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Northern towns ‘shafted’ in new funding formula that favours London, MPs say

Northern towns could be in line for a funding boost after complaints from MPs that a new system for allocating cash to councils favours London. Ministers have been holding talks with northwest MPs about making tweaks to the fair funding formula – which some MPs claim left them “absolutely shafted”. Politics Live: Trump says Starmer’s […]

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Man who stabbed nine-year-old Lilia Valutyte in the heart found guilty of murder

A man who stabbed a nine-year-old girl playing outside her mother’s embroidery shop has been found guilty of murder. Deividas Skebas, 26, knifed Lilia Valutyte in the heart as she played with a hula hoop in Boston, Lincolnshire, on 28 July 2022. Skebas, a Lithuanian who has schizophrenia and moved back to the UK just

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Savannah Guthrie makes emotional plea to mother’s captors: ‘We are ready to talk’

US TV host Savannah Guthrie has pleaded for the return of her mother and said the family is “ready to talk” to her captor – but asked them to provide proof she is alive. In an emotional video message posted on social media, the NBC anchor, flanked by her siblings, said: “We are ready to

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Assad’s downfall: Sky’s coverage wins best news programme at Broadcast Awards

Sky’s coverage of the downfall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has won best news programme at the Broadcast Awards. The hour-long special, fronted by lead world news presenter Yalda Hakim, aired in December 2024 following the sudden ousting of the dictator. Featuring on-the-ground reporting and interviews from chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay and international affairs editor

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Winter Olympics: Show respect rather than jeer the Americans, says IOC boss

Even without coming to the Winter Olympics in Italy, Donald Trump and his polarising policies and provocations are dominating, even distracting. Of all the security agents chosen to protect the official US delegation, ICE is in Milan for the expected opening ceremony visits by vice president JD Vance and secretary of state Marco Rubio. They

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Trump orders 700 immigration agents out of Minnesota after US citizens shot dead

Donald Trump has said he’s ordered hundreds of immigration officers to leave Minnesota – although around 2,000 will remain in the state. The pullback comes amid fury over the deaths of two protesters in altercations with federal officials. The president’s border czar, Tom Homan, announced the move on Wednesday and said about 700 would leave

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Mandelson-Epstein files: Keir Starmer may be facing his very own Profumo scandal

Is the Mandelson-Epstein crisis Sir Keir Starmer’s Profumo scandal? Both involved sex, call girls, lurid revelations and a police investigation. Tap here for the latest on the Epstein files The Profumo scandal brought down Tory prime minister Harold Macmillan in the early 1960s. Secretary of state for war John Profumo had an affair with call

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Washington Post: Sports section eliminated ahead of Olympic Winter Games

US newspaper The Washington Post is making a third of its staff redundant, bosses at the title have said. The long-rumoured layoffs, affecting almost all areas of the newsroom, were confirmed to employees in a video conference on Wednesday. Afterwards, they received emails with one of two subject lines – telling them their role was

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Leicester City docked points for breaching financial rules

Leicester City have been docked six points after being found to have breached profit and sustainability rules (PSR) for the 2023/24 season. Leicester, who play in the Championship, were docked the points after being found to be in breach of the English Football League’s (EFL) financial rules, the Premier League said in a statement on

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