3 h. ago Urgent winter fuel payment scam warning as fraudsters use new trick

A new scam is being used in a bid to steal money from unsuspecting shoppers. Criminals are claiming to help people cut their winter fuel bills, but it's a scam

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3 h. ago Police issue scam warning to drivers after crooks stick fake QR codes on parking machines

Drivers in Argyll and Bute are being warned after stickers with fake QR codes were placed on parking machines.

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7 h. ago Woman whose death sparked brawl on ferry named locally as police issue update

Mary Cash was travelling from Wales to Ireland when the tragedy occurred.

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7 h. ago Woman whose death on Wexford ferry sparked huge brawl named as police issue update

The woman found dead in the bathroom of a ferry from Wales to County Wexburg has been named locally as Mary Cash as police continue to investigate her death

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8 h. ago Police issue facial reconstruction of mystery skull pulled from North Sea

The woman’s death is being treated as unexplained.

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8 h. ago US climate research agency braces for ‘efficiency’ cuts: ‘They will gut the work’

Workers at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fear crackdown will have global falloutThe Trump administration has set its sights on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), the US’s pre-eminent climate research agency, with significant cuts and a political crackdown on climate science. As Trump takes aim at the agency, the impact is likely to be felt across the US and around the world.Noaa provides essential resources to the public and has helped make the US a scientific leader internationally. Operating 18 satellites and 15 research and survey ships, the agency’s scientists, engineers and policy experts issue forecasts relied on by aviation, agriculture and fishing industries; ocean floor mapping depended upon for shipping; advises on species protection, and increasingly precise and accurate modeling on what to expect as climate crisis unfolds. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Police Scotland ‘not recording ethnicity correctly’ on DNA database – report

The force and the Scottish Police Authority Forensic Services were issued with seven recommendations following a review.

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23 h. ago Police issue update after huge fire ravages derelict bingo hall and causes walls to crumble

Cordons will remain in place over the coming days with part of the M67 also due to shut

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27 h. ago Chaos as roadworks gridlock sees drivers head wrong way down the road

Police had to intervene to deal with the issue residents have described as 'carnage' and 'an accident waiting to happen'

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34 h. ago Man found dead on motorway 'arrested after predator sting' earlier that day

Avon and Somerset Police have issued a statement after a man was found dead on the M4 on the weekend. He was reportedly arrested earlier that day in regards to a 'predator sting'

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37 h. ago Hackney murder: Police issue image of man sought in connection with warning to public

Detectives have now released an image of 25-year-old Renaldo Roberts, who they would like to speak to over the fatal stabbing of Jason Romeo, 20, in Hackney, East London

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54 h. ago Police issue statement after school locked down and pupil, 15, arrested

Police were called to the school just before 10.30am on Monday

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3 d. ago Missing Jenny Hall search update as Durham Police issue urgent forest plea to public

Police and search specialists are centring on routes which were used by 23-year-old

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3 d. ago Police probe launched as human remains found on motorway and major road closed

Police have issued an investigation after human remains – believed to be those of a man in his 40s – were found on a stretch of the M4, prompting the closure of the road

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3 d. ago Police issue update after human remains found on M4 and M48 motorways

The human remains were found on a stretch of the M4 near Bristol, with the body believed to be that of a man in his 40s, police said. The man's family have been informed

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5 d. ago Police issue new speed limit for M62 in urgent 'weather alert'

'Please slow down and obey the signs'

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5 d. ago Police issue CCTV after schoolgirl, 14, raped in toilets at Essex railway station

Police have released images of a man they are seeking after horrific attack at Harlow Town station

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6 d. ago Police issue update as two men taken to hospital following horror crash

Witnesses are asked to contact police

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6 d. ago Police issue CCTV image after handbag swiped in Deansgate restaurant

Officers say the man pictured in the image could have key information

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6 d. ago The climate crisis is a cost of living issue for Australia. My generation will be the first to pay for it | Anjali Sharma

Politicians have divorced the issue of global heating from soaring prices – Australians must take bold action at the ballot boxI love chocolate. It’s a staple of my diet. I don’t like that, at the best of times, it takes up maybe a fifth of my grocery budget.I also don’t like that as a country, we’ve been all too quick to blame rising food prices on inflation. We’ve quickly made inflation a priority for our policymakers, while the cost of living is the key issue of the upcoming election.Anjali Sharma was the lead litigant in Sharma v environment minister, the landmark court case against the then federal environment minister, Sussan Ley, which called for a duty of care to protect children against the impacts of the climate crisis Continue reading...

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