16 h. ago BREAKING Paris 2024 Olympic medallist dies aged 30 after being hit by train

Paris 2024 silver medallist Josaia Raisuqe has died at the age of 30 after being hit by a train as the rugby world mourns the tragic loss of the Fiji star

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16 h. ago Paris 2024 Olympic medallist dies aged 30 after being hit by train

Paris 2024 silver medallist Josaia Raisuqe has died at the age of 30 after being hit by a train as the rugby world mourns the tragic loss of the Fiji star

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18 h. ago Relief for struggling Brits with Bank of England poised to cut interest rates TODAY in bid to kick

The Monetary Policy Committee is widely expected to reduce interest rates from 4.5 per cent in its latest decision just after noon.

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46 h. ago Minimum age for train drivers to be lowered to 18 in Great Britain

Move prompted by looming retirement crisis ‘would help ensure consistent, reliable services’If train drivers – like police officers – start looking younger, it may not just be you. Britain’s trains could soon have 18-year-olds in the cab, with the government likely to cut the minimum age to plug a shortage of drivers.Currently train drivers can obtain a licence from the age of 20 – although the vast majority of drivers are much older. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Government to lower minimum age for train drivers in desperate bid to cut shortages

The average age of a UK train driver is currently 48

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51 h. ago Minimum age for train drivers to be lowered to 18 amid shortage

The Department for Transport announced it is lowering the minimum age to take on the role in Britain from 20.

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7 d. ago One dead and another critically injured after car ploughs into restaurant as police launch manhunt for driver

Police have launched a manhunt in a desperate bid to find the driver who fled the scene on foot bfore officers arrived. The collision left one dead and one fighting for their life in hospital

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2 w. ago Brexit 'reset' or Brexit surrender? Keir Starmer 'bows to French demands on fishing and food standards to get defence and security deal with EU'

The Prime Minister is said to be ready cut a deal allowing companies like BAE Systems and Babcock to bid for contracts under the €150billion scheme.

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3 w. ago AI to be rolled out on some London buses in bid to cut passenger wait times

AI to be rolled out on some London buses in bid to cut passenger wait times  Richmond & Twickenham Times

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3 w. ago GPs paid £20 'bonus' each time they avoid referring a patient directly to hospital in bid to cut NHS waiting lists

Ministers say the cash incentives - totalling up to £80million - will 'stop masses of people' being sent to hospital for 'unnecessary appointments'.

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3 w. ago New call for free train travel for every person over State Pension age to give them ‘true freedom’

An online petition argues that many older people can’t travel by train because fares are too high.

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3 w. ago Europe's race to rearm is pointless if its adversaries are waging war online | Johnny Ryan

Ireland holds the algorithm off-switch. Ursula von der Leyen must force Dublin to use itEurope is scrambling to remilitarise. The European Commission is raising a €150bn (£129bn) defence fund and is calling on EU countries to invest €650bn (£561bn) more. Germany has cast aside its government debt limit to invest hundreds of billions of euros in defence. Poland will train every male of fighting age for battle, and envisages an army 500,000 strong. Latvia’s president has urged the rest of Europe to conscript citizens, as Latvia does. Even neutral Ireland is buying combat jets. No wonder Europe’s defence industry is booming. In just a few months, the share prices of several big weapons manufacturers have nearly doubled and doubled again. But, despite this new martial pulse, the continent is still sleepwalking towards disaster.Europe can harden its shell and sharpen its claws, but it has done little to protect its soft underbelly against political manipulation. The US is capitulating to...

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4 w. ago Labour trims The Blob: Cabinet Office to cut 2,100 jobs as it loses almost a third of its staff in Keir Starmer's bid to shrink 'flabby' civil service

Around 1,200 people will be made redundant at the department, with another 900 being transferred to other parts of Whitehall.

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4 w. ago Sadiq Khan announces £1m investment in holiday sports activities in bid to cut violence

Funding will provide ‘diversionary activities’ for young Londoners at a time when they are particularly at risk of becoming involved in violence

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