8 h. ago Contaminated car fuel wrecks vehicles in Scotland as outraged owners left out of pocket

Drivers say premium diesel from a Morrisons garage in Kirkcaldy wrecked engines and forced vehicles off the road, sparking calls for compensation and possible legal action.

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4 d. ago Drivers issued £1,000 fine warning ahead of DVLA change from September 1

Motorists have been issued a warning to make sure their number plates are legal as the changes come into force from Monday September 1.

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4 d. ago Ministers face parliamentary push to reveal Gaza legal advice

Sir Ed Davey will attempt to use a parliamentary device to force ministers to publish legal advice on whether Israel has broken international law.

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1 week ago Republicans are trying to ensure we’ll never have another fair election | Judith Levine

From an executive order and redistricting to seeking to kill mail-in ballots, the party is conducting an all-out assault on voting rights“Christians, get out and vote, just this time,” Donald Trump exhorted the audience at a campaign event organized by the conservative Turning Point Action in July 2024. “In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote.”Since his defeat by Joe Biden in 2020, Trump has been building toward delivery on that promise, first by fomenting suspicion of widespread election fraud, then by trying to overturn the results via legal challenge and intimidation, and finally, on 6 January 2021, by force. Now the White House and Republicans both in Washington and the states are colluding more brazenly than ever to “fix it” – “it” meaning free and fair elections they might lose.Judith Levine is Brooklyn-based journalist, essayist and author of five books. Her Substack is Today in Fascism Continue reading...

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1 week ago British Army faces criticism despite a historic payout over Kenyan wildfires

Britain's government has agreed to pay millions to Kenyans to settle a lawsuit after its military forces lost legal immunity in Kenya

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1 week ago Distracted driving may have led to New York bus crash that killed five, police say

Distracted driving may have been behind the horrifying New York tour bus crash that killed five people and left dozens injured, according to police.

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2 w. ago Labour braced for wave of legal action over migrant hotels as immigration crisis deepens

Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice urged residents to protest outside more migrant hotels to force councils to take legal action to ban asylum seekers

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3 w. ago 4th person dies after a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak sickens dozens in New York City

A fourth person has died in connection with a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City

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3 w. ago Dozens of New York marijuana stores could be forced to move over legal error

One store owner described the news as like dropping ‘a grenade in the laps’ of business owners

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3 w. ago New York allowed pot shops to open too close to schools. Now they might have to move

New York’s legal marijuana agency allowed dozens of cannabis dispensaries to open too close to schools after regulators misread state law and are now pushing for a legislative fix to prevent the pot shops from having to relocate

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