Aslef postpones first two walkouts that were planned for Thursday and Saturday

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Planned strikes by train drivers on London's Elizabeth line scheduled for this Thursday and Saturday have been called off following a new pay offer, the Aslef union announced today.

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Planned strikes by train drivers on London's Elizabeth Line on Thursday and Saturday have been called off following a new pay offer, Aslef announced.

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All eight victims were killed in the street on Saturday night in Mexico's most violent state of Guanajuato, an industrial and farming hub where drug use is relatively high

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Janet Street-Porter branded her Loose Women co-star Denise Welch "selfish" during a live TV debate about emigrating on the ITV daytime show alongside Ruth Langsford and Coleen Nolan

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On Saturday, February 22, TRC (The Running Club) hosted its latest event sponsored by Red Bull, which saw around 120 members come together and run a 5k route around Bathgate.

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Israel ready to resume fighting if there is no progress in crucial talks this week, reports sayIsrael is seeking to extend the first stage of the ceasefire agreement in the war with Hamas in Gaza and is prepared to resume fighting if there is no progress in crucial talks this week, according to reports.Israel’s Kan Radio, along with Ma’ariv, a daily newspaper, reported on Tuesday that informal talks were under way aimed at extending the first 42-day stage of the ceasefire, which expires on Saturday. Official internationally mediated negotiations on how to implement the second stage – which would involve a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian territory – were supposed to begin weeks ago, but have been repeatedly postponed as the fragile truce has lurched from crisis to crisis. Continue reading...

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Almost 40% of federal contracts canceled as part of Doge’s cost-cutting efforts aren’t expected to save government any money, Trump administration’s own data showsIt’s coming down to the wire for beleaguered House speaker Mike Johnson, who is trying to rally GOP holdouts behind his budget plan for enacting Donald Trump’s agenda before the showdown vote this evening.Amid Republican opposition threatening to derail his bill, Johnson was up late last night locked in talks with holdouts from across his party who remain skeptical of his outline plan for tax and spending cuts - as well as border security, energy and defense policy - via a single reconciliation bill. Continue reading...

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Reckon you have a keen eye? Give this brainteaser a go and see if you can work out which of the three women pictured in the puzzle is richest, but be warned – you have a time limit

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Emmerdale fans are convinced they know why Caleb Miligan ends up on a ventilator in the hospital after he was seen unconscious in a tense flashforward scene.

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Keir Starmer says now is the time to deepen European security, as he announces move in the CommonsThe rightwing historian Niall Ferguson is in the audience for Badenoch’s speech, according to James Heale from the Spectator.Niall Ferguson spotted at Kemi Badenoch’s big speech on foreign affairs hearing we might get some policy tooTractors’ horns interrupt Badenoch’s speech shortly after she begins speaking. Attendant spinner heard swearing furiously Continue reading...

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Services are often late and there are problems with lifts and security

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Polish prime minister says EU leaders will meet on Sunday and calls for greater defence mobilisation across EuropeThe London summit is understood to be still in planning and would serve as a forum for European leaders to get debriefed on both Macron and Starmer’s conversations with Trump during their respective visits to the White House and to consider implications for European and Ukrainian security.It so happens that Starmer is due to speak in UK parliament in the next half hour, so we could get an official confirmation of what Tusk said.I hope that this greater [defence] mobilisation of Europe, of member states and Europe more broadly, will become a fact.[Before meeting at the next European Council,] we will be in London on Sunday, together with our British friends and a group of leaders, to talk about these joint plans on defence. Continue reading...

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Starmer is to give a statement to MPs at 12.30pm the Commons authories have announcedThe rightwing historian Niall Ferguson is in the audience for Badenoch’s speech, according to James Heale from the Spectator.Niall Ferguson spotted at Kemi Badenoch’s big speech on foreign affairs hearing we might get some policy tooTractors’ horns interrupt Badenoch’s speech shortly after she begins speaking. Attendant spinner heard swearing furiously Continue reading...

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Keir Starmer will make a statement on 'defence and security' amid mounting concerns that he is facing mission impossible at the White House.

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The Prime Minister is making a rare statement to the Commons about defence and security amid growing calls to ramp up spending due to the crisis in Ukraine and Donald Trump's interventions

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Damien Evans, 39, and Aaron Madley, 29, led the occupants of the house to be prescribed depression medication and having to install security cameras

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There could be more secrets ready to be uncovered in the Dales

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Beijing’s unexpected exercises disrupted flights and fuelled regional security debates

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Reporting from Zakopane in Poland , travel journalist Chelsea Dickenson featured on the ITV daytime show hosted by Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley .

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