023, four days after being admitted to a hospital in Birmingham feeling unwell. The official cause of death was acute myeloid leukaemia, a blood cancer. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Patients risk being in ‘unnecessary pain’ over NHS minimum waits for treatment

Leaders have been told they may wish to set ‘activity planning assumptions’, which can include introducing minimum waiting times.

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5 h. ago Mother who lost her arm and leg when she fell down gap on Tube platform and was hit by two trains 'contributed' to her own life

Sarah de Lagarde, 46, slipped on a wet platform at High Barnet station in north London in September 2022 and fell down the gap between the train and the platform.

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5 h. ago Fireworks factory explodes as fireball shoots rockets into sky while residents flee

Locals say they felt the ground tremble as the warehouse was engulfed by a huge fireball, firing fireworks into the sky and sending smoke soaring so high it could be seen for miles around

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5 h. ago Inside the Dalai Lama’s succession and what it means for China and the Tibetan struggle

As he turns 90 this week, the Dalai Lama has announced that he will reincarnated, setting his followers on a collision course with China. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar speaks to activists and the president of the Tibetan government-in-exile about what this means for the future of Tibetan Buddhism

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7 h. ago Dalai Lama makes announcement over whether he will have a successor, as Buddhists around the world fear an end to the 600

The Dalai Lama is lauded by his followers for his tireless campaign for greater autonomy for Tibet and has lived in exile in India since Chinese troops crushed an uprising in 1959.

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8 h. ago Business news live: Bank of England reveals tariffs impact on interest rates and TSB could depart the high street

Stock markets updates and business news from Wednesday

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9 h. ago Worker dies inside oven as horrified staff beg for help but it was already too late

A factory worker died after he became 'trapped' in an industrial oven following an accident, his employers have said in a statement as they confirmed the man's death

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9 h. ago Business news live: Bank of England reveals trade tariffs influence on interest rate decisions

Stock markets updates and business news from Wednesday

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9 h. ago A moment that changed me: An accident left me terrified of risk. Then I joined a stranger on a motorbike adventure

We rode through the dark, through winding mountain roads to reach scenic nooks I otherwise would never have seen. From then, I had the confidence to make friends and travel moreAs I watched the sleek, white motorbike roll out of the hire shop in Thakhek, Laos, I wondered if I was making a dreadful mistake. It was March 2017 and I had agreed to go on a road trip with a stranger – an American named Travis, whom I had met a few weeks earlier. We were classmates on a Rotary International Peace Fellowship, which brought together people from sectors such as academia, farming and activism to learn about conflict resolution, in Thailand. I tended to have my guard up around people I didn’t know but Travis’s constant gentle efforts to get to know me had worked, and we bonded over a shared sense of humour. When he suggested we explore Laos together, it felt like a natural progression of our budding friendship.Travis wanted to visit a climbing hotspot, I wanted to see the Laos that wasn’t on th...

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10 h. ago Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence in America

Civil and voting rights activists gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil rights leader Medgar Evers

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