4 h. ago DWP 'sledgehammer' bank account policy warning for disabled people

Critics of new proposed powers for the DWP warned that it could disproportionately affect those claiming disability benefits

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6 h. ago Everything police have said after three people found dead in Blackpool

The deaths are suspected to be drugs related

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8 h. ago Police issue warning after woman and two men found dead in Blackpool

Another person has been arrested on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs.

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9 h. ago Urgent police warning issued as three people found dead and man arrested

This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated as the story develops

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10 h. ago Urgent police warning as two men and one woman found dead in Blackpool

The deaths of two men and one woman are believed to be linked to drug usage - officers have arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of a Class A drug

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51 h. ago 12 people wounded by 3 men shooting randomly at Toronto pub customers, police say

Canadian police say a dozen people were injured in a shooting at an eastern Toronto pub in what an official has called a reckless act of violence by three men who entered the bar and fired randomly without warning

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54 h. ago Three suspects at large after shooting at Toronto pub leaves a dozen injured

Police say suspects are male, with one in a black balaclava seen fleeing the scene at the Piper Arms in a silver carThree suspects are at large after a mass shooting at the opening night of a pub in Toronto that left a dozen people injured, Canadian police say.The shooting at the Piper Arms pub near Scarborough town centre in eastern Toronto happened at 22:39pm on Friday local time (03:39 GMT). Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Toronto pub shooting sees 12 wounded including several now fighting for life as balaclava

Police said they were called to reports of multiple people being shot near Progress Avenue and Corporate Drive at around 10.40pm on Friday local time.

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3 d. ago Police identify 2 people who died in Feb. 19 midair collision at southern Arizona airport

Authorities have publicly identified two people killed two weeks ago in the midair collision of two small planes at a southern Arizona airport

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5 d. ago Trump is turning the media into a mouthpiece of the regime | Lawrence Douglas

As the White House handpicks members of the press pool, questions for the president amount to fluffy valentinesYou know we’re in trouble when Fox News emerges as the great defender of freedom of the press. But such was the case when Jacqui Heinrich, a senior political correspondent at Fox, responded to the news that Trump’s White House would now handpick the reporters who get to cover the president in small settings, with the post: “This move does not give the power back to the people – it gives power to the White House.” Heinrich was specifically responding to press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s Orwellian claim that letting Donald Trump choose who would cover him was designed to restore power “back to the American people”.The fruits of the new policy were richly on display during the sickening scene that unfolded in the Oval Office last week. If the president and JD Vance’s disgraceful treatment of Volodymyr Zelenskyy wasn’t bad enough, there was the unprecedented role that the “pre...

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5 d. ago ‘The relationship is broken’: Canada responds to Trump’s tariff threats

Many Canadians say they will boycott US goods and will not cross the border while Trump is in office“Since Donald Trump began his tariff threats against Canada and his ‘jokes’ about making Canada the 51st US state, I have not bought a single product originating in the US,” said Lynne Allardice, 78, a retired business owner from New Brunswick, Canada.“Not a single lettuce leaf or piece of fruit. I have become an avid reader of labels and have adopted an ‘anywhere but the US’ policy when shopping. I will not visit the States while Trump remains in office, and most of the people I know have adopted the same policy.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago ‘The relationship is broken’: Canadians respond to Trump’s tariffs

Many plan to boycott US goods and say they will not cross the border while Trump is in office“Since Donald Trump began his tariff threats against Canada and his ‘jokes’ about making Canada the 51st US state, I have not bought a single product originating in the US,” said Lynne Allardice, 78, a retired business owner from New Brunswick, Canada.“Not a single lettuce leaf or piece of fruit. I have become an avid reader of labels and have adopted an ‘anywhere but the US’ policy when shopping. I will not visit the States while Trump remains in office, and most of the people I know have adopted the same policy.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Urgent appeal issued to find wanted man with links to Manchester

People are being urged to call police if they see him

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5 d. ago DWP Winter Fuel Payment eligibility update as minister issues statement

The annual Winter Fuel Payment of up to £300 is now no longer available to some 9.2 million older people, following a policy change last summer

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5 d. ago Cheerleading competition descends into chaos as brawl between parents leaves 10 injured

A massive brawl between parents watching their children compete at the NCA All-Star National Championship over the weekend led to 10 people being injured and a large police presence. 

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6 d. ago Tariffs can help US workers. But Trump’s doing them all wrong

Trump’s levies won’t bring factories home. But combined with infrastructure investment, protectionism can be a progressive boonIn the run-up to the 2024 election, a lot of people were ringing alarms about Donald Trump’s tariffs. Kamala Harris called Trump’s policies a “tax on the American people” and warned of sky-high prices. According to the Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, they are “very bad for America and for the world”. His fellow Nobel laureate Paul Krugman called them “small, ugly, and stupid” (seemingly unaware that he was invoking that joke in Annie Hall about the food being bad and the portions too small). More recently, the whirlwind tariff drama of the past two months – first a 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada, then a 30-day “pause” on that policy, a plan to raise tariffs on steel, aluminum and agricultural goods, plus an across the board tariff hike on China – has generated yet more frenzied debate about the danger of tariffs.Observers aren’t wrong to crit...

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6 d. ago Tariffs can help US workers. But Trump’s doing them all wrong | Dustin Guastella

Trump’s levies won’t bring factories home. But combined with infrastructure investment, protectionism can be a progressive boonIn the run-up to the 2024 election, a lot of people were ringing alarms about Donald Trump’s tariffs. Kamala Harris called Trump’s policies a “tax on the American people” and warned of sky-high prices. According to the Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, they are “very bad for America and for the world”. His fellow Nobel laureate Paul Krugman called them “small, ugly, and stupid”. More recently, the whirlwind tariff drama of the past two months – first a 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada, then a 30-day “pause” on that policy, a plan to raise tariffs on steel, aluminum and agricultural goods, plus an across the board tariff hike on China – has generated yet more frenzied debate about the danger of tariffs.Observers aren’t wrong to criticize the US president’s policies. His proposed tariffs seem unlikely to improve what ails the US economy. Worse, app...

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6 d. ago Nine people ill in Camden after 'taking drugs', Met Police says

Nine people ill in Camden after 'taking drugs', Met Police says  BBC.com

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6 d. ago Police alert as 'a number of people' taken ill in Camden after taking drugs

Investigation underway after nine people fall ill

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7 d. ago Two dead after car driven into pedestrians in German city Mannheim weeks after Munich attack

Several people were injured and one person is in custody, Mannheim police confirmed

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