31 m. ago Chilling gang war footage shows masked men firebombing UK homes in war cry on 'vermin'

The video footage shows firebombs being thrown through windows and features a creepy voice over, and is believed to have been released as a chilling warning to rival gangs

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35 m. ago Official update on Broadway Boy after horse's 'sickening' fall during the Grand National

It had been jumping well previously and was ahead of the field, but as Broadway Boy tumbled, the horse appeared to fall upright on his front legs before his head appeared to crash into the ground.

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80 m. ago NY public schools tell Trump administration they won't comply with DEI order

New York state school officials have told the Trump administration that they will not comply with its demands to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices, despite the administration’s threats to terminate federal education funding

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92 m. ago Grand National horse Broadway Boy survives sickening fall as official announcement made

The horse was leading the race before a terrible fall that upset those who saw it. An official announcement has now been made

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92 m. ago Grand National horse Broadway Boy is alive after sickening fall as announcement made

The horse was leading the race before a terrible fall that upset those who saw it. An official announcement has now been made

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97 m. ago Jaguar Land Rover pauses shipments to US as Trump says impact of tariffs ‘won’t be easy’ – live

Trump’s baseline 10% tariff on all imports from many countries has begun, with higher levies on 57 trading partners to start next weekAmerica’s Brexit? Trump’s historic gamble on tariffs has been decades in the makingIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit the White House on Monday to discuss recently announced tariffs with US president Donald Trump, three Israeli officials said on Saturday, according to Reuters.The impromptu visit was first reported by Axios, which said that if the visit takes place, the Israeli leader would be the first foreign leader to meet Trump in person to try to negotiate a deal to remove tariffs. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Paddington crash: Two critical after car crashes following police chase

A driver failed to stop for officers in a marked Met Police vehicle at around 4.20am on Saturday near Westbourne Terrace in Paddington.

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1 hour ago British backpacker locked up for nearly three weeks after trying to cross from US to Canada admits she was 'naive' about Trump's border crackdown

Rebecca Burke, 28, from Monmouthshire, south Wales, was trying to cross into Canada from the state of Washington when she was refused entry by officials.

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2 h. ago Britain braced for travel chaos as Met Office makes 'warm' weather prediction

Schools finished for the holidays on Friday and the RAC expects 3.4million people to hit the roads each day - sunny conditions will remain into next week with the Met Office predicting above-average temperatures

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2 h. ago US protests live: Demonstrations planned across US to oppose Trump agenda

More than a thousand events to be held across the country in a show of defiance against Trump’s ‘authoritarian overreach’Several congressional members are expected to make apperances and deliver speeches at the Hands Off protest in Washington DC today.They include Democrats Jamie Raskin and Glenn Ivey of Maryland, Maxwell Frost of Florida, Katherine Clark of Massachussetts and Don Beyer of Virginia, as well as Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.This is a nationwide mobilization to stop the most brazen power grab in modern history. Trump, Musk and their billionaire cronies are orchestrating an all-out assault on our government, our economy and our basic rights – enabled by Congress every step of the way.They want to strip America for parts – shuttering social security offices, firing essential workers, eliminating consumer protections and gutting Medicaid – all to bankroll their billionaire tax scam. They’re handing over our tax dollars, our public services and our democracy to the ultra-rich.I...

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2 h. ago Met Office map warns of 'very high' pollen count with two UK areas worst affected

The Met Office has issued a warning

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2 h. ago Met Office map warns of 'very high' pollen count for hay fever sufferers

Parts of the UK will see high pollen levels, which is bad news for people suffering with hay fever

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2 h. ago Various: Chet Baker Re:imagined review – new reworkings by R&B, pop, soul and jazz artists

(Blue Note)There are hits and misses as 15 performers including Dodie, Mxmtoon and Ezra Collective’s Ife Ogunjobi give their personal take on Baker’s unique soundPossessing a whisper-soft voice and sweetly melodic trumpet tone, Chet Baker (1929-1988) had a sound that is often imitated yet almost impossible to master. For the latest edition of Blue Note’s Re:imagined series, in which the jazz label invites artists to produce cover versions of its back catalogue, 15 R&B, pop, soul and jazz artists have been given the unenviable task of interpreting Baker’s repertoire – with often surprising results.The trumpeter-vocalist’s supple take on jazz standards is well reflected in singer Dodie’s delicate version of Old Devil Moon as she emphasises the original’s swaying Latin percussion. British singer-songwriter Matt Maltese’s My Funny Valentine adds a beautifully elegiac guitar line to the well-worn melody. Other approaches work less well, with US singer Mxmtoon’s clean vocal tone overp...

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3 h. ago ‘We’re not a third world country, we’re England’: anger rises as Birmingham’s bin strike takes toll on locals

With the city’s refuse collectors still on the picket line after four weeks, residents are pointing the finger of blame at the council Suhail Sadiq’s car repair business is thriving and he’s furious about it.The rats are responsible. “The amount of cars we’ve got coming in now with wiring chewed up by rats is unbelievable,” he says. Staff at Heartlands Auto Centre in Birmingham have repaired about 15 cars with chewed battery cables in the past week. The rats are drawn to the warmer cars at night, he says – rats gnaw to keep their teeth a manageable length. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago XL bully on the loose after fleeing armed police shooting at it

Three were arrested and the dog fled the scene after armed officers entered a house

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3 h. ago Voices: Tone it down, Macron – men drowning in fragrance is a total turnoff

Whether you’re the president of France or a teenage boy, drenching yourself in any kind of scent just isn’t the one, writes Olivia Petter

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3 h. ago Royal Military Police officers responsible for investigating sex crimes in army are charged with sexually assaulting colleagues

Captain James Key and Lt Liam Hulkes will both face court martials in Catterick later this year for separate sex-related offences.

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3 h. ago Zelensky blasts US official reaction to Putin strike on his home city as Russian missiles and drones kill 19 including nine children

The death toll from Friday's attack in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih included nine children.

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3 h. ago Venezuelans with legal status are being illegally detained in the US, lawyers say

Temporary protected status lets people stay when it’s not safe for them to go home, but Ice is arresting them anywayVenezuelans with legal permission to live and work in the United States are being unlawfully arrested by federal authorities at their homes, in their cars, at regular immigration check-ins and on the streets, attorneys say.They are then stuck in immigration detention around the country, sometimes for weeks, despite the law explicitly banning the government from keeping them behind bars. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago ‘A case study in groupthink’: were liberals wrong about the pandemic?

US political scientists’ book argues aggressive Covid policies such as mask mandates were in some cases misguidedWere conservatives right to question Covid lockdowns? Were the liberals who defended them less grounded in science than they believed? And did liberal dismissiveness of the other side come at a cost that Americans will continue to pay for many years?A new book by two political scientists argues yes to all three questions, making the case that the aggressive policies that the US and other countries adopted to fight Covid – including school shutdowns, business closures, mask mandates and social distancing – were in some cases misguided and in many cases deserved more rigorous public debate. Continue reading...

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