26 h. ago US government to release billions of flies into Mexico to stop flesh

The Trump Administration is leading the effort to prevent the spread of the New World Screwworm, which was eradicated in the US over 40 years ago but resurfaced in Mexico in late 2024.

Politics

4 d. ago Children crossing Channel from France exposed to teargas, report says

NGO says rise in interventions has only increased danger as new data shows at least 15 children died in transit last yearChildren and babies coming to the UK on small boats from northern France have been teargassed and subjected to tactics such as the discharge of rubber bullets and the slashing of dinghies with knives, according to a new report.The publication on Tuesday of We Want to Be Safe, by the French non-governmental organisation Project Play, came as the latest figures on daily crossings released by the UK government reached an all-time high of 19,982 for the first six months of the year, a 40% increase compared with the same period last year. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Families urged to buy one thing now as UK prepares for 'wartime scenario'

The government has released a list of items all families should have in their homes in case of an emergency, such as World War 3, a pandemic, cyber attacks and extreme weather

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8 d. ago Activists illegally releasing beavers into wild say they are doing ‘God’s work’

The government approved the release of beavers into the English wild earlier this year, but only for those with a license

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8 d. ago Police issue urgent appeal over missing man last seen in Trafford

Warren also has links to Salford

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1 week ago Urgent appeal issued as concerns grow for missing Greater Manchester man

Elliott is missing from home

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2 w. ago Urgent appeal issued to find missing woman as officers grow concerned

Courtney, 26, was last seen yesterday

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2 w. ago Boy, 10, missing from Edinburgh found safe after police appeal

Haiden Crawford was reported missing on Friday, June 20 in the Glenalmond Place area of the capital.

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2 w. ago Mahmoud Khalil released from Ice detention after more than three months

Columbia graduate freed from Louisiana facility after judge ruled he is ‘not a danger to the community – period’Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil was released from US immigration detention, where he had been held for more than three months over his activism against Israel’s war on Gaza.Khalil, the most high profile of the students to be arrested by the Trump administration for their pro-Palestinian activism, and the last of them still in detention, was ordered to be released by a federal judge on Friday afternoon from an Ice facility in Jena, Louisiana, where he has been held since shortly after plainclothes immigration agents detained him in early March in the lobby of his Columbia building. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Federal judge orders release of Mahmoud Khalil from Ice detention

Columbia University graduate had been held for three months over his activism against Israel’s war in GazaA federal judge has ordered the release of Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil from US immigration detention, where he has been held for three months over his activism against Israel’s war in Gaza.Khalil is set to be released from Ice detention in Jena, Louisiana, where he has been held since shortly after plainclothes immigration agents detained him in in early March in the lobby of his Columbia building. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Man with leg in plaster and on crutches missing as police launch appeal

Mark Canning, from Pentre, was last seen on Wednesday, June 18

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2 w. ago LA protests: US court allows Trump to keep control of California national guard while lawsuit proceeds

Appeals court in San Francisco extends pause on district judge ruling that president called troops into federal service unlawfullyA US appeals court has let Donald Trump retain control over California’s national guard while the state’s Democratic governor proceeds with a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Republican president’s use of the troops to quell protests and unrest in Los Angeles.A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th US circuit court of appeals on Thursday extended a pause it had placed on US district Judge Charles Breyer’s 12 June ruling that Trump had called the national guard into federal service unlawfully. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Urgent appeal issued to find Manchester man, 51, missing for five days

Police are searching for Stephen

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2 w. ago Police issue 999 appeal for public's help to find missing boy, 12, last seen at rugby club

Officers say they are 'concerned for his welfare'

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2 w. ago Judge dismisses juror over protests by lawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs

A judge has dismissed a juror in the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs after concluding that his conflicting answers about where he lives might indicate he had an agenda or wanted to stay on the jury for a purpose

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2 w. ago Urgent appeal issued to find missing girl, 14, last seen in Piccadilly Gardens

She was last seen two days ago

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2 w. ago Jay Slater: Where all tragic missing teen's mates are now after witness appeal

Police have tried to track down several people needed for providing witness testimony at Jay Slater's inquest - but several of them failed to turn up to proceedings

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2 w. ago Trump made $10million selling guitars, bibles, watches and sneakers

The financial disclosure report, released by the Office of Government Ethics, lays bare the vast wealth of President Donald Trump and his family

Politics

3 w. ago Detained Columbia protester asks judge to order his release, says government missed appeal deadline

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil have asked a federal judge to order the release of the Columbia University protester from an immigration lockup, saying the Trump administration missed an appeal deadline

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3 w. ago Urgent appeal issued to find missing pensioner, 79, from Greater Manchester

David is missing from home

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