33 h. ago Girl, 4, killed in Kettering house blaze with mum named as family 'too upset to speak'

An update has been issued following a blaze at a property near Kettering resulted in the deaths of three people, including a four-year-old girl, a 30-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man

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4 d. ago Blackstone Edge fire LIVE updates as crews begin second day tackling huge beauty spot blaze

Flames soared from the scene in Rochdale overnight

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5 d. ago The spirit of the Confederacy is alive and well in Trump’s America | Lloyd Green

Sympathy for yesteryear is gaining traction among Republican elites, and Trump’s relations with white supremacy is too closeGen Robert E Lee is long dead, but the spirit of the Confederacy appears alive and well. Federal contractors will no longer be explicitly barred from racially segregating their restaurants, waiting rooms and water fountains, according to the Trump administration. A memorandum dated 15 February 2025, issued by the General Services Administration, the procurement arm of the federal government, explicitly dropped those strictures.“Any open solicitations that contain any of the provisions or clauses listed above should be amended to remove the provisions and clauses,” the memo read. Forget about simply putting an end to race-based affirmative action and DEI. Team Trump appears determined to turn the clock back to the 1950s, if not earlier than that. The ghost of Jim Crow smiles.Lloyd Green is an attorney in New York and served in the US Department of Justice from 1...

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5 d. ago Coronation Street fans issue 'public service announcement' over Carla Connor and DS Lisa Swain after truth uncovered

Doubt was cast over their still relatively new relationship

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6 d. ago EE working to fix service issues as users report losing phone signal

The mobile operator has apologised and said its engineers were working to fix the issue.

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9 d. ago Fire service issues update after blaze rips through Altrincham industrial site

The blaze saw black smoke billowing into the sky and surrounding streets

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1 week ago Altrincham fire LIVE as huge blaze breaks out by retail park and fire service issue statement

Emergency services have rushed to the scene

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1 week ago Fire service give update on Hayes substation blaze after police declare major incident

A substation fire in Hayes involved 25,000 litres of cooling oil fully alight, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has revealed.

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1 week ago Republican senators want Elon Musk and DOGE to stay away from Social Security, according to new report

GOP senators fear welfare is ‘third rail’ issue and DOGE’s tampering with services could inspire backlash from constituents in their states

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1 week ago Airlines issue Heathrow third runway warning as they slam ‘quality of service’

Standard of services and lack of engagement among reasons cited by airlines for why they believe Heathrow’s capability is hindered

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2 w. ago MSP visits support service helping those affected by alcohol related issues

Established in 1979, Ayrshire Council on Alcohol offers free one-to-one confidential support to individuals who are concerned about their drinking habits.

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2 w. ago New Glen Sannox ferry out of service this weekend due to 'technical issue'

A "technical issue" with the MV Glen Sannox has forced CalMac to cancel a number of services between Troon and Brodick this weekend.

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2 w. ago From sleeping in doorways to reporting on homelessness: the journalist chronicling an American crisis

Kevin Fagan, who spent decades at the San Francisco Chronicle, argues in a new book that ‘atrociously unforgivable’ US poverty must be addressedVeteran journalist Kevin Fagan spent decades covering homelessness for the San Francisco Chronicle, reporting on a crisis that persists despite billions poured into housing and services and years of political debate.The issue is personal for him. Fagan was episodically homeless in his youth, sleeping in his car and camping outside while he attended college and later in doorways abroad as a traveling musician. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'One month warning' for major car check as drivers urged to 'sign up today' or risk £1K fine

Motorists are being asked to make use of the service which issues a crucial reminder

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3 w. ago Chromecast down: Multiple users report streaming issues as service suffers global outage

Social media users have reported issues with their Chromecast, with website DownDetector seeing a surge in people saying they have experienced problems with the Gen 2 device

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3 w. ago Google Chromecast down: Users report streaming issues as service suffers huge global outage

Social media users have reported issues with their Chromecast, with website DownDetector seeing a surge in people saying they have experienced problems with the Gen 2 device

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3 w. ago Major bank is hit by outage as angry customers suffer glitches to mobile and telephone banking with branches and card payments hit too

Santander users have been unable to access their accounts with the bank confirming a number of service issues.

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3 w. ago Fire service issues update after Greater Manchester moorland blaze

Six fire engines were called to tackle the blaze - which saw people nearby urged to keep their doors and windows closed

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