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Royal Mail customers left waiting hours for post after six-week delivery chaos in Somerset
Royal Mail customers have been forced to wait for hours to pick up essential post after not receiving any deliveries for six weeks.
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Three fraudsters jailed after conning 3,000 pensioners out of £70 million
Three fraudsters who lived ’like they won the lottery’ after conning pensioners out of £70million have been jailed.
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Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash sell £1.3m Pickle Cottage as family prepares for major move
Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash have confirmed they are officially saying goodbye to their iconic Pickle Cottage after selling the £1.3million family home.
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Dorset Police deploys live facial recognition vans in Bournemouth for the first time
Live facial recognition technology has been rolled out by Dorset Police in Bournemouth for the first time.
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Heathrow third runway faces fresh climate backlash over threat to UK carbon targets
A third runway at Heathrow should be blocked, climate campaigners say, despite the expansion being described as "critical to national growth".
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Thousands of US sailors descend on Thai sex tourism hotspot after gruelling nine months at sea
Five thousand American sailors stepped off the USS Abraham Lincoln in Pattaya on Wednesday, ending a punishing 286-day stretch at sea that left many struggling to find their footing on solid ground.
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Wizz Air adds extra flights for Arsenal, Palace, Brighton and Villa European matches
Wizz Air has announced a batch of extra flights from London Luton to European club championship matches this season.
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Thousands protest across Spain demanding Pedro Sánchez resign over Ceuta migrant crisis
Thousands of protesters have spilled onto the streets of cities across Spain amid fury at Pedro Sanchez’s handling of the Ceuta migrant catastrophe.
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Four schools to shut at lunchtime as funeral for crash victim sparks traffic fears
A number of schools in Middlesbrough are closing early on Friday as the first funeral for one of five young men killed in a head-on crash on the A66 takes place.
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Uber launches self-driving rides in London with Wayve-powered Ford Mustang Mach-Es
Uber and Wayve have launched their first fleet of autonomous "robo-taxis" in London - and LBC has been given exclusive access to the new vehicles as they take to the streets of the capital.
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Britain and France deploy 45-officer surge team to tackle migrant boat launches near Calais
A special police unit equipped with drones and trained in the use of riot and crowd-control tactics is being set up to tackle the rise of mega-dinghies being used to transport migrants across the Channel.
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Tim Curry’s cause of death revealed after Rocky Horror Picture Show star died aged 80
Legendary film and TV actor Tim Curry’s cause of death has been revealed.
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More than 80 dead after migrant canoe drifts to Canary Islands with just 45 survivors
More than 80 people have died, including one baby, after a canoe was found adrift at sea near the Canary Islands.
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Donald Trump says he "wouldn’t have taken Prince Harry and Meghan Markle back"
President Trump has declared he "wouldn’t have taken Prince Harry and Meghan Markle back" following their shock return to the UK.
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Zack Polanski confirms bid to become Green MP in Keir Starmer’s former seat
Zack Polanski has confirmed he will stand as the Green Party’s candidate for the by-election in Holborn and St Pancras.
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£4 million repaid to 27,000 workers as government names employers over minimum wage breaches
Hundreds of employers have been named by the Government for failing to pay workers the minimum wage.
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British runner Alexander Harris found dead after falling into ravine in Pakistan
The body of Alexander Harris has been recovered after the keen runner and hiker fell into a ravine on the Musa Ka Musalla mountain.
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Mass shooting in Minneapolis leaves at least two dead as gunman is killed
At least two people have died after a mass shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Proxy for Vagit Alekperov: How Adnan Ahmadzada shielded Lukoil assets and $108M yacht Galactica Super Nova via Alkagesta
The arrest of Adnan Ahmadzada, a prominent Azeri-British oil trader and former senior figure at SOCAR Trading, represents a critical escalation in international efforts to dismantle networks facilitating the trade of Russian oil in defiance of Western sanctions.
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Derbyshire village gets a new bus stop despite losing its service in 2017
A new bus stop has been installed in a Derbyshire village, even though a bus hasn’t stopped there for almost 10 years.
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Netherlands moves £9bn in gold to London amid rising geopolitical tensions
The Bank of England has received more than £9billion in gold after the Netherlands’ central bank relocated the vast sum from North America to London amid surging "geopolitical unrest".
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King Charles praises enduring Britain-France ties in French as Bayeux Tapestry arrives in London
King Charles spoke in French to Emmanuel Macron as he praised the enduring relationship between Britain and France during a speech marking the historic display of the Bayeux Tapestry in London.
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French companies convicted of €275,800 EU funding fraud after EPPO investigation
Today, based on an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France), the Paris Criminal Court convicted three French companies and their two executives for fraud involving €275 800 in EU funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
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Britain and Mauritius set to resume Chagos talks as Burnham faces pressure over Starmer deal
Britain and Mauritius are set to resume negotiations over the future of the Chagos Islands next week, pressuring Andy Burnham on whether to proceed with an agreement inherited from Sir Keir Starmer.
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Trump says he is "happy" Harry and Meghan have left America for Britain
President Donald Trump has said he is “happy” that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have left the US for the UK, declaring he is “not a fan”.