1 hour ago Tensions in Ballymena building for some time, MP says after police attacked

Police have appealed for calm after serious disorder broke out in the Co Antrim town on Monday night, with masked youths attacking police.

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2 h. ago I shelled out for a premium pink cake for my 21st birthday but what arrived looked like vomit

Alexandra Tobie, from Cape Town, shelled out on a personalised pink sparkly cake to mark her special 21st birthday.

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3 h. ago Bus driver and frail wife plunge 300ft off cliff in Ford Mondeo with beloved dogs

John and Lynn King both tragically died after their car fell off a 300ft cliff and into the water below. The 70-something couple were both pronounced dead at the scene

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4 h. ago The beautiful north west riverside walk ending with a castle

Starting in a market town, it takes you along a scenic river, through a 13th century estate, over a suspension bridge and ends with a castle

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5 h. ago In Spain, a chat on the doorstep is a custom worth preserving in the digital age | María Ramírez

It’s great to see so much support for the value of ‘taking the breeze’ – the authorities must respect public space tooThe mayor of a small town in southern Spain felt compelled, a few days ago, to clarify that there is no new municipal ban on older women sitting out on the pavement in their own chairs. He was responding to a furious online backlash directed mostly at the town’s police after they posted a message on social media urging the residents of Santa Fe to show “civility” by not sitting in the streets in the late hours disturbing neighbours.This plea for respect for the public space was hardly a draconian law and order crackdown: it was a reasonably worded reminder. “We know that putting chairs or tables outside the door is a tradition in many towns,” it said, “but public spaces are regulated. If the police ask you to remove them, do so out of respect and in the interests of coexistence.”María Ramírez is a journalist and the deputy managing editor of elDiario.es, a news outle...

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9 h. ago Riot police deployed as UK town set alight after petrol bombs thrown at police

A crowd of around 2,500 people took to the streets in Ballymena, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, to protest the alleged sexual assault of a female by two boys on Saturday, June 7

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9 h. ago Revealed: Couple who died with their two dachshunds when their car plummeted 300ft off a cliff were a bus driver and his wife who was so ill and frail she had hardly left home

The tragic couple - named locally today as John and Lynn King - died instantly when their silver Ford Mondeo drove off a cliff close to the Needles on the Isle of Wight on Friday evening.

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10 h. ago Uber and taxi drivers fear more racist violence and repeats of last year’s riots, survey finds

Many say they are now ‘too scared’ to work

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11 h. ago Riot police sent in as UK town set alight after petrol bombs thrown at police

Petrol bombs were thrown at police officers in Ballymena, Co Antrim after a large crowd assembled to protest against a recent sexual assault in the town

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11 h. ago Thomas Tuchel dismisses England inferiority fears as he tells players: 'Everyone is beatable'

England boss also admitted his side must find a way to be more exciting

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11 h. ago ‘Play with a smile’: Tuchel challenges England to relax and hit top gear

Head coach thinks players ‘will rise to the occasion’Tuchel wants ‘more fluid’ and ‘more exciting’ footballThomas Tuchel has said England should not have an inferiority complex in relation to the world’s strongest teams but must start playing with a smile to realise their true potential.The England head coach said his side “have not clicked yet” and, as well as criticising the attitude against Andorra on Saturday, believes the performance was too rigid and too serious. England’s labours in Barcelona were put into sharper focus by the quality of Portugal and Spain in the Nations League final the following night. Tuchel, however, insists England are not inferior to those nations and will improve, beginning with the friendly against Senegal in Nottingham on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Matt Vogt once chose dentistry over golf. Back home at the US Open, he's learned he didn't have to

Matt Vogt is trading a drill for a driver at the U.S. Open

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15 h. ago Horrifying moment 'distracted' lorry ploughs into pedestrian after mounting pavement

The 67-year-old victim was sent flying after truck driver Glen Brady, 47, had become 'distracted by his sat nav'.

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15 h. ago Bus driver high on drugs who fell asleep at wheel and killed girl, 9, is jailed

Ada Bicakci, 9, died in hospital on August 5 last year, two days after the collision in Bexleyheath, south-east London, which left her with 'catastrophic injuries'

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15 h. ago London bus driver who killed girl, 9, after falling asleep due to smoking cannabis jailed for four years

Martin Asolo-Ogugua, 23, mounted a pavement and hit Ada Bicakci in front of her family

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15 h. ago Bus driver who killed young girl riding bike on pavement jailed for four years

Ada Bicakci, nine, was with her family when the collision occurred on August 3 last year.

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16 h. ago A £25m project could bring more than 700 new jobs to a Greater Manchester town

The major scheme is about to get underway and should be completed by July 2026.

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16 h. ago Woman caught up in A1 crash was on first date with driver who told cops 'nah' before smash

Courtney Redfern, 26, was on a first date with Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, when he sped away from police after being stopped shortly before the crash

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17 h. ago Drivers warned over simple roundabout mistake which could mean £100 fine

The UK is home to more than 25,000 roundabouts and they are confusing for many drivers.

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17 h. ago Advanced AI suffers ‘complete accuracy collapse’ in face of complex problems, study finds

‘Pretty devastating’ Apple paper raises doubts about race to reach stage of AI at which it matches human intelligenceApple researchers have found “fundamental limitations” in cutting-edge artificial intelligence models, in a paper raising doubts about the technology industry’s race to develop ever more powerful systems.Apple said in a paper published at the weekend that large reasoning models (LRMs) – an advanced form of AI – faced a “complete accuracy collapse” when presented with highly complex problems. Continue reading...

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