53 m. ago Ashes 2025 live score: England all out for 334 on day two as Australia set to bat

Root’s first hundred in Australia helped England to 325-9 and he’ll try to add to that lead today

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62 m. ago Passengers are wearing pajamas to the airport more often in protest against Sean Duffy’s etiquette push

The Transportation Department has urged Americans to dress nicer at the airport as it believes that correlates with good behavior

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73 m. ago London mayor–council feud continues as meeting canceled; State auditor launches financial examination

London mayor–council feud continues as meeting canceled; State auditor launches financial examination  WKYT

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4 h. ago US military conducts strike on another suspected drug boat as probe into the first strike begins

U.S. Southern Command says it has conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, following a pause of almost three weeks

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4 h. ago Pentagon announces it has killed four men in another boat strike in Pacific

Strike comes amid congressional turmoil over legality of US attacks on suspected drug smugglersThe Pentagon announced on Thursday that the US military’s southern command had conducted another deadly strike on a boat suspected of carrying illegal narcotics, killing four men in the eastern Pacific.Video of the new strike was posted on social media by the US southern command, based in Florida, with a statement saying that, at the direction of Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, “Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization”. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Stark warning for NHS over drop in number of international nurses coming to UK

The health and care system has relied on international recruitment ‘for generations’ with experts warning that plans to tighten visa rules and cut immigration could ‘deepen’ workforce shortages

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5 h. ago Young ‘cautious’ over potential reintroduction of wolves and lynx in the wild

Research carried out in Northern Ireland examined the views of children ages 10 and 11, and 16-year-olds.

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5 h. ago UK Government unwilling to support Scottish industry, John Swinney claims

The First Minister is expected to push for ‘urgent’ support for Scottish industry.

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6 h. ago Woman cut from car and rushed to hospital after 'major' crash shuts roads

Emergency services remain at the scene at Bolton Road in Rochdale

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6 h. ago Rochdale crash LIVE: Roads closed as woman cut from car after horror collision

Emergency services have attended a 'major road traffic collision' in Rochdale at the junction of Bolton Road and Eskdale Avenue, with one woman cut from a vehicle and taken to hospital

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6 h. ago Rochdale crash closes roads as woman cut from car after horror collision

Emergency services have attended a 'major road traffic collision' in Rochdale at the junction of Bolton Road and Eskdale Avenue, with one woman cut from a vehicle and taken to hospital

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6 h. ago Universal Credit rule change to help more working parents get help with childcare costs

WORKING parents on Universal Credit are set for a major boost, as the Government unveils new support to cut the crippling cost of childcare. Ministers have confirmed that Universal Credit rules will change next year to stop families from falling into a "debt trap" when they try to return to work. The strategy targets one...

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6 h. ago Ashes 2025 live score: Root and Archer to take attack to Aussies when England resume on day two

Root’s first hundred in Australia helped England to 325-9 and he’ll try to add to that lead today

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6 h. ago Scotland revealed as UK road rage capital as major city tops list

STRESSED Scots motorists are the most likely to show road rage, a study found. Some 28 per cent of the nation’s drivers have been affected by traffic fights, rising to 29 per cent in hotspot Glasgow. That compares to 25 per cent across the whole UK in the survey of 2,000 adults. Glasgow finished just...

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6 h. ago ‘Democracy at last’ as I’m A Celebrity stars told no more camp leaders

The stars had to decide amongst themselves which campmates should carry out each chore.

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7 h. ago Accountancy chief who killed cyclist with car 'was late for children's nanny', court hears

Thomas Gibbs, 42, was allegedly listening to music on earphones when his VW Passat hit Ben Jacobs, who was on a 30-mile ride with friends - although he said he was 'not distracted'.

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8 h. ago New cervical cancer screening guidelines issued that let women skip unpleasant doctor’s visit

The move addresses a key barrier to screening, as traditional speculum exams can be uncomfortable or even painful

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8 h. ago Experts urge release of boat strike video as US admiral denies ‘kill them all’ order

Democrat Jim Himes calls footage ‘one of the most troubling scenes’ he’s observed in public serviceAnalysis: Killing of survivors sparks outrage – but entire US ‘drug boat’ war is legally shakyTop Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Congress on Thursday said that the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, had not ordered the military to kill surviving members of a a deadly attack on a boat alleged to be carrying drugs in the Caribbean, but differed over whether the double strike was appropriate.The allegation that Hegseth ordered the killing of survivors sparked bipartisan concern in Washington that he or others involved may have committed a war crime. On Thursday, US navy admiral Frank Bradley, who commanded the attack, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, appeared before the House and Senate’s armed services and intelligence committees for a closed briefing in which they showed video and discussed the attack with lawmakers. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Kim Kardashian says Kanye West accused her of faking Paris robbery

The Skims founder testified in court earlier this year during the trial for the 2016 robbery

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9 h. ago Joe Root is finally a wizard in Aus after Harry Brook’s Bazball scarecrow act | Barney Ronay

A tale of two Yorkshiremen, one keeping England in the series, the other batting without a brainIn the end even the celebration was perfect, out there under that strange deep-blue southern sky, in the frenzy of the game-state – manic Baz energy, England’s lower order scything away death cult-style at the other end, the way even the grass seems lacquered and glazed by the lights.So yeah. All that stuff. In the middle of this Joe Root guided the ball away through fine leg to complete his first Test hundred in Australia, then marked it with a gentle smile and a wave of the bat, no fist-punching, no monkeys off backs, no angsty and pointed messaging. Continue reading...

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