11 h. ago Main city road shut in both directions due to police incident

The incident has affected a key route into Cardiff, leading to heavy traffic

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42 h. ago Tyne Bridge closed in both directions as 'police incident' causes major delays

The Tyne Bridge, linking Newcastle and Gateshead, has been shut in both directions due to a 'police incident - this is a breaking news story

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43 h. ago Tyne Bridge closed LIVE: Newcastle main route shut as 'police incident' sparks chaos

The Tyne Bridge has been closed in both directions due to a 'police incident' - this is a breaking story

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2 w. ago A Milne: Three people charged by police over alleged ashes 'mishandling' at funeral directors

Police have charged three people in connection with the practices of A Milne Independent Funeral Directors

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2 w. ago Three people charged over mishandling of cremated remains at Scots funeral firm

Police Scotland launched Operation Koine to investigate A Milne Funeral Directors and, with support from North Wales colleagues, have now charged three people over funeral plan fraud.

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2 w. ago Federal Reserve officials ‘strongly’ divided on December rate cut

Minutes from central bank’s October meeting pointed to schism on direction of monetary policy

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2 w. ago South Pacific nation of Tuvalu rebukes Trump’s ‘shameful disregard’ at Cop30

Minister from islands facing extinction is one of few delegates directly calling out Trump’s climate policiesOf all the representatives from 193 countries present at the crucial UN climate talks in Belém, Brazil, only one has summoned the courage to take the stage and publicly denounce the absent and hostile Trump administration: the climate minister of tiny Tuvalu.On Monday, Maina Vakafua Talia told leaders and diplomats at the Cop30 summit that Donald Trump had shown a “shameful disregard for the rest of the world” by withdrawing the US from the Paris climate agreement. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Blast from confiscated explosives at police station in Indian

The accidental explosion comes days after a deadly car blast in New Delhi which killed at least eight people near the city’s historic Red FortAt least nine people were killed and 32 injured after a cache of confiscated explosives detonated inside a police station in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police have announced.The blast occurred in the Nowgam area of Srinagar, the region’s main city, late on Friday while a team of forensic experts and police were examining the explosive material, said Nalin Prabhat, the region’s police director general. He ruled out any foul play, saying it was an accident. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles

The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy, child harm and foreign political interference. Deregulation plans are misguidedEurope is hurtling toward digital vassalage. Under Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, EU laws to tackle tech giants have been either not applied or delayed, for fear of offending Donald Trump. Now leaked documents reveal that the European Commission plans to gut a central part of Europe’s digital rulebook. This will hurt Europe’s innovators and hand the future of Europe’s tech sovereignty to US firms.Once Europe’s most hyped law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now on the chopping block. Powerful forces within the European Commission, supported by the German government, hope that deregulation will boost Europe’s tech sector, particularly AI. This is a grave mistake.Johnny Ryan is director of Enforce, a unit of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. Georg Riekeles is the associate director of the European Policy ...

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3 w. ago The BBC must be protected from Trump and others who seek to weaponise it for their own gain

Mistakes have been made and responses have been slow, but this latest attack on the BBC is a blow for everyone who values its services

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4 w. ago Officer believed East London armed suspect was 'pointing gun directly' at him before police fired fatal shots

Officer believed East London armed suspect was 'pointing gun directly' at him before police fired fatal shots  MyLondon

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4 w. ago Police Scotland apologise to women's rights campaigner after brolly row

Susan Smith, co-director of For Women Scotland, received an apology from Police Scotland after a review found 'no crime was committed'.

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4 w. ago Police apologise to For Women Scotland director over umbrella incident at Parliament protest

Susan Smith said she was ‘relieved’ to draw a line under the episode

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4 w. ago Council could rethink grave decoration rules after grieving families complain

Grieving mothers have complained to the council for removing personal items from their children's graves

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4 w. ago Families left devastated after council take items from children's graves

Grieving mothers have complained to the council for removing personal items from their children's graves

Society

4 w. ago No direction for police to remove personal protection weapons – Boutcher

The PSNI Chief Constable addressed the monthly meeting of the Policing Board in Belfast.

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