12 h. ago Main city road shut in both directions due to police incident

The incident has affected a key route into Cardiff, leading to heavy traffic

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29 h. ago All traffic held on busy A470 as police respond to reports of woman on bridge

The road was shut for around one hour

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38 h. ago Bradford Interchange chaos as area locked down and 'all lines blocked'

The city's main railway and bus station, Bradford Interchange, has been closed this afternoon with disruption expected for the next few hours, Network Rail have said

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44 h. ago Tyne Bridge closed in both directions as 'police incident' causes major delays

The Tyne Bridge, linking Newcastle and Gateshead, has been shut in both directions due to a 'police incident - this is a breaking news story

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44 h. ago Tyne Bridge closed LIVE: Newcastle main route shut as 'police incident' sparks chaos

The Tyne Bridge has been closed in both directions due to a 'police incident' - this is a breaking story

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4 d. ago Teen girl killed in horror minibus crash as road shut for hours and driver arrested

Another teenage girl suffered serious injuries and was rushed to hospital.

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9 d. ago New I’m A Celebrity twist leaves camp split as ‘rivalries’ revealed

The winners went to a revamped main camp called ‘Win City’, while the losers were sent to ‘Doomsville’

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1 week ago M6 serious crash LIVE: Standstill traffic on busy motorway as drivers face huge delays

Collision investigation is being undertaken by local police forces and drivers are being warned that the road will likely be shut for several hours heading into Monday morning

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1 week ago M6 traffic LIVE: 'Serious collision' shuts busy route as huge queues of standstill traffic builds

Collision investigation is being undertaken by local police forces and drivers are being warned that the road will likely be shut for several hours heading into Monday morning

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1 week ago M6 traffic: 'Serious collision' shuts busy route as huge queues of standstill traffic builds

Collision investigation is being undertaken by local police forces and drivers are being warned that the road will likely be shut for several hours heading into Monday morning

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2 w. ago Opening date for Swansea’s new Y Storfa including new main city library

Swansea Council has hailed it as 'the cornerstone' of its £1 billion regeneration programme

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2 w. ago A Milne: Three people charged by police over alleged ashes 'mishandling' at funeral directors

Police have charged three people in connection with the practices of A Milne Independent Funeral Directors

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2 w. ago Three people charged over mishandling of cremated remains at Scots funeral firm

Police Scotland launched Operation Koine to investigate A Milne Funeral Directors and, with support from North Wales colleagues, have now charged three people over funeral plan fraud.

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2 w. ago Federal Reserve officials ‘strongly’ divided on December rate cut

Minutes from central bank’s October meeting pointed to schism on direction of monetary policy

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2 w. ago UK snow LIVE: Greater Manchester road shut off by snow as Met Office warnings in place

Latest traffic, travel and weather updates as UK hit by first snow of the season

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2 w. ago South Pacific nation of Tuvalu rebukes Trump’s ‘shameful disregard’ at Cop30

Minister from islands facing extinction is one of few delegates directly calling out Trump’s climate policiesOf all the representatives from 193 countries present at the crucial UN climate talks in Belém, Brazil, only one has summoned the courage to take the stage and publicly denounce the absent and hostile Trump administration: the climate minister of tiny Tuvalu.On Monday, Maina Vakafua Talia told leaders and diplomats at the Cop30 summit that Donald Trump had shown a “shameful disregard for the rest of the world” by withdrawing the US from the Paris climate agreement. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Severe Storm Claudia flooding forces vital Manchester Airport relief road to shut

The A555 has been closed in both directions 'for safety'

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2 w. ago Blast from confiscated explosives at police station in Indian

The accidental explosion comes days after a deadly car blast in New Delhi which killed at least eight people near the city’s historic Red FortAt least nine people were killed and 32 injured after a cache of confiscated explosives detonated inside a police station in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police have announced.The blast occurred in the Nowgam area of Srinagar, the region’s main city, late on Friday while a team of forensic experts and police were examining the explosive material, said Nalin Prabhat, the region’s police director general. He ruled out any foul play, saying it was an accident. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago M4 shut: Live updates as accident closes the road causing traffic chaos

There are severe delays of around 94 minutes

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3 w. ago The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles

The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy, child harm and foreign political interference. Deregulation plans are misguidedEurope is hurtling toward digital vassalage. Under Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, EU laws to tackle tech giants have been either not applied or delayed, for fear of offending Donald Trump. Now leaked documents reveal that the European Commission plans to gut a central part of Europe’s digital rulebook. This will hurt Europe’s innovators and hand the future of Europe’s tech sovereignty to US firms.Once Europe’s most hyped law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now on the chopping block. Powerful forces within the European Commission, supported by the German government, hope that deregulation will boost Europe’s tech sector, particularly AI. This is a grave mistake.Johnny Ryan is director of Enforce, a unit of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. Georg Riekeles is the associate director of the European Policy ...

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