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Dozens instructed to evacuate immediately following large fire near retail park
A huge fire has broken at a warehouse in Staffordshire today with nearby residents ordered to immediately evacuate. Footage shows plumes of smoke rising into the sky close to Kingswood Lakeside in Cannock, near Orbital Islands retail park. Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said the fire started at a distribution warehouse called Super smart Services, which ‘contains a variety of different materials for delivery’. In a post uploaded to X: ‘We have a very large scale incident close to the orbital islands in Cannock.
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Three men apprehended on suspicion of terrorism offenses following police raids
A group of three men has been arrested on suspicion of ‘commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism’ after four police raids in the north of England.
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Labour strategizes additional Tory defections as recent recruit Natalie Elphicke criticizes Sunak’s leadership failures
Keir Starmer’s team has already started speaking with other MPs who could make the jump to Labour after former Tory MP Natalie Elphicke switched sides during Prime Minister’s Questions
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Barron Trump selected for prominent political role, following father Donald’s footsteps, just days before high school graduation
Former President Donald Trump and Melania Trump’s son Barron - his youngest - has been chosen for a key role as the 18-year-old High School senior steps into politics days before his graduation, as he is chosen to serve as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention
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Premier League footballer receives medical attention after friends discover him in flat following laughing gas addiction diagnosis
It is believed the player had fallen off the wagon having attended rehab in a bid to kick the habit
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Old landlines will be switched off in 84 new UK areas
The next batch of UK locations that are being moved to the latest broadband technology has been confirmed - full list of areas revealed.
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UK Labour Party suggests Trump is misunderstood
Britain’s Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy praises Trump’s defense record and urges Europeans not to “personalize” debate over NATO spending.
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Prince Harry ’grateful’ for friendly reception from crowds after cold shoulder from family
The Royal Family was nowhere to be seen as Prince Harry arrived at St Paul’s Cathedral alone this evening to take part in an event celebrating the Invictus Games
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attributes health issue to dead worm found in his brain
Third-party US presidential candidate says 2010 issue ‘caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died’
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Harry attends lavish Invictus event just 3 miles from dad Charles’ garden party after reported snub
Harry revealed the reason why he and Charles won’t meet
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Kate Forbes appointed Scotland’s deputy first minister
Kate Forbes has returned to the Scottish government as deputy first minister.
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TSB announces closure of 36 branches and plans to cut hundreds of jobs in full list of closures
Trade union Unite says the decision by the UK high street lender is a "grave mistake" and customers would "undoubtedly suffer a downgrade in service from these job cuts".
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Manchester City and England footballer Jack Grealish fined for speeding in a 30mph zone
Jack Grealish was caught speeding by a mobile speed camera while driving a Range Rover Sport in July 2023 - and through his barrister, he apologised and said it was a "mistake".
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AstraZeneca is withdrawing a COVID vaccine despite saving over 6.5 million lives due to concerns
Almost three and a half years after 82-year-old Brian Pinker became the first person to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid, the jab has been withdrawn globally.
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Another Conservative MP defects to Labour, criticizing Rishi’s ’unfulfilled promises’
Tory MP Natalie Elphicke has become the latest Conservative to defect to Labour, hitting out at the ‘broken promises of Rishi Sunak’s tired and chaotic government’.
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Train derailment at Wigan station leads to chaos and cancellations on key rail line
A train has derailed blocking all lines at a station in Wigan, Greater Manchester. According to National Rail, the train came off the track this afternoon with engineers now at the scene
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Serial dine-and-dash couple admit guilt to skipping restaurant bills across Wales
Bernard and Ann McDonagh have pleaded guilty to skipping out on paying bills cumulatively worth hundreds of pounds at multiple restaurants across Wales - police charged them last month
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UK expels Russian defence attache over allegations of espionage for the Kremlin
The UK will expel the Russian defence attache for spying for the Kremlin, the Home Secretary has said.
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Britain’s audit watchdog issues $11.9 mln fines for LCF failures
Britain’s Financial Reporting Council has fined three audit firms including PWC and EY about 9.5 million pounds ($12 million) in aggregate for failures in their handling of London Capital & Finance (LCF)...
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Heathrow Airport’s immigration checkpoint outage resolved after several hours of disruption
Airport officials said Tuesday that a system outage affecting the Border Force’s immigration gates had caused long waits for passengers arriving in Britain.
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Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’
Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests
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Trump hush-money trial: Stormy Daniels describes being ‘startled’ by sexual encounter
Jury hears from adult film star on 13th day of ex-president’s criminal trial in New York
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Charles ‘snubs’ Harry again after making William colonel in chief of his old regiment
King Charles has delivered yet another blow to his youngest son Prince Harry after he gave away his helicopter regiment to Prince William.
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Russian oil still seeping into UK - the reasons why sanctions are not working
Sky’s economics & data editor explains how Russia’s oil and gas has found its way to new buyers since the invasion of Ukraine, leaving huge question marks over the effectiveness of sanctions to date.
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Swinney wins Holyrood vote to be Scotland’s first minister
John Swinney will become Scotland’s seventh first minister after being nominated by parliament.