1 hour ago UK airport could 'shutdown' next month with all flights grounded

A UK airport is facing shutdown over potential strike action as key staff members are discontent with recent pay offers which they claim don't cover the increasing cost of living

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4 h. ago China’s crackdown on lavish civil servant perks will ‘harm’ the economy, experts warn

Updated regulations ban the country’s 40 million civil servants from lavish banquets, and restrict them from overseas travel for ‘personal leisure’Adjacent to a municipal government building in Beijing, a normally bustling restaurant is now eerily quiet, at lunchtime most of its seats are empty.The recent crackdown on civil servants frequenting restaurants – part of a government austerity drive intended to crack down on corruption – has likely affected business and caused liquor sales to plummet, admits one waitress who works in the opulent establishment. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Brian Cox says Scots film festival was too small for his film premiere

Succession actor Brian Cox has snubbed his homeland for the launch of his latest film, even though it was handed cash by the Scottish Government.

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7 h. ago White House plans to review all Smithsonian exhibits to make sure they meet Trump’s agenda for America’s 250th birthday

Trump accused the Smithsonian of falling under the sway of ‘a divisive, race-centered ideology’ in his March executive order

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8 h. ago Putin races to grab territory in Ukraine with lightning advance days before meeting with Trump

Battlefield reports claim Russian sabotage and reconnaisance teams have breached weak points in eastern Ukraine, advancing up to six miles past the front line in two days

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8 h. ago Welsh attraction that was on the verge of being shut down named one of the best in the country

Previously on the brink of closure the attraction has now been awarded after receiving a high number of great reviews

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9 h. ago Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones joins Instagram with nod to iconic character Nessa

Ruth Jones has made her Instagram debut, welcoming fans to her official page with a reference to Gavin and Stacey.

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10 h. ago Trump fumes and again insists companies pay tariffs not consumers as he bashes criticism of his plan

‘Consumers aren’t even paying these Tariffs, it is mostly Companies and Governments,’ Trump continues to claim.

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10 h. ago British Airways air stewardess sacked for being too scared to fly wins discrimination claim

Jennifer Clifford worked for the airline for almost 40 years before the Covid-19 pandemic, an employment tribunal heard.

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10 h. ago Starbucks bans printers and desktops after Korean customers turn cafes into offices

The move is aimed at a group of people known as ‘cagongjok’

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10 h. ago Gang who squirted sauce on victims to distract them as they stole thousands are jailed after months

Members of a ruthless organised crime gang who robbed people by squirting them with bottled sauces have been jailed.

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11 h. ago Carlos Baleba to Man United transfer latest as £112m discussion claim made

Latest Manchester United transfer news with an update on Carlos Baleba's future

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11 h. ago Thousands evacuated in Spain as deadly heatwave fans Mediterranean wildfires

Boy, four, dies of heatstroke in Rome as scientists say high temperatures and fires are reminder of climate emergencyThe deadly heatwave fanning wildfires across the Mediterranean region has claimed at least three lives and forced thousands of people from their homes.Firefighters continued to battle blazes on Tuesday and authorities braced for further damage as temperatures in some areas surged well past 40C. In Spain, a Romanian man in his 50s died after suffering 98% burns while trying to rescue horses from a burning stable near Madrid on Monday night. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Real Madrid issue statement as Barcelona and Villarreal await FIFA approval to stage La Liga clash in Miami

It would be a first for Europe’s ‘big five’ leagues

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12 h. ago Wrecked houses and 26 dead horses: residents return to Madrid suburb after wildfire

Families in Tres Cantos and Soto de Viñuelas take in scene of destruction after blaze and pay tribute to man who diedAdolfo López plunged his head and hands into his parents’ swimming pool early on Tuesday afternoon, keen to wash off the soot and dirt he had acquired from the gutted house his mother and father had called home for the past 25 years.The wildfire that would devour 1,000 hectares of land, consume their house, destroy some neighbouring properties and kill a man trying to rescue horses from a local stables was just a column of smoke when López saw it approaching Soto de Viñuelas at 7.45pm on Monday. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Stirling Albion left "frustrated" in home opener bore draw as Annan claim point

The Binos had the better of the chances but were unable to break down the visitors' defence.

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12 h. ago In Flight episode one on Channel 4 review: this airplane thriller never quite takes off

Channel 4’s new drama doesn’t really make sense, but at least Katherine Kelly is good

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12 h. ago PSG evolution offers Tottenham chance to reignite forgotten reputation in Super Cup

Thomas Frank guides Spurs in Udine with a chance to claim a trophy in his first match in charge against the European champions PSG

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13 h. ago Football Daily | La Liga, where every team plays each other home and away. Unless they’re in Miami

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Spanish football is famed for nothing if not its integrity. Whether it’s Franco using his influence to elevate Real Madrid, in general, but with particular regard to the Di Stéfano affair; the way the government facilitated the sale of Madrid’s training ground for a gazillion euros; Barcelona conjuring then pulling their beloved levers; the way it treats the women’s game, in general but with particular regard to the Luis Rubiales affair; racism more suited to a dissertation or police report than a tea-timely email; to say nothing of the Fuentes blood bags.To Manchester United I decided and said yes. I wanted to join Manchester United, to see Alex Ferguson [but Dortmund] could not sell me, because they knew if I stayed they could earn more money, and that I could wait maybe one or two more years” – Robert Lewandowski on how he almost became a Red Devil in 2012, two years after a volcanic ash cloud scuppered a planned move to Blackbur...

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13 h. ago Mould, vermin and ceiling leaks: German police say they work in ‘embarrassing’ conditions

Union calls for increased spending to revamp vehicles and station houses that it says are an insult to officers’ dignityGermany’s biggest police union has complained about the dilapidated state of hundreds of police stations across the country and a fleet of aged vehicles, saying conditions are a threat to officers’ health and an insult to their dignity.“Decades-old toilet bowls, mould in the offices, vermin, broken heating units and holes in the ceiling that let the rain in,” said Hagen Husgen of the GdP union, citing just a few of the complaints his organisation had received from members. Continue reading...

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