Part of a historic pier in Devon has been washed away during Storm Ingrid. Images showed Teignmouth Grand Pier, built in 1865, missing a huge chunk. It comes after the Met Office issued yellow weather warnings for rain across Devon, Cornwall and parts of Scotland, with flooding and travel disruption likely. How Teignmouth Grand Pier […]
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Andy Burnham has said he has sought permission to enter the selection process to run as a candidate for the Labour Party in the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election. The Greater Manchester mayor said on X: “I have today written to the Chair of Labour’s National Executive Committee seeking permission to enter the selection process
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Firefighters are battling a blaze on the top two floors of a high-rise building in New York City. The fire, which started in the early hours of Saturday morning local time spread to multiple flats, according to a statement from the New York City Fire Department. More than 200 fire and emergency personnel were working
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Donald Trump has praised “very brave” British soldiers who served in Afghanistan after fierce criticism of his claim non-US troops had stayed back from the frontline. He said Britons “were among the greatest of all warriors” as he acknowledged the 457 who died and many “badly injured”. “The GREAT and very BRAVE soldiers of the
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A senior Iranian official has warned that the country will treat any attack “as an all-out war against us” ahead of the arrival of a US aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the region. The warning and surge in US military presence comes almost two weeks after Donald Trump urged Iranian protesters –
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Steve Coogan says he doesn’t want to fully be part of the British establishment because you cannot “get rid of the history which weighs heavily on all of us”. The 60-year-old actor is of Irish heritage – his mother was born in Ireland and so were his paternal grandparents. He tells Sky News during an
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Ukraine says the Paralympics should not have lifted its ban on Russia – disputing its claim it is no longer clear that sport is being used to promote the war. Only Russians entered as neutrals are allowed at the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. But the Paralympics could now see athletes from Russia and war ally
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When Dr Ronan Lee spoke to members of the Rohingya community, he heard “blood-curdling accounts” of killings and sexual violence allegedly carried out by Myanmar’s security forces. They described how hundreds of villages were burned to the ground, with Myanmar‘s military treating Rohingya males “as fair game for extermination”, the author and academic said. Thousands
Police investigating the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old boy in Surrey have charged two teenage boys with murder. The victim, named by police as Luis Gabriel Guembes, was stabbed to death in Guildford on Monday. The suspects, aged 15 and 16, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were also charged with conspiracy to rob
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Senior Tories claim the government is in retreat on its controversial Chagos Islands handover, after the latest showdown in parliament was unexpectedly postponed. The government has withdrawn a debate and votes in the House of Lords due on Monday in the latest round of parliamentary “ping pong” on the Chagos legislation. Welcoming the move, a
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