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Clarkson details 'terrifying' changes after heart surgery
The Independent

Clarkson details 'terrifying' changes after heart surgery

Jeremy Clarkson has shared his angst over adapting to a new wellness regime after undergoing “extremely urgent” heart surgery.

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October 28, 2024
Family left without heating or hot water after being sent back to flood-damaged flat
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Family left without heating or hot water after being sent back to flood-damaged flat

A young mother and her two children were moved back into a flat without hot water, heating or a bed for the mother after a flood forced them to live in temporary accommodation for more than 10 months.

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October 28, 2024
Hoy reveals wife kept MS a secret as he fought cancer
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Hoy reveals wife kept MS a secret as he fought cancer

Chris Hoy, who revealed last week that his cancer is terminal, has praised his wife for her unwavering support as she lives with multiple sclerosis (MS).

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October 28, 2024
Dad goes on run to escape 'unfair' indefinite recall to prison for adolescent crime
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Dad goes on run to escape 'unfair' indefinite recall to prison for adolescent crime

A terrified father has gone on the run after learning he is to be hauled back to prison indefinitely over claims he has restarted a relationship with the mother of his children.

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October 28, 2024
Soundbites that bit back
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Soundbites that bit back

From working people’ to alarm clock Britain’, the phrases that came to haunt the unlucky politicians who coined them

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October 28, 2024
Murdered MP was failed by Home Office, says daughter
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Murdered MP was failed by Home Office, says daughter

The daughter of David Amess, murdered by an Isis supporter at his MP surgery, says she and her family were “catastrophically” failed by the government’s Prevent programme.

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October 28, 2024
Tice talks of ‘stand-off' with France over boat migrants
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Tice talks of ‘stand-off' with France over boat migrants

Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Reform UK, has admitted his party’s policy of picking up and taking migrants back to France could result in a “friendly stand-off” between the countries in the English Channel.

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October 28, 2024
Labour suspends MP after punch captured on CCTV
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Labour suspends MP after punch captured on CCTV

Mike Amesbury MP has been suspended from the Labour Party after CCTV footage emerged that appears to show he punched one of his constituents in the face before attacking the victim while he was on the floor.

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October 28, 2024
Hunt accuses financial watchdog of political bias
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Hunt accuses financial watchdog of political bias

Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt has accused the Office for Budget Responsibility OBR) of shielding the Labour Party from scrutiny as it prepares to announce tax hikes.

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October 28, 2024
Chancellor sells Budget for 'strivers' as taxes set to rise
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Chancellor sells Budget for 'strivers' as taxes set to rise

Rachel Reeves has borrowed the language of the former Tory chancellor George Osborne to say her first Budget will be for “strivers” as her party faced a deepening row over the definition of “working people”.

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October 28, 2024
Verstappen qualifies ahead of Norris to set up thriller
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Verstappen qualifies ahead of Norris to set up thriller

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz claims pole in Mexico City today

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October 27, 2024
Slot has counted the cost if Liverpool slip up at Arsenal
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Slot has counted the cost if Liverpool slip up at Arsenal

Arne Slot's preparations for a trip to the Emirates Stadium involved doing the maths.

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October 27, 2024
Inevitable Haaland goal propels City to top spot
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Inevitable Haaland goal propels City to top spot

There is a case for calling this Russell Martin’s best result as a Premier League manager. Which, if true, means an achievement is also an indictment.

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October 27, 2024
MacLaine opens up about uneasy run-in with Trump
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MacLaine opens up about uneasy run-in with Trump

Shirley MacLaine has recalled an uneasy encounter with Donald Trump in the 1980s.

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October 27, 2024
Ruling party in Georgia declares election victory
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Ruling party in Georgia declares election victory

Georgia's ruling party appears to have won a pivotal national election centred on the country's future in Europe as early official results showed them with more than half of the vote.

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October 27, 2024
How Japan's snap election could end years of stability
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How Japan's snap election could end years of stability

Adam Withnall reports on a test of moderate politics from Tokyo, where worries about inflation, China and North Korea loom large, and the far right is waiting in the wings

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October 27, 2024
Beyoncé endorses Harris at Houston rally 'as a mother'
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Beyoncé endorses Harris at Houston rally 'as a mother'

Music superstar Beyoncé joined Kamala Harris onstage at a campaign rally in Houston, Texas, telling the crowds of adoring fans she was there not as a celebrity, but \"as a mother\".

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October 27, 2024
Inside America's abortion clinics, where doctors have to carry guns in their scrubs
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Inside America's abortion clinics, where doctors have to carry guns in their scrubs

In clinics near states with bans, staff bear firearms and take constant security precautions to try to ensure they and their patients remain safe. Bel Trew reports from Bristol, Virginia

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October 27, 2024
Snakes are breeding inside walls and attics across UK
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Snakes are breeding inside walls and attics across UK

One of Europe's largest snake species is crawling up walls and into attics in the UK, seeking warmth for breeding, scientists say in a new study.

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October 27, 2024
Mothers whose daughters were murdered by abusive partners say they're broken
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Mothers whose daughters were murdered by abusive partners say they're broken

Sam Shrewsbury and Claire McGrath tell Maya Oppenheim about their torment since their beloved children were killed

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October 27, 2024
Migrant numbers in small boats crossing Channel now higher this year than 2023
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Migrant numbers in small boats crossing Channel now higher this year than 2023

More migrants have crossed the Channel on small boats so far this year than in the whole of 2023, new government figures show.

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October 27, 2024
King will return to normal working calendar next year
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King will return to normal working calendar next year

The King will return to regular overseas trips next year as he adapts to living with cancer.

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October 27, 2024
Four held during far-right and anti-racist marches
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Four held during far-right and anti-racist marches

Four people were arrested yesterday during far right and antiracism counter-protests as organiser Tommy Robinson missed his own event after being remanded in custody.

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October 27, 2024
Labour MP to 'cooperate' with police after altercation
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Labour MP to 'cooperate' with police after altercation

A former Labour shadow minister says he has spoken to police after a video emerged of him appearing to tell a member of the public: “You won’t ever threaten me again, will you?”

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October 27, 2024
Royal Navy to be deployed to Pacific amid China threat
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Royal Navy to be deployed to Pacific amid China threat

The Royal Navy will expand its presence in the Pacific Ocean, Sir Keir Starmer has said, in a move to counter China’s growing influence.

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October 27, 2024
Commonwealth heads say it's time for reparations talk
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Commonwealth heads say it's time for reparations talk

Commonwealth leaders have defied the prime minister to agree the \"time has come\" to discuss reparations for the slave trade.

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October 27, 2024
Starmer denies misleading public over Budget tax rises
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Starmer denies misleading public over Budget tax rises

Sir Keir Starmer has denied misleading the public over tax rises in the Budget after he suggested “working people” did not make money from property or shares.

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October 27, 2024
'Comparisons with Lady Thatcher are flattering but I am Kemi - I am not her'
The Independent

'Comparisons with Lady Thatcher are flattering but I am Kemi - I am not her'

Tory leadership favourite Kemi Badenoch says her braids are her equivalent of Margaret Thatcher's handbag as she tells David Maddox that she won't give up her hard-hitting style

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October 27, 2024
US pressure on Israel has paid off... at least for now
The Independent

US pressure on Israel has paid off... at least for now

Israel was always going to hit back after Iran launched close to 200 ballistic missiles in an attack at the start of the month, knowing that every tit-for-tat response risks taking the region into all-out war.

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October 27, 2024
West warns Iran not to hit back as Israel strikes Tehran
The Independent

West warns Iran not to hit back as Israel strikes Tehran

Western leaders have warned Iran against hitting back against Israel after the first open airstrikes by the Israeli military against Tehran.

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October 27, 2024