6 h. ago Reckless cyclists who kill pedestrians could be jailed for life as government set to crackdown on 'nightmare' E

Under changes to the Crime and Policing Bill, a cyclist who kills someone by riding dangerously could face life in prison.

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14 h. ago Fuel firms can challenge California’s emission limits, supreme court rules

Court votes to back challenge to state waiver that allows it to set tougher car emission standards than federal limitsFossil fuel companies are able to challenge California’s ability to set stricter standards reducing the amount of polluting coming from cars, the US supreme court has ruled in a case that is set to unravel one of the key tools used to curb planet-heating emissions in recent years.The conservative-dominated supreme court voted by seven to two to back a challenge by oil and gas companies, along with 17 Republican-led states, to a waiver that California has received periodically from the federal government since 1967 that allows it to set tougher standards than national rules limiting pollution from cars. The state has separately stipulated that only zero-emission cars will be able to sold there by 2035. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Labour's work to devise official definition of 'Islamophobia' should be suspended IMMEDIATELY as it risks worsening grooming gangs scandal, report warns

The Policy Exchange think-tank said the work of the Government's 'Anti-Muslim Hate/Islamophobia Definition Working Group', set up earlier this year, should be immediately suspended.

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36 h. ago Rachel Reeves made us a promise last week, but we still don't know what it means

The Chancellor said the government will 'take forward' Northern Powerhouse Rail - but she's not set out exactly what that means

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38 h. ago Zhenhao Zou: Inside dark twisted life of perverted student jailed for raping 10 women

Chinese PhD student Zhenhao Zou, 28, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years for the rape of 10 women in London and China

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38 h. ago Chinese student who raped 10 women is ‘one of the most prolific predators’

Zhenhao Zou, 28, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years.

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39 h. ago Serial rapist who drugged and filmed 10 women in London and China jailed for life

Zhenhao Zou, who kept a trophy box full of possessions he had taken from his victims, will serve a minimum of 24 years

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39 h. ago One of Britain's worst rapists is jailed for life: Chinese PhD student who drugged and raped 10 women will serve 24 years behind bars

Zhenhao Zou, 28, was convicted of the harrowing attacks involving two women who have been identified and another eight who have yet to be traced.

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39 h. ago Chinese student who raped and drugged 10 women jailed for life

Zhenhao Zou, 28, was sentenced at Inner London Crown Court on Thursday.

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39 h. ago Zhenhao Zou: Student who drugged and raped 10 women in London and China jailed for life

Zhenhao Zou: Student who drugged and raped 10 women in London and China jailed for life  Sky News

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39 h. ago Chilling 'trophy box' of predator who drugged and raped 10 women while filming attacks

Chinese PhD student, Zhenhao Zou, 28, was jailed for life for the harrowing attacks on women who he lured back to his home and drugged before filming himself raping them

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40 h. ago Chinese PhD student jailed for life after being exposed as serial rapist who filmed attacks as trophies

Zhenhao Zou, who was studying at UCL, faces years in prison for drugging and raping women

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41 h. ago Amber alert over 'killer' temperatures: Government scientists sound alarm as Britain is set to hit 34C on hottest weekend of the year

The Government's UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) warned that the heatwave could bring 'a rise in deaths, particularly among those ages 65 and over or with health conditions'.

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42 h. ago Amber alert over 'killer' temperatures: Government scientists sound alarm as Britain is set to hit 33C on hottest weekend of the year

The Government's UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) warned that the heatwave could bring 'a rise in deaths, particularly among those ages 65 and over or with health conditions'.

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47 h. ago Killer serving life sentence jailed again over his part in brutal street attack

A killer serving a life sentence has been jailed again for his part in a brutal street attack in Carluke.

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3 d. ago UK economic growth downgraded due to tariffs and cost hikes – CBI

Rising costs are set to cause ‘weak’ business investment and weigh on the Government’s ambitions to accelerate growth, the business group said.

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3 d. ago Federal employees say many government agencies at a standstill thanks to DOGE cuts: ‘We are set up for failure’

‘Without science, the agency can’t function. And that’s what we’re seeing right now,’ one source told Politico

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3 d. ago Christmas Day killer who murdered partner and neighbour jailed for life

Jazwell Brown carried out an unprovoked and "frenzied" attack, also trying to kill his own son and repeatedly stabbing a dog belonging to his partner Joanne Pearson.

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3 d. ago Drug addict who murdered his partner and neighbour and tried to kill his own son in a cocaine

There were shouts of 'well done' from the public gallery as a judge ordered Jazwell Brown, 49, to serve a minimum of 39 years behind bars, meaning he will likely die in prison.

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3 d. ago Man jailed for life for ‘frenzied’ murders of partner and neighbour at Christmas

Jazwell Brown, 49, fatally stabbed Joanne Pearson, 38, and Teohna Grant, 24, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire on December 25 last year.

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