1 hour ago Pontins owner charged with corporate manslaughter after nan killed by falling air conditioning duct

Grandmother Wendy Jones, 68, spent the final six months of her life in hospital before she died from the injuries she sustained when an air conditioning duct fell on her at Pontins

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2 h. ago Pontins owner charged with corporate manslaughter over death of grandmother

Wendy Jones among 18 people injured at resort in Somerset when live damaged electrics exposed as ceiling fell

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2 h. ago Pontins charged with corporate manslaughter over death of grandmother

Wendy Jones died six months after the incident at Brean Sands holiday park in 2019.

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3 d. ago Homeland Security says agents went to LA schools to do welfare check on kids in US without parents

The Department of Homeland Security says its officers visited two Los Angeles public elementary schools this week to do a welfare check on migrant children

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3 d. ago Florida universities to deputize campus police for immigration enforcement

The police departments of at least three public universities in Florida are seeking agreements with the federal government to carry out immigration enforcement on campus

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5 d. ago Boat Race E.coli fears as filthy River Thames' water puts Oxford and Cambridge rowers 'at risk of vomiting and intestinal infections'

With just days before the annual race between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Olympics rowing legend Redgrave has pleaded with organisers to take action.

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1 week ago After a mystery absence, Melania returned with what looked like a First Lady fashion faux pas... but it was her fiercest triumph yet

Stepping out onto the stage of the State Department on Tuesday, Melania was performing only her second solo public engagement since reassuming her role as First Lady.

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1 week ago Trump administration sued over decision to rescind billions in health funding

Attorneys general from 23 states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration for its decision to claw back $12 billion that went to public health departments for COVID-19 efforts and addiction and mental health programs

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2 w. ago DWP confirms three benefits targeted by new bank checks clampdown first

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has updated the public regarding the crackdown on benefit fraud after the Government announced the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

Economics

2 w. ago Greg Taylor on brink of Celtic exit as Brendan Rodgers goes public over real reasons for looming departure

The Parkhead boss conceded the left-back is set to leave with fellow Scotland team-mate Kieran Tierney returning

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2 w. ago Mum and son who work at supermarket's Bathgate HQ look forward to Mother's Day together

Donna and Baillie work at Aldi and mark the occasion with an annual trip to Edinburgh

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2 w. ago Trump administration says it will pull back billions in COVID funding from local health departments

Federal health officials said Tuesday they are pulling back $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for local public health departments and other health organizations throughout the nation

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3 w. ago This government has one last chance to take a progressive path. Otherwise, we’re at the point of no return | John McDonnell

In her spring statement, I urge Rachel Reeves to look beyond short-term economic stability – and towards tackling long-term inequalityIf someone read out the following list of policies, which party would you think was in power? Depriving 2 million pensioners of the winter fuel allowance. Refusing to scrap the two-child benefit cap to lift nearly half a million children out of poverty. Raising tuition fees for students by more than the rate of inflation. Cutting overseas aid to the poorest people across the globe by half. Cutting £5bn from benefits for disabled people. Introducing a new round of cuts to government department spending and laying off 50,000 public sector workers.I very much doubt even 12 months ago you would have thought that this would be the Labour party in government.John McDonnell is the independent MP for Hayes and Harlington. He was shadow chancellor for Labour from 2015 to 2020 Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Three wildfires burn more than 3,300 acres in North and South Carolina

South Carolina governor declares emergency as North Carolina announces mandatory evacuation in Polk countyThree major wildfires that broke out in one North Carolina county still recovering from Hurricane Helene have exploded to burn more than 3,000 acres combined as South Carolina’s governor declared an emergency in response to a growing wildfire in the Blue Ridge mountains.The North Carolina department of public safety announced a mandatory evacuation starting at 8.20pm on Saturday for parts of Polk county in western North Carolina about 80 miles (129km) west of Charlotte. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Scotsman Obituaries: Wendy Jones, Scotsman Publicity department legend who organised the annual Edinburgh Cavalcade

Wendy Jones, publicity executive. Born: 4 September 1934 in Gorebridge, Midlothian. Died: 12 February 2025 in Edinburgh, aged 90

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