18 h. ago Major Scottish road closed after pedestrian hit by ambulance in early hours of morning

Police are investigating the crash on Saturday morning.

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19 h. ago Middle East crisis live: Israel says body of Shiri Bibas returned as Hamas releases more hostages

Hamas has released two hostages so far today, with another four to come laterA masked militant has sat down at a table on the stage with a Red Cross representative and they appear to be signing documents.Live images from Rafah are showing masked Hamas fighters taking to the makeshift stage, with one speaking into a microphone. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Travel warning issued as 'abnormal load' hits major Greater Manchester road

Motorists could face disruption

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20 h. ago Middle East crisis live: Israel says body of Shiri Bibas returned as Hamas begins release of six more hostages

Hamas says six captives to be freed from Gaza in swap for about 600 Palestinian prisoners and detaineesA masked militant has sat down at a table on the stage with a Red Cross representative and they appear to be signing documents.Live images from Rafah are showing masked Hamas fighters taking to the makeshift stage, with one speaking into a microphone. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Middle East crisis live: Israel says body of Shiri Bibas handed over as Hamas begins release of six more hostages

Hamas says six captives to be freed from Gaza in swap for about 600 Palestinian prisoners and detaineesA masked militant has sat down at a table on the stage with a Red Cross representative and they appear to be signing documents.Live images from Rafah are showing masked Hamas fighters taking to the makeshift stage, with one speaking into a microphone. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Middle East crisis live: Israel says body of Shiri Bibas handed over as Hamas prepares to release six more hostages

Hamas says six captives expected to be freed from Gaza on Saturday in swap for about 600 Palestinian prisoners and detaineesA convoy of Red Cross vehicles is now heading to a hostage handover site set up by Hamas in Rafah in southern Gaza, the Times of Israel is quoting an Israeli defense official as saying.The Red Cross is expected to receive two hostages there, the report says. According to Al Jazeera, hostages Tal Shoham and Avera Mengistu will be freed in Rafah. The other four — Omer Shem-Tov, Eliya Cohen, Omer Wenkert and Hisham al-Sayed — will be released later in central Gaza’s Nuseirat.On the stage prepared by Hamas in Rafah are the usual placards with messages including “We are the flood” as well as military weapons and equipment the group claims were stolen from the IDF on October 7 2023.One piece is a gun on which the group wrote “Ravshatz,” the Hebrew acronym for the head of a community’s local security team, indicating it was taken from such an individual killed by terr...

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35 h. ago Man's body is found near golf course in Bury as police close off road

Police cordoned off a road in Bury last night after a man's body was found near a golf course, nearby Holcombe Brook Sports Club on Longsight Road in Ramsbottom yesterday evening. 

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53 h. ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli military says body of Shiri Bibas is not among returned hostages

Israel has demanded the return of Shiri Bibas after it said testing showed that one of the four bodies released by Hamas did not belong to any other hostageThe Israeli military has said the two Bibas boys were “murdered by terrorists” in Gaza.The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said earlier that Ariel and Kfir Bibas had been identified after their bodies were released by Hamas on Thursday under the current ceasefire agreement.According to the assessment of professional officials, based on the intelligence available to us and forensic findings from the identification process, Ariel and Kfir Bibas were brutally murdered by terrorists in captivity in November 2023. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Body 'found in embankment' as cops cordon off area in major incident

A body has been 'found in an embankment' as police close down multiple roads.

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59 h. ago LIVE: Huge road closure in place and emergency response amid ongoing incident

Police and paramedics have taped off Longsight Road in the Greenmount area of Bury

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59 h. ago LIVE: Body found as police close off road in major ongoing incident

Police and paramedics have taped off Longsight Road in the Greenmount area of Bury

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66 h. ago BBC EastEnders' Denise warned of 'red flag' as viewers vote on her romantic future in 40th anniversary live episode

EastEnders viewers can cast their votes on who Denise Fox should end up with in tonight's live episode, but a body language expert has revealed who she is actually more compatible with.

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66 h. ago Tragedy as man, 76, and woman, 63, killed in horror crash on major road

Officers were called out to a crash involving a car and a lorry

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3 d. ago 'I will now live my life with the scars she has put on my body'

Her victim said she "felt vulnerable, like a child"

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4 d. ago 'I live knowing putrid hospital turned my baby's body black and killed her'

Grieving mum Theresa Smith told an inquiry into her newborn's death that she has endured 'eight years of absolute hell' knowing her baby turned 'coal black' from an infection caused by an 'absolutely putrid hospital'

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5 d. ago Martin Lewis MSE warning to electric car drivers facing £195 bill in April 2025

Major road tax changes will come into effect on April 1 and it's bad news for Brits driving around in an an electric car (EV)

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5 d. ago Major Dumfries and Galloway road to be hit by closures for resurfacing work

Amey is set to repair a stretch of the A75 between Springholm and Haugh of Urr, resulting in overnight closures and one weekend closure.

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5 d. ago Major Scottish road shut after unexploded ordnance found in underground tunnel

The ordnance was found in a tunnel underneath the road near Dunkeld

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