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Badenoch To Set Out Plans To Raise Extra 10bn A Year For Defence
Andy Burnham should take up plans for sweeping welfare cuts, and scrap the Chagos Islands deal, to raise £10 billion a year for defence, Kemi Badenoch will say in an intervention on military spending..
Macron Tells King And PM Happy End Were Here After Bayeux Tapestry Tour
French President Emmanuel Macron told the King and the Prime Minister that it has been a “happy end, we’re here” after a tour of the Bayeux Tapestry in London..
Blacksmithing Returns To Gretna Green For First Time In 150 Years
Blacksmithing returned to Gretna Green for the first time in more than 150 years, with the opening of a new forge..
Tiger Woods Pleads No Contest On Reckless Driving Charge After Florida Car Crash
Tiger Woods has pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge and his driving licence has been suspended for five years after a crash in which he was initially accused of driving under the influence..
Uber To Cut 10 Of Global Workforce In Major Overhaul
Uber has unveiled plans to cut its global workforce by about 10% as part of a major restructuring, which is set to result in around 3,300 corporate job losses..
Hampshire Opt Not To Play Controversial Signing Scott Kuggeleijn After Backlash
Hampshire have decided not to play controversial new signing Scott Kuggeleijn following opposition from fans and employees of the club..
Michael Jackson Beatles And Queen Items For Sale In 3m Music Auction
Memorabilia from the likes of Michael Jackson, The Beatles and Queen are among the lots in a music auction with a combined estimated value of £3 million..
Some Airlines Will Struggle To Survive If Oil Prices Stay High Warns Ryanair
Ryanair has warned that it believes some competitors will “struggle to maintain capacity or even survive” this winter if oil prices remain high..
Celtic Sign Wolves Goalkeeper Sam Johnstone On Season Long Loan
Celtic completed the first deal of what is expected to be a busy day ahead of the UEFA registration deadline as they announced the signing of goalkeeper Sam Johnstone from Wolves..
Asda Recalls Handbags Over Serious Chemical Risk To Reproductive System
Asda is recalling three lines of ladies’ handbags after they were found to pose a “serious” chemical risk which may cause damage to the reproductive system..
D Day Forecasters Head Would Have Exploded At Modern Weather Technology
A veteran RAF meteorologist has described how Jim Stagg’s “head would have exploded” if the D-Day forecaster had access to modern computer weather models..
Tiger Woods Gets Five Year Driving Ban After Plea Agreement Over March Car Crash
Tiger Woods has been banned from driving for five years and hit with a fine after entering a plea agreement for reckless driving following a car crash in Florida in March..
Gary Glitter Pleads Not Guilty To Repeated Sexual Abuse Of Girl In 70s And 80s
Ex-pop star Gary Glitter has pleaded not guilty to eight allegations of sexual abuse against a girl when she was aged between eight and 11..
Convicted Killer Admits New Years Eve Murder Of Friend
A convicted killer has admitted fatally stabbing his friend in the neck over New Year’s Eve before handing himself in to police, saying: “It’s happened again.”.
Four Charged With Murder After Newborn Stabbed To Death
Four people have been charged with murder after a newborn baby girl was stabbed to death in Sheffield..
Cleveland Police Given Extra 2m To Tackle Serious Crime Around Middlesbrough
Cleveland Police is being given an extra £2 million to tackle serious crime, the Home Secretary has announced, after a spate of incidents in and around Middlesbrough..
Germany Blames Russia For Attempted Drone Attack At Leipzig Airport
The German government on Tuesday blamed Russia for an attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month using a drone laden with explosives, and announced that it would shut down a Russian consulate among other measures..
Transfer Deadline Day Man City Agree Joint British Record Enzo Fernandez Move
Chelsea have agreed to sell midfielder Enzo Fernandez to Manchester City for £125million as Mykhailo Mudryk and Tosin Adarabioyo prepare to make deadline-day moves to rivals Tottenham..
Andy Burnham Sets Out Plans For Government In First Commons Outing As PM
Britain needs to be “blunt about what went wrong” over the last four decades, Andy Burnham has said as he addressed the House of Commons for the first time since becoming Prime Minister..
Man Appears In Court Charged With House Fire Murders
A man has appeared in court charged with murdering a seven-year-old girl and her aunt who died in a house fire.




















