18 h. ago Hundreds of endangered species seized by Border Force in illegal wildlife smuggling crackdown

Border Force officers seized more than 2,000 live tarantulas in one month, 302 of which were protected endangered species

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19 h. ago Interpol seizes 30,000 live animals in global crackdown on wildlife trade

Operation Thunder 2025 saw officers from 134 countries make 4,640 seizures between September and October

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3 d. ago Congo facing worst cholera outbreak in 25 years with almost 2,000 dead since January

Almost 2,000 lives have been lost since January due to a cholera outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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4 d. ago Public do not trust NHS to cope with Britain's dementia crisis, damning survey reveals

The Daily Mail and Alzheimer's Society have launched a drive to defeat dementia, which claims 76,000 lives each year and is the UK's biggest killer.

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6 d. ago The dementia injustice that's killing 76,000 every year: Find out how many undiagnosed cases there are in your area as Mail launches campaign

The Daily Mail launches a drive to defeat dementia after shocking statistics showed the disease is still the UK's biggest killer, accounting for one in nine deaths and claiming 76,000 lives each year

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7 d. ago Labour announces plans to lift 550,000 children out of poverty – UK politics live

Starmer hails child poverty strategy as a ‘moral mission’ which will include measures to help with childcare and getting families out of temporary housingThere’s a lot of reaction coming in on the plan – some believe the new elements aren’t ambitious enough and it’s just a consolidation of previously announced measures. But here is the full strategy from Keir Starmer’s government, 16 months in, to tackle and reduce the rate of child poverty in the UK.There are around 4.5 million children living in poverty in the UK currently – a historic high. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Airbus cuts plane delivery target amid A320 fuselage problem

Output reduction to ‘around 790’ planes comes after French firm issued recall over software glitch affecting 6,000 jetsBusiness live – latest updatesAirbus has cut its plane delivery target for this year after it identified a problem with the fuselage panels on its bestselling A320 family of aircraft that has forced it to inspect hundreds of jets.The world’s largest plane manufacturer said it would now deliver “around 790” commercial aircraft this year, a drop of 30 from its previous target of 820 planes. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Shells found in Spain could be among oldest known musical instruments

Conch-shell trumpets discovered in Neolithic settlements and mines in Catalonia make tone similar to french horn, says lead researcherAs a child, Miquel López García was fascinated by the conch shell, kept in the bathroom, that his father’s family in the southern Spanish region of Almería had blown to warn their fellow villagers of rising rivers and approaching flood waters.The hours he spent getting that “characteristically potent sound out of it” paid off last year when the archaeologist, musicologist and professional trumpet player pressed his lips to eight conch-shell trumpets. Their tones, he says, could carry insights into the lives of the people who lived in north-east Spain 6,000 years ago. Continue reading...

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1 week ago British chef who ran Asian restaurants in Liverpool was jailed in US as 'Chinese spy' over £400,000 plot to buy military

Jian Fun Tso, 52, was arrested in a Department of Defence sting in Arizona after he tried to buy radiation-hardened microchips that are used in space probes and ballistic missiles.

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1 week ago Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana’s Your Party reveals shortlist for official name

Leftwing party asks members to pick between Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For The ManyThe leftwing party formed by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana has revealed a shortlist of names for its members to pick from: Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For The Many.Ahead of its first conference in Liverpool this weekend, the party is asking its 50,000 members to choose what it should be called, with the result to be announced by Corbyn on Sunday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Olivia Dean fans refunded by Ticketmaster after singer criticises ‘vile’ resale practices

Ticketmaster said they would ‘lead by example’ after Dean called out companies when tickets for her North American tour appeared on resale sites at prices in excess of $1,000Ticketmaster has given fans of Olivia Dean partial refunds after the British singer condemned ticketing companies for allowing touts to relist tickets for her North American tour at more than 14 times their face value.After the tour sold out in minutes on 21 November and tickets appeared on resale sites at prices in excess of $1,000, Dean addressed the major ticketing companies on Instagram: “@Ticketmaster @Livenation @AEGPresents you are providing a disgusting service,” she wrote. “The prices at which you’re allowing tickets to be re-sold is vile and completely against our wishes. Live music should be affordable and accessible and we need to find a new way of making that possible. BE BETTER.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Play on stage at Ally Pally... and win £180,000! Paddy Power's incredible offer to darts fans who donate to Prostate Cancer charity

Paddy Power has launched a new initiative offering one darts fan the chance to win £180,000 live on stage at Alexandra Palace, provided they can score 180 points with nine darts.

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2 w. ago Meet the man who bought a doomed house on Norfolk's collapsing coastline for £125k because he 'didn't know' it was feet from disaster

Many would consider the chance to purchase a £125,000 three-bedroom clifftop property in Norfolk, yards from a lively village resort a no brainer -but those people have never been to Hemsby.

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2 w. ago Liverpool star Alexander Isak 'spends £30,000 on guard dog' after death threats

Liverpool striker Alexander Isak has reportedly spent £30,000 on a guard dog after being subjected to death threats following his £130million move from Newcastle United

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2 w. ago Conservatives must apologise for their disastrous handling of Covid

Editorial: The Covid inquiry’s conclusion that the needless loss of 23,000 lives was due to government decision-making at the start of the pandemic, made worse by the toxic and chaotic leadership of Boris Johnson, has yet to make many leading Tories of the day sufficiently penitent

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2 w. ago Boris Johnson could face legal action over pandemic failings after damning Covid inquiry report

Nadine Dorries and Lord Michael Gove have led attempts to undermine the damning report by Baroness Heather Hallett after it found inaction by Boris Johnson’s government may have cost 23,000 people their lives

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3 w. ago Covid inquiry latest: Boris Johnson put his reputation above public safety, say bereaved families

Damning report finds more than 20,000 lives could have been spared over spring and summer 2020 had restrictions started just seven days earlier

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3 w. ago Coronavirus Inquiry: Government ‘chaos’ and failure to tackle virus cost 23,000 lives

The public report has revealed that if the first lockdown began a week earlier than 23,000 lives could have been saved across the UK in the Coronavirus pandemic

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3 w. ago Mistake after mistake: The full damning verdict of the Covid inquiry

Explosive claims by the Covid inquiry that 23,000 lives were lost because of a one-week delay raised eyebrows on Thursday night.

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3 w. ago This shameful Covid report leaves no way back for Boris Johnson

Editorial: That 23,000 people in England alone lost their lives because of the dithering of the former leader is a fitting – and awful – denouement to the political career of a man who was never up to the job of prime minister

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