3 d. ago Cole Cooper's family say 'worst fears have become reality' after confirming teen's death

Cole Cooper's family have spoken out for the first time after a body was discovered in Banknock on Friday afternoon.

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4 d. ago Family of Cole Cooper cancel search after body found in hunt for missing teen

The 19-year-old's loved ones were made aware of the discovery near Kilsyth Road in Banknock near Falkirk on Friday.

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6 d. ago 'Heroic' Welsh couple save six people as boat explodes on River Thames

'It was an almighty bang'

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1 week ago Moment fare dodger using bank card with no funds discovers he owes TfL £3,500

The offender was stopped by a TfL investigator at Surrey Quays station in London’s docklands

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2 w. ago Warning to UK drivers as town gets new speed limit for 'first time in two years'

The B5605 Wrexham Rd/High Street, in Johnstown and the A525 Bryn-Y-Grog Road have returned to 30mph following public consultation. Local residents have spoken of their frustration at the delays

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3 w. ago Tom Aspinall shares frustration over Jon Jones delay in honest update

The British star has not fought in nearly a year as he continues to wait for a unification showdown with the undisputed heavyweight champion, Jon Jones

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3 w. ago Premier League issue statement after Jamie Carragher fumes over SIX minute VAR delay

Nottingham Forest beat West Ham 2-1 at the London Stadium on Sunday but were left frustrated by a six-minute delay by VAR officials after Nikola Milenkovic had put them 2-0 up

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4 w. ago ‘Turning point’: claw print fossils found in Australia rewrite story of amniotes by 40 million years

The discovery by two local fossil hunters on a river bank in Victoria has ‘potentially far-reaching implications’, scientists sayFossilised claw prints found in Australia suggest amniotes – the ancestors of reptiles, birds and mammals – evolved about 40m years earlier than thought.The footprints, in sandstone dated 354m to 358m years old, were probably made by reptiles crossing a surface dimpled by raindrops. Researchers said the trackways represent the oldest evidence of amniotes on the planet.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Frustration over delays for medieval ship discovered on banks of Welsh river

There was excitement that one of Wales' top attractions could soon come to fruition but more than two years on the council has so far been unable to see the project through

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4 w. ago The good news from Kyiv: with or without a ceasefire, Ukraine has a newfound confidence | Nathalie Tocci

Its European allies must commit to the long-haul – but they, as much as Zelenskyy, will reap the rewardsMy train rolled into Kyiv last week as Russian ballistic missiles and drones hit the city, killing a mother and her son. I had last been in Ukraine just over a year earlier. Back then, in April 2024, the mood was dark. Frustrated by delays in western military aid, people had a palpable fear of escalating Russian territorial gains, perhaps even a collapse of Ukraine’s frontline. Today, the international context is even more fraught. The Biden administration was frustratingly slow and scared, but few doubted that the US wanted to prevent Russia from prevailing. The same cannot be said of Donald Trump, whose ideological affinity with Vladimir Putin has thrown Europe, starting with Ukraine, off balance.But despite the Trump administration’s betrayals, I found the mood in Kyiv more confident than a year previously. After more than three years of war, Ukrainians are tired, but they are ...

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