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Seven Killed in A66 Wrong-Way Crash; Government Targets Social Media Posts Celebrating Dangerous Driving
Donations to the families of the two Cleveland Police officers killed in Saturday’s A66 crash have topped £750,000, as the force’s investigation into suspected organised crime linked to the incident continues, with six people still in custody. Contrasting vigils were held on Monday: a solemn tribute to PC Tom Clough, 38, and PC Matthew Blades,…
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Former World Snooker Champion Convicted of Sexual Abuse Against Two Children
Graeme Dott, a 49-year-old retired snooker professional who won the world championship in 2004, has been found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school-aged children in the Glasgow area. The Scottish sports figure w
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Trump’s fury with Canada boils as he announces MORE 50 percent tariffs on cars and steel… but his ‘risky’ gamble could backfire
Donald Trump has widened his tariff war with Canada, announcing that duties on Canadian cars, trucks, automotive parts and steel will rise to 50 per cent from 1 January, on top of fresh 50 per cent tariffs already imposed on roughly $20 billion of other Canadian goods since the preceding Saturday. The escalation followed the…
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Nato missile boost for Ukraine, US financial offensive against Iran, Fed chair faces Jackson Hole test
Andy Burnham has pledged British support for Ukraine’s missile ambitions in Kyiv, whilst Washington threatens Iran’s trading partners and new Fed chair Kevin Warsh braces for a critical Jackson Hole address amid inflation fears.
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Ex-world snooker champion Graeme Dott is found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school children
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been found guilty of sexually abusing two children of primary school age in the Glasgow area, following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow. A jury convicted the 49-year-old on two counts of “lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour” involving a girl and a boy in offences committed…
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Iran faces ‘greatest financial offensive ever’, says US treasury secretary
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned Iran of “the single greatest financial offensive ever”, describing it as an “economic D-Day” that would sever all economic ties with Tehran and isolate any nation continuing financial dealings with it. The warning comes as Bessent claimed the US-Israel war with Iran was “entering its endgame”, though it…
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Woman granted UK settled status is left stranded in Spain after Home Office database mixes her up with identical twin sister
A British Columbia-based woman with settled status in the UK was blocked from boarding a flight home from Spain after the Home Office’s digital eVisa system confused her immigration record with that of her identical twin sister. Nidia Webb, who has lived in the UK for eight years and was granted status under the post-Brexit…
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Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Marquise Gilmore review – bassoon earns its spotlight in Thea Musgrave’s Out of the Darkness
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, directed by Benjamin Marquise Gilmore, gave the world premiere of Thea Musgrave’s new bassoon concerto Out of the Darkness at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms. The performance stood out among this year’s premieres partly because of the composer’s remarkable pedigree: Musgrave, now…
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‘A cognitive cacophony’: hands-on with the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 beta test
A Guardian hands-on preview of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 early access beta, held over the penultimate weekend of August, confirms the new title delivers the boots-on-the-ground military shooting the series is known for, but flags relentless sensory overload as its defining trait, with the game likened to “the TikTok of gaming” because…