13 h. ago Acts of defiance, flares and a committed audience bring a rock 'n' roll spirit to Heaton Park for third Oasis gig

It was a colourful night - in more ways than one

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13 h. ago Senedd set to dissolve Covid committee dubbed a 'kangaroo court'

A new committee will take its rather than a judge-led Wales focussed inquiry

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15 h. ago Councillor says planning committee process increasingly ‘pointless’ and there ‘just to rubber stamp’ decisions

Strong views were aired on the ability of councillors to challenge 'policy compliant' applications which may be opposed by their constituents

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20 h. ago UK to lift ban on Pakistani airlines after years of restrictions

The UK’s Air Safety Committee imposed the ban in 2020 after a plane crash killed 97 people

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31 h. ago Faslane naval base investment proves 'unshakeable commitment' to UK's nuclear deterrent

Faslane, home to the UK's fleet of nuclear submarines for more than 50 years, is set for a major infrastructure upgrade.

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35 h. ago The Epstein Files: How the saga unfolded within Trump’s administration

Full timeline of how Jeffrey Epstein investigation file caused rift in Trump’s MAGA base

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68 h. ago Voices: ‘Schengen, the euro, the whole thing’: Readers say UK must fully commit to rejoining EU

Our community agrees that Brexit’s challenges mean the UK must embrace Schengen, the euro, and full EU membership – no half-measures – to truly move forward

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2 d. ago Epping migrant hotel protest descends into violence as fight breaks out

Scores protest after asylum seeker charged with committing three sexual assaults — just eight days after arriving in UK on small boat

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3 d. ago Bank of England governor says jobs slowdown could prompt rate cut; European markets fall after Trump tariff threat – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Andrew Bailey insists: “I think the path [for interest rates] is down”.Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 30% on European Union imports from next month is weighing on European stock markets this morning.Most of Europe’s markets have dropped at the start of trading, pulling the pan-European Stoxx 600 index down by 0.6%.Inadvertently or otherwise the President is testing the market’s patience. At a time when investors had seemingly brushed aside the likelihood of the base line of tariffs settling at 10%, the new pronouncements suggest a level of between 15% and 20% being the norm, with additionally punitive numbers on the likes of Canada at 35% adding to the uncertainty.The so-called “TACO” trade will therefore be tested again, with markets drifting in the US on Friday and futures currently suggesting a similar fall today. In addition, and as the new 1 August extension approaches, nerves are likely to jangle. Continue readi...

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3 d. ago Our Médecins Sans Frontières staff are being killed in Gaza. Why are UK ministers enabling that? | Natalie Roberts

We have warned the government repeatedly: the response has been pathetic. Britain has a duty to act morally, and stop supporting this genocideDr Natalie Roberts is the executive director of Médecins Sans Frontières UKOur colleague Abdullah Hammad was killed last week by Israeli forces as he waited to collect flour from an aid truck in Khan Younis. He is the 12th Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) colleague to have been killed in Gaza since October 2023. The Israeli-US food distribution scheme forces people in Gaza to choose between starvation and risking their life for minimal supplies. With more than 500 people killed and nearly 4,000 wounded while seeking food, this scheme has had the effect of luring desperate people in with aid, only for them to be slaughtered by the Israeli armed forces.This is part of the genocide that is being committed in Gaza. And the UK government is complicit.Dr Natalie Roberts is the executive director of Médecins Sans Frontières UK Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Bank of England will monitor cash acceptance on ongoing basis

Dame Meg Hillier, chairwoman of the Treasury Committee, described the development as a ‘positive first step’.

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5 d. ago The Guardian view on Starmer and Macron’s channel crossings deal: safe routes hold the key to future progress | Editorial

The government has hailed its ‘one in, one out’ migrant returns deal as a breakthrough. But awkward questions over its implementation remainTo use a football analogy that he might appreciate, the first year of Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership has been a game of two halves. Domestically, grievous strategic mistakes have been made. On the foreign stage, however, an approach that Sir Keir likes to style as “quiet, serious diplomacy” has yielded some tangible results.For the most part, this week’s state visit by Emmanuel Macron further showcased the benefits of leaving behind the blowhard politics of the post-Brexit years. Sir Keir and the French president used the occasion to pledge greater cooperation on security and strengthened their joint commitment to safeguarding Ukraine’s future as a sovereign independent state. But the biggest take-away from Mr Macron’s trip launched the prime minister straight back into toxic domestic terrain.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this a...

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7 d. ago Iran poses ‘persistent’ threat to UK, warns intelligence committee

Parliamentary report finds there has been a ‘significant increase’ in risk faced by dissidents and Jewish people in Britain

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7 d. ago Iran’s threat to UK on a par with Russia’s, security report finds

Parliamentary committee says UK is priority target for cyber and physical attacks as well as assassinationsUK politics live – latest updatesIran’s intimidation, including the threat of physical attack and assassination of Iranian dissidents living in the UK, is the single greatest threat from Iran and comparable in scale to the threat posed by Russia, parliament’s intelligence and security committee has found.In a report published on Thursday, it also finds that the UK is a priority espionage target for Iranian cyber-attacks, ranking just below the US and Saudi Arabia. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Iran attempted to murder or kidnap British nationals or UK residents at least FIFTEEN times, report reveals

Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee described the threat from Iran as ‘persistent’ and ‘unpredictable’

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7 d. ago Rape shame of Putin's troops: Horrific details of 'extreme' sex attacks on Ukrainian women and girls are revealed in court ruling on Russia's 'abhorrent' abuses during invasion

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) yesterday found Russia guilty of committing various atrocities in Ukraine following the outbreak of war in the Donbas region in 2014

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7 d. ago Starmer and Macron will join forces on nuclear deterrents in cases of ‘extreme threats’ to Europe

Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron also agreed to ramp up orders of deadly Storm Shadow missiles

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7 d. ago Russia has committed flagrant human rights abuses in Ukraine since 2014, rules ECHR

Extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and forced labour among accusations upheld by court in judgmentRussia has committed flagrant and unprecedented abuses of human rights since it invaded Ukraine in 2014, including extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and forced labour, the European court of human rights has found.The court’s grand chamber unanimously held that between 11 May 2014 and 16 September 2022, when Russia ceased to be a party to the European convention on human rights it had committed “manifestly unlawful conduct on a massive scale”.Indiscriminate military attacks.Summary executions of civilians and Ukrainian military personnel.Torture, including the use of rape as a weapon of war.Unlawful and arbitrary detention of civilians.Unjustified displacement and transfer of civilians.Intimidation, harassment and persecution of all religious groups other than adherents of the historically Moscow-aligned Ukrainian Orthodox church.Intimidation and violence against journalists a...

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8 d. ago Committee urges action from Scottish and UK governments to save Alexander Dennis

Holyrood’s Economy and Fair Work Committee said immediate action must be taken to stop the end of bus manufacturing in Scotland.

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8 d. ago UK workforce exposed if global trade war intensifies, Bank warns

Households and businesses nonetheless remain resilient, and the UK banking system is equipped to support them if conditions worsen.

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