12 h. ago Northern Ireland to introduce strict restrictions on young drivers to tackle crash rates

It will see newly qualified motorists under the age of 24 face a six-month period of restricted driving at night, an age limit on passengers who can travel in their cars and a host of other rules.

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7 d. ago Lufthansa Group airlines become latest to introduce new restrictions on common carry on item

Passengers can pack a maximum of two portable chargers in carry-on luggage

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8 d. ago Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey piles fresh pressure on Keir Starmer to back a ban on under

Esther Ghey, whose daughter was killed at the age of 16 by two 15-year-olds, urged the Prime Minister to support the introduction of new restrictions.

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1 week ago The world of today looks bad, but take hope: we’ve been here before and got through it – and we will again | Martin Kettle

As I write my last regular column for the Guardian, my thoughts turn to the lessons and hope we can take from historyFrom Greenland’s icy mountains, from India’s coral strand, as the old hymn has it, we seem to inhabit a world that is more seriously troubled in more places than many can ever remember. In the UK, national morale feels all but shot. Politics commands little faith. Ditto the media. The idea that, as a country, we still have enough in common to carry us through – the idea embedded in Britain’s once potent Churchillian myth – feels increasingly threadbare.Welcome, in short, to the Britain of the mid-1980s. That Britain often felt like a broken nation in a broken world, very much as Britain often does in the mid-2020s. The breakages were of course very different. And on one important level, misery is the river of the world. But, for those who can still recall them, the 1980s moods of crisis and uncertainty have things in common with those of today.Martin Kettle is a Guard...

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2 w. ago Groups launch court challenge to NSW laws restricting protests after terror attacks

Blak Caucus, Palestine Action Group and Jews Against the Occupation ‘48 argue the laws restrict the constitutional right to free political speechFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA constitutional challenge has been launched against controversial laws in New South Wales that restrict protest actions for up to three months after terrorist incidents, introduced following the December Bondi attack.The groups the Blak Caucus, Palestine Action Group (PAG) and Jews Against the Occupation ‘48 filed the challenge in the NSW supreme court on Wednesday, arguing in the court summons that the laws are invalid because they “impermissibly burden the implied constitutional freedom of communication on government and political matters”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago NSW protest laws hit by constitutional challenge that claims crackdown restricts free speech

Blak Caucus, Palestine Action Group and Jews Against the Occupation ‘48 launch challenge in court, arguing the laws are invalidFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA constitutional challenge has been launched against controversial laws in New South Wales that restrict protest actions for up to three months after terrorist incidents, introduced following the December Bondi attack.The groups the Blak Caucus, Palestine Action Group (PAG) and Jews Against the Occupation ‘48 filed the challenge in the NSW supreme court on Wednesday, arguing in the court summons that the laws are invalid because they “impermissibly burden the implied constitutional freedom of communication on government and political matters”. Continue reading...

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