3 h. ago Triple killer Nicholas Prosper’s sentence referred to Court of Appeal as ‘unduly lenient’

Teenager murdered his family and was planning a school shooting in Luton

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8 h. ago UK scrambling to get Donald Trump to slash tariffs to zero, says minister as US threatens medicines levies

Tariffs on Britain’s pharmaceutical industry could deal a severe blow, potentially costing firms billions of pounds

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19 h. ago Christine McGuinness reveals the devastating true toll of her divorce from Paddy, how she really feels about selling their £6.5m family home

She was 33 when her memoir, A Beautiful Nightmare, came out. But while that might have seemed premature for others, it felt entirely fitting for Christine McGuinness.

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20 h. ago Harrowing new crash pictures show total devastation after family's plane fell from sky

Harrowing new photos show the total devastation left after a prominent Massachusetts family's plane crashed in upstate New York, killing all six on board.

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26 h. ago Heartbreaking cause of plane crash that killed family of six in upstate New York tragedy

NTSB investigators have offered an update into the plane crash that wiped out the family of neuroscientist Michael Groff on Saturday in a horror accident over upstate New York.

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41 h. ago Karmelo Anthony granted house arrest over fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf as family reveals plans for donated funds

Karmelo Anthony, 17, has been charged in the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf, 17, following a confrontation at a Frisco, Texas, track meet

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43 h. ago Trump administration slashes $2.2bn in federal money from Harvard after it refuses president’s ‘dictates’

‘The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,’ said a letter from Harvard’s lawyers.’ No private university ‘can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government’

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45 h. ago Trump memo outlines plan to slash US state department budget in half

Cuts would mean dramatic decreases in funding for humanitarian aid, global health and international groupsThe Trump administration is reportedly proposing to slash the state department budget by nearly half in a move that could drastically reduce US international spending and end its funding for Nato and the United Nations, according to an internal memorandum.The memo based on spending cuts devised by the White House office of management and budget envisions the total budget of the state department and USAID, the main foreign assistance body which has been largely dismantled by Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency”, or Doge, being reduced to $28.4bn, a reduction of $27bn or 48% from what Congress approved for 2025. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Free US family planning clinics face ruin after White House freezes funds

Title X, with services like STI tests and cancer screenings, in limbo after Trump administration pauses $66m in fundsMore than 10 days after the Trump administration froze roughly $66m of federal funds that had been earmarked for no- and low-cost family planning services, the providers that had been scheduled to receive that money are staring down the possibility of financial collapse.Title X, the country’s largest federal family planning program, provides clinics across the country with more than $200m each year for services such as contraception, STI tests and cancer screenings. In 2023, more than 2 million people received healthcare through Title X, which helps people regardless of income, age or citizenship status. For many, Title X is their only source of healthcare. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Karenna Groff, former NCAA woman of year, is killed with her family in upstate New York plane crash

The twin-engine Mitsubishi MU-2B went down shortly after noon on Saturday in a muddy field in Copake, New York, near the Massachusetts line, killing everyone on board, NTSB officials said

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53 h. ago Brit groom dies on Benidorm stag do in front of dad and mates in Flamingo Bar tragedy

A Brit groom was pronounced dead at the Funky Flamingo bar in Benidorm while on a stag with friends and family – the man's wedding was planned for May this year

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64 h. ago Trump official who oversaw dismantling of USAID leaves US state department

Under Pete Marocco’s lead, nearly all USAID staff was fired, with funding slashed and contractors dismissedPete Marocco, the Trump administration official who played a major role in dismantling the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has left the state department, a US official said on Sunday.Donald Trump’s administration has moved to fire nearly all USAID staff, as billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” has slashed funding and dismissed contractors across the federal bureaucracy in what it calls an attack on wasteful spending. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago The dead in upstate NY plane crash included NCAA woman of the year and family members

A private plane that crashed in upstate New York over the weekend was carrying a close-knit family of physicians and a distinguished student athlete, the recently named NCAA woman of the year

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3 d. ago ‘Savage’ UK cuts will deprive 55m people of aid around the world

Exclusive: The cuts will result in a reduction of key programmes for education, family planning, water and food aid. Alicja Hagopian and Kate Devlin report

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3 d. ago Woman steals family's seats on plane as they refuse to move but karma strikes

A woman was left fuming when she boarded her flight and found a family had taken her seats. But rather than asking them to move, she decided to do something else instead - and karma hit back

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3 d. ago New West Lothian bowling alley and karting track plans promise 'family fun'

The proposed Hollywood Bowl development involves converting the former shop unit into an e-go-kart track and a ten-pin bowling alley.

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3 d. ago Jamie Laing and wife Sophie Habboo share baby plans and their hopes for a big family

The pair - who tied the knot in April 2023 - has been more loved-up than ever and got candid about their future plans on building a family during a chat with The Times .

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4 d. ago Documents reveal Trump’s plan to gut funding for Nasa and climate science

Critics say Nasa faces ‘extinction-level event’ with budget plan, with climate research funding also to be slashedDonald Trump shows no signs of easing his assault on climate science as plans of more sweeping cuts to key US research centers surfaced on Friday.The administration is planning to slash budgets at both the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (Noaa) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), according to internal budget documents, taking aim specifically at programs used to study impacts from the climate crisis. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Pilot of crashed New York helicopter was reportedly low on fuel and headed back to helipad

Search resumes for six killed aboard plane, the unnamed pilot and a Spanish family with children age 11, five and fourThe pilot of a sightseeing helicopter that crashed into New York’s Hudson River on Thursday killing all six people aboard reportedly sent a radio message moments earlier saying he was low on fuel and was heading back to the helipad, its operators said on Friday.Michael Roth, the chief executive of New York Helicopter Tours, described how the pilot never made it back to the downtown Manhattan heliport it took off from about 16 minutes previously on its sixth flight of the day, the Telegraph reported. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Grey’s Anatomy and Euphoria star Eric Dane, 52, reveals ALS diagnosis

Grey’s Anatomy and Euphoria star Eric Dane has revealed he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He said he's grateful for the support of his family and plans to continue working

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