8 h. ago Bill to save British Steel plant becomes law after king’s approval

Emergency legislation giving government power to instruct British Steel to keep plant open passed unopposedBusiness secretary says British Steel owners Jingye wanted ‘excessive amount’ – videoProposals to save British Steel’s Scunthorpe blast furnaces have been granted royal assent after an extraordinary parliament sitting on Saturday.Emergency legislation giving the government the power to instruct British Steel to keep the plant open passed the Commons and Lords in a single day unopposed. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Championship game suspended due to medical emergency as players led away from the pitch

Cardiff City's Championship clash with Stoke on Saturday afternoon has been suspended due to a medical emergency

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11 h. ago Moment MPs back move to take control of British Steel in emergency debate

MPs have backed the government’s plans to take control of British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant in a rare weekend emergency debate in parliament on Saturday, 12 April.

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14 h. ago MPs begin debating emergency law to save British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant

MPs returned to Westminster on Saturday after being recalled from recess to debate the emergency legislation intended to save the Scunthorpe plant.

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14 h. ago Major British Steel announcement as MPs debate emergency legislation on a Saturday

Chinese owners 'demanded the government pay hundreds of millions of pounds to them without any conditions to stop that money...being transferred to China'

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15 h. ago UK Parliament meets in emergency Saturday session to approve rescue of British Steel

U.K. lawmakers are returning to Parliament from their Easter break to approve an emergency rescue of the country’s last remaining factory that makes steel directly from raw materials

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31 h. ago Keir Starmer aims to pass emergency law in one day to prevent closure of the British Steel plant

Sir Keir Starmer has recalled MPs from Easter recess to Westminster for an emergency Saturday session, April 12, to discuss the future of British Steel.

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31 h. ago Keir Starmer gives emergency statement as he recalls MPs back to work from Easter recess

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said 'the future of British Steel hangs in the balance' as he ordered MPs back to the Commons to vote through emergency measures on Saturday

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33 h. ago UK government recalls Parliament for emergency legislation over saving British Steel

U.K. lawmakers are being recalled Saturday in order to back emergency legislation aimed at saving the last plant in the country that makes steel from raw materials, a move that has been widely called for since U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on imported steel

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3 d. ago Horror as UK woman, 84, is rescued from unauthorised British

The disturbing case in the small village of La Manchica in the region of Murcia has uncovered the existence of an unlicensed care home.

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7 d. ago Labour MP arrested on suspicion of rape and child sex offences

Labour MP Dan Norris has been suspended by the party after they were informed of his arrest on suspicion of rape and child sex offences, it emerged on Saturday night

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2 w. ago Emile Soleil murder suspect family's Catholic priest, 85, 'committed suicide' days before the toddler's grandparents were arrested

Father Gilliot frequently expressed his emotional angst during the saga, and allegedly 'took his own life' last Saturday at his home in Aix-en-Provence, it emerged today.

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2 w. ago Rescuers pull British tourist from rubble after Italian B&B explodes

A British tourist is reportedly ‘fighting for his life’ with 70 per cent burns, after a B&B apartment collapsed in Rome following a gas explosion.

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3 w. ago Tea time alarm trend demonstrates ‘quintessential’ British sense of humour

The viral prank has left American social media users confused with many believing the trend to be real.

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3 w. ago Boxing’s Olympic future set to be secured after IOC recommendation

President Bach backs sport’s inclusion for 2028 in LAStatus had been in doubt with governing body suspendedBoxing’s fragile Olympic status is on the verge of being secured after years of uncertainty. On Monday the International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said that his executive board had recommended that boxing should be included in the 2028 Games to be held in Los Angeles. It appears to be a formality that the IOC membership will ratify the decision in the coming days as Bach and his colleagues confirmed last month that that they now recognise World Boxing as the sport’s new international federation.“After the provisional recognition of World Boxing in February we were in the position to take this decision,” Bach said at a press conference. “I’m very confident the [IOC] session will approve it, so that all boxers then have certainty that they can participate in the Olympic Games in LA2028 if their national federation is recognised by World Boxing.” Continue reading...

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