21 h. ago Driving test waiting times hit 22 weeks as nearly 1 in 3 learners pay £500 for slots

Waiting times have shot up since before the coronavirus pandemic when learners could get a test in just five weeks

Economics

27 h. ago MIT grieves shooting death of renowned director of plasma science center

Nuno FG Loureiro, 47, was shot multiple times at his home, and no details about a suspect or motive have been releasedThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) community is grieving after the “shocking” shooting death of the director of its plasma science and fusion center, according to officials.Nuno FG Loureiro, 47, had been shot multiple times at his home in Brookline on Monday night when police said they received a call to investigate. Emergency responders brought Loureiro to a hospital, and the award-winning scientist was pronounced dead there Tuesday morning, the Norfolk county district attorney’s office said in a statement. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago MIT professor dies after being shot ‘multiple times’ at his Brookline home

He had been with the prestigious college since 2016

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38 h. ago MIT professor dies after being shot ‘multiple times’ inside his Brookline home

He’d been with the prestigious university since 2016

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48 h. ago ‘I fear electromagnetic catastrophe’: Josh Safdie on Marty Supreme, latent Jewish anxiety and why men are lost

The Timothée Chalamet-starring comedy about a hustling table tennis ace has been voted one of the Guardian’s films of the year. Its writer/director talks ambition, American dreams and alien takeovers• Why Marty Supreme is the No 5 film in the UKJosh Safdie, 41, is best known for the films he has made with his brother, Benny – frenetic chancer yarns such as Uncut Gems, Good Time and Heaven Knows What.Last year, the brothers split and shot separate movies loosely based on real life sportsmen. Benny made wrestling drama The Smashing Machine, starring The Rock; Josh a loose take on the life of Marty Reisman, a shoe-store clerk in 1950s New York, who aspires to table tennis pre-eminence but must hustle to fund his passage to championships in London and Tokyo. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Bondi Beach hero breaks silence from hospital after terrorists shot him 5 times

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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64 h. ago Dramatic new footage of Bondi Beach hero Ahmed al Ahmed tackling twisted terrorist before being shot FIVE times emerges

DRAMATIC footage has emerged showing a new angle of the Bondi Beach hero bystander tackling the ISIS-linked terrorist before being shot five times. Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, bravely wrestled the rifle out of the hands of one of the twisted gunmen who killed 15 people in the ghastly terror attack. Ahmed can be seen bravely sneaking...

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2 d. ago Hero of Bondi beach pictured recovering in hospital as his parents speak of their pride

Hailed as a real-life hero, 43-year-old fruit shop owner Ahmed al-Ahmed, an Australian citizen originally from Syria, was shot multiple times as he bravely tackled and disarmed a gunman during the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre

Society

3 d. ago Bondi Beach hero's heartbreaking final words before tackling terrorist to ground

Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, was captured in footage wrestling a gun off one of the men during the terror attack on Sunday - he is now in hospital after being shot up to five times

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5 d. ago Woman, 55, shot dead after refusing to marry her daughter off to alleged gunman

According to police, the victim was sleeping near the main door of her house when she was reportedly shot three times at around 2am. She later died from her injuries

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2 w. ago Alejandro Garnacho's apology to Man Utd manager as player 'ridicules Ruben Amorim'

Manchester United players haven't been afraid to take shot at their managers in recent times

Sport

2 w. ago ‘The town has lost it’: Viking’s journey from the abyss to the verge of glory

Not long ago the Norwegian giants were relegated and almost bankrupt – now a first title in 34 years is in reachThere were moments last weekend when Viking’s latest must-win game at Fredrikstad seemed to turn on a coin toss. The chances came thick and fast; both goalkeepers were forced into acrobatic saves; on the stroke of half-time, the Fredrikstad forward Henrik Skogvold unleashed a shot that cracked the underside of the bar and seemed to defy the laws of physics by spinning away.Viking knew anything other than a win would allow Bodø/Glimt, Norwegian champions in four of the past five seasons, to dethrone them at the top. In the 71st minute, as the massed ranks of away fans in dark blue held their breath, the odds finally went in their favour: Zlatko Tripic, the captain, arced an inch-perfect cross to the back post, where Henrik Falchener, Viking’s towering centre-back, nodded in to set off an explosion of noise and send thousands of fists into the air in unison. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Repeat clash awaits for Stirling Albion in cup action as boss praises new keeper

The Binos take on Elgin City for the second time in a row - this time in Moray - as they aim to secure a shot at a money-spinning tie in round four.

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3 w. ago White House shooter suspect identified as Afghan National Rahmanullah Lakanwal as guards fighting for life

The suspect was shot four times after the targeted attack on the guards

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3 w. ago Unarmed man survives after being shot at 15 times in three seconds by cop after being kicked out of bar

This is the miraculous moment an unarmed man survived after being shot at 15 times in three seconds by a police officer after being kicked out of a bar.

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3 w. ago Dispute over pin code for DoorDash leaves driver injured and teen facing criminal charges

The 29-year-old DoorDash driver faces a year-long recovery after he was shot five times

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3 w. ago Moment Ukrainian deep strike drone shoots down Russian helicopter in attack that ‘changes rules of war’

THIS is the moment Ukrainian forces down a prize Russian helicopter with a brutal new tactic for the first time. Troops shot down an £11million Mi-8 helicopter with a deep strike drone inside Russia, Ukraine's Special Forces said. Scope-view footage of the incredible take down shows the helicopter wavering in the bottom of the shot,...

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4 w. ago My ex shot me 10 times – and after the coma, I became an undercover cop

When Katrina Brownlee tried to leave her fiance, he aimed a gun at her pregnant stomach. The 22-year-old wasn’t expected to survive, let alone walk again. But she soon began her fight for other victims of crimeA month before she was shot, Katrina Brownlee had a premonition. It came to her in a dream: the 22-year-old saw her former fiance, a law enforcement officer who had been abusing her for years, try to kill her, but she survived. She had experienced premonitions from a young age – she later came to see them as guidance from God. On the way to the house she had shared with him, she could hear a voice in her head pleading with her: don’t go back there.It was a freezing January morning in 1993. Brownlee was five months pregnant and had taken a cab with her two-year-old daughter through the snow to the house she had shared with her ex in Long Island, New York state. Her elder daughter, then seven, was at a playdate. A few weeks earlier, Brownlee had left her fiance for good and she ...

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4 w. ago Two men arrested in connection with attempted murder of senior police officer

John Caldwell was shot several times while he was off duty and with his young son, packing up after coaching a youth football team.

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