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Murder investigation launched after 68-year-old woman stabbed to death in village

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Police have launched a murder investigation after a 68-year-old woman was stabbed to death at a Hampshire village home. Officers were called to the address off the B3046 in Cheriton at 10.31am on 9 January, where they found Gilly Livie seriously injured. Despite the best efforts of attending officers and ambulance workers, she was pronounced […]

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Half a million patients left waiting on hospital trolleys for 12 hours or more

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The waiting times are the worst since figures began, with 10 times as many people enduring the delay than did 10 years ago. Policy experts warned the figures showed how bad things have got for emergency services. Trolley waits occur when patients are left waiting for hospital beds after being admitted from A&E. It often

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Counterterrorism police battle ferry gunmen in major training exercise

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Guns raised, counterterrorism police scramble onboard a large ferry on the south coast of England as marauding terrorists shoot passengers and take the captain hostage. This “live play” is only an exercise – but the scenario is designed to test the UK’s emergency response to a very real threat. Firearms officers, hostage negotiators and paramedics

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X to block Grok AI from undressing images of real people

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The Grok AI tool on Elon Musk’s X will no longer be able to undress pictures of real people, the company has announced. “We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis,” said a statement. “This restriction applies to

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Police share video of burglar repeatedly falling while trying to escape petrol station raid

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Police have shared footage of a burglar who repeatedly fell while trying to escape from a break-in on social media. Andrew Pickering, 50, crashed to the ground several times as the ladder he was using gave way from under him during a raid at a petrol station in County Durham. Pickering, from Marx Crescent, Stanley,

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I’m ashamed of Sir Keir Starmer, says rebel MP – as row over justice reforms escalates

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Ministers have confirmed those already awaiting trial may lose their right to have their case heard by a jury – in a major escalation in the battle over the future of the justice system.  Weeks after Justice Secretary David Lammy declared the measures would not be retrospective, the courts minister Sarah Sackman has doubled down

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Teenager accused of planning synagogue attack was arrested in school uniform, court hears

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A teenage boy accused of plotting a terror attack on nearby synagogues was arrested in his uniform and wrote that some people at his school  “should be shot,” a court has heard.  The 15-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, is accused of plotting terrorist attacks, including on a synagogue in Newcastle, after

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