27 m. ago Huge fire breaks out at battery recycling centre as 'explosions' heard for miles

A huge fire has broken out at a battery recycling facility, with locals reporting seeing 'explosions' and a black cloud of smoke gushing into the air.

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30 m. ago Amy Dowden says there's one question people should not ask after cancer as Strictly says 'I'm just grateful for another shot'

BBC Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden has issued a new update on her cancer battle, after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023

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43 m. ago Musk tells US federal workers to explain what they achieved last week or be fired

‘Cruel and disrespectful’ request to employees sparks confusion across key government agenciesHundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the past week, sparking confusion across key agencies as the tech billionaire Elon Musk expands his crusade to slash the size of government.Musk, who serves as President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting chief, telegraphed the extraordinary request on his social media network on Saturday. Continue reading...

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61 m. ago Residents unable to return home a year after terrifying Edinburgh flat block fire

Over 100 people were evacuated from their homes after fire gripped the premises on March 14, 2024.

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65 m. ago BREAKING Smoke billows into air and explosions heard at UK industrial estate

Witnesses have claimed they "thought we were at war" after hearing explosions and seeing smoke billowing into the air during a suspected fire at a UK industrial estate

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65 m. ago Explosions heard at UK industrial estate as witnesses 'thought we were at war'

Witnesses have claimed they "thought we were at war" after hearing explosions and seeing smoke billowing into the air during a suspected fire at a UK industrial estate

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66 m. ago Diplomatic war of words as China accuses Australia of 'deliberately hyping up' live fire incident off the coast of Sydney

China's defence Ministry spokesman Wu Qian hit back on Sunday to say that its fleet's training and exercise area is far away from the Australian coastline.

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73 m. ago LIVE: Massive fire breaks out in Wythenshawe as smoke billows from scene

Residents reported hearing 'explosions' earlier this morning

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89 m. ago Wythenshawe fire: Huge blaze seen for miles as 'popping sound' explosions heard

A local posting footage of black smoke being coughed into the sky above Wythenshawe said they heard "explosions popping off", and that the blaze was visible for miles

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93 m. ago Shaughna Phillips addresses Ozempic allegations with telling six

Love Island star Shaughna Phillips, who shot to fame on the 2020 winter series of the ITV2 show, has addressed her incredible five and a half stone weight loss amid Ozempic allegations

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2 h. ago Heartbroken parents of 'Polish Maddie McCann' are at their wits end over fantasist daughter's lies

The despairing parents of a Polish woman who claims to be Madeleine McCann are 'at their wits' end' and have fled their home after their fantasist daughter was arrested in England.

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2 h. ago Julen Lopetegui: ‘Of course we could have played better. It was our fault’

Spaniard on the ‘pain and anger’ of his sacking at West Ham and rejecting an immediate return to management“And then suddenly they sacked me.” Julen Lopetegui is running through the reasons to be cheerful – safety secure, 17 shots at the Etihad and the physical stats, an identity emerging, a winter window and a kinder calendar coming – when he uses one of only two English lines in as many hours, delivered as if the final page of a story. The other, not entirely incidentally, is “no comment”, and a smile accompanies both. Five weeks from his sacking at West Ham, the anger and hurt has subsided, on the surface at least. The period of mourning, as he puts it, is over.“My father died and, although you can’t compare them, personal and professional mourning came together,” Lopetegui says. Offers arrived, but it was too soon. Instead he headed to Mexico, where he is building a hotel with his brother Joxean, a former pelota player, and as he arrives at another hotel, this time in Madrid, it...

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2 h. ago Today's rugby news as Irish stars blown away by Wales players and Sherratt gives job verdict

The latest rugby news from Wales and beyond.

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3 h. ago Police hunting van driver after girl, three, died in tram crash

Police said the driver of the van fled the scene

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3 h. ago One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This by Omar El Akkad review – Gaza and the sound of silence

This powerful new book examines the moral contradictions of the west and asks what liberal values mean in the face of such brutal and sustained obliteration of human lifeLike many people, I have followed the unrelenting horror that has unfolded in Gaza since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 mainly through the medium of social media. The Instagram reels of citizen journalists on the ground have become for me and countless others the most powerful testimony to the slaughter, destruction and trauma visited on the already beleaguered Palestinian population. Recorded at great risk, they are often heartbreaking and enraging: so many dead infants; so many maimed and traumatised children; so many obliterated families and communities.Some of these witnesses have achieved heroic status among their millions of followers, the likes of Motaz Azaiza, a photojournalist who was evacuated to Qatar after 108 days covering the carnage at close hand; Wael Al-Dahdouh, the Al Jazeer...

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4 h. ago Scot leading DP World Tour's work helping players with mental health

Hero Dubai Desert Classic Player Wellness Centre hailed as ‘best in class’ by Dr Andrew Murray

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4 h. ago Israel delays release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners over ‘humiliating’ handover of hostages

Hamas accuses Netanyahu of ‘stalling’ release of Palestinian prisoners

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4 h. ago ‘You’re not going on a birthday trip to Paris’: KLM ground staff get passport rules wrong yet again

The Man Who Pays His Way: Time to make airlines pay for needlessly wrecking passengers’ plans

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5 h. ago Liverpool boss Arne Slot reveals new invitation to Jurgen Klopp after seeing gesture fall flat

Jurgen Klopp left Liverpool at the end of last season but new head coach Arne Slot hit the ground running at Anfield and looks set to deliver success for the Reds before the term is done

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5 h. ago Manchester United regular risks becoming the latest to be shunned by Ruben Amorim

Manchester United's head coach is not afraid of dropping anyone permanently until they learn their lesson and one player is desperately close to that now

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