12 h. ago Florida's plan to drop school vaccine rule won't start for 90 days, won't cover all diseases

Florida has a plan to drop school vaccine mandates

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49 h. ago UK couple may have to evict Ukrainian refugees owing to planning rules

Rosemary Duckett, 80, and her husband, Anthony, 88, say situation is ‘bureaucracy gone mad’A couple who the prime minister thanked for housing Ukrainian refugees have been told by their local council they may have to evict their current guest due to planning rules which the couple describe as “bureaucracy gone mad”.Rosemary Duckett, 80, a retired magistrate and former chair of her local YMCA, and her husband, Anthony, 88, have been providing accommodation in a room above their garage to Ukrainian refugees since 2022. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: No action from Trump as another Putin deadline passes

US president ‘very disappointed’ in Russian ruler; Trump had promised to get Putin to negotiating table with Volodymr Zelenskyy. What we know on day 1,288Donald Trump took no apparent action at the passing of his latest deadline for Vladimir Putin to come to the negotiating table with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He was “very disappointed” in the Russian ruler, and was planning on “doing something to help people live”, said the US president, without any specifics. He was speaking on the radio show of Scott Jennings, a US conservative pundit.Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Russia was engaged in a new troop buildup in certain sectors of the frontline and still launching strikes on Ukrainian targets. “Now we see another buildup of Russian forces in certain sectors of the front. [Putin] refuses to be forced into peace Russia continues to launch strikes. Of course, we will respond to this,” said the Ukrainian president in his nightly address.European allies are ready to contribute to po...

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6 d. ago Now council launches legal action to shut THREE migrant hotels: After saga over Bell hotel in Epping, Reform

West Northamptonshire Council said that by accommodating asylum seekers, the three sites may have breached planning rules.

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1 week ago UK travellers urged to follow important rules when taking vapes on planes

Since the ban on disposable vapes in the UK in June, many Brits have been confused about how to pack and charge their vapes on planes. Here's everything you need to know before your next flight.

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1 week ago Chelsea ready to end transfer rule that's lasted over TWO DECADES in £120m plan

Chelsea have been reluctant to do transfer business with a rival team for more than 20 years but that is claimed to no longer be the case as deadline day approaches

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1 week ago ‘My sister, my God. It’s a visceral pain that never goes away’: Miriam Toews on a memoir of suicide and silence

Having fled the strictures of her Mennonite upbringing, the Canadian author searches for meaning in her older sister’s death: ‘She taught me how to stay alive’Long before she became one of Canada’s most celebrated authors, Miriam Toews was an 18-year-old with a restless streak, set on fleeing the strictures of her conservative Mennonite community. Toews’s family descended from Russian Mennonites and spoke Plautdietsch, an unwritten language. They grew up in a world with little privacy, many unofficial rules and the threat of excommunication. Toews and a boyfriend had planned a bike trip across Europe, one in which they would sit on the grave of John Keats and smoke too many cigarettes.Before she left, her older sister Marj asked a favor: would Toews write letters to her while she was away? Marj, then 24, had recently moved back home and was in a period of deep depression. She had stopped talking, but she would still write. “She was so sick,” says Toews, sitting across from me at a p...

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1 week ago Ukrainian refugee, 23, who fled Putin's war stabbed to death at train station

Iryna "Ira" Zarutska, 23, fled to the US following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine but was tragically killed in Charlotte, North Carolina - a man has been charged with her murder

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1 week ago Woman who fled Ukraine to escape war stabbed to death in North Carolina train station

The suspect, a homeless man with a lengthy criminal history, will be charged with first-degree murder after he is released from the hospital.

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1 week ago Poundland 'will run out of money within days' as dozens of shops shut

A judge is set to rule on a plan to save the chain from entering administration

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1 week ago Poland’s president vetoes legislation to prolong benefits for Ukrainian refugees

Karol Nawrocki says only Ukrainians in work should receive child benefit payments in PolandPoland’s president has vetoed legislation to prolong benefits received by Ukrainian refugees in Poland, following up on a campaign promise to tighten welfare payments amid a steady growth in anti-Ukrainian sentiment among Poles.Karol Nawrocki, who took office earlier this month after winning an election in spring, said only Ukrainians in work should receive child benefit payments. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Can you take a vape on a plane? Travel rules explained for Brits this summer

Don’t let a simple mistake ruin your holiday this summer 😅

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2 w. ago Curse of Omaze strikes again as stunning £6million prize winner home falls foul of council's planning rules

A £6 million prize house on the North Norfolk coast has fallen foul of planning rules, with officers saying the home was built differently to the plans which were approved by the local council.

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2 w. ago Millions could lose their driving license over proposed new rule change

The UK Government is planning to introduce a new mandatory rule for drivers, following an inquest that saw a coroner call the UK's licensing system the "laxest in Europe"

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2 w. ago Woman sexually assaulted on flight challenges UK rules on compensation

Woman who was attacked on flight from Qatar to London was denied payout because plane was not registered in UKA woman who was sexually assaulted while sleeping on a flight to London is challenging UK government rules that disqualify her from a compensation scheme because the plane was not registered in Britain.She was attacked on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha, Qatar, to Gatwick in September last year. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Toby Tarrant mishit golf shot so badly it hit Ukrainian refugee on way back from church

DJ Toby Tarrant had a nightmare day when his terrible golf shot hit a Ukrainian refugee before he compounded his misery by spilling a pint of Guinness all over himself. We've all had 'em Tobes!

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2 w. ago Myanmar’s military rulers set December date for general election

Critics see plan as attempt to legitimise and maintain military rule

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3 w. ago ‘May God give the right words to President Trump’: Anchorage awaits Putin summit

Ukrainian refugees in Alaska have mixed feelings about US and Russian leaders’ meeting

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3 w. ago ‘May God give the right words to President Trump’: Anchorage hosts Putin summit

Ukrainian refugees in Alaska have mixed feelings about US and Russian leaders’ meeting

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3 w. ago My orchids died all the time—now I follow 5 rules so my plant flowers repeatedly

I've always loved orchids, but I admit they're not the easiest houseplants to look after. I've had three orchids in total, and I was determined to get my care routine right to ensure my current one survives

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