70 m. ago James Norton spotted getting 'cosy' with mystery woman after Lily Allen date

EXCLUSIVE: Actor James Norton was recently said to have enjoyed a date with pop star Lily Allen, but it appears that he is very much single after a cosy date night

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73 m. ago Tragedy as pensioner sisters hit and killed by car on their morning walk: Woman, 46, arrested over crash

The women, aged 70 and 68, both died after the blue Volkswagen Tiguan drove into them on Peppard Road in Caversham, Reading, Thames Valley Police said.

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99 m. ago How Labour welfare vote rebellion compares to previous revolts by MPs

Keir Starmer has suffered a blow inflicted by his own Labour MPs, but how does it stack up against previous votes under other prime ministers, including Tony Blair’s controversial policies on university tuition fees and the Iraq war?

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2 h. ago Committee asks BBC boss for view on ‘what went wrong’ with Glastonbury coverage

The BBC has faced strong criticism for continuing to livestream the performance of punk rap duo Bob Vylan at the festival on iPlayer.

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2 h. ago Police uncover Scotland's largest cannabis farm to date worth £12 million

Police described it as "sizeable and highly organised".

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2 h. ago Senate Republicans pass Trump’s sweeping policy bill, clearing major hurdle

Legislation goes to House but unclear if lower chamber will accept changes to tax and spending bill amid factional splitsSenate Republicans on Tuesday passed a major tax and spending bill demanded by Donald Trump, ending weeks of negotiations over the comprehensive legislation and putting it another step closer to enactment.But it remains unclear if changes made by the chamber will be accepted by the House of Representatives, which approved an initial draft of the legislation last month by a single vote. While Republicans control both house of Congress, factionalism in the lower chamber is particularly intense, with rightwing fiscal hardliners demanding deep spending cuts, moderates wary of dismantling safety net programs and Republicans from Democratic-led states expected to make a stand on a contentious tax provision. Any one of these groups could potentially derail the bill’s passage through a chamber where the GOP can lose no more than three votes. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Knight suffers 'serious injury' during mock battle as sword goes into his visor

A history buff suffered a gruesome injury when a sword went into his visor during a battle re-enactment. He was rushed to hospital in. a serious condition and police are investigating

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2 h. ago NBA finals MVP reportedly agrees record $285m contract extension

The deal could see Shai Gilgeous-Alexander earn the highest single-season average salary in NBA history

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3 h. ago Scot cops attend 'unexplained' death as officers lock down Glasgow street

Police sealed off the Finsbay Street in Govan after being called to an incident earlier this morning. They have now confirmed the death of a 60-year-old man.

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3 h. ago Tributes paid to elderly sisters killed in collision while on ‘morning walk’

The women, aged 70 and 68, died after colliding with the car on Peppard Road in Caversham, Reading at around 7.55am on Friday.

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3 h. ago Justice Department says 2 Chinese nationals charged with spying inside the US for Beijing

Two Chinese nationals have been charged with spying inside the United States on behalf of Beijing, including by taking photographs of a naval base and by participating in efforts to recruit members of the military who they thought might be open to working for Chinese intelligence

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3 h. ago Moment grimacing teenage thug, 18 who targeted Bridgerton star for her phone is arrested by police after trying to flee by jumping out of window when officers arrived at his door

Zacariah Boulares, 18, snuck up behind actress Genevieve Chenneour, 27, and grabbed her iPhone 14 Pro in the upmarket Joe & the Juice coffee shop on Kensington High Street, west London.

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3 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump’s aid cuts and development: the global majority deserve justice, not charity | Editorial

Funding is plummeting as needs grow, with the closure of USAID, the slashing of UK and European aid budgets, and the obstruction of debt reform and cancellationWhen one door closes, you would hope that another opens. As USAID was formally shut down on Monday, a once-in-a-decade development financing conference was kicking off in Seville. But while initially intended to move the world closer to its ambitious 2030 sustainable development goals, it now looks more like an attempt to prevent a reversal of the progress already made.A study published in the Lancet predicted that Donald Trump’s aid cuts could claim more than 14 million lives by 2030, a third of them among children. For many poor countries, the scale of the shock would be similar to that of a major war, the authors found. More than four-fifths of the US agency’s programmes have been cut, with surviving projects folded into the state department. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Trump’s Justice Department wants to denaturalize citizens. Can he do that?

More than 25 million Americans are naturalized citizens who immigrated to the United States

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3 h. ago Family seeks body camera footage from fatal police shooting of a Black teen in Alabama

Family members of a Black teenager shot and killed by police in an Alabama suburb of Birmingham want to see the body camera footage of the shooting

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3 h. ago Clactor murder update as police picture son, 24, who admits killing own mum

Oliver Grange, 24, admitted to killing his mum Rachel Dixon, 49, in Clacton, Essex, earlier this year and is due to be sentenced next month following an investigation

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4 h. ago Glastonbury faces licence review after controversial acts Kneecap and Bob Vylan spark police probe

Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) has demanded detailed explanations about what due diligence was carried out before the festival, how warnings were handled, and what steps will prevent similar incidents in future

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4 h. ago 'Armed police' storm residential street and arrest man following incident

Witnesses reported seeing a 'large armed police presence' on Hazelwood Road in Hazel Grove

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5 h. ago Family pay tribute to ‘shining star’ girl, seven, killed in park tree collapse

Leonna Ruka, from Dagenham, was killed and four other children were injured after the tree fell in Chalkwell Park, Southend-on-Sea on Saturday.

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5 h. ago Detectives in Suffolk to carry out ‘extensive inquiries’ into Ryland Headley

Suffolk Police issued a statement after Headley was jailed for life for raping and murdering Louisa Dunne in 1967.

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