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The Met Office says a storm is set to hit the UK next week – and has named it Storm Floris. According to forecasters, the storm is set to bring “unseasonably strong winds” to the UK on Monday, along with “heavy rain”. Northern areas of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are set to be the…
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The idea of a wealth tax has raised its head – yet again – as the government attempts to balance its books. Downing Street refused to rule out a wealth tax after former Labour leader Lord Kinnock told Sky News he thinks the government should introduce one. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible…
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Voting in the Green Party’s leadership contest kicks off today. The party, which has four MPs and more than 800 council seats, holds elections for its leaders and deputy leaders every two years. However, the last contest was in 2021 when current leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay were elected for a three-year term to…
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Donald Trump’s trade war has been difficult to keep up with, to put it mildly. For all the threats and bluster of the US election campaign last year to the on-off implementation of trade tariffs – and more threats – since he returned to the White House in January, the president‘s protectionist agenda has been…
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Police are appealing for information after an eight-year-old boy was sexually assaulted in his tent in Drumnadrochit, in the Scottish Highlands. A man approached the child within his tent at the Loch Ness Bay campsite between 12.20am and 1am on Thursday, 31 July, while his family were in an adjacent tent. He sexually assaulted the boy…
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Andrew Flintoff has praised the “love and compassion” of “superhero” staff in a visit to the hospital that treated him after his crash. The cricket legend was seriously injured during the incident on the Top Gear track in Surrey in December 2022. He was airlifted to St George’s in Tooting, with a surgeon calling Flintoff’s…
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Hollywood actor Brian Cox has told Sky News that Donald Trump is talking “bollocks” after suggesting there should be 50 or 75 years between Scottish independence referendums. The US president said a country “can’t go through that too much” when questioned by reporters during his visit to Scotland this week. The Emmy-winning star, who is…
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Edward Zakrzewski: Execution of man who killed his wife and children sets new state record | US News
A man who murdered his wife and two children with a machete has become the ninth person to be executed in Florida this year. Edward Zakrzewski’s death sets a new annual record for the state – and two more are scheduled this month. The 60-year-old was pronounced dead on Thursday after being given a three-drug…
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A man has been found dismembered in his cellar – with his mother and girlfriend reportedly confessing to the killing. The remains of Alessandro Venier were found in Gemona del Friuli, northeastern Italy, on Thursday. Sky’s Italian news service, TG24, says it’s understood from sources close to the case that the women have already claimed…
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The UK’s Supreme Court is set to deliver a landmark ruling today that could have billion-pound consequences for banks and impact millions of motorists. The essential question that the country’s top court has been asked to answer is this: should customers be fully informed about the commission dealers earn on their purchase? However, the Supreme…