All news for 2024-08-28

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Man who threw an object at Nigel Farage in Barnsley receives a suspended sentence
Josh Greally, 28, pleaded guilty to public order offence over incident during election campaign
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Boy, 11, among 14 arrested over riots in Middlesbrough and Hartlepool
Man, 20, jailed for trying to instigate riot in Huddersfield; boy, 15, admits throwing glass bottle in unrest in Bolton
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ParalympicsGB chief calls Tanni Grey-Thompson’s train ordeal ‘a disgrace’
The chef de mission of ParalympicsGB has said it is a “disgrace” that Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson was forced to drag herself off a train in London’s Kings Cross because there was no help for wheelchair users, and warned it is “the lived experience of disabled people on a daily basis”.
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Two more crew members from Mike Lynch yacht under investigation
Italian prosecutors said to be investigating engineer and sailor as well as captain over sinking in which seven died
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Three dead after crash in Beaumaris
North Wales Police attended the incident shortly after 2.45pm on Wednesday. Officers say they are working to identify the full circumstances of the incident.
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Two pilots survive light aircraft crash on a busy road in Gloucestershire
Both men escape without serious injury after aircraft crash-lands on A-road near Cotswold Gliding Club
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M1 travel updates after building fire closes major motorway ahead of rush hour
A major motorway has been left eerily quiet in the lead-up to rush hour as a building fire closes the M1.
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Chelsea agree to sell ’bomb squad’ player to Steven Gerrard’s Saudi Pro League team
Two more players from Chelsea’s ‘bomb squad’ are reportedly on the verge of leaving the club as Enzo Maresca continues his ruthless clear out.
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Body found in search for British girl who went missing while swimming with friends
A body has been found in the search for a British teenager who disappeared during a swim near a beach in the Netherlands.
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Inside the UK’s biggest indoor waterpark, now doomed after a series of grim discoveries
A waterpark that used to be the UK’s largest has been set for demolition, five years after its closure — but over the years it was open several grim discoveries were made
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Amount of cannabis seized at UK airports triples in under a year
National Crime Agency says overproduction of drug in countries where it has been legalised may be behind rise
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Eindhoven Airport goes offline with all flights suspended until further notice
All flights to one of the busiest airports in Europe have been grounded after a security issue took air traffic control offline.