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Clashes at pro-Tommy Robinson protest
While there was a massive and peaceful demo in London yesterday, the streets of central London were cordoned off for a rather different event today. Supporters of President Trump joined supporters of the jailed former English Defence League Leader Tommy Robinson for a march and rally on Whitehall – overseen by a huge police operation.
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Firefighters battle ‘apocalypse’ on Lancashire moors
The ground temperature has soared to 500 degrees Celsius, hot enough to melt tyres, as hundreds of firefighters and soldiers continue to battle the wildfires still raging across the Lancashire moors. One fire chief described the scene as like an “apocalypse”. Crews from around the country have joined forces, including helicopters dropping thousands of litres…
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Firefighters tackle Lancashire moorland blaze
There’s been a massive firefighting operation, including helicopers, at moorland in Lancashire, which has been burning all weekend.
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Lancashire fires declared a major incident
At least 120 firefighters are battling to contain a wildfire spreading across the Lancashire moors – described as “aggressive” and “rapidly developing”. Helicopters have been drafted in to tackle fires in about seven areas. A major incident was declared after wildfires on Winter Hill and Scout Road near Bolton merged. Our north of England correspondent…
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Cabinet clashes over defence spending
It’s no secret that Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson agrees with MPs on the Defence Select Committee, who today called for far more to be spent on the armed forces. Right now the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Liz Truss, is on her feet – strongly disagreeing with him in a central London speech.
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Grenfell survivor: ‘This community saved us on that night and lifted us from the ashes’
Shahin Sadafi is a survivor of the Grenfell disaster.
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Shashi Tharoor interview on ‘clear conscience’ over wife’s death – and Hindu nationalism
The Indian politician and author Shashi Tharoor summoned by a Delhi Court on charges of abetting his wife’s alleged suicide, has dismissed the accusation as “preposterous”. In an interview with Channel 4 News to promote his new book, he says he is able to keep working through it all because “It helps to have a clear…
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Noel Edmonds gatecrashes Lloyds AGM
TV presenter Noel Edmonds took his legal battle with Lloyds Bank into the company’s AGM today. He believes he was the victim of fraud by former staff inside HBOS. That bank was taken over by Lloyds at the height of the financial crisis, and Mr Edmonds now wants compensation from them. At today’s meeting in…
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Maximum stake for fixed-odds betting terminals slashed to £2
It’s a move that promises to “take a stand” against gambling addiction – but at the same time could cost twenty thousand jobs. The government today said it would cut the maximum stake someone can gamble on a fixed-odds betting machine from 100 pounds to just two pounds. Campaigners welcomed the announcement, but Britain’s bookmakers warned it…
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Baroness Catherine Ashton on Trump and Iran nuclear deal: ‘We need more diplomacy, not less’
Baroness Catherine Ashton was one of the major players on the long road to bring about the Iran nuclear deal and was credited with having a decisive role in the negotiations.
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Should there be cash handouts for millennials?
“Be kind to your kids, they choose your nursing home”. It’s this sentiment that best sums up some new ideas being touted today aimed at bridging Britain’s yawning inter-generational wealth gap. As millennials stuggle with high housing costs, less job security and lower pay, older peopIe often hang on to substantial sums of accumulated wealth.…
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Is Britain cashing in on the benefits of Jamaican culture?
Hundreds of Jamaicans were among those to arrive on the Empire Windrush 70 years ago. But while the political controversy over the Windrush generation has raged, the Caribbean island is at the heart of another storm about the way cultural exports are treated by Britain and the rest of the world. From music to food,…
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Trump and Merkel hold talks in Washington
President Trump will be hoping that peace in Korea becomes his greatest legacy, telling the German Chancellor Angela Merkel that talks on the issue had “never gone this far”. He also claimed that he and Ms Merkel had always had a “good relationship”.
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Hundreds dead in Algeria plane crash
Some 257 people have died after an Algerian military jet carrying soldiers and their families crashed shortly after take-off early this morning. The Soviet-designed transport jet had just left a military base in northern Algeria when it crashed into a field, killing 247 passengers and 10 crew.
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Several killed after van crashes into crowd in Muenster
A huge police operation is underway after three people were killed and 20 injured when a vehicle crashed into a crowd sitting outside a popular bar in the German city of Muenster. Police say the driver then shot himself dead – but warned it was too early to speculate about a motive. The German Chancellor Angela…
