11 h. ago LA protests live: Mayor says Trump’s National Guard deployment is ‘chaotic escalation’ as detention center stand

California governor Gavin Newsom has called the move ‘purposefully inflammatory’ and warned that it would ‘only escalate tensions’

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50 h. ago Little Simz on breakthroughs, betrayal and becoming one of the UK’s best

Critics’ favourite and curator of this month’s Meltdown festival, the British artist is flying high. But a nasty legal battle with her closest collaborator and a crisis of confidence left her close to calling it quits. Instead, she put it all on the new albumIt’s an unseasonably warm spring afternoon and sunlight is beaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows of a north London photo studio. When I arrive, Little Simz is out on the balcony. Wearing chunky sunglasses, a skirt and comfy cardigan, she sits on a chair with her back to the sun, eyes on the horizon, and pulls her legs up, wrapping her arms around her knees in a defensive position that’s verging on foetal.It’s curious body language for an artist at the top of her game. At 31, Simz is looking out at a city she can justifiably claim to have conquered since emerging as a teenage rapper more than a decade ago. But that’s not where she’s at right now. “I genuinely felt like I could disappoint everyone,” Simz says when I ask abo...

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5 d. ago Deaths on Scots roads rise to 160 in last year, new figures reveal

New data has been published by Transport Scotland.

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5 d. ago Cancer research in ‘golden age’ as death rates drop – but cases are on the rise

“It is a time of both optimism and realism” said the head of Cancer Research UK

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1 week ago Deaths on Britain's roads INCREASED last year with a 9% rise in motorcyclist fatalities

The total number of people killed on Britain's roads last year was 1,633. This is a 1 per cent increase on the 1,624 who lost their lives in 2023.

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2 w. ago Petition calls for East Kilbride task force to 'urgently' tackle rise in knife crime after tragic teen's death

East Kilbride Community Association & Neighbourhood Watch (EKCA) is calling for a local task force on knife crime prevention in East Kilbride.

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2 w. ago New Covid variant fears as UK deaths double in a week and cases surge around world

Health authorities in Asia are monitoring reports of rising Covid-19 cases in Singapore and Hong Kong, with fresh concerns in India and a sharp rise in the number of UK deaths

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3 w. ago Recovery efforts underway in Kentucky, Missouri as tornado outbreak death toll continues to rise

Recovery efforts underway in Kentucky, Missouri as tornado outbreak death toll continues to rise  FOX Weather

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3 w. ago Dozens dead in US tornado and storms with death toll expected to rise

In Kentucky alone, 14 people were killed by severe weather, with at least 23 deaths reported so far across the midwest and south of the country.

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3 w. ago Popular Greater Manchester steakhouse announces closure as owners issue stark warning

Owners have said the cost of living crisis is one of the reasons they have had to close their doors

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3 w. ago Rise in deaths in state detention an ‘escalating crisis behind closed doors’

The Ministry of Justice said the increase was driven by a 16% rise in deaths in prison custody, which are systematically investigated by coroners.

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3 w. ago People in mental health crisis waiting up to three days in A&E in England

Royal College of Nursing findings described as ‘a scandal in plain sight’ with with conditions ‘close to torture’Thousands of people in a mental health crisis are enduring waits of up to three days in A&E before they get a bed, with conditions “close to torture” for those in such a distressed state.At one hospital, some patients have become so upset at the delays in being admitted that they have left and tried to kill themselves nearby, leading nurses and the fire brigade to follow in an attempt to stop them.Some trusts that previously had no long waits for mental health patients now have hundreds.The number of people seeking help at A&E for mental health emergencies is rising steadily and reached 216,182 last year.The recruitment of mental health nurses has lagged far behind the rise in demand.The number of beds in mental health units has fallen by 3,699 since 2014. Continue reading...

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