79 m. ago North Sea collision: Russian container ship captain charged with manslaughter

Vladimir Motin was in charge of the Solong when it hit a tanker off East Yorkshire coast, leaving one man deadThe master of the container ship the Solong, which crashed into another vessel in the North Sea, has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter.Vladimir Motin, 59, a Russian national, was in charge of the ship when it collided with a tanker carrying jet fuel on Monday about 12 miles (19km) off the East Yorkshire coast, leaving one man dead. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago North Sea collision: master of Solong container ship charged with manslaughter

Russian national Vladimir Motin was in charge of ship that collided with tanker carrying jet fuel, leaving one man presumed deadThe master of the container ship the Solong, which crashed into another vessel in the North Sea, has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter.Vladimir Motin, 59, a Russian national, was in charge of the ship when it collided with a tanker carrying jet fuel on Monday about 12 miles (19km) off the East Yorkshire coast, leaving one man presumed dead. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago 'I was accused of crashing my car in a city I've never been to'

Shelli Birkett, from Kent, was accused of causing a car crash in Liverpool - despite never having visited the city in her life. She's just one of a growing number of victims of number plate fraud

Events

3 h. ago Wife of man who plunged to his death from faulty chairlift speaks out after freak accident

Jeffrey Zinne's wife Meghan thanked all those who have supported her family since her husband tragically died in a freak accident involving a faulty chairlift in Montana

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4 h. ago Masked gang lured music producer thousands of miles to Wales, beat him and left him handcuffed to radiator

The music producer later said that being being beaten and left handcuffed to a radiator in the isolated Welsh property was like "my own personal October 7"

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5 h. ago $400m conveyer belt the width of Rhode Island opens in Texas to aid in fracking

A new, 42-mile conveyer belt which moves sand from Texas to New Mexico has become the biggest in the country after it was completed this month.

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5 h. ago England’s potential bus trip for Six Nations trophy is not only fork in road | Gerard Meagher

England will drive back to an empty stadium if France slip up, but their performance in Cardiff will define campaignIf all goes well for England, somewhere around half past nine on Saturday they will be preparing to clamber on to the team bus and head back to the stadium. They will have decamped to their hotel a couple of miles away in Cardiff Bay but if they have held up their end of the bargain against Wales and it appears that Scotland could do them a favour, England are due back at the Principality Stadium just after 10pm for a possible trophy presentation.It will be a replica trophy in Cardiff – the real thing is in Paris given France remain hot favourites – but broadcasters and sponsors want their champagne moment, come what may, and as a result England must oblige, even in an empty stadium. It means that England could be left a touch red-faced if France leave it late to put Scotland to the sword. All dressed up at the Principality with nowhere to go. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Why is Donald Trump crashing the US economy? Because he’s high on his own supply of fake news | Jonathan Freedland

Addicted to Fox News and outlets even more extreme, the president finds support and justification for actions disastrous to Americans and the worldNot content with shattering the post-1945 international order, which delivered prosperity and power to his country for eight long decades, Donald Trump is seemingly set on destroying the US economy. And he’s doing it because he, and the American right, have lost their ability to grasp reality.Start with the economic vandalism, unfolding in real time and mesmerising to watch. For weeks, you could see the US stock market falling and falling until on Thursday the S&P index passed an unwanted milestone: it stood more than 10% down from the peak it had reached less than a month earlier, a fall that meets the Wall Street definition of a “correction”. In other words, even if the market eventually rallies, this is no blip. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Lawyers accused bewildered mum of crashing her car in a city she'd never been to after thieves cloned her number plate

Shelli Birkett, from Herne Bay in Kent, only realised what had happened when her insurance company told her she had been in an accident in Liverpool

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6 h. ago Ukraine’s retreat from Kursk appears to mark end of audacious operation

Some say incursion achieved many goals while others wonder if it cost Ukrainian lives for no tangible gainRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesUnder constant attack from drones attached to fibre optic cables, the soldiers scrambled in groups of two or three along hidden tracks or through fields, often walking miles to reach Ukrainian territory.The Ukrainian retreat from the Kursk region, carried out in stages over the past two weeks, appears to mark the end of one of the most audacious and surprising operations of the conflict, and strips Ukraine of one of its few solid bargaining chips in possible peace negotiations with Russia. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Wetherspoon chef sacked for accidentally emailing 180 branches with complaint about his boss wins £12k damages after judge sympathises with mistake 'anyone could make'

Thomas Batsford mistakenly sent the email containing 'serious allegations' to every Wetherspoons in the east of England rather than just his regional manager, a tribunal heard.

Economics

7 h. ago New blow to Walthamstow's 'beer mile' as craft brewery announces closure after council rent battle

More businesses at risk as cash-strapped local authority calls in debts

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7 h. ago My number plate was cloned and I was blamed for an accident 280 miles away

Shelli Birkett fell victim of number plate fraud when she was accused of being involved in a crash in Liverpool, while she was at home 280 miles away.

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8 h. ago LIVE M6 traffic as crash forces motorway to shut causing huge queues

Queues are building in the area around the accident

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8 h. ago Wetherspoons chef sacked for accidentally emailing 180 branches with complaint about his boss wins £12k damages after judge sympathises with mistake 'anyone could make'

Thomas Batsford mistakenly sent the email containing 'serious allegations' to every Wetherspoons in the east of England rather than just his regional manager, a tribunal heard.

Economics

8 h. ago Woman diagnosed with rare disease after 'excited' dog accident

Pat was looking after her daughter's deaf dog when he 'slammed' into her stomach

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8 h. ago Warning to any drivers who have a side hustle selling on Facebook Marketplace and eBay

If your delivery driving falls into HMRC’s definition of ‘trading’ it means standard car insurance won’t cover any accidents or damage that occurs on these journeys

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9 h. ago 'I'm now in debt for the rest of my life!' Cheltenham racegoers give their verdict on forking out £7.80 for pint of Guinness at famous festival as attendance drops for third year in a row

The staggering costs of attending and enjoying Cheltenham have been blamed for its year-on-year dips in attendance - down 18 per cent from more than 280,000 in 2022 to just under 230,000 in 2024.

Economics

9 h. ago Secret US spy plane is tracked making mysterious lap around UFO hotspot

A US military aircraft fitted with sophisticated radar technologies was caught traveling 1,300 miles across the country during a UFO hotspot where people have seen orbs and pulsating lights in the sky.

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10 h. ago Lucy Letby: Everything we know as manslaughter probe launched at Countess of Chester hospital

Hospital bosses have been blamed for failing to do more while Lucy Letby was murdering babies across the neonatal ward at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester

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