38 m. ago Three dead after Mercedes and bus crash near Heathrow Airport sparking fire

The bus was involved in a head-on collision with a silver Mercedes on a railway bridge.

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46 m. ago ‘The ice is not freezing as it should’: supply roads to Canada’s Indigenous communities under threat from climate crisis

Northern Ontario is seeing a ‘shorter window’ on only overland routes for vital deliveries to remote First NationsAt first there was no answer on the satellite phone. But on the third call, Donald Meeseetawageesic heard his sister’s voice. “We need somebody to come and tow us out,” he told her.It was a warmer-than-normal night in early March and Meeseetawageesic, the elected band councillor for Eabametoong First Nation, was stranded in a 4x4 truck on the dark winter road leading to his community. The tyres were stuck in the deep snow and the temperature outside was below freezing. Help was about 60km (37 miles) away. Continue reading...

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46 m. ago Special elections to give voters’ verdicts on Trump’s chaotic first months – US politics live

Votes in several states on Tuesday could offer a glimmer of hope to DemocratsWisconsin and Florida voters head to polls in test of Trump’s popularityDonald Trump’s executive order seeking to overhaul the nation’s elections faced its first legal challenges Monday as the Democratic National Committee and a pair of nonprofits filed two separate lawsuits calling it unconstitutional.The Campaign Legal Center and the State Democracy Defenders Fund brought the first lawsuit Monday afternoon. The DNC, the Democratic Governors Association, and Senate and House Democratic leaders followed soon after with a complaint of their own. Continue reading...

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47 m. ago Prince Andrew’s ex Lady Victoria Hervey mocks accuser Virginia Giuffre ‘fighting for her life’ after crash

Virginia Giuffre’s spokesperson says the mother-of-three was ‘in a serious accident and is receiving medical care in the hospital’

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49 m. ago Badenoch claims Adolescence ‘fundamentally changed’ story it is based on

A theory that the race of the lead character was changed from the real-life case the series was based on has been dismissed by the show’s creator.

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66 m. ago Jon Richardson upsets comedy fans after announcing surprise career change

‘You’re going to be brilliant,’ fellow comedy star Romesh Ranganathan said of Richardson’s alleged new venture

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67 m. ago Eurozone inflation falls for the second month in a row to 2.2%

March figure comes as ECB rate-setters consider whether to slow the pace of interest rate cuts

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70 m. ago Amanda Abbington is all smiles after performing in her first play since Strictly Come Dancing scandal

The actress, 51, is currently starring in a production entitled (This Is Not A) Happy Room at The King's Head Theatre in north London.

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79 m. ago The most important woman in Tommy Fury's life who is never seen in public

While the world is focused on his high-profile relationship with Molly-Mae Hague , there's another woman who takes up a huge place in Tommy Fury 's heart - his mother Chantal.

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94 m. ago Eamonn Holmes' career setback as show is cancelled amid Ruth Langsford divorce

Eamonn Holmes' live show has been cancelled after it failed to be a hit ticket sales

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1 hour ago Why we should all mind our own business when we see autistic people stimming

There’s no need to comment or intervene, writes Aimee Grant

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1 hour ago Frankie Bridge is caught out leading the April Fools jokes with a very X

The stars celebrated April Fool's in typically silly style on Tuesday morning.

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1 hour ago Scots 'getting the pay rise they desperately deserve' says Angela Rayner

EXCLUSIVE: The Deputy Prime Minister said the minimum wage rise will "tackle low pay and help workers in Scotland to get on in life".

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1 hour ago Global cost of Trump trade war ‘could reach $1.4tn’; tariff fears hurt UK factories – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as UK business secretary warns Britain will be hit by ‘Liberation Day’ tariffsTrump prepares to unveil reciprocal tariffs as markets brace amid trade war fearsTrump’s new tariffs could backfire if they are set too high, explains Mark Haefele, chief investment officer at UBS Global Wealth Management:“Wednesday’s reciprocal tariffs could push the effective tariff rate another 4 percentage points higher. Anything further than that could move tariffs beyond a revenue-raising ‘sweet spot,’ in our view.Globally, the risk of high tariffs disrupting trade and economic activity would potentially offset any US federal revenue gains that the Trump administration seeks to use to further domestic policies.”“It appears tomorrow there’ll be no country in the world exempt from the initial announcements”.I tihnk that our trading relatinship is a very strong, and fair and balanced one, so I don’t think there is the need to do this. Continue ...

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1 hour ago Amanda Abbington is all smiles as after performing in her first play since Strictly Come Dancing scandal

The actress, 51, is currently starring in a production entitled (This Is Not A) Happy Room at The King's Head Theatre in north London.

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2 h. ago Eurozone inflation fell for the second month in a row in March to 2.2%

Figure comes as ECB rate-setters consider whether to slow the pace of interest rate cuts

Economics

2 h. ago ‘I feel as though I’ve been in chains’: the bittersweet life of lovers rock legend Mari’ Pierre

The British-Guyanese singer topped the reggae chart with 1978’s Walk Away, but despite work with Robert Plant and others, she’s rarely returned to the studio. This interview might change that In December 1978, Marie Pierre was at No 1 in the UK reggae chart with the lovers rock classic Walk Away, a beautiful tearstained lament on a troubled relationship. Her 1979 debut album Love Affair, powered by another enduring scene song in Choose Me, remained one of Trojan’s best-selling albums well into the 1980s; Pierre, with her crystalline multi-octave voice, seemed destined to follow her contemporary, Silly Games singer Janet Kay, into mainstream pop-reggae success.But in the 46 years since, Pierre has never released another album. A career that promised so much has – despite TV work and successful backing singing gigs with Robert Plant, Donna Summer and Chaka Khan – been one of frustration and thwarted ambition. Misfortune, mistrust and mistreatment, personal and professional, have sidel...

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2 h. ago ‘We feel the pain but there is also joy’: the healing power of diasporic connection

The Legacies of Enslavement programme aims to atone for the Guardian’s past while highlighting the lasting impact of transatlantic slaveryIllustrations by Ngadi SmartSalvador, Bahia, Brazil. In capoeira – an art form whose origins were carried across the Black Atlantic by enslaved people, but which developed and grew into a cultural form of resistance in Brazil – we sometimes wish each other axé (pronounced “ah-shay”). In doing so, we would be bestowing on our interlocutor life force, vitality or just positive energy in the capoeira roda (circle where capoeira is played) or in life.The term is also used in Candomblé and Umbanda, syncretic afro-Brazilian religions with African roots. For me it also symbolises the ability to harness ancestral knowledge and energy to enrich the jogo (game of capoeira), embodying and paying tribute to those who kept the art form alive. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago ‘Please leave feedback’: how constant online reviews are changing our brains – and our lives

We live under mutual surveillance, asked to leave public ratings for every purchase, meal, taxi ride or hair appointment. What is it doing to us?‘Alexlilly1999* has left you feedback!” pings the Vinted notification. My stomach flips as the app loads and I open my review: “Quite good.” A gut punch. I sit in shock, scrutinising the words in front of me. “Good” is a bit uninspired but “quite” feels both passive-aggressive and viciously spiteful: quite good. Alexlilly1999 has also given me just four stars. It’s a lukewarm write-up considering the dress I sold them was good quality, a brilliant price and shipped quickly. I glare at the review. And then another notification pops up: do I want to leave feedback for the buyer? Well, yes, actually, I do.It’s likely we’ve all, at some stage, been asked to leave feedback online. Called your electricity provider with a query? Please answer a few quick questions about the service you received. Had something delivered by a courier? Please rate yo...

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2 h. ago Woman with shoulder pain and cough was in 'complete shock' as doctor gave results

Eve Perry from Wirral was just 24 years old when she was diagnosed with a rare condition, which had an impact on her whole family and has left her with lifelong scars

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