4 h. ago Publix recalls baby food pouches after testing finds elevated levels of lead

The Publix supermarket chain is recalling fruit and vegetable baby food because testing found elevated levels of lead

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7 h. ago Travellers set up camp at popular family park for third time in weeks

A convoy of caravans and other vehicles arrived at Swanshurst Park on the outskirts of Moseley and Billesley, Birmingham , on Wednesday, settling on the field near the play park.

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18 h. ago Like a Tom Cruise stunt: hawk uses traffic patterns to target prey

Researcher records Cooper’s hawk in New Jersey making use of pedestrian crossing and line of cars while huntingIt is a tactic worthy of Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt: wait until a beeping pedestrian crossing indicates a traffic queue has formed then use the line of cars as cover to reach your target. But this isn’t a scene from Mission: Impossible – it’s the behaviour of a young hawk.The discovery is not the first time birds have been found to make use of an urban environment. Crows, for example, are known to drop foods such as walnuts on to roads for cars to crush them open. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Outrage as sheriff's office swoops in to arrest murder suspect at FUNERAL...but they made a terrible mistake

As friends and relatives stood mourning their loved one at a North Carolina funeral, police officers swooped in targeting what they believed was a breakthrough arrest in a 30-year-old cold case.

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45 h. ago Horror moment family is forced to flee their home in the middle of the night after 'arsonist' targets cars and sparks an inferno

Chilling footage shows the masked man pouring a liquid over the £70,000 Range Rover, a 1994 Mitsubishi 3000 GTO sports car and a van, before setting them all on fire.

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52 h. ago EIGHT members of Glazer family attend Spurs vs Man Utd Europa League final as VIP list leaked

Manchester United take on Tottenham Hotspur in the final of the Europa League on Wednesday evening, and the Glazer family are out in force in Bilbao for the clash

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55 h. ago Car makers have a surprising new target demographic – your dog

Goodwood is the home of fast cars, but last weekend it was all about dogs. Steve Fowler speaks to the car makers trying to woo their human companions

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2 d. ago Watchdog urges Scotland to take action after repeatedly missing climate targets

Climate Change Committee says original goal of a 75% emissions cut by 2030 will now be delayed by up to six yearsThe UK’s climate watchdog has warned that Scotland needs to take “immediate action at pace and scale” to cut its emissions after ministers axed a series of policy pledges.The Climate Change Committee (CCC), an official advisory body, said ministers in Edinburgh needed to take urgent action to curb emissions from buildings and transport to cut Scotland’s overall emissions to nearly zero by 2045.Abandoned a target to cut car miles by 20% by 2030.Dropped a pledge to rapidly decarbonise homes by mandating low-carbon heating systems.Cut funding for tree planting.Missed targets to restore degraded peatland.Ignored calls for a plan to cut meat and dairy consumption, and failed to use their powers to tax air travel more heavily. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Venezuela frees US Air Force veteran considered wrongfully detained, his family says

A United States Air Force veteran detained for several months in Venezuela has been released, according to his family

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3 d. ago Family of ‘travelling burglars’ who targeted Premier League star’s home jailed

The gang travelled from Italy to the UK last year to ‘commit carefully planned burglaries targeting high value properties’.

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3 d. ago Takeaway owner killed in horror fire as arsonists may have targeted wrong home

Akashdeep Singh was asleep when Dale Francis, 37, and Daniel Tatters, 26, carried out the murder. Jurors were told they may have targeted his home in Wolverhampton by mistake

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3 d. ago Bury murder: Man, 19, killed after being hit by car in 'targeted attack' named and pictured

Close friends have left flowers and tributes for him at the scene

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4 d. ago Dimitar Mitov reveals Celtic disappointment as travel red tape forces family of Aberdeen star to miss Hampden final

The Scottish Cup Final will be one of the biggest games of his life - but he won't be able to share it with his nearest and dearest

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4 d. ago Young drivers increasing target of this insurance scam with cases jumping 50% in two years

Victims - typically younger motorists facing high premiums - are at risk of being left thousands of pounds out of pocket and facing criminal charges for driving uninsured.

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4 d. ago Moment learner driver caught fleeing scene after horror crash that left mum dead

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Khizer Ali was driving his mother's VW Golf when he crashed into a Vauxhall Meriva carrying Valerie and David Ayres, leaving the the woman dead

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4 d. ago Scottie Scheffler plays down career grand slam talk after ‘sweet’ US PGA success

American is halfway to sweep of majors after win at Quail HollowWorld No 1 says he is just taking each tournament as it comesScottie Scheffler refused to identify the career grand slam as his next target after securing the US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. The American’s five-shot win means he is halfway to a clean sweep of majors, with the US Open and Open Championship left. Rory McIlroy became just the sixth man to win the grand slam last month at Augusta National.Scheffler, though, is anxious to stay in the present. “I don’t focus on that kind of stuff,” Scheffler insisted on the making of history. “I love coming out here and trying to compete and win golf tournaments. That is what I’m focused on. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Police given more time to question second man arrested in connection to trio of fires linked to Sir Keir Starmer after nabbing suspect at airport

Sir Keir Starmer's home, as well as a flat and a car (pictured) he previously owned, were targeted in suspected arson attacks in London between May 8 and 12.

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6 d. ago Strictly's Saffron Barker targeted by armed thieves after rental car breaks down

Strictly Come Dancing competitor Saffron Barker has shared her horror road trip to Las Vegas after her rental car was targeted by 'armed' thieves who stole all her possessions

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8 d. ago Man is charged in fires targeting properties linked to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

A 21-year-old man was charged Thursday with three counts of arson for fires that targeted two properties and a car linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer

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8 d. ago Pregnant Israeli woman killed on way to give birth in West Bank shooting attack

Tzeela Gez, who was nine months pregnant, was in a car driven by her husband when they were targeted by a Palestinian attacker late on Wednesday

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