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Royal Mail strikes: When are staff walking out and what’s affected?

Royal Mail workers are striking on multiple days across the next few months, with people warned to expect delays to their parcels and letters....

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Queen releases lost song Face It Alone – recorded with Freddie Mercury more than 30 years ago

Queen has released a lost song recorded with late frontman Freddie Mercury more than 30 years ago. Originally taped in 1988 during the British...

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Does drill music glamourise crime? Big Narstie questions why the conversation isn’t the same for rock and roll

From source of moral panic, to source material for a multi-million pound drama – while drill music has moved more into mainstream culture, rapper...

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Vardy v Rooney – the drama: Stars including Michael Sheen revealed for show based on Wagatha Christie libel case court transcripts

Following the headline-grabbing Wagatha Christie trial, it wasn’t long before a TV drama based on the story was announced. Now, the stars who will...

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Foreign Secretary James Cleverly refuses to commit to mini-budget tax cuts ahead of chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s financial statement

The foreign secretary has refused to commit to the government seeing through all the tax cuts proposed in the chancellor’s contentious mini-budget. James Cleverly...

World

Senior Iran official first to publicly criticise regime’s hijab crackdown

A senior Iranian official has questioned excessive state enforcement of the country’s compulsory hijab laws – following the death of Mahsa Amini in custody....

World

UK to send missiles to Ukraine to defend against Russian airstrikes

The UK will for the first time give Ukraine a number of powerful missiles to defend against Russian airstrikes, but it is not providing...

Politics

Kwasi Kwarteng in Washington DC for talks with IMF as Liz Truss faces revolt at home

As Liz Truss faces open revolt in her own party over her tax cut plans, her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng will today try and reassure...

Sports

Follow live: Kershaw, Dodgers eye 2-0 lead vs. Padres in NLDS

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Braves’ Matzek undergoing Tommy John surgery

1:32 PM ET ATLANTA — Matzek was a key member of the Braves championship run in 2021. He appeared in 13 postseason games, giving...

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Astros stun M’s as Alvarez walk-off caps wild rally

Oct 11, 2022 Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” HOUSTON...

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Kwasi Kwarteng in Washington DC for talks with IMF as Liz Truss faces revolt at home

As Liz Truss faces open revolt in her own party over her tax cut plans, her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng will today try and reassure...

Sports

ACC commish: ‘Lot of push’ to expand CFP in ’24

7:54 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — ACC commissioner Jim Phillips told ESPN on Wednesday that “there’s a lot of push” to expand the College...

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Dooley out of hospital after bout with COVID-19

12:12 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Former Georgia coach Vince Dooley has been released from a hospital after being treated for COVID-19....

Capitol riots: Officer attacked by mob describes ‘medieval battle scene’ ahead of final hearing

A police officer on duty during the January 6 assault on the US Capitol building has described it as a “medieval battle scene” in...

Sports

Bowman (concussion) out next 3 NASCAR races

6:43 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Alex Bowman said Wednesday he will miss the next three NASCAR races with a concussion he...

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‘Smoke’ fuming over NASCAR’s fines of SHR

5:27 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — With his team still appealing $200,000 in fines and allegations from NASCAR that Stewart-Haas Racing...

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RAF fighter jets scrambled to intercept Jet2 flight that was ‘causing concern’

RAF fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a commercial airliner that was “causing concern” amid reports of a security alert. Typhoon aircraft were launched...

Alex Jones: Who is the InfoWars host who spread lies about the Sandy Hook school shooting?

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay almost a billion dollars for claiming the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax....

‘I punched him in the face and jabbed him in the eyes’: Fisherman tells how he fought off sharks as boat sank

Two fishermen fought off sharks after their boat sank off the Louisiana coast while a third swam to search for help. The swimmer, Phong...