“An ineffective form of renewable energy… carpet-bombing the countryside… irreversible damage.” These are the noisy, angry and organised campaigners against onshore wind in Wales. Dozens of new projects are set to sweep across the rolling hills of Cymru as the government races to hit its clean power targets. It says it is willing to take […]
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Is social media messing up our kids? A growing number of European countries seem to think it’s causing a problem, as more and more consider bans or restrictions. In an effort to get children to log off screens and into real life, Spain plans to ban under-16s from social media platforms. For many adults, it
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Hillsborough Law will make it a criminal offence for prime ministers and cabinet ministers to deliberately mislead the public – but not backbench MPs. Democracy campaigners say a “historic” measure within the flagship legislation has gone under the radar, which is a move to “criminalise lying” by senior politicians. That is through a new standalone
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UK Athletics has admitted causing the death of a Paralympian who was hit on the head by a metal pole. Abdullah Hayayei, 36, who represented the United Arab Emirates, was fatally injured at Newham Leisure Centre, east London, while training in 2017. He was preparing to represent his country in the F34 class discus, javelin
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Pubs will be allowed to stay open until 2am during the World Cup knockout stages this summer – but only if any of the home nations have got that far. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has agreed to extend opening hours for the later rounds of the tournament, which is being hosted jointly by the US,
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Playing Tetris could help tackle memories of past trauma, research has found. The trial included close to 100 NHS staff who had been exposed to trauma at work – such as witnessing deaths during the pandemic. It found those who played the classic video game as part of their treatment experienced fewer flashbacks. The study
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A man is dead and a teenage boy is in a critical condition after being stabbed at a skate park in Northampton. Four people have been arrested in connection with Wednesday’s incident in the Briar Hill area, police said. They are two teenage boys, a man, and a woman all from Northampton. All remain in
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Number 10 will be nursing its whiplash this evening as Donald Trump once again throws a diplomatic hand grenade into the UK’s Chagos deal with Mauritius. Posting on Truth Social, Donald Trump implored Sir Keir Starmer to scrap the deal, saying: “DO NOT GIVE AWAY DIEGO GARCIA!” In his long post online, the US president
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Donald Trump told protesters in Iran that “help was coming” little over a month ago. But at that time, there was almost no US military presence that would have made a difference in the region. On 22 January, he said there was a “great armada” assembling, when what he was referring to was the aircraft
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The towns of Gorton and Denton feel less like political battlegrounds and more like working towns getting on with the day. And perhaps that’s the point. In places like these, elections are rarely theatrical. They are quieter, more incremental, the odd conversation among friends who might pass each other in the street. But that doesn’t mean feelings don’t run deep. In the