69 m. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Should jury trials be scrapped for all but the most serious cases?

Plans to free up crown courts to deal with serious crimes swiftly and hand more support to victims are being announced by the Justice Secretary as part of efforts to tackle the 'courts emergency'.

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85 m. ago BBC The Repair Shop expert flooded with support as he announces career break

The Repair Shop guitar expert, Julyan Wallis, shared the news on social media

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95 m. ago Lorraine Kelly urges public to ‘help a child reach safety’ as she backs The Independent’s SafeCall campaign

Lorraine Kelly has backed The Independent’s SafeCall campaign, which aims to raise £165,000 to support the 70,000 children who go missing every year in the UK.

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98 m. ago Final plea to Wishaw residents and groups to support foodbank ahead of Christmas

Wishaw Community Foodbank operates from South Wishaw Parish Church on East Academy Street and provides food packages to individuals, many of them with families, each week.

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99 m. ago Terminally ill Ajax fan will be only supporter allowed in to rearranged fixture

Game against Groningen was abandoned on Sunday Fan will be permitted to watch behind-closed-doors gameA seriously ill Ajax fan will be the only supporter in attendance when the Eredivisie side complete their abandoned game against Groningen on Tuesday afternoon.The fan, named Peter, is living in a hospice and had expressed the wish to attend an Ajax game for potentially the final time. They arranged for him to visit the fixture on Sunday but there was immense disappointment when it was curtailed within five minutes of kick-off owing to a huge pyrotechnic display by a section of the support. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago 'Murder' probe as Bristol uni student dies and police make five arrests

Police arrested five men on suspicion of murder after Vijay Kumar, 30, died a day after being found with serious injuries on Barbourne Road, Worcester

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1 hour ago Haunting six words woman screamed before ripping out her own eyeballs

Kaylee Muthart turns 28 today and it is coming up to eight years since the former straight A student infamously ripped out her own eyeballs outside a church in February 2018

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1 hour ago Man vows to never return to Benidorm after worrying experience during solo trip

A British Youtuber spent a week in a Spanish seaside resort and has vowed to never return again.

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2 h. ago I'm A Celebrity star wades into washing up row as Angry Ginge risks public support

The YouTube star, whose real name is Morgan Burtwhistle, has been a favourite to be crowned the ITV reality show's winner this year

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2 h. ago ‘We’re not going anywhere’: how unionization ‘whirlwind’ set stage for historic Starbucks strike

Four years after workers at a Starbucks store in upstate New York became the first to unionize, hundreds of outlets followed – defying intense resistance from the coffee chain. What happened next?2000Thousands of Starbucks baristas are on strike across the US, warning the world’s largest coffee chain to brace for the “longest and biggest” bout of industrial action in its history.Barely a year after Brian Niccol, the Starbucks CEO, tried to draw a line under bitter divisions between its management and unionized workers, pledging to “engage constructively” with them, the American coffee giant is now grappling with an escalating strike during its lucrative holiday trading season. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago HSBC chief pledges to be ‘ruthless’ in elevating bank to top 5 status

Georges Elhedery tells FT Global Banking Summit it is ‘not an option’ for lender to fall short in key areas

Economics

3 h. ago Iranian migrant can't be deported from the UK because he would be whipped to death in Iran over his affair with his Revolutionary Guards Corps brother's wife

The asylum seeker, 20, insisted he can't return to Iran because he had a secret affair with his brother's wife for nine months while they were all living in the same family home.

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3 h. ago Wishaw childminder and kids spread festive cheer to emergency service workers

Linda Condie is a childminder to 15 kids in the Wishaw area and ran a fundraiser aiming to raise cash to thank those who provide support throughout the local community.

Politics

3 h. ago Obesity speeds up the development of Alzheimer’s disease, study reveals

Obesity is associated with an increase in dementia risk and researchers can now see that it speeds up the development of Alzheimer’s in particular

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3 h. ago Radar revelation stokes fears Caribbean could be drawn into US

Trinidad PM rejects claims installation is in support of US campaign but opposition says ‘they have sold soul of nation’How the US pressure campaign against Venezuela unfolded in the CaribbeanThe revelation that Trinidad and Tobago has approved the installation of a US military radar installation has stoked fears that the Caribbean could be drawn into the escalating crisis between the US and Venezuela.Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, had attempted to allay concerns about a US C-17 aircraft that had landed in the country, claiming it was carrying marines to assist with a road construction project. She also claimed she was told that no marines remained in the country. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago College pledges support for student deported during Thanksgiving trip

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was detained while en route to surprise family in Texas

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4 h. ago Deported Albanian criminals are 'paying up to £20,000' to sneak back into the UK

Many of the crooks are smuggled back into the UK in the back of lorries or in yachts. This is despite facing the risk of up to five years behind bars for breaching their deportation orders.

Economics

4 h. ago Just Eat founding boss Jitse Groen stepping down months after takeover

Jitse Groen founded Just Eat in 2000, growing it from a student-led idea into a takeaway food delivery giant which now has operations in 16 countries.

Politics

5 h. ago Gogglebox couple issue emotional announcement after 50 years of marriage

A beloved Gogglebox couple had fans rallying around with support after making an emotional marriage announcement

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5 h. ago Gogglebox's Ronnie and Annie flooded with support after emotional marriage announcement

Beloved Gogglebox couple Annie and Ronnie first joined the Channel 4 show back in 2021 and have become firm favourites

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