6 h. ago Trail hunting should be punishable by jail, campaigner says amid calls to outlaw ‘reckless’ activity

Trail hunting, which involves laying a scent for hounds and riders to follow as an alternative to the banned activity of fox hunting, has faced significant criticism

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12 h. ago Australian man dies after being hit by police vehicle racing to emergency call on London street

David Clark, 35, was struck by the emergency vehicle as he crossed the road in Southwark on January 7 shortly after 12.30am.

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15 h. ago More than 100,000 people urge MPs to ban social media for under

Letters sent using campaign group’s template as Keir Starmer indicates Australia-style move being consideredMPs’ inboxes have been flooded with letters calling for an Australia-style social media ban for under-16s, as the prime minister indicated such a move was being considered.More than 100,000 people have contacted their local MP since the grassroots organisation Smartphone Free Childhood launched an email campaign on Tuesday evening with a template calling for “reasonable, age-appropriate boundaries”. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Inside Maduro's 'hell on Earth' jail with 'white room' torture chamber where enemies were raped and electrocuted

For many Venezuelans, El Helicoide is the physical representation of the decades of repression they have felt under successive governments. described by former prisoners as 'hell on earth'.

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28 h. ago Donald Trump brags about 'very good call' with 'terrific' Venezuelan president ahead of meeting with opposition leader

Donald Trump boasted of a 'very good call' with Interim Venezuela President Delcy Rodriguez after the Senate blocked a resolution that would have limited his powers in the region.

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37 h. ago Labour is 'squeezing the life out of hospitality': Hotel chiefs slam 'punitive' business rates hikes and call for pubs tax U

As the backlash over the Chancellor's botched business rates reforms mounts, Sir Rocco Forte described it as 'a mess of the government's own making'.

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45 h. ago Feeding seagulls could be made ILLEGAL under new law change for Scots

A LAW banning folk from feeding seagulls could be introduced in Scotland - if a newly launched campaign is successful.  The call for tougher controls over bird numbers comes after a number of attacks on adults and children in Eyemouth  and neighbouring villages along the Borders coast . Community leaders are driving the proposals in legislation, following meetings with the country's...

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63 h. ago Private jet tax to be introduced in Scotland as millionaires told 'pay a fair share for privilege'

The Scottish Greens and other environmental campaigners have long called for a tax on the kind of small jets regularly used by stars like Taylor Swift.

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63 h. ago JoJo Siwa, 22, wears a wedding dress and bridal veil in new selfie

JoJo Siwa has made her intentions for boyfriend Chris Hughes clear. 

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68 h. ago Moment gunman opens fire on family home as terrified mother makes frantic 999 call

The masked man was filmed walking onto the driveway of the property in Luton, Bedfordshire, before pulling out a double-barrelled shotgun from his backpack and firing it at the front door.

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3 d. ago Revealed: Why you never want to hear a call for 'inspector Sands' at a train station

Secret codes are used in the railway industry - and tell staff if something has gone wrong. And reference to 'Inspector Sands' is something you never want to hear.

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3 d. ago Nationwide fights back against scammers with a checker tool to highlight dodgy phone calls

Britain's biggest mutual has launched a scam checking tool which will tell customers if they are on the phone to a genuine Nationwide employee or a scammer.

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5 d. ago There's only one undeniable truth about the Minneapolis ICE shooting... that neither side will admit. It's now miserably clear who has failed us: MAUREEN CALLAHAN

What side are you on? All of us were expected to have an absolute response in the moments after an ICE agent shot a woman dead on Wednesday.

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7 d. ago 'I've planted a bomb... you have 12 seconds to get out': Moment US hoax caller threatens major hospital during sustained campaign targeting London venues

Over the course of less than a month David Hart, a 22-year-old from West Winfield in New York, made 95 bogus phone calls to restaurants, the police and even Westminster Abbey.

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7 d. ago Revealed: Anthony Joshua's emotional phone call from Nigerian hospital about how 'life is short', hours after the crash that killed his friends

On December 29th, Joshua miraculously survived a crash which killed two of his friends, Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Nigeria.

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7 d. ago Trump FINALLY takes Starmer's call as No10 lamely insists the PM 'set out his position' on Greenland threats

Keir Starmer and Donald Trump spoke last night, four days after the US president's extraordinary operation to oust Venezuela's dictator.

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8 d. ago Keir Starmer has 'set out his position on Greenland' in a phone call with Trump, Downing Street says

The President has threatened to use the US military to seize the Danish territory, which Mr Trump claims is vital for national security.

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8 d. ago 'Why are you calling me Josh?' The moment teenager believed dead in car crash regained consciousness and revealed police's terrible mistake

Bungling officers had confused the identity of Trevor Wynn, 17, with that of his friend Joshua Johnson, 18, following a fatal collision in Rotherham in the early hours of December 13.

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8 d. ago Nessie hunter shares 'best images yet' of Loch Ness Monster from trail camera

Roland Watson, 63, captured three snaps of what he believes to be Nessie on his trail camera on the western shore of Loch Ness near Inverfarigaig, Scotland

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1 week ago Could LYNX be reintroduced in Scotland? Charities make fresh call to bring back big cats

The push to reintroduce lynx into the wild continues - despite John Swinney previously ruling it out - with conservationists set to consult locals on releasing them back into the Highlands.

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