All news for 2024-08-14

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£10 banknote with King Charles’s face on it sells for £17,000 at auction
Some of the earliest banknotes to feature the face of King Charles have been auctioned off for a whopping £914,127.
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NATO fighter jets intercept Russian nuclear bombers
Vladimir Putin deployed two Tu-95MS strategic nuclear missile carriers over Nato waters after accusing Britain of coordinating the incursion into Russia with Ukraine, it has been reported.
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Mpox declared a global emergency by WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Mpox a global health emergency as scientists say they are alarmed by a new strain that is spreading.
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Young man loses arm after being stabbed in Manchester with man and woman arrested
A 26-year-old man was found injured in Moston, Manchester after allegedly being stabbed and it has since emerged that he has lost his arm as a result of the attack
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Urgent manhunt for suspected child sex offender with face tattoo on run after escaping
Crimestoppers have put up a reward of up to £5,000 for information on the whereabouts of 33-year-old Daryl Taylor who escaped from hospital while under arrest on Sunday
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US soldier pleads guilty to selling secrets to China
A US Army analyst has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to sell military secrets to China, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has said.
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Thai court dismisses PM for violating constitution
A Thai court has dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for appointing to his cabinet a former lawyer who was once jailed.
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Warning issued to Brits about ’Russian roulette’ party drug known as pink cocaine
ITV News was given exclusive access as the only UK broadcaster to join police trying to tackle pink cocaine on the streets of Ibiza, as George Hancorn reports
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Carpetright owed almost £350m when it collapsed into administration
Carpetright owed almost £350m when it collapsed into administration with the loss of more than 1,500 jobs before being rescued, it has been revealed.
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Opponents of Maduro in Venezuela find their houses marked with an X
Residents of a Caracas neighbourhood who found their homes marked with a black "X" last week believe that regime loyalists are behind the overnight operation intended to indicate where opposition supporters live.
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Labour urged to scrap £4bn Tory mega-jails plan and invest in rehabilitation instead
Former chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick says money would be better spent preventing crime
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Scotland eliminates universal winter fuel payment in anticipation of further cuts
Scottish ministers have scrapped a universal winter fuel payment and are preparing deep cuts in other spending after the UK chancellor, Rachel Reves’s, warnings of a £22bn black hole.
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Birmingham council to sell athletes’ village homes at a loss of over £300 million
Sale of hundreds of empty homes designed, but not used, for Commonwealth Games attacked as ‘absolute scandal’
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UK unemployment falls as wage growth reaches its lowest level in two years
Rachel Reeves says there is more to do in supporting people into employment and she will take action in budget
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Major incident declared in West Midlands after sodium cyanide spill into Walsall canal
Public told to stay away from area and Environment Agency call in after spillage in Pleck of toxic chemical
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UK inflation rises to 2.2% in first increase since December
Annual rate in July climbs back above Bank of England target of 2%, ONS figures show
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Major rush hour delays on London Underground after police incident
A police incident between West Ealing and Greenford is causing delays in West London this morning.
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Secret files reveal locations Putin plans to target with nuclear strikes in the UK and beyond
From Hull, to Barrow-in-Furness and Edinburgh – these are just some of the targets Putin has in mind for the launch of nuclear weapons.