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Junior doctors offered 22% pay rise in deal to end strike action
The government and the BMA trade union have struck an improved pay deal for junior doctors in England worth 22% on average over two years.
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Elon Musk accused of spreading falsehoods over doctored Kamala Harris video
Doctored campaign video featuring US vice-president reposted by Tesla chief executive watched 128m times
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Venezuela election: Government-controlled authority declares Maduro the winner
Result with 80% of votes is immediately challenged by opposition and several governments
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Tommy Robinson flees UK on Eurostar amid contempt of court proceedings
Far-right activist was detained under counter-terrorism powers on Sunday and was due to appear at high court
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Southport stabbing witnesses ’panic’ amid WhatsApp warnings of ’man attacking people’
A spokesperson for Merseyside Police said officers have arrested one man and recovered a knife from the scene after the service was called to a "major incident" in Southport
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Southport stabbing: One dead in ’horror movie’ attack as children’s hospital declares ’major incident’
Police have arrested one man after attending the major incident today, with residents left reeling from scenes they compared to a "horror movie" that has killed at least one person
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Armed officers seize knife after a number of people hurt in ‘major incident’, say Merseyside police
At least eight people, feared to include several children, have been stabbed in Southport, where a man with a knife was arrested.
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Gatwick Airport in chaos as Just Stop Oil block Southern terminal
Just Stop Oil protesters have disrupted Gatwick Airport after activists stormed its terminal during busy summer holiday travel season.
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Stick fight erupts among hikers after a dad attempted to cross stepping stones with a pram
A huge fight broke out in the middle of a hiking path at a popular beauty spot in the Peak District.
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Boy, 12, ’starved to death’ after being found locked at home, with texts revealing his final days of suffering
Gavin Peterson, 12, was found dead at his father’s home in Utah on July 9 after police were called to the house as the boy was ’vomiting’ and ’not breathing’ for days on end
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Tourist dies after collapsing on a Virgin Australia flight in front of shocked passengers
The passenger collapsed on the Virgin Australia flight at about 9.30am today and flight crew performed CPR on the woman as the plane was given priority landing at Tullamarine, Australia
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Prince Philip’s cousin Prince Michael of Greece dies age 85
Prince Michael of Greece has died aged 85 in a hospital in Athens, it has been announced. The royal, who was Prince Philip’s first cousin, was a renowned writer and historian under the name Michel De Gres
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Labour accuses Tories of ’cover up’ regarding public services
Labour have accused the Conservatives of "covering up" the scale of problems in the public sector, creating a multi-billion pound gap in department budgets.
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Irish author Edna O’Brien dies at age 93
After early novels that won international acclaim but were banned at home, the Irish author had a prolific career lasting more than half a century
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Inside the world’s largest cruise ship, which is five times bigger than the Titanic
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Olympics organizers apologize after another ’disrespectful’ mistake angers fans
Paris organisers have been forced to make another apology after partly ruining South Sudan’s Olympic debut in men’s basketball.
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British tourist, 22, stabbed in stomach at Tenerife holiday resort
A British man has been rushed to hospital with stab wounds in Tenerife today.
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King Charles ’may never see’ grandchildren as Prince Harry deems UK ’too unsafe’
In February Prince Harry lost his High Court challenge to the ruling that there was nothing unlawful in the decision to downgrade his taxpayer-funded police protection as a non-working royal
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All hands on deck: How Ukraine’s labor market is managing with a shortage of men
At a Jul. 22 meeting with IMF representatives, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Economy Tetyana Berezhna estimated that the country is 4.5 million people short of the population needed for economic recovery.
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Hate cleric ’raises £3m’ to buy a Scottish island and plans to transform it into an ’Islamic homeland’ with military-style training camps
The firebrand wants to create his own community on the island to prepare for the coming of the messiah - but has been accused of stoking sectarian tensions
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British man found dead near Portugal holiday home as police spotted with sniffer dogs
The unnamed 28-year-old Brit was reported missing form his holiday home in Saboia near the town of Odemira in Portugal’s Alentejo region, before the grim discovery was made
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One dead and dozens rescued in latest attempt to cross Channel
French authorities say they received call for help from overcrowded dinghy in early hours of Sunday
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Plane crash horror as aircraft ploughs into field killing two men in their 20s
Two men in their 20s, who are believed to be a pilot and passenger, have died after a two-seater light aeroplane crashed in a field in Thorganby, near Selby, on Sunday morning
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Lucy Letby’s chilling fate in jail includes facing ’prison napalm,’ attempts on her life, and bleak funeral plans
Until the day Lucy Letby dies, she will ’look over her shoulder’ in jail and be the target of violent inmates who deem her the ’lowest of low’, a former prison officer says
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A 69-year-old widower was left homeless after being conned out of £85,000 in a cruel romance scam
Rodrick Lodge thought he’d met the woman of his dreams but he ended up losing his £85,000 life savings and has been left homeless after falling victim to a romance scam