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More than 40 firefighters battle massive shopping centre fire in Leicestershire
Over 40 firefighters are at the scene after a massive fire broke out at the Thurmaston Shopping Centre in Leicestershire
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Bedford rail crash leaves one dead and 89 injured as trains halted to St Pancras
No trains are running between St Pancras station and Bedford today following a rail crash which saw one person killed and 89 injured.
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Edinburgh Airport hit by long queues after terminal evacuated over bomb scare
Passengers are facing long queues at Edinburgh Airport after parts of the terminal building were evacuated following a bomb scare.
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Two passenger trains collide near Bedford as hospitals put on standby
At least 50 passengers are thought to have been injured after two passenger trains crashed into each other near Bedford.
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Zoo owner’s wife jumps into crocodile pit to save boy allegedly thrown in by stranger
A ZOO owner’s wife is said to have leapt into a crocodile pit to save a three-year-old boy allegedly thrown in by a stranger.
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UK medicine shortages now pose serious risk to patient safety, pharmacists warn
Medicine shortages are posing a serious risk to patient safety, pharmacists have cautioned.
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Gabe Newell commissions €700m deep-sea research vessel for ocean exploration
Gaming billionaire Gabe Newell has commissioned the world’s most expensive and advanced marine research vessel.
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River Trent samples show faecal contamination worse than pub toilet water
Exclusive testing shared with LBC found repeated signs of serious faecal contamination, with every sample from downstream of an outlet on the River Trent returning higher levels of E.coli than a sample taken from a pub toilet.
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BBC to cut 550 news and broadcast jobs as Matt Brittin targets £500m savings
BBC director-general Matt Brittin has announced that 550 of the planned 1,800 to 2,000 job cuts at the corporation will be taken from BBC News and TV and radio-related roles.
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Leonardo takeover gives Iveco’s UK drone vehicle arm power to scale production
The takeover of Iveco Defence Vehicles by the Italian defence giant Leonardo has, in the view of the managing director of IDV UK, transformed its British uncrewed vehicles business by finally handing it the muscle to move from prototypes into real production.
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US lawyer behind $6m Meta and Google case hails UK under-16 social media ban
A US lawyer who sued tech giants Meta and Google for $6 million in a historic case after they were found liable for social media addiction has told LBC the UK ban is a "landmark moment" and said tech firms must be hit in the pocket.
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King Charles leads Trooping the Colour as royal family gathers for birthday parade
The ceremony, staged by some of the military’s most prestigious regiments, saw the royal family in attendance, as the King join thousands of spectators and well-wishers in Whitehall for the annual event.
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New Jersey World Cup boom stalls as $2,300 rooms and $450 parking scare off fans
Days before the kickoff of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, there was no outward sign that this desolate, trash-strewn parking lot in New Jersey would soon become one of the priciest stretches of asphalt in the tri-state area.
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Railway bridge collapses after lorry crash between Nuneaton and Rugby
Passengers are facing disruption through Friday after a bridge collapsed in a lorry crash.
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Two children die from measles in England as cases surge past 700 this year
Two children have died from measles in England this year, while more than 100 new cases have been reported in the past two weeks, health officials said on Thursday.
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Belfast unrest enters second night as police face petrol bombs and burning vehicles
Twelve police officers have been injured and 16 people have been arrested in Northern Ireland following a second night of disorder in the wake of the Belfast knife attack.
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Scotland urged to stop putting babies in unsafe temporary accommodation
Scotland’s commissioner for children and young people has called on the government to take urgent action to end the use of unsuitable temporary accommodation for children.
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Son of former Karcher boss died at family farm after job search struggles, inquest hears
The son of a manufacturing tycoon killed himself with an air pistol in front of his father after struggling to find a "proper job", an inquest has heard.
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British holidaymaker, 25, dies after being smashed against rocks at Spanish beach
The 25-year-old Brit went into cardiac arrest after he smashed against the rocks on the secluded Percheles Beach on the Costa Calida in Mazarron in southeastern Spanish region Murcia.
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Stranger and police officer catch toddler as she falls from London window ledge
A young girl who was hanging from a window ledge in Ilford for at least nine minutes was saved by a ‘complete stranger’.
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Fire kills every animal inside The Jungle Box mini zoo in Buntingford
A fire at a children’s soft play centre and mini zoo in Hertfordshire has resulted in the tragic death of all the animals inside the building.
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Cycling police officer makes more than 250 arrests in Norwich shoplifting crackdown
A pedaling policeman on a mission to catch shoplifters has made more than 250 arrests in the last year alone.
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Student records and financial data at risk after Nottingham university hack
Students at one of the country’s leading universities have been left exposed by a major cyber attack which could disrupt their exam marking.
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West Ham co-owner David Sullivan banned from women’s and youth teams over safeguarding concerns
West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has been banned from having contact with the club’s women’s and youth teams for the last three years because of safeguarding concerns.
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EU prosecutors seize €305,000 in Italian pandemic fund fraud probe
European authorities seized more than 305,000 euro (roughly $352,000) in assets across southern Italy as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving European Union pandemic recovery funds.
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