33 m. ago River Thames missing girl: Youngster, 11, 'had been paddling' in water on day off school

The missing girl entered the river close to Barge House Causeway, near London City Airport on Monday afternoon and emergency services, including Metropolitan Police, launched a "large-scale response"

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39 m. ago New £20 million funding to help launch drone and flying taxi services

Ministers said they want to give the UK the ‘most advanced aviation technology ecosystem in the world’.

Economics

60 m. ago Thousands of workers at nation's health agencies brace for mass layoffs

As they readied to leave work Monday, some workers at the Food and Drug Administration were told to pack their laptops and prepare for the possibility that they wouldn’t be back

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1 hour ago Georgia lawmakers agree on school safety bill after Apalachee High School shooting

Georgia lawmakers said repeatedly that a student-tracking database had been removed from a school safety bill

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2 h. ago This huge 2.4kg box of Celebrations is at its cheapest with £9 off on Amazon ahead of Easter

The giant box of chocolate worth £28 is cut in price ahead of Easter

Economics

2 h. ago Emergency services rush to scene after fire breaks out at house

Three fire engines responded

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2 h. ago Girl, 11, missing after entering River Thames ‘had been paddling’

The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to reports that the girl had entered the river near London City Airport.

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3 h. ago Trump officials to review $9bn in Harvard funds over antisemitism claims

Administration accuses university of failing to protect students and plans to look into federal grants and contractsThe Trump administration announced a review on Monday of $9bn in federal contracts and grants at Harvard University over allegations that it failed to address issues of antisemitism on campus.The multi-agency Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism said it will review the more than $255.6m in contracts between Harvard University, its affiliates and the federal government, according to a joint statement from the education department, the health department and the General Services Administration. The statement also says the review will include the more than $8.7bn in multi-year grant commitments to Harvard University and its affiliates. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Firefighters battle huge grass fires above Cardiff and in Bannau Brycheiniog

The South Wales Fire and Rescue Service have been tackling blazes on mountains near the capital as well as in the Cynon Valley and on Sugar Loaf mountain near Abergavenny

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4 h. ago Marine Le Pen's party calls on supporters to take to the streets amid fury over her presidential election ban and jail sentence

The leader of France's far-right party called Monday for a peaceful 'mobilisation', after Marine Le Pen was banned from running for office following an embezzlement conviction.

Politics

4 h. ago Government stands firm in efforts to scrap tax relief for private schools

The Government has stood firm in its bid to scrap tax relief for private schools and push ahead with business rates reform.

Economics

4 h. ago Celebrity Big Brother axes iconic room from new house in major shake

Celebrity Big Brother hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best have confirmed that an iconic factor of the house has been scrapped ahead of the Channel 4 show's return next month

Politics

5 h. ago Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser says she has days to live after bus crash

Virginia Giuffre writes on social media she has ‘gone into kidney renal failure they’ve given me four days to live’Virginia Giuffre, a victim of the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein who once alleged she was sexually trafficked to Britain’s Prince Andrew, says she has just days to live after being involved in a vehicle accident.“This year has been the worst start to a new year I won’t bore anyone with the details, but I think it important to note that when a school bus driver comes at you driving 110km as we were slowing for a turn no matter what your car is made of it might as well be a tin can,” she wrote in a post on on social media on Sunday, along with a photograph of herself lying in a hospital bed with a head injury. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Schoolgirl 'falls into River Thames' as major search to find child underway

Emergency service crews are forming a “large-scale response” to the incident.

Politics

5 h. ago Girl, 5, 'sexually assaulted' on school playground by gang of boys as parents sent horror message

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Parents at a primary school are demanding answers after a young girl aged just five was allegedly the victim of a sexual assault by a group of boys

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5 h. ago NADINE DORRIES: I believe there's only one excuse left for Harry's behaviour... and here's what it says about Meghan

In 1984 I was running a school in Central Africa just as the AIDS pandemic hit. At the time, we had no idea why formerly fit and healthy men and women were suddenly starting to die before our eyes.

Politics

6 h. ago Alec Baldwin stops filming of reality series as he tells crew 'show respect'

The latest episode saw Alec Baldwin bring filming to an early end

Culture

6 h. ago 'Friends think I'm selfish for getting divorced and think I should stay for the kids'

Coleen Nolan advises a reader who's drifted apart from her husband and now wants a fresh start, but feels like she is being judged hard by the people she thought were her friends

Politics

6 h. ago NADINE DORRIES: This week's chaos has exposed Meghan's narcissistic, self

In 1984 I was running a school in Central Africa just as the AIDS pandemic hit. At the time, we had no idea why formerly fit and healthy men and women were suddenly starting to die before our eyes.

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6 h. ago ‘Depraved’ sexual predator who raped woman and secretly filmed others is jailed

Police said Craig France targeted young women at nightclubs and took them to his home where he had set up hidden cameras.

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