76 m. ago Being designated driver on a night out could cost you big, major car insurer warns

Drunk passengers are putting designated drivers at huge risk, Direct Line has found. A third of designated drivers had an issue with drunk passengers in the last year.

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87 m. ago Hadera shark attack: Missing swimmer screamed four words as he was mauled off beach

WARNING GRAPHIC DETAILS: The male swimmer had been spotted off the coast of Hadera, in Israel, when the brutal attack happened sparking a widespread search to find him

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1 hour ago Football news: Luis Enrique fires Arsenal warning as Ange Postecoglou dismisses Spurs concerns

Arsenal host PSG in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final clash next week, but Luis Enrique has warned the Gunners they will not be given an easy ride

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2 h. ago ‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?

Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do notActivate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts sayThe Guardian is joining forces with dozens of newsrooms around the world to launch the 89 Percent Project—and highlight the fact that the vast majority of the world’s population wants climate action. Read moreHow much of a $450 (£339) pot would you give to a charity that cuts carbon emissions by investing in renewable energy, and how much would you keep for yourself? That was the question posed in a recent academic experiment. The answers mattered: real money was handed out as a result to some randomly chosen participants.The average person gave away about half the money and kept the rest. But what if you had been told beforehand that the vast majority of other people think climate action is really important? Might you have given more to the charity? Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Pope Francis hailed as ‘unflinching global champion’ on climate crisis

Officials and campaigners from around world pay tribute to pontiff who put environment at heart of his papacyPope Francis, groundbreaking Jesuit pontiff, dies aged 88He declared destroying the environment a sin, warned that humanity was turning the glorious creation of God into a “polluted wasteland full of debris, desolation and filth”, and located the cause of the climate crisis in people’s “selfish and boundless thirst for power”.The messages Pope Francis delivered on the climate and environmental crises were forceful and direct. He called the leaders of fossil fuel companies into the Vatican to hold them to account; declared a global climate emergency, in 2019; and in his final months, held a conference on “the economics of the common good”. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say

Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?The Guardian is joining forces with dozens of newsrooms around the world to launch the 89 Percent Project—and highlight the fact that the vast majority of the world’s population wants climate action. Read moreA huge 89% majority of the world’s people want stronger action to fight the climate crisis but feel they are trapped in a self-fulfilling “spiral of silence” because they mistakenly believe they are in a minority, research suggests.Making people aware that their pro-climate view is, in fact, by far the majority could unlock a social tipping point and push leaders into the climate action so urgently needed, experts say. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago NHS investigation after worker poses for pic in hospital mortuary

Amelie Warnier's raunchy picture is now being investigated by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs her workplace Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex

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3 h. ago ‘Honest folk are paying for this’: the fight against Britain’s billion

From raids on marijuana farms to illegal bitcoin miners, suppliers are finding new ways to tackle the rise in gas and electricity theftMore British households struggling with bills will resort to energy theft, campaigners sayBy the time a team of police officers and engineers stormed a disused office block in Wigan, Greater Manchester, on a November morning last year, the building had been abandoned.Left behind were rooms filled with thousands of cannabis plants: a nursery on the first floor, the growing crop on the second, and leaves drying out on the third. The criminal gang behind the marijuana farm is thought to have fled after the grid operator cut off the stolen electricity used to power scores of LED lamps. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago UK drivers issued urgent £1,000 warning to anyone wearing wrist item

Motorists are warned they could face a £1,000 fine or a complete driving ban for wearing this common electronic device on their wrist

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3 h. ago DWP State Pension warning issued as thousands of Brits don't understand vital rule

According to new research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), there are "significant knowledge gaps" among Brits who are currently approaching retirement

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3 h. ago Child poverty in larger families soars in Scotland after introduction of two child benefit cap

EXCLUSIVE: Official figures show the poverty rate for kids in households where there are three or more children is 41%.

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3 h. ago Martin Lewis urges hundreds of thousands of homeowners to check if they are owed tax refund

The Money Saving Expert said that 800,000 households could be eligible for a huge refund in overpaid council tax without even knowing it - here's how you can check

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5 h. ago Experts warn Trump’s trade war with China could erupt into a cold war

Earlier this month, Trump temporarily paused most tariffs while ratcheting up rates on China

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6 h. ago A prison officer is going to be murdered on duty unless we urgently give them better protection

Ten days ago at HMP Frankland, Hashem Abedi, one of the most dangerous prisoners in the country used an improvised stabbing weapon and hot oil to attack three officers.

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6 h. ago NHS worker, 44, posed in her pants in mortuary at hospital then shared snap to OnlyFans

Amelie Warnier, 44, posed for the steamy snap in the morgue's waiting room during the pandemic.

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8 h. ago Illegal and potentially dangerous ‘eco plugs’ still widely available – Which?

The so-called energy-saving devices have been the subject of multiple Government recalls, while Which? testing found no evidence that they worked.

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8 h. ago Keir Starmer sent strong warning on what his child poverty legacy will be

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been warned he must make cutting levels of child poverty a personal priority or risk leaving a dire Labour legacy on the issue

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8 h. ago Haiti could face 'total chaos' without more international support, UN envoy warns

The top U_N_ official in Haiti is sounding an alarm to the U_N_ Security Council that escalating gang violence is liable to lead the Caribbean nation to “a point of no return.”

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9 h. ago Haiti nearing ‘point of no return’ amid gang violence, UN representative warns

María Isabel Salvador tells security council the country could face ‘total chaos’ without necessary international aidHaiti, where rampant gang violence has surged in recent weeks, is approaching a “point of no return” leading to “total chaos”, the UN special representative to the troubled Caribbean nation has warned.“As gang violence continues to spread to new areas of the country, Haitians experience growing levels of vulnerability and increasing skepticism about the ability of the state to respond to their needs,” María Isabel Salvador told the UN securitycouncil. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Harvard sues Trump administration over efforts to ‘gain control of academic decision

University fights back against threats to cut about $9bn in funding for school after it refused to comply with demandsIn a new lawsuit, Harvard University alleged that the Donald Trump administration is trying to “gain control of academic decision-making at Harvard”, several news outlets are reporting.The university is fighting back against the administration’s threat to review about $9bn in federal funding after Harvard officials refused to comply with a list of demands that included appointing an outside overseer to ensure that the viewpoints being taught at the university were “diverse”. Harvard is specifically looking to halt a freeze on $2.2bn in grants. Continue reading...

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