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Sir James Cleverly to challenge Sadiq Khan for London mayor as NHS pharmacy scheme expands
Cleverly steps down as MP to fight Khan for London mayor, stars urge Cooper to reverse prostate screening curbs, Mac Allister sinks Atletico for Liverpool, and Apple unveils its first foldable iPhone.
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Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary says government are ‘trying to protect’ £1.4m-a-year air traffic control boss and its ‘beyond comprehension’ he’s still in a job after another system meltdown
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has renewed his call for Martin Rolfe, head of National Air Traffic Services (NATS), to be sacked after technical failures caused a third consecutive day of flight disruption across the UK. Speaking in Dublin, O’Leary accused the government of shielding Rolfe because it holds a 49 per cent stake in…
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‘Significant casualties’ after fire on cargo ship in eastern China
A fire aboard a foreign-flagged cargo ship docked at a shipyard in Qingdao, eastern China, killed 25 people, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. The vessel was undergoing maintenance when the blaze broke out, prompting President Xi Jinping to call for “all-out” search and rescue efforts and Premier Li Qiang to urge the rescue of those…
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Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer reveals post-mistrial strategy as retrial looms
Kevin Reddington, the lawyer for Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy, has outlined an aggressive strategy to avoid a retrial after a Norfolk Superior Court jury deadlocked last month, prompting Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial. Clancy has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to charges relating to the 2023 deaths of her three children,…
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[Thursday 5am] Trump puts himself back on the ballot: 5 takeaways from GOP midterm convention Night 1
President Donald Trump used his speech at the first-ever Republican midterm convention in Dallas to try to energise the party’s base ahead of a difficult set of midterm elections. With Republicans facing a tough political environment and early voting only weeks away, Trump and party leaders sought to highlight policy achievements and cast Democratic politicians…
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Tourists in England face nightly levy on hotel and Airbnb stays under new plans
Ministers are set to give mayors in England the power to impose a nightly levy on hotel and Airbnb-style stays, dubbed a “tourist tax”, as part of a wider devolution push. Housing secretary Angela Rayner is meeting mayors on Thursday to outline plans that would let local leaders charge visitors a percentage of their accommodation…
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Nats system fault forces cancellation of over two thousand flights
UK flight disruption caused by a fault in National Air Traffic Services (Nats) systems ran its course over two days before schedules returned to normal on Thursday, with no cancellations forecast for the day, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium. The episode, which began with a technical failure on Tuesday, ultimately led to more than…
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Flight chaos, Iran referral, Zelensky drone scare and Apple’s foldable debut
Nats fault grounds thousands of UK flights while Iran faces UN Security Council referral; Zelensky’s plane reportedly targeted near Moldova; Britain bans West Bank settlement imports; Tate brothers held in Miami; Apple launches £1,600 iPhone Duo.
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Trump announces cash if Republicans achieve full control of Congress
Donald Trump has told Republican supporters he will issue a $5,000 (£3,700) “Trump Dividend” to every adult American if the party wins full control of Congress in November’s midterm elections, a pledge that would cost the government roughly $1.3 trillion given the US has nearly 270 million adults. He offered no detail on how the…