1 hour ago Sadiq Khan to announce plans to build houses on London green belt

Sadiq Khan to announce plans to build houses on London green belt  The Guardian

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6 h. ago Sadiq Khan announces London's Green Belt to be built on to tackle homes crisis

London Mayor Sadiq Khan will announce plans to build on London's Green Belt - saying this is the only way enough affordable homes can be delivered in the next decade

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14 h. ago The Who have no plans for UK farewell tour despite announcing final US gigs

The rock band have announced a farewell tour of North America.

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14 h. ago Jac Morgan stuck on plane as Lions squad announced before cheers erupt down aisles

The Wales skipper was on a plane out in South Africa when he learned his Lions fate

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15 h. ago Bill Gates says his Foundation will close in 2045 and decries Musk for USAID cuts

Microsoft co-founder accuses Trump ally of ‘killing the world’s poorest children’ by slashing US aid fundingBill Gates announced plans on Thursday to shutter the Gates Foundation in 2045 and also strongly criticized Elon Musk for slashing funding to the US Agency for International Development (USAID), accusing the Tesla CEO of “killing the world’s poorest children” in new interviews.In an interview with the Financial Times published on Thursday, Gates condemned the sudden funding cuts to USAID by Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), saying the cuts had led to life-saving food and medicines expiring in warehouses, and could result in the resurgence of diseases such as measles, HIV and polio. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago More than two in five universities in England face deficits this year – watchdog

Higher education institutions have announced redundancies and course closures over the past year as a result of growing financial pressures.

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21 h. ago South Lanarkshire councillors united over future of Hamilton Accies

The club, who were relegated to League One last week, announced they were planning to move to Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld.

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30 h. ago RFK Jr. announces controversial plan to research autism with Medicare and Medicaid data lists

Comes as Kennedy continues his efforts to find the cause of the ‘autism epidemic’

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40 h. ago 7ft mini great white shark spotted off UK coast as beachgoers told 'stay away'

The shark was first spotted swimming close to the shore at Aberystwyth North Beach in Wales on Friday evening, with the public urged to stay away from the animal

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43 h. ago Could an obscure US law save the UK film industry from Donald Trump's tariffs? Long

The US President has announced plans to impose a 100 per cent tariff on movies made outside America.

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43 h. ago Wetherspoon to open 15 new pubs across UK – see full list of locations so far

This morning, Wetherspoon revealed that like-for-like sales had jumped 5.6% in the 13 weeks to April 27. With this boost, the pub chain announced that it planned to open more branches across the UK

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51 h. ago Donald Trump set to cause another naming meltdown by changing the Persian Gulf to one of two anti

President Trump plans to announce the change during his trip to Saudi Arabia

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58 h. ago More than 8 million New Yorkers will get inflation refund checks, says governor

Kathy Hochul announces ‘first-ever’ plans to distribute $2bn, as well as plans for free meals for 2.7 million studentsNew York governor, Kathy Hochul, announced that the state will be distributing inflation refund checks to more than 8 million New Yorkers.Last week, as part of New York’s fiscal year 2026 budget, Hochul announced the state’s “first-ever inflation refund checks” which is slated to put $2bn back into the pockets of millions of New Yorkers. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Swinney to put ‘serious action’ over the NHS at the heart of his plans

The Scottish First Minister will announce his Government’s plans and priorities for the coming year in a flagship statement to Holyrood on Tuesday.

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69 h. ago The Marram Collection officially breaks ground on St. Andrews Hotel development

The Marram Collection has today announced that planning permission has been granted, and above-ground works will now commence on its property in St Andrews. The Ardgowan Hotel is set to be transformed into a luxury boutique hotel, just a stone’s throw from The Old Course.

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3 d. ago Trump announces £300 million plan to reopen Alcatraz prison which once housed Al Capone

Donald Trump announced he would be directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to begin taking steps to renovate and eventually reopen Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary

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3 d. ago John Swinney to put ‘serious action’ over the NHS at the heart of his plans

The Scottish First Minister will announce his Government’s plans and priorities for the coming year in a flagship statement to Holyrood on Tuesday.

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3 d. ago How Britain became Hollywood's biggest threat as Trump threatens movie tariffs

President Trump has announced plans to hit films made outside of the UK with 100% tariffs in a bid to save the US' 'dying' film industry as filmmakers move abroad to keep costs down

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3 d. ago Trump reveals the wild reason he decided to reopen notorious Alcatraz prison

Trump said after his surprise announcement of a plan to reopen Alcatraz that the prison represents 'law and order,' invoked the movies, and described a failed escape with a grim end.

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3 d. ago White House claims ‘no final decisions on foreign film tariffs’ after Trump announces plan – live

Trump spokesperson says the administration is ‘exploring all options’ but not yet enacting 100% tariff on movies ‘produced in Foreign Lands’ as president saidDonald Trump’s bombshell announcement that “Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands” will be subject to a 100% tariff has certainly caught the attention of Hollywood, as well as the international film industries it seems to be aimed at – principally Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, as well as European countries such as Hungary and Italy that have often acted as bases for US film production.Vague and grandstanding at it is, the chaotic rollout of previous Trump tariffs has triggered feverish speculation, as well as defiance, in the film industry in exactly how this might play out. Continue reading...

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