12 h. ago Spain power outage LIVE: Tens of thousands hit by fresh Canary Islands blackout

Thousands of people have been affected by a fresh power outage in Spain after a major incident at the end of last month led to an unprecedented state of emergency

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14 h. ago New partnership offers free grocery delivery to thousands of young people across Scotland

Snappy Shopper and Young Scot have teamed up to help young people save on shopping.

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24 h. ago Thousands of people being raped and sexually assaulted in Brit hospitals, new data reveals

More than 3,300 reports of sexual assaults and rapes made to 28 police forces in England and Wales were taken place on hospital grounds between January 2022 and January 2025

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37 h. ago March for Welsh independence warned they face 'uphill battle'

Thousands of people took to the streets of Barry on Saturday for the March for Independence

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64 h. ago Drone strikes hit Port Sudan airport and army base in third day of attacks

Loud explosions reported at dawn and plumes of smoke as RSF targets Sudanese government’s seat of powerDrones have struck the airport and targeted an army base in Port Sudan, officials said, the third straight day the seat of power of the government, which is aligned with the Sudanese army, has come under attack.The country’s main fuel depot was hit on Monday, causing a massive blaze just south of the eastern city that had until Sunday been considered a safe haven for hundreds of thousands of displaced people fleeing a two-year war. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago King Charles' 'power move' on Buckingham Palace balcony is a defiant message to Prince Harry

King Charles and other members of the Royal Family waved to thousands of people from the Buckingham Palace balcony as a Red Arrows flypast continued to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day

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3 d. ago Mum convicted of kidnapping and trafficking 'missing' daughter, 6, for 'eyes and skin'

Joshlin Smith, 6, went missing in South Africa last year. Her disappearance stole the hearts of thousands of people across the globe - prompting a national search

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3 d. ago VE Day 80: Stunning footage captures Lancaster Bomber, Spitfire and Red Arrows flypast as Royal Family look on

Thousands of people watched in awe as aircraft including the Red Arrows and a Lancaster Bomber staged a special fly-past as part of four days of commemorations to mark the end of the Second World War in Europe.

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3 d. ago Thousands of people gather near Buckingham Palace to mark the 80th anniversary of V

Thousands of people have lined the roads around the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace as British and allied troops paraded past at the start of four days of pageantry to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe

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3 d. ago King, Queen, William and Kate honour selfless devotion of Britain's wartime heroes as they lead nation's VE Day celebrations

The royals observed a procession from a specially built dais on the Queen Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace while thousands of people packed the streets as commemorations began.

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3 d. ago VE Day 80 celebrations begin! Britain to kick off four days of commemorations with iconic Red Arrows flypast and street parties galore

Thousands of people are expected to line the streets of central London today, watching a ceremony that includes a military procession of 1,300 members of the armed forces.

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4 d. ago HMRC warning as thousands of people to be hit with extra charges

HMRC is charging people £10 per day from now

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5 d. ago The best pictures as thousands of people run Cardiff's Pretty Muddy race

Runners left the event covered head-to-toe in mud as they raised thousands of pounds for charity

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6 d. ago DWP Pension Credit alert as thousands of people in one group 'missing out'

The Government is being urged simplify the Pension Credit application process and increase a benefit to help one group of people who may be missing out

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7 d. ago Riots break out across France as cops and protesters pelt each other with tear gas and projectiles during May Day marches

Riot cops were seen detaining people as protestors launched smoke flares and marched in their thousands.

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7 d. ago Israel declares national emergency as wildfires force evacuations

Witnesses tell of ‘walls of flame’ surging across woodland, while high winds disrupt Independence Day eventsWildfires continued to threaten swaths of forest and fields in Israel on Thursday, though firefighters successfully reopened the main road linking the country’s two principal cities.Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, declared a national emergency after the fires broke out on Wednesday along the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, prompting police to shut the route and evacuate thousands of people from nearby communities. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Warning 100,000 Scottish homes could lose hot water and heating when meters switch off

Thousands of people in cities and rural parts of Scotland could see their heating stuck at 'on' when the automatic radio teleswitch service is switched off in June

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8 d. ago PHOTO ESSAY: For the Vietnamese diaspora, Saigon's fall 50 years ago evokes mixed emotions

When the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese forces 50 years ago this week, it prompted a mass exodus of some 2 million people — hundreds of thousands fleeing perilously on small boats across open water to escape the communist regime.

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8 d. ago The US government has a new policy for terminating international students' legal status

The U.S. government has begun shedding new light on a crackdown on international students, spelling out how it targeted thousands of people and laying out the grounds on which it says they can lose their legal status

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9 d. ago EU told citizens to stockpile in case of disaster less than a month before huge outages in Spain

The widespread outage left thousands of people stranded in trains and elevators yesterday, while millions saw phone and internet coverage die.

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