71 m. ago DVSA alerts learner drivers over top reason why people fail test

These were the top 10 reasons between April 2024 and March 2025

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86 m. ago Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows

Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’The UK’s poorest families are getting poorer, with record numbers of people classed as in “very deep poverty” – meaning their annual household incomes fail to cover the cost of food, energy bills and clothing, according to analysis.Although overall relative poverty levels have flatlined in recent years at about 21% of the population, life for those below the breadline has got materially worse as they try to subsist on incomes many thousands of pounds beneath the poverty threshold. Continue reading...

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87 m. ago Sky Sports star Hayley McQueen calls for action after Man Utd ace dad’s death linked to heading ball

SKY sports presenter Hayley McQueen has urged football bosses to act after a coroner ruled heading the ball was a factor in her dad’s death. Centre-half Gordon made the manoeuvre thousands of times in his 15-year career for Man United and Leeds United. Ten years before his death, at 70, in Hutton Rudby, North Yorks,...

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2 h. ago Drivers warned to 'avoid' making one common move as Storm Chandra hits UK

Storm Chandra is set to hit Wales and the south west with high winds and heavy rain, prompting the AA to warn drivers against making one manoeuvre due to dangerous gusts over the next 24 hours

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2 h. ago City asks drivers for patience as London deals with province

City asks drivers for patience as London deals with province-wide shortage of road salt  CTV News

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2 h. ago SHABANA MAHMOOD: My dad resorted to getting cricket bat to deter thugs

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has unveiled the biggest shake-up in policing in 200 years - and says it will go a long way to cutting crime in neighbourhoods in England and Wales

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3 h. ago Schoolboy, 14, dies while skiing after falling off slope in front of horrified holidaymakers

A TEENAGER has been killed in a tragic skiing accident in Austria - after he fell down the side of a slope in front of horrified tourists and his dad. The schoolboy, 14, is understood to have gone off piste before falling several meters down onto a pile of loose rocks in the Feuerkogel ski...

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3 h. ago Celtic fans group turn up pressure on Michael Nicholson listing EIGHT key failures as they call for his removal

Celtic chief executive Michael Nicholson is facing fresh calls to quit. A fans' group is ramping up the pressure on Nicholson, identifying what they see as EIGHT key failures. Supporters and the board have been at loggerheads for months over the way the club is being run. There has primarily been a frustration about the...

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3 h. ago Dad paralysed after incident at daughter's 21st birthday party

He's been in hospital for five months since the awful incident which left him paralysed from the neck down

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3 h. ago Beatrice shows support for disgraced dad Andrew as Princess and her daughter join him to ride at Windsor Castle

PRINCESS Beatrice shows her support for disgraced dad Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor — by joining him on a horse ride. Andrew, 65, spent time with Bea, 37, and his granddaughter Sienna, four, in the Royal Mews at Windsor before they headed on to the castle’s grounds. The former Duke of York rode ahead of Beatrice while she...

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5 h. ago Burnham will try again for Westminster return but declines offer of seat in 2027

Greater Manchester mayor’s hopes of imminent return as MP appear remote as relationship with Starmer at low ebbAndy Burnham has not given up hopes of returning to Westminster and will try again, allies say, but would need to be convinced that Keir Starmer would not try to block him again before running.The Greater Manchester mayor’s hopes of an imminent return to parliament appeared remote, however, as No 10 sources suggested that relations between the two men were at a low ebb and played down chances of a rapprochement. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago I was an Uber Eats driver and this is why I only managed a handful of deliveries and my highlight was the first day... when I made a mere £4

'Don't mess it up,' I said to myself as I collected my first order as a delivery driver before stashing it towards the back of my massively oversized bag.

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5 h. ago Boy, 10, fighting for his life after being hit by car while crossing road on scooter as ‘drug driver’, 28, arrested

A 10-year-old boy is fighting for his life after being hit by a car while crossing the road on his scooter - as cops arrest a 28-year-old "drug driver". Paramedics rushed to the scene on Honeypot Lane in Stanmore and treated the boy there before he was taken to hospital. Police are appealing for witnesses...

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6 h. ago The Guardian view on a second ICE killing in Minneapolis: midnight in America | Editorial

The shooting of Alex Pretti was carried out by a federal agent licensed to act with impunity. The US must be rescued from Trump’s authoritarianismFollowing the fatal shooting earlier this month of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, his colleagues received reassurance that they continued to enjoy “federal immunity” for their actions. “Anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to obstruct you is committing a felony,” the White House deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, had previously stated. “No city official, no state official, no illegal alien, no leftist agitator or domestic insurrectionist can prevent you from fulfilling your legal obligations and duties.”Words have consequences. Ms Good, a US citizen and mother of three children, had in fact been attempting to drive away from a protest in Minneapolis, where ICE’s deportation snatch squads have terrorised migrants and those who have attempted to defend their rights. On Saturday, in the same...

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6 h. ago Cheltenham racecourse identifies ‘most likely cause’ of hole in the track

The final race of Cheltenham Festival Trials Day went off almost half an hour late and was completed in near darkness after an inspection was called to examine the area

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6 h. ago Suella Braverman's worst moments as failed Tory defects to Nigel Farage's Reform

Conservative former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has repeatedly made headlines over the years with a series of hard-line, offensive and down right weird comments

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6 h. ago Celtic given instant Auston Trusty red card response as John Beaton told he did one thing 'entirely wrong'

Former top SFA whistler Des Roache has spoken out on the decision which has sparked huge controversy

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7 h. ago Guyanese businessman facing US extradition elected opposition leader

Azruddin Mohamed’s election comes six months after he formed political party that became country’s second largestA Guyanese businessman facing extradition to the US on gold-smuggling and money-laundering charges has been elected as the country’s opposition leader, six months after he formed a political party that quickly became the second largest in the South American country.Azruddin Mohamed, 38, was confirmed as Guyana’s opposition leader after 16 lawmakers from the We Invest in Nationhood party (Win) and another from a single-seat outfit voted in his favor. The tally made Win the second-largest party in parliament, securing Mohamed’s election even as a magistrate’s court hears state arguments for his extradition to the US. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Aston Martin become second F1 team to miss vital testing in Barcelona

AMR26 car will not run until Thursday and FridayWilliams unable to take to the track at all in SpainThe Aston Martin team have admitted they are to miss at least one day of their allotted three at Formula One’s first pre-season test in Barcelona and will not run their car before Thursday at the earliest. They are the second team to fail to take full advantage of the opening test after Williams also announced they would be unable to take to the track at all in Spain.Testing is taking place from Monday to Friday this week at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with teams able to use three of the five days to assess their cars. They have been designed to entirely new regulations and with new engines this season and consequently three full pre-season tests are being held. But as the track running began, Aston Martin conceded they would not be there at the off and issued a statement. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Three men killed in Stonehaven train derailment suffered 'non

The crash at Carmont near Stonehaven on August 12 2020 resulted in the deaths of train driver Brett McCullough, conductor Donald Dinnie, and passenger Christopher Stuchbury.

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