58 m. ago Leader of UK’s black police officers under investigation over tweet

Exclusive: Andy George says misconduct inquiry over tweet about Chris Kaba case officer ‘stifles free speech’The leader of Britain’s black and Asian police officers has been placed under investigation over a tweet.Ch Insp Andy George, the president of the National Black Police Association, said the decision to place him under a misconduct investigation “sends a chilling message” and “stifles free speech”. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago ‘It’s very brazen’: retail workers and shoplifters on the UK’s record theft statistics

Staff tell of thieves costing stores thousands, while shoplifters say soaring living costs drove them to crimeIt was about 8pm in Tesco Express when Katherine*, a shift manager in north-west England, was alone with her younger colleague when she noticed a man acting suspiciously in the aisle containing home goods.The section – which stocked items such as laundry detergent and fabric softener – is behind plastic security barriers, so “he basically ripped it out the shelf, swept it into a duffel bag and walked out,” Katherine said. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago At the bottom of the North Sea, out of air and with no hope of rescue, I said goodbye to all my dreams

Diver Chris Lemons was 300ft beneath the surface when he lost contact with his colleagues, their support ship – and his air supply. How did he escape that ‘dark, lonely’ place?It was, says Chris Lemons, “very much a normal day at the office”. Until things went wrong. But when they went wrong, they went wrong very badly, very quickly. The “office” was actually the bottom of the North Sea, where Lemons was left without air for almost half an hour.Lemons was working as a saturation diver, living in a pressurised chamber onboard a specialised ship for stints of up to a month, and being lowered to the seabed in a diving bell to work on offshore structures. “It is a serious business, but it is routine for us. That bell going down is like the taxi to work. I always felt comfortable down there.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Young Scot opens up on "anxiety attack" that led to heart transplant

A week after the gruelling operation her family was told to prepare to lose Lucy as her body was showing signs of rejecting the new organ.

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4 h. ago Major high street pharmacy caught on camera giving weight loss jabs to a teenager

The shocking moment was captured during journalist Ellie Flynn's investigation into the culture around these drugs in the UK for Channel 4's latest episode of Dispatches.

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5 h. ago Men suspected of murdering Brit found dead in sack of pineapples appear in court

British man Campbell Scott, 58, was found dead in a sack filled with pineapples in Kenya's Makongo forest after being reported missing by his work colleagues

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6 h. ago Swab test could help UK women avoid invasive checks for womb cancer

New method reported to cut number of false positives by 87% has been registered with regulator for approvalA new swab test could help hundreds of thousands of women a year in the UK who may have womb cancer avoid having an often painful invasive procedure to detect the disease.About 800,000 women annually go to see a GP because they are suffering from abnormal bleeding from their uterus and then undergo uncomfortable and stressful investigations to identify the cause. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Underage girl buys weight loss jabs from Boots after store believes false date of birth

A shocking undercover investigation has revealed a "systemic failure" when it comes to prescribing the the controversial skinny jab

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7 h. ago Linda McMahon, wrestling industry billionaire, confirmed as US education secretary

US Senate confirmed Trump ally and ex-wrestling executive as chief of department president wants dismantledThe US Senate has confirmed Linda McMahon as the nation’s next education secretary, entrusting the former wrestling executive with a department marked for dismantling by Donald Trump.The 76-year-old billionaire businesswoman and longtime Trump ally was approved 51-45, reflecting deep divisions over her qualifications and the administration’s education agenda. McMahon, who previously led the small business administration during Trump’s first term, now faces the paradoxical task of running an agency while simultaneously working toward its potential elimination. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Covid inquiry rejects bid from Mone to be ‘core participant’

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry began four weeks of scrutiny of decisions to purchase personal protective equipment on Monday.

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7 h. ago Another journalist killed in Mexico. Here's how the deaths are counted

Mexican authorities are investigating the killing of a local reporter in the central state of Guanajuato, the country’s homicide leader

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7 h. ago More than half of adults worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050 – report

Analysis forecasts a third of young people will also be overweight or obese, in ‘unparalleled’ threat to healthMore than half of adults and a third of children and young people worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, posing an “unparalleled threat” of early death, disease and enormous strain on healthcare systems, a report warns.Global failures in the response to the growing obesity crisis over the past three decades have led to a staggering increase in the numbers affected, according to the analysis published in the Lancet. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Head of FBI New York office says he's retired from the bureau after being ordered to do so

The head of the FBI’s New York field office who was reported to have resisted Justice Department efforts to scrutinize agents who participated in politically sensitive investigations has told coworkers that he has retired from the bureau after being directed to do so

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7 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing star 'signs up for Celebrity Apprentice' and 'isn't afraid' of tasks

A boyband member will be among the star contestants taking part in a 2025 celebrity filled version of the long-running, Lord Sugar fronted, BBC show The Apprentice later this year

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7 h. ago Emmerdale's Kathryn Apanowicz dies after long illness as pal shares moving tribute

Former TV presenter and actress Kathryn Apanowicz has died aged 64, it has been announced with a friend and colleague sharing a touching tribute

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8 h. ago I'm the FBI agent who led the Covid lab leak investigation... here's what my colleagues are too afraid to tell you

Dr Jason Bannan defended his agency's conclusion that Covid escaped from a lab, saying he was speaking up to counter ideas that this was a right wing conspiracy.

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8 h. ago GP Thomas Kwan fooled his own mum with disguise before trying to murder her partner

Thomas Kwan planned his attempted murder well in advance, making sure to don a cunning disguise before administering a fake Covid jab to his intended victim - even his own mother was convinced

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8 h. ago Former CIA agent claims there was life on Mars... and has 'evidence' to prove it

A former CIA spy claims he uncovered life on Mars while working in one of the agency's programs where he spied on distant worlds

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8 h. ago Factory jobs cut at fastest pace since Covid as Labour's anti

S&P Global found 'the steepest cut to employment' in the sector since May 2020, with staffing levels falling in five of the last six months.

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8 h. ago Spitting Image and Radio 4 comedy genius Bill Dare dies in accident abroad

Bill Dare, who was a producer on eight seasons of the ITV satirical puppet show Spitting Image has died following an accident abroad, his agent announced on Monday

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