81 m. ago Car smashes into group of schoolkids as girl left 'covered in blood' by 'fed up' driver

Eyewitnesses say teachers dragged the driver out of the car, as he sat motionless and wearing a mask having reportedly driven deliberately into the group of seven and eight year olds as they left school

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89 m. ago Fist fights, ghostly pranks and schism: a brief history of conclaves past

Selecting a new pope has always been an arduous process, but some conclaves seemed to suffer more than othersModern-day conclaves are steeped in mystery: cardinal electors swear an oath of secrecy – and so do the cooks, drivers, medics and others who support their deliberations. Before the conclave begins next week, the Sistine Chapel will be swept for electronic bugs, jamming devices will be installed, and special coatings will be placed on windows to stop laser scanners picking up anything audible.It wasn’t always this way: in the past, letters, diaries and other writings by cardinals and their attendants gave revealing accounts of what happened in the meetings convened in order to choose a pope. Continue reading...

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99 m. ago Moment furious Spanish cop slaps Brit driver as crowd call for him to be 'killed' after he led officers on wild car chase the wrong way down a motorway near Benidorm

Footage shows the unnamed 49-year-old man being pinned down by Spanish Guardia Civil in as stunned bystanders crowd around the dramatic scene.

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2 h. ago New plan for almost all English homes could cut energy bills by £1,000

The government will reportedly compel developers to make the changes as standard on the vast majority of new-build homes by 2027, as part of Labour's drive to hit net-zero targets and cut household energy costs

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2 h. ago Why unlimited green energy is closer than people think – video

Most countries have no fossil fuel reserves, but no country in the world is without renewable energy resources. For a country such as Iceland, the world leader in renewables, this statement is clear to see. The island nation has made good use of its volcanoes and glaciers, which help provide 100% of its electricity and almost all its heat energy. But what about other countries that don't have Iceland's unique geology to rely on. Josh Toussaint-Strauss finds out how the world has managed to reach the impressive milestone of more than 40% of global electricity demand coming from clean power sources, and how other countries such as the UK are making this energy transition happen, despite a distinct lack of volcanoesClean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Police force comes under fire online for fining driver over roadside wee

They fined the man for 'improper use of the hard shoulder'

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3 h. ago I know how global aid works. Here’s how Britain can do the right thing – and make its money count | David Miliband

The politics of aid may be toxic, but the UK must realise that supporting the world’s poorest people is both a moral and pragmatic thing to doDavid Miliband is president and CEO of the International Rescue CommitteeIn more than 10 years working in the aid sector, I have seen extraordinary innovations, from childhood education programmes for refugee children, to AI-driven flood warnings that alert farmers in some of the most vulnerable places on earth. Many of the initiatives I’ve seen are remarkably impactful and deliver serious value for money: it costs the International Rescue Committee (IRC) just £3 ($4) to deliver a life-saving vaccine dose in the midst of a conflict in east Africa, for example.The politics surrounding international aid, however, are increasingly toxic. The UK’s Department for International Development and now the US equivalent, USAID, have been dismantled, despite the British public being more than twice as likely to say that aid has a positive rather than nega...

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3 h. ago Drivers use 'staggeringly simple' trick to become invisible to cameras

Councils have been given new ANPR cameras to try and catch out drivers using the dodgy tactics to try and evade speeding cameras and escape penalty points and fines

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3 h. ago Labour's biggest union backer issues tough message on Ed Miliband's Net Zero drive

The attack from Unite came after former prime minister Sir Tony Blair voiced criticism over Labour’s ‘irrational’ climate policies

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3 h. ago Labour's biggest union backer issues tough message on Ed Milliband's Net Zero drive

The scathing attack from Unite came after former prime minister Sir Tony Blair voiced criticism over Labour’s ‘irrational’ climate policies

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5 h. ago DWP shares update on new powers to snoop on benefit claimant bank accounts

One of these new powers - and it's most controversial - will give the DWP access to bank accounts of those suspected of having more money than they say and to recover benefit debts.

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5 h. ago Move fast and destroy things: 100 chaotic days of Elon Musk in the White House

From mass firings to unprecedented influence, Musk has left little of the federal government untouched in Doge roleOne hundred days after Elon Musk entered the White House as Donald Trump’s senior adviser and the de facto leader of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), the Tesla CEO has left little of the federal government unscathed. Over the course of just a few months, he has gutted agencies and public services that took decades to build while accumulating immense political power.Musk’s role in the Trump administration is without modern precedent. Never before has the world’s richest person been deputized by the US president to cull the very agencies that oversee his businesses. Musk’s attempts to radically dismantle government bureaus have won him sprawling influence. His team has embedded its members in key roles across federal agencies, gained access to personal data on millions of Americans and fired tens of thousands of workers. SpaceX, where he is CEO,...

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5 h. ago McLaren F1 boss admits collision between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri is ‘inevitable’

Piastri leads Norris by 10 points in the drivers’ standings ahead of this weekend’s race in Miami

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6 h. ago Major M4 motorway bridge suddenly closed sparking ‘severe’ delays

The westbound entry slip road to the M4 Prince of Wales bridge near Bristol is shut due to a diesel spill overnight - drivers have been told to expect long delays

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7 h. ago US and Ukraine sign mineral deal after Donald Trump turns on Putin

The minerals deal, signed on Wednesday, will give the US privileged access to new investment projects to develop Ukraine's natural resources.

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7 h. ago Several countries sending firefighting planes to Israel to help tackle major wildfire

Several countries are sending firefighting aircraft to Israel as crews battle for a second day to extinguish a wildfire that had shut down a major highway linking Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and sent drivers scrambling from their cars

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8 h. ago What is cryptosporidium? Symptoms of unpleasant disease spread by nasty parasite explained

Public Health Wales is investigating a suspected outbreak of cryptosporidium - sometimes known as crypto - following activity at Marlborough Grange Farm in Cowbridge, south Wales

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10 h. ago Sir Rod Stewart steps in to help autistic Scots boy caught in 'blackhole' waiting for diagnosis

The Daily Record had previously highlighted the lack of children and adolescent mental health service appointments for children with conditions like autism and ADHD.

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10 h. ago Drivers warned over car check that could stop you breaking down in the heat

The weather is slowly but surely heating up in the UK; however, with the rise in temperatures, experts are urging Brits to check their batteries to avoid rendering them useless

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14 h. ago Girl, 14, and teenage boy raced to hospital after stabbing in Merseyside as police hunt 'knifeman'

Merseyside Police said armed police were called to Whitefield Drive in Westvale, Kirkby, at about 8.25pm on Wednesday following reports of two teenagers being stabbed.

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