36 m. ago UK drones to target people smugglers, Keir Starmer announces on historic trip

Keir Starmer will become the first Prime Minister to make an official visit to Albania, where he will announce a task force targeting people smugglers will be beefed up

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36 m. ago Social care needs minimum of £3.4bn to avoid decline, think tank warns

The Health Foundation called on the Government to ‘signal its commitment’ ahead of the upcoming spending review.

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98 m. ago Lewis Ferguson claims historic Coppa Italia triumph as bloodied Bologna captain ends Scotland's 40

Scotland midfielder savours silverware success in Italy

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1 hour ago ITV Coronation Street icon Denise Welch tipped for cobbles return after 25 years

Loose Women's Denise Welch could be making an epic return to the Street. She portrayed Corrie's Natalie Barnes from 1997 and later appeared in both EastEnders, and Emmerdale.

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2 h. ago 'Picky' couple with a long checklist for their dream house prove to be a challenge for Phil Spencer on Location, Location, Location as they complain about gardens and living rooms being 'too small'

A couple with a long checklist of requirements for their dream home were branded 'picky' after appearing on Location, Location, Location with a long list of requirements on Wednesday night.

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2 h. ago Huge wildfire breaks out near Scots homes as firefighters battle to contain blaze

The huge blaze appears to be worryingly close to the homes.

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2 h. ago UK does not need to be a ‘supplicant’ to EU in forthcoming talks – Badenoch

The Conservative leader will claim that ‘Eurocrats in Brussels have had a 10-year tantrum over Brexit’.

Politics

3 h. ago Canadian PM criticises UK invitation to Trump for second state visit

Mark Carney says Canadians ‘not very impressed’ after Keir Starmer delivered invitation to US president in FebruaryCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has criticised Britain’s invitation to Donald Trump for a second state visit, saying it undermined his government’s effort to project a united front against the US president’s talk of annexing Canada.Since taking office in January, Trump has repeatedly said he wants Canada to become the 51st US state, a suggestion that has angered Canadians and left Britain trying to tread a fine line between the two North American countries. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Lewis Ferguson sparks AC Milan fury as bloody nosed Scot runs risk of Coppa Italia final disaster

The Bologna captain was on the end of Rossoneri calls for a red card twice in the first half

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3 h. ago Video 'showing schoolboy being attacked' sparks urgent police investigation

The video appears to show an attack involving children and an adult

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4 h. ago Eric Dier ‘cannot wait to get started’ at Monaco after move from Bayern Munich

The 31-year-old made 20 league appearances in helping Bayern to the Bundesliga title this season.

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4 h. ago Sharon Osbourne's shocking appearance after admitting Ozempic won't let her gain weight

Sharon Osbourne looked nearly unrecognizable as she stepped out in Los Angeles on Wednesday, following her admission that Ozempic has had an adverse effect on her health.

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4 h. ago Love Island host Maya Jama teases huge career move after signing Netflix deal

Maya Jama's star has been rising in the TV world since she started hosting ITV's Love Island and it appears that she's caught the eye of Netflix giants

Economics

4 h. ago Motherwell and Wishaw MSP hits out at UK Government's immigration proposals

The SNP’s Clare Adamson joined calls from the care sector and other industries for Sir Keir Starmer to urgently abandon his proposed restrictions on international recruitment

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4 h. ago Sperm donor who claims he fathered more than 180 children loses custody battle

UK judge rejects Robert Albon’s application for parental right of three-year-old girl he had with woman in DurhamAn unregistered sperm donor who says he has fathered more than 180 children has failed to gain custody of a three-year-old child he had with a Durham woman, who said she was left “broken” and “suicidal” by their encounter.Robert Albon, who goes by the pseudonym “Joe Donor” and has appeared on This Morning and in a Channel 4 documentary, applied to have the girl live with him after a court deemed her mother was unable to look after her. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago The Guardian view on abortion prosecutions: decriminalisation can’t wait | Editorial

The trial of Nicola Packer shows why MPs should seize the opportunity to change the law and safeguard vulnerable women nowThe Crown Prosecution Service has yet to explain why it thought that pursuing a case against Nicola Packer was in the public interest. Thankfully, jurors last week cleared the 45-year-old of illegally terminating her pregnancy. But more than four years of police and criminal proceedings have had a lasting impact on a woman already traumatised by discovering that she was 26 weeks pregnant, not about 10, when she acted. The trial dragged her private life – even her sexual preferences – into the public eye. Understandably, she called it “humiliating”. But it is prosecutors who should feel shame.Ms Packer was prescribed abortion pills in a remote consultation, due to a Covid lockdown. Prosecutors alleged that she deliberately breached the abortion time limit. Jurors believed Ms Packer, who said that she was horrified to realise how advanced her pregnancy was whe...

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6 h. ago Cops probing Scotland's gangland war make arrest after two properties targeted

A 23-year-old man is expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday, May 15.

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6 h. ago Female teacher, 28, is charged with sexually abusing a child and sending pictures of her naked breasts as she appears in court

Julia Yeates, 28, of Hackney, appeared at Inner London Crown Court today accused of sexually abusing pupils at her former school in south London.

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6 h. ago Police given another 36 hours to question Starmer arson suspect

Man, 21, can be held until Friday morning as detectives investigate if three incidents are linkedPolice have been given another 36 hours to question a man arrested in connection with suspected arson attacks on properties in London linked to Keir Starmer.The 21-year-old was arrested early on Tuesday at an address in Sydenham, south London, on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. Police can now hold him until Friday morning. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Martin Lewis 'flabbergasted' over 'flawed system' that affects 700,000 pensioners

The new means tested winter fuel payments are only given to people on pension credit - but there are 700,000 eligible pensioners not claiming it when they could be

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