2 h. ago Teaching assistant banned after he told pupils he was a former military sniper and killed people

Scott Trigg-Turner was working at Bassaleg School in Newport when he made the false claims to students and colleagues

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23 h. ago Officers at Texas immigration detention facility accused of beatings and sexual abuse

Civil rights coalition calls for immediate closure of camp, where more than 2,700 detainees are being heldOfficers at the large immigration detention camp located at the Fort Bliss army base in Texas are allegedly mistreating detainees, with accusations including beatings, sexual abuse and clandestine deportations of non-Mexican nationals into Mexico, according to a coalition of local and national US civil rights organizations.In a 19-page letter, addressed to senior government officials at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and Fort Bliss military command, the coalition accuses officers at the immigration detention facility on the base, called Camp East Montana, of being “in violation of agency policies and standards, as well as statutory and constitutional protections”. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago NHS boss tells public to 'wear a mask' amid urgent UK warning

Health chiefs have told people to wear a mask in public as a 'very nasty' strain of flu circulates

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37 h. ago Multiple flood warnings and alerts issued across Wales as people are told to 'be prepared'

People are being warned to prepare for flooding to homes and businesses

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47 h. ago Fort Stewart: 'Active shooter' at US army base as people told to stay inside

There has reportedly been an 'active shooter' at a US army base, with people urged to 'stay inside'

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47 h. ago 'Active shooter' at US army base as people warned to stay inside

There has reportedly been an 'active shooter' at a US army base, with people urged to 'stay inside'

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53 h. ago Protests against hotels being used to house asylum seekers are 'appalling', says John Swinney

The First Minister told an audience in Glasgow "we need people to come to Scotland to boost our working age population".

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58 h. ago Mutant 'superflu' outbreak: Schools shut down, London hospitalisations triple and people are told to wear masks as 100 cruise passengers are struck down with norovirus

Headteachers across the UK have warned escalating sickness rates are causing alarm with some even reducing singing in assemblies to cut the spread of illness.

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65 h. ago ‘I’d defend our nation’: Poles prepare for growing threat of war

From digging trenches and building walls, to learning survival skills, Poland is increasingly aware of risks posed by its eastern neighboursCezary Pruszko still remembers the civil defence training of his Communist-era schooldays – map reading, survival skills, and a sense that the danger of war was real and ever present.“My generation grew up with those threats. You didn’t have to explain why this mattered,” said the 60-year-old Pruszko, as he refreshed those skills at an army base outside Warsaw on a recent frosty Saturday morning. With dozens of other Polish civilians, he toured a bomb shelter, fitted gas masks and practised striking sparks from a flint to start a fire. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Sydney Sweeney says her silence over jeans advert backlash ‘widened the divide’

Actor speaks out over controversy around American Eagle advert in the summer that critics say flirted with eugenicsThe actor Sydney Sweeney has said she should have addressed the controversy surrounding her American Eagle jeans advert, which was accused by critics of flirting with eugenics, saying not doing so “widened the divide” between people.Sweeney, who made her name in HBO’s Euphoria and has since become a leading Hollywood star, told People magazine she regretted staying silent during the row, in which Donald Trump at one point intervened. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Goodbye angels, hello Ozempic needles – what’s behind the boom in bizarre Christmas baubles?

This year’s most-wanted ornaments include weight-loss syringes and favourite foodstuffs. When and why did Christmas trees become so commercialised?it was the second Tuesday in November but Christmas was already in crisis. Sarah Gibbons had just received a shipment of baubles at her Glasgow homeware shop, Modern Love Store, and some crucial ornaments were missing. She hopped on a long-distance phone call to her suppliers in the US – she needed to sort this out. After all, her customers were clamouring for them. “People aren’t just buying one,” the 39-year-old shopkeeper told me after discovering the missing decorations, “they’re buying three or four at a time.” Three what? Turtle doves? Nutcrackers? Or perhaps some classic candy canes? Of course not. This year’s must-have bauble is in the shape of a lightly glittered syringe of Ozempic.Growing up, my favourite Christmas ornament was a little pink plastic baby Jesus resting in a manger. He was bought by my great-aunt in Oberammergau, ...

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4 d. ago Full list of weather alerts as Met Office issues rare 'danger to life' warning

The fresh alert is in force from 6pm on Monday until 6pm on Tuesday with people told that heavy rain may bring some flooding and travel disruption in some parts of the UK

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6 d. ago Derby LIVE as 'major incident' declared and hundreds of homes evacuated

Hundreds of homes have been evacuated in Derby with people told to prepare for being out of their homes for 24 hours following a 'major incident'

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6 d. ago Seven million people in UK told 'you'll feel worse this week' in update from Boots

Boots specialist has shared tips for managing symptoms as temperatures plummet and atmospheric pressure changes trigger flare-ups

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6 d. ago ‘Boil tap water’ alert for over 24,000 Brits after ‘bad chemical batch’ – what you need to know

MORE than 24,000 Brits have been hit with a "boil water notice" after their tap water supply has been deemed unsafe to drink. South East Water (SEW) issued the notice following issues with one of its treatment works in Pembury. People living in Tunbridge Wells have been told not to drink the water from their...

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6 d. ago Gaza: Israeli strike kills five, including two children, says civil defence agency

Agency says missile struck citizens in Khan Younis, as Israel reports targeting ‘Hamas terrorist’ after clash with militants An Israeli strike on Palestinian territory has killed five people including two children, Gaza’s civil defence agency told AFP on Wednesday.“Five citizens, including two children, killed and others injured, some seriously, as a result of an Israeli missile strike,” in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, civil defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal told AFP. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago School worker told pupils he'd killed 250 people, hearing told

He told the shocked class he had killed 250 people in armed combat and had the military codename 'Kill Switch', the hearing was told on Wednesday

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7 d. ago HMRC issues £30,000 alert today over pensions payments court action

People trying to withdraw money early told 'It could cost you a lot more than you think. Don’t get caught out'

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8 d. ago Girl, 13, accused of murdering woman by repeatedly stabbing her told a court she was hearing voices urging her to hurt people

The teenager is on trial accused of killing Marta Bednarczyk, 43, by inflicting more than 140 knife wounds at a house in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.

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8 d. ago Vienna parliament in 'bomb threat' as police cordon off area with people told stay away

An Austrian parliament building in Vienna has been locked down over an alleged bomb threat as police and other emergency services swarm the area around the Hohes Haus

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