12 h. ago Plans for hundreds of flats on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal approved

'Really impressive'

Politics

15 h. ago The school in the shadow of giant 'cruise ship' warehouses where children wade through 'dust clouds'

“The noise is insane - every single day there is sound that shouldn’t be around a school."

Society

3 d. ago Plan for 382 wharfside student homes set for the green light

Homes will be on banks of ship canal, if approved

Society

4 d. ago Protests expected as 51 Israeli arms makers among exhibitors at London trade fair

Campaign Against Arms Trade says UK government has hit ‘peak complicity in genocide’ in allowing the firms to exhibitFifty-one Israeli arms makers and the US defence giant behind the F-35 fighters used to bomb Gaza are among the 1,600 exhibitors at the biennial DSEI trade show that begins in London’s Docklands on Tuesday.Their presence will be the focus for hundreds planning to demonstrate outside the four-day arms fair, at which the defence secretary, John Healey, is expected to speak alongside senior British military officials. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago South Korea responds to raid of Hyundai plant that resulted in hundreds of arrests as new images show workers in chains

Cho Hyun said Seoul was considering an imminent visit to discuss the arrests on behalf of President Lee Jae Myung, who was all smiles with Donald Trump at a White House meeting two weeks ago.

Economics

6 d. ago Hyundai plant shut down after hundreds of workers arrested in massive ICE raid

The facility, a $4.3 billion venture, is one of Hyundai’s most substantial investments in the US

Economics

6 d. ago Palestine Action protests LIVE: Police warn of arrests as hundreds plan to defy ban in London

Attendees are expected to refuse street bail, requiring more people to be taken into custody

Events

8 d. ago Homeowners vow to overturn 'cruise ship' planning decision that is 'affecting their mental health' and leaving them 'financially ruined'

Residents of the Henfold Estate in Tyldesley are fighting back after giant warehouses were built next to their homes

Society

8 d. ago Hundreds call for planned north London LTN to be scrapped over fears of 'increased pollution and journey times'

Edmonton and Winchmore Hill Conservative Association launched a petition last year which has now surpassed 1,500 signatures

Politics

2 w. ago Tory chair says party would consider deal with Taliban to return Afghan migrants – UK politics live

Kevin Hollinrake says party would ‘potentially’ set up returns agreement with country as he says deportation plan is ‘far more comprehensive’ than Reform’sNigel Farage has been accused of “ugly” and “destructive” rhetoric after announcing plans to deport hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and pledging to pay despotic regimes such as the Taliban to take them back.Unveiling Reform UK’s “Operation Restoring Justice” at a combative press conference in Oxford, Farage said he would rip up the UK’s postwar human rights commitments, contained in a range of international conventions, to deport “absolutely anyone” – including women and children – arriving by small boat.We really are through the looking-glass now. Nigel Farage pretending to be patriotic while pledging to rip up Britain’s proud record of leading the world on human rights.As we’ve seen across history, his populist playbook is ugly, powerful and incredibly destructive. We know where it will lead if we don’t stop it.If today ...

Society

2 w. ago Farage attacked for ‘ugly’ rhetoric of plan for mass deportation of asylum seekers

Reform UK leader says he will rip up UK’s human rights commitments and pay despotic regimes to take people backNigel Farage has been accused of “ugly” and “destructive” rhetoric after announcing plans to deport hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers, and pledging to pay despotic regimes such as the Taliban to take them back.Unveiling Reform UK’s “Operation Restoring Justice” at a combative press conference in Oxford, Farage said he would rip up the UK’s postwar human rights commitments, contained in a range of international conventions, to deport “absolutely anyone” – including women and children – arriving by small boat. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Reform UK unveils plans to deport hundreds of thousands of migrants

Nigel Farage vows to strip away barriers to removals, including the European Convention on Human Rights

Events

2 w. ago Farage’s plan to deport thousands of asylum seekers draws scorn from legal experts

Reform UK leader told scheme is ‘simply not rooted in reality’ after he dodges questions on how it would workUK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage’s plans to deport hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers to despotic regimes such as Afghanistan’s Taliban and withdraw the UK from vital human rights protections have triggered fierce condemnation from legal experts and political opponents, who said the proposals would dismantle Britain’s postwar commitments and shred fundamental rights.Unveiling Reform UK’s “Operation Restoring Justice” at a combative Oxford press conference, Farage claimed his party would detain and deport “absolutely anyone” arriving by small boat and ensure they are “never, ever allowed to stay”, insisting this would stop crossings “within days” and “save tens and possibly hundreds of billions of pounds”. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Reform details plans to deport hundreds of thousands of UK migrants

Nigel Farage vows to strip away barriers, including European Convention on Human Rights

Events

2 w. ago DARREN LEWIS: 'Fearmonger Farage's immigration plan is a manifesto of hate

Nigel Farage unveiled Reform's £2billion plans to deport hundreds of thousands of people should he ever arrive in Downing Street. He is the biggest single threat to the unity of this country, writes Darren Lewis

Politics

2 w. ago Packed Boeing jet from Heathrow makes emergency landing in RUSSIA after 'engine failure' with hundreds of passengers now 'barred from leaving plane'

The Boeing 777-39L(ER) suffered 'engine failure' and requested landing at Nizhnevartovsk in Siberia.

Events

2 w. ago ‘It happened in seconds’: residents count the cost of deadly floods that have left Pakistan in crisis

In the country’s north, people recall the terror of soaring flood waters that killed hundreds, and blame authorities for poor planningAs flood waters surged through the streets and submerged the houses, Bilawal Jamshed rushed to the rooftop with his family, terrified the water would swallow everyone in Mingora, Swat, in Pakistan’s northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.“Everything happened in seconds, as if a dam had burst and water rushed toward us. We were lucky it was morning and we could escape to the rooftops. Imagine if it had happened at night,” says Jamshed, 36, while walking through streets still filled with foul-smelling sludge, as residents and volunteers struggle to clean up more than a week after the devastating floods. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Delta Air Lines passengers terrified as they watch wing 'break' while in mid

Part of a Boeing 737's wing broke off while the Delta Air Lines flight was moving at hundreds of miles an hour - with terrified passengers reporting the plane 'shaking' mid-air

Events

3 w. ago Hundreds of Welsh high rises requiring fire safety works still awaiting planning decisions

The Welsh Government's latest update on work to rectify high rise buildings affected by fire safety issues shows that 47% are awaiting planning decisions

Events

4 w. ago Hundreds of UK supermarkets could close as Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's issued warnings

Supermarkets across the UK could be under threat, with a new government financial plan set to affect hundreds of branches across the UK – apart from two well known shops

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