27 h. ago LIVE updates as town centre road taped off amid large police presence

There were reports of armed police at the scene

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36 h. ago LIVE updates as West Coast Mainline shut due to major incident on line

The emergency services are responding to an incident between Macclesfield and Stoke-on-Trent

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36 h. ago LIVE updates as police confirm person dead on railway with West Coast Mainline shut

The emergency services are responding to an incident between Macclesfield and Stoke-on-Trent

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3 d. ago Home secretary says she has lost confidence in police chief behind Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ban

Statement by Shabana Mahmood is blow to Craig Guildford’s chances of remaining West Midlands police chief constable UK politics live – latest updatesThe home secretary has said she has lost confidence in the West Midlands chief constable after a “damning” report into a ban on Israeli fans from a football game in Birmingham.The inquiry, which was ordered by Shabana Mahmood and carried out by the policing inspectorate His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, found the force made a series of errors in how it gathered and handled intelligence. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer tells MPs he is open to social media ban for young people

PM says he is alarmed at reports about children’s screen time and has shifted position on Australian-style policyUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has told MPs he is open to the idea of an Australian-style ban on social media for young people after becoming concerned about the amount of time children and teenagers are spending on their phones.The prime minister told Labour MPs on Monday evening he had become alarmed at reports about five-year-olds spending hours in front of screens each day, as well as increasingly worried about the damage social media is doing to under-16s. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago M60 LIVE updates as traffic stopped due to 'police incident'

A major road has also been closed

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1 week ago Live M61 traffic updates as 'police incident' leaves motorway shut in both directions near Bolton

Traffic diversion routes are in place - updates as we get them

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1 week ago Live Greater Manchester snow and ice updates as police urge people to take care and weather warning in force

People are being advised to plan journeys in advance

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1 week ago Live Greater Manchester snow and ice updates as police issue warning to motorists and school closed

People are being advised to plan journeys in advance

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1 week ago Venezuelan leaders’ fever dream of a US invasion finally becomes reality

Maduro and Chávez used fears of American aggression to tighten their grip on power – but now an even greater fantasist has imposed his will on their countryNicolás Maduro jailed in New York – live updatesThe ‘Putinisation’ of US foreign policy has arrived in VenezuelaIt was the fever dream of the revolution, a dark fantasy spun so many times – each version wilder than the last – until it almost became a joke: the Yankees are coming.Hugo Chávez, who ruled Venezuela from 1999 to 2013, conjured the scenario again and again, warning that the US president and his henchmen in the CIA and Pentagon were mobilising forces to strike. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago LIVE M66 updates as motorway closed due to 'police incident'

The southbound motorway has been closed near Ramsbottom

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2 w. ago LIVE M6 traffic updates as crash closes busy motorway with police at scene

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2 w. ago LIVE M6 traffic updates as 'serious' crash closes busy motorway with police at scene

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2 w. ago LIVE updates from police cordon at shopping precinct in Greater Manchester neighbourhood as forensics tent put up

Witnesses have seen police responding to an incident

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2 w. ago LIVE updates as police respond to New Year's Day incident in Greater Manchester suburb

Residents have described their shock after police turn up at 6am

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2 w. ago LIVE: Murder probe launched after man stabbed shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve

A man and woman have been arrested following the incident

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