Could Andy Burnham be on the brink of becoming a member of parliament? After former minister Andrew Gwynne stepped down as a Labour MP, his Gorton and Denton constituency has been touted as a potential seat for the mayor of Greater Manchester. Starmer responds to leadership speculation – politics latest Well, he faces a BIG […]
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Donald Trump has been criticised for claiming NATO troops stayed “a little off the frontlines” in Afghanistan. In an interview with Fox News in Davos, the US president repeated his criticism of NATO, saying he was not “sure” the alliance would “be there if we ever needed them”. He added: “We’ve never needed them. “They’ll
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“Molly’s life was cut short… because of failings within an institution that was there to protect her.” The words of John Cuddihy, whose daughter was diagnosed with cancer aged 15 before contracting an infection possibly linked to contaminated hospital water. The scandal centres on the near £1bn Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow that opened
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The number of police constabularies in England and Wales is set to be slashed in what is understood to be the largest overhaul of policing in decades. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will reveal plans next week to significantly cut the number of forces from 43. Critics have argued the current model is bureaucratic and wastes
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When Jane Wallbank found out she’d been awarded free upgrades to make her home warmer and cheaper to run, it sounded like “a fairytale”. “Bills have become astronomically expensive in the last few years,” said Jane, a support worker for people with learning needs. Then she qualified for internal wall insulation, smart radiator sensors and
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The death of three people at a waterfall spot in Wales over an 18-month period has prompted a warning about the safety of the popular location. Rachael Patching, 33, and Helen Patching, 52, drowned while visiting the Ystradfellte waterfalls in Powys in January 2023, while Corey Longdon, 26, died during a trip to the same
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A man in his 60s suffered fatal head injuries after he fell from a ladder while tying a Union flag to a lamp post, an inquest has heard. Paul John Lumber, 61, a married painter and decorator from Bristol, had been drinking alcohol while at a football match on 22 November. After arriving home at
The remains of dozens more people killed in an inferno at a shopping centre in Pakistan have been found, bringing the total number killed to 67. The fire at the multi-storey Gul Plaza in the country’s largest city of Karachi was extinguished late last Sunday, nearly 24 hours after it broke out. By the time
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Donald Trump has filed a $5bn (£3.7bn) lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase (JPMC), accusing it of debanking him and his business empire after his first term in the White House ended. The US president claims America’s largest bank by assets and its chief executive Jamie Dimon closed a number of personal and business accounts in February
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have detained a five-year-old boy – after using him as “bait” to capture his father, officials claim. The pair have since been flown more than 1,000 miles from their home in Minneapolis to a facility in Texas. It makes him the fourth school student to be detained by