93 m. ago All aboard! Campaigners demand free travel for Londoners to 'open up the city' to all residents

Mayor urged to follow lead of cities in Brazil and offer free public transport

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2 h. ago Tariffs cut on UK cars, steel and aluminium in US trade deal, says Starmer – UK politics live

Car exports will face 10% tariffs while levies on steel and aluminium are cut to zeroTrump and Starmer confirm ‘breakthrough’ UK-US trade dealThe Liberal Democrats treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper has reiterated the party’s position that any trade deal with the US should be put to parliament for approval before being ratified, saying Labour “should not be afraid” of a vote if they are confident a deal is in the country’s best interests.Cooper, the MP for St Albans, said in a statement:Parliament must be given a vote on this US trade deal so it can be properly scrutinised.A good trade deal with the US could bring huge benefits, but Liberal Democrats are deeply concerned that it may include measures that threaten our NHS, undermine our farmers or give tax cuts to US tech billionaires.If it’s correct, and you know, whilst we haven’t been named publicly, it does sound like something’s happening, nevertheless, it would be wholly speculative [to comment].As you appreciate and know full ...

Economics

2 h. ago Kilmarnock winger insists door isn't closed on a return as he prepares to become free agent

The winger admitted he turned down offers last summer to stay at Rugby Park - and would have 'no hesitation' to return

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2 h. ago UKHSA warns of 5 foods with 'high risk' of deadly bacteria after rare infection kills 28

Health officials have urged those more vulnerable to the life-threatening infection to "avoid high-risk foods"

Events

2 h. ago Conclave: How the election of a new Pope has changed over the centuries

The ceremony has traditionally been a time of threatening, cajoling and strategising, writes Colin Rose

Politics

2 h. ago Car tariffs cut to 10% on US exports says Starmer, after signing Trump trade deal – UK politics live

PM says deal will ‘save thousands of jobs in Britain’ and tariffs on steel and aluminium have been cut to zeroStarmer and Trump to announce UK-US trade dealThe Liberal Democrats treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper has reiterated the party’s position that any trade deal with the US should be put to parliament for approval before being ratified, saying Labour “should not be afraid” of a vote if they are confident a deal is in the country’s best interests.Cooper, the MP for St Albans, said in a statement:Parliament must be given a vote on this US trade deal so it can be properly scrutinised.A good trade deal with the US could bring huge benefits, but Liberal Democrats are deeply concerned that it may include measures that threaten our NHS, undermine our farmers or give tax cuts to US tech billionaires.If it’s correct, and you know, whilst we haven’t been named publicly, it does sound like something’s happening, nevertheless, it would be wholly speculative [to comment].As you appreciate ...

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2 h. ago Rare infection kills 28 people as health officials warn vulnerable groups

The bacteria can be life-threatening for those most at risk

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2 h. ago Woman in BDSM threesome who took foetus to hospital in rucksack after taking miscarriage pills is cleared of having an illegal abortion

Nicola Packer, 45, who took abortion pills during lockdown has been cleared of illegally terminating a pregnancy.  

Events

3 h. ago Expert's urgent warning over sweetener in thousands of food linked to BRAIN DAMAGE

Sugar - sweet, satisfying, and everywhere. From fresh fruit and honey to processed table sugar and drinks, it sneaks into nearly everything we eat.

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3 h. ago The Last of Us mushroom coffee? Kevin Costner baked beans? TV merch to melt your mind

The tinned pulses based on cowboy drama Yellowstone might have been recalled on safety grounds, but fear not: you can always eat a tube of biscuits bearing Martin Clunes’ face First the bad news: this week the United States Food and Drug Administration recalled 4,515 cases of Yellowstone Brown Sugar Molasses Baked Beans after discovering that it did not disclose the presence of soy, an allergen that can have severe to fatal effects on sensitive consumers, in its ingredients. Shoppers from 23 US states are being urged to return their beans in exchange for a full refund.But the good news is, you can get Yellowstone baked beans. How amazing is that? If you’re someone who enjoys watching Taylor Sheridan’s soapy western drama about the Dutton family enough to want to literally base all your meal times around it then, provided you don’t have a soy allergy, this is absolutely your lucky day. And the joy doesn’t stop there, because there’s also an entire website dedicated to selling various...

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3 h. ago ‘Utterly traumatised’: anger at ordeal of UK woman accused of illegal abortion

Calls for law change after ‘cruel and unnecessary investigation’ into Nicola Packer that CPS brought to trialWhen Nicola Packer took a pregnancy test in November 2020, as the country was in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, she did not even believe she was pregnant.Aged 41 at the time, she thought it more likely that she was perimenopausal, but had been feeling under the weather and when her friend – with whom the pregnancy had been conceived – suggested she took a test, she only did so to “prove him wrong”. Continue reading...

Events

3 h. ago Woman accused of having illegal abortion in lockdown found not guilty

Nicola Packer took abortion medicine at home in November 2020, her trial at Isleworth Crown Court heard

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3 h. ago Charity shop lover overjoyed with £2 item he'd been searching a whole decade for

TikTok user Josh Wright explained how he'd resisted the urge to buy it on eBay for around £60 after years of scouring car boot sales and charity shops for the board game

Economics

3 h. ago Armed cops lockdown Edinburgh road and arrest man amid 'gangland crackdown'

Officers stopped a vehicle on Salamander Street in Leith at around 3.30pm on May 7 in front of stunned eyewitnesses.

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3 h. ago Paedophile who plied schoolgirl, 10, with booze and drugs before grooming her for sex with other men has jail sentence increased to 24 years

Yusuf Kayat, 54, sexually abused the primary school child, who he met when he was 19 and she was 10, more than 30 years ago between 1989 and 1992.

Events

3 h. ago UK woman who took pills during lockdown cleared of illegal abortion

Nicola Packer, 45, was prescribed medication but was accused of believing she was more than 10 weeks pregnantA woman has been cleared of illegally terminating a pregnancy, after taking abortion pills during lockdown.Nicola Packer, 45, took the pills at home in November 2020. She had been prescribed mifepristone and misoprostol after a remote consultation. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Woman who claims Meghan Markle's bath salts gave her 'catastrophic burns' threatens to sue the duchess for $10m

Robin Patrick has shared horrific pictures of her legs as proof that the Duchess of Sussex 's recipe on With Love, Meghan is 'flawed and dangerous' and should have come with a warning.

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4 h. ago Sadiq Khan urged to help 'alarming' number of care leavers not working or studying

Young people leaving care face a ‘cliff edge’ when they turn 18 and suddenly lack adequate support, mayor warned

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4 h. ago Furious neighbours blast school over 'unbearable' tennis courts being used by students to launch raids on their gardens

As the birthplace of wheelchair champion Alfie Hewett, you might imagine Norwich would have a ready affinity for tennis. A bitter row over five school courts would suggest otherwise.

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4 h. ago The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff audiobook review – a fugitive’s fight for survival

Actor January LaVoy narrates the visceral story of a girl on the run in a winter wilderness, in early 17th-century VirginiaAt the start of The Vaster Wilds, we meet a servant girl, “bony and childish small”, on the run from a disease-ridden English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. The reason for her flight is not immediately disclosed, though her fingernails are tellingly bloody. Armed with a knife, a thick cloak stolen from her mistress and leather boots taken from a dead child, she heads out into the winter wilderness. There, in the face of ice storms, potentially hostile Powhatan villages and a soldier charged with task of capturing her “living or dead”, she must be fearless and resourceful to stay alive.Lauren Groff’s vivid and visceral story of survival – think Man vs Wild meets The Revenant – is set in the early 17th century when smallpox and starvation pose the greatest threat to life. Our protagonist, formerly the child of a prostitute living in a London poorhouse, was giv...

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