6 h. ago London council raked in £18,000 a day from drivers breaking traffic restrictions during repairs on single road

Brent Council takes over £300,000 in fines during 17 days of works on Wembley High Road

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7 h. ago Tractor SC complete journey to upset Iran’s establishment and claim historic title | John Duerden

The club’s success has brought hope, unity and a voice to millions of Azerbaijani- Turks, the largest minority in IranThe league title was won with games to spare by a coach in his first season, leaving fans in the north-west of the country to wait for the official presentation of the trophy. Jamie Carragher said on Sunday that “Liverpool as a city feels like it is ‘us against the world” but that is nothing when compared to those who follow Tractor SC, a club that brings hope, unity and a voice to millions of Azerbaijani Turks, the largest minority in Iran. Now they have a first Iranian championship to celebrate.That journey to the very top took 55 years. It started when the state-owned tractor company set up a team for its workers and residents in Tabriz, the biggest city in the Iran’s East Azerbaijan province as a whole, not far from the border with Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan. The relationship with the club and Tehran has been mixed ever since, especially as Tractor, after not...

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8 h. ago AD FEATURE: More foster carers are needed to help children flourish

Olive Branch Fostering has been connecting carers in the north west since 2015

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8 h. ago Warning issued as north west sees driest start to a year for almost a century

Households are being warned of the risk of water restrictions

Events

9 h. ago Georgia Tennant pokes fun at husband David as they celebrate 17th anniversary

Couple first met while filming an episode of ‘Doctor Who’ back in 2008

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10 h. ago David Tennant's wife Georgia shares sweet tribute to the 'relentlessly generous' actor as they celebrate 17 years together (but still pokes fun at his BAFTAs snub!)

The couple, who met on the set of Doctor Who in 2008, married on New Year's Eve in 2011 and share five children.

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28 h. ago Water warnings as some areas have driest start to year for nearly a century

Scotland has had its driest start to the year since 1931 while north-west and north-east England have had the lowest rainfall since 1929.

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30 h. ago A driving program rebuilding community for Haitians in Ohio: ‘Things are getting better’

Landmark driving simulators are improving road safety and helping Springfield immigrants targeted by Trump officialsSlowly and carefully, Betina, who came from Haiti to Ohio in 2021, navigates a Toyota SUV between five traffic cones in a parking lot north-west of Springfield.Betina, who works for a produce processing company, has never driven before. But now, four years into life in Springfield, she has grasped the challenge of learning to drive. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago How driving lessons are helping Ohio’s Haitians: ‘Things are getting better’

Landmark driving simulators are improving road safety and helping Springfield immigrants targeted by Trump officialsSlowly and carefully, Betina, who came from Haiti to Ohio in 2021, navigates a Toyota SUV between five traffic cones in a parking lot north-west of Springfield.Betina, who works for a produce processing company, has never driven before. But now, four years into life in Springfield, she has grasped the challenge of learning to drive. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Fire at 'Keir Starmer's house' as street cordoned off and cops investigate

The incident happened in the early hours of Monday at the North West London residential home of the Prime Minister as Downing Street confirmed that an investigation is underway

Events

56 h. ago Bonnie Blue to star in Channel 4 documentary revealing the reality behind her '1,000 man sex stunt'

Bonnie Blue, the UK-born adult star who gained international infamy after claiming to have slept with more than 1,000 men in a day, will soon have her own Channel 4 TV show.

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69 h. ago Major search underway for 'vulnerable' boy, 16, who vanished near boating lake and playpark

Athrun, described as 6ft tall with brown hair and blue eyes, was last spotted on the West Parade Beach in Llandudno, north Wales, at around 2pm yesterday.

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4 d. ago ‘Really a mess’: America’s air traffic control system suffering from years of neglect

Roots of the crisis go back to Reagan but Musk’s Doge team accused of making things worse – can it be fixed?Twice in the past two weeks, communications between air traffic controllers and airplanes at Newark Liberty, one of the US’s busiest airports, have failed – leaving controllers unable to communicate with pilots.The outages have, thankfully, only led to massive delays, not disaster. But they have also once again focused a harsh light on the persistent safety problems at US airports, which handle over 50,000 flights a day. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘Really a mess’: US’s air traffic control system suffering from years of neglect

Roots of the crisis go back to Reagan but Musk’s Doge team accused of making things worse – can it be fixed?Twice in the past two weeks, communications between air traffic controllers and airplanes at Newark Liberty, one of the US’s busiest airports, have failed – leaving controllers unable to communicate with pilots.The outages have, thankfully, only led to massive delays, not disaster. But they have also once again focused a harsh light on the persistent safety problems at US airports, which handle over 50,000 flights a day. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Greek island of Zakynthos named most crowded resort in Europe

A new Which? Travel report on overtourism also cites Mallorca and Paris as destinations suffering from an influx of visitors, but some argue that bad behaviour is as much of a problem as numbersIn Great Yarmouth there are some signs of regeneration: the vast glass palace of the Winter Gardens is being refurbished and the ornate Cafe 1903 next to the historic Hippodrome is busy. But the bustling tourist industry of the Edwardian era is long gone. “When Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show came in 1903, the tent held 5,000,” says local historian Roger Silver. “A couple of years earlier the Bass Brewery brought 10,000 workers on a day trip from Burton upon Trent. It took 16 trains.”Coincidentally, that is the same number of visitors who poured into the Italian mountain village of Roccaraso (population 1,500) in January, drawn by the presence of Tik Tok influencer Rita de Crescenzo. But the similarities end there. The Yarmouth invasion received no complaints, while the residents of Roccaraso r...

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4 d. ago Former MP George Galloway appears in Moscow for Putin's Victory Day celebrations days after collecting award names after Hamas fighter in Tehran

The leader of the hard-left Workers Party of Britain made an appearance in Moscow as Russia's Vladimir Putin celebrated Victory Day with a huge military parade. 

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4 d. ago Kanye West claims Kim Kardashian left daughter North, 11, ALONE while attending Met Gala in shock attack

Kanye West's war of words with ex-wife Kim Kardashian is far from over-now, the rapper has filed a cease and desist letter accusing the reality star of exploiting their four children.

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5 d. ago Kanye West claims Kim Kardashian left daughter North, 11, ALONE while attending Met Gala in shock legal attack

Kanye West's war of words with ex-wife Kim Kardashian is far from over-now, the rapper has filed a cease and desist letter accusing the reality star of exploiting their four children.

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5 d. ago US grants asylum to 54 white Afrikaner South Africans, reports say

Donald Trump has directed officials to grant refugee status to Afrikaners who he claims suffer discriminationThe US has granted refugee status to 54 white Afrikaner South Africans, who could arrive as soon as Monday in Washington DC, where they will be welcomed by government officials, according to media reports.Donald Trump suspended the US refugee settlement programme in January on his first day in office, leaving more than 100,000 people approved for resettlement stranded, having fled war and persecution in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Afghanistan. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Countdown to murder: Heartbreaking final hours of sisters stabbed to death in park

Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46, were stabbed to death while celebrating the latter's birthday at Fryent Country Park in Wembley, North West London, in June 2020.

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