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Locals slam 'huge waste of money' after council builds £51m car park... but must wait TWO years before anyone can use it

06/09/24 11:54

All major construction work at the 850-space car park in Eynsham, Oxfordshire, was completed in January - and landscaping was finished last month. But there will be no vehicles parking at the 19-acre site until funding is secured for the infrastructure to connect it to the A40 - which could potentially be in 2027. Yet with all the building and landscape work complete, Oxfordshire County Council is now providing ongoing maintenance to the empty site as part of the current contract. A nearby trader has now said: 'The general consensus is that it is a huge waste of money.'...read

Music teacher at £53,000-a-year Eton College is handed lifetime classroom ban after being caught searching for 'gay little boys' on school computer
05/09/24 02:53
An Eton music teacher and famed organist who looked for 'gay little boys' on his work laptop has been banned from the classroom for life.
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Police issue urgent appeal to find missing 10-month-old girl and her father after 'concerns for their welfare'
05/09/24 09:29
Police are urgently searching for a missing 10-month-old girl and her father.
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Is this the end of Saturday post? Second class weekend deliveries could be axed in big postal shakeup - how could it affect YOU?
05/09/24 08:04
Ofcom has said it is considering plans to ditch Saturday deliveries for second class post but keeping first class unchanged as it looks at UK postal service reforms.
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Bereaved Grenfell families demand 'nothing less' than manslaughter charges for perpetrators of 'avoidable' tragedy which left 72 dead - but CPS admits it will be years before anyone is hauled before courts
04/09/24 02:03
The families of 34 of the 72 victims called with one voice to stop the 'perpetrators literally getting away with murder' at a press conference in London after the damning report was released.
I refused to move when my care home shut down, now I live here on my own: Disabled woman reveals her eerie existence in deserted assisted living complex
03/09/24 03:58
A disabled woman is the only resident living in a 50-room care home after it closed down - leaving her with nowhere else to go.
Moment thug grabs postman by neck and shoves him inside Royal Mail van in ugly road rage brawl
03/09/24 01:17
A postman was attacked in an apparent road rage brawl during a 'shocking attack' in a busy London street.
Beach hut on remote Dorset sandbank which has views of the sea AND harbour - but has no running water or electricity - hits the market for £475,000
03/09/24 01:07
A sought-after beach hut that has dual aspect views of the sea and a harbour has gone on the market - for a stunning £475,000.
The huge £51m car park lying empty for months...because there's no money to build a road into it
03/09/24 08:37
A council has built a £51m park and ride site - but it still cannot be used because they can't afford to build an entrance road.
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British engineer on doomed Mike Lynch superyacht insists to police all 'doors and hatches were closed' ahead of 'black swan' waterspout that sank the £30m vessel off the Sicily coast - as prosecutors continue to probe the tragedy which claimed seven lives
01/09/24 06:57
Chief engineer Tim Parker Eaton, 56, has told prosecutors he followed procedures and made sure all was watertight as the storm engulfed the yacht causing it to sink with the loss of seven lives.
Soft toy giant Jellycat accuses Aldi of ripping off its popular £27 design with a £4 alternative
01/09/24 04:01
The firm says the budget supermarket ripped off its Dexter Dragon (£27) with a much cheaper £4 creature, the Sunday Times reported.
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My family lost £200,000 to the 'Cryptoqueen': ME sufferer leads legal battle against international scammer and reveals how Kate Winslet joined her for tea to discuss her heartbreaking story amid plans for a Hollywood film
19/08/24 02:52
A fraud victim who lost thousands to the notorious fugitive 'Cryptoqueen' has urged other victims to come forward and join her fight for justice.
Hundreds of animals step, slither and crawl onto the scales for London Zoo's annual weigh-in
19/08/24 11:48
Creatures great and small have been given the once-over at London Zoo as part of their famous yearly weigh-in.
How Elon Musk's X placed adverts promoting the Olympics and the British Medical Association next to posts by right-wing activists including Andrew Tate and Laurence Fox
19/08/24 10:50
Companies using X to advertise face having their posts appear alongside anti-Muslim hate and far-right misinformation, according to a new report.
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Salt, vinegar and seagull insurance with your fish and chips: Food truck on Isle of Man is latest to offer £1 protection for customers from divebombing birds snatching their grub
19/08/24 10:01
A food truck has become the latest outlet to offer 'seagull insurance' - to give people money back if their food is nicked by a bird.
How Grindr serial killer exposed his guilt: Chilling moment Stephen Port's web of lies unravelled as he was quizzed by police after murdering four men
16/08/24 02:43
A body language expert has revealed how Grindr serial killer Stephen Port betrayed his guilty conscience in interviews with police
Police say they are 'extremely concerned' about a schoolgirl, 14, who went missing a week ago after saying she was going to see her friends
16/08/24 12:16
Police Scotland have issued a fresh appeal in a bid to locate a missing 14-year-old teen who was last seen leaving her family home in West Lothian a week ago.
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ChatGPT users lost in translation as the AI programme starts answering them in Welsh
16/08/24 10:39
ChatGPT users have been left surprised by the artificial intelligence bot responding to queries in Welsh.
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Father of Southport stabbing victim says she 'lit up every room she entered' in heartbreaking tribute as he reveals her nursery have renamed their garden in her memory
16/08/24 09:23
The father of tragic Southport stabbing victim Elsie Dot Stancombe has told colleagues how the seven-year-old 'lit up every room she entered'.
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Male model who was Diet Coke hunk sues for £4.1m saying he suffered brain damage when he ran into colleague on Chanel beachwear shoot
16/08/24 08:12
A top male model is suing for £4.1m over claims he was brain damaged when he ran into a colleague during a Chanel beachwear shoot.
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'Meghan is a woman who deserves to come to the country and tell her story': Colombia's vice president Francia Marquez says Sussexes were invited because she was 'moved' by their Netflix documentary - as couple arrive for four day trip
15/08/24 02:50
Francia Márquez (left) made the revelation as she briefed media ahead of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's arrival for their four day trip.
Pharmacy where girl, 13, with severe dairy allergy, collapsed and died after being served cow milk Costa hot chocolate had no high-strength EpiPens which may have saved her, inquest hears
14/08/24 01:57
A girl who died from an allergic reaction after drinking a Costa hot chocolate might have been saved but the pharmacy she collapsed in had no high-strength EpiPens.
Idiotic moment boy racer loses control of his purple Mazda MX5 trying to drift around a roundabout and smashes into a crowd, leaving one man with life changing injuries
14/08/24 11:17
A reckless driver trying to 'drift' around a roundabout ploughed into a spectator leaving him with a bleed on the brain, fractured skull and leg injuries.
Harry and Meghan will visit Colombia's first 'free town' and music festival on their latest tour - amid claims they are being used as 'political pawns' to distract from Government scandals
14/08/24 10:07
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will visit the first 'free town' for escaped slaves in the Americas during their visit to Colombia.
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Teenager who killed a 15-year-old schoolgirl who died from 36 knife wounds backtracks on his admission he was angry when he did it - telling his murder trial he only said it because he was 'sick' of the case
14/08/24 09:53
A teenager accused of murdering 15-year-old schoolgirl Holly Newton has backtracked on his admission he was 'angry' during the violent slaying, claiming he was sick of the trial when he said it.
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A five-star scumbag! Moment crook attempts to steal elderly lady's handbag outside luxury £800-a-night Mayfair hotel
13/08/24 03:52
This is the shocking moment a man attempted to steal an old lady's bag outside a five-star hotel.
Costa barista who served cow's milk to girl, 13, with severe dairy allergy 'sometimes' could not understand customers from behind Perspex screen of till, inquest hears
13/08/24 01:14
A teen girl with severe dairy allergies was served a hot chocolate with cow's milk by a Costa barista after an alleged miscommunication, an inquest heard today.
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International fashionista sued for £1.6m by the boss of a boutique beloved by Princess Diana blows kisses in court after being spared jail over 'forged document'
13/08/24 11:45
An international fashionista sued by a boutique boss former pal who claimed she ran off with her fortune blew kisses around court as she escaped being jailed.
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Doctors should be held responsible for letting dangerous mentally ill people onto the streets, Nottingham knife attack victim Grace O'Malley-Kumar's father declares
13/08/24 09:46
Doctors caring for people with serious mental illness should be held responsible for putting 'dangerous' people on our streets, according to the father of Grace O'Malley-Kumar.
You can't park there! Families living on private estate call in the police after travellers move onto their green with their caravans
13/08/24 09:07
Residents of a quiet seaside estate got a surprise after travellers pitched up caravans in the middle of their well-kempt lawn.
Mass evacuations ordered from southern Gaza after deadly school strike
12/08/24 08:33
Israel's military yesterday ordered mass evacuations in Khan Younis - Gaza's second largest city - after an Israeli airstrike hit a mosque inside a school in Gaza City.
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Mass evacuations ordered from southern Gaza after deadly strike on a school
11/08/24 11:22
Israel's military yesterday ordered mass evacuations in Khan Younis - Gaza's second largest city - after an Israeli airstrike hit a mosque inside a school in Gaza City.
Putin on the defensive: Ukraine takes control of gas plant and Russian town as shelling continues through the night as surprise offensive that caught Moscow by surprise gathers speed
11/08/24 01:17
Ukrainian soldiers claiming to be from the 61st Brigade were filmed standing outside a local Gazprom facility in the town of Sudzha which is about 10 kilometers from the Ukraine border.
Model Chloe Ayling: I was lured to Italy, drugged and bundled into a suitcase - but online trolls still say I made up my kidnap ordeal
10/08/24 09:46
Despite her kidnappers being jailed for 16 years, she said online trolls attacking her story 'still goes on' seven years after the incident in which she was lured to a village near Turin.
More about tipples than titters! Top comedian accuses Edinburgh Fringe Festival of becoming a Scots version of Munich's beer-swilling Oktoberfest
04/08/24 11:17
German comedian Henning Wehn said performers and shows were becoming 'superfluous', with thousands of revellers flocking to the city to drink.
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Pharmacists introduce security measures amid violent shoplifting epidemic with some enforcing a 'one in, one out' policy in a bid to curb crime spree spreading across Britain
03/08/24 10:45
Theft, robbery and verbal and physical abuse are now so commonplace in pharmacies that some lock their doors to deter criminals, with customers needing to knock for entry to protect staff.
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Met police officer charged with stealing cash from Italian filmmaker's corpse as he lay dead on busy street
27/06/24 01:48
A Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with misconduct in public office over the alleged theft of money from a man who died after collapsing, the force said.
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Woman 'scammed out of £1,500' after conmen put up fake QR codes on parking machines
27/06/24 01:37
Scammers have used fake QR codes on parking machines to fleece people's bank accounts - with one woman saying she had £1,500 taken.
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Vegetarian Quorn ingredient to be mixed with MEAT to make sausages and burgers for the NHS that have less animal produce inside
27/06/24 09:05
New products for 'flexitarians' including both meat and meat-substitute will soon be on the menu.
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Universal reveal more about plans to bring theme park to Bedford and say it would generate '£50bn of economic benefits'
26/06/24 03:25
Universal has revealed new details about plans for its first UK theme park, which it claims will help boost the economy by nearly £50 billion.
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Sending a birthday card to a colleague who wants it kept quiet could be considered harassment tribunal rules as HMRC worker wins her employment case
26/06/24 01:53
Sending a card to a colleague who has said they do not want their birthday celebrated could count as harassment, an employment tribunal has rule
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Scotland releases 500 criminals back onto the streets because the country's jails are too overcrowded
26/06/24 01:21
The first of more than 500 inmates of Scottish prisons are being released early from today under emergency powers to relieve overcrowding.
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Is this Britain's worst estate? Neighborhood which was setting for 1980s cult film Rita, Sue and Bob Too now so violent families fear going out at night
26/06/24 08:44
It has been nearly forty years since Rita, Sue and Bob Too shocked Margaret Thatcher's Britain with its sordid depiction of life on Bradford's notorious Buttershaw estate.
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Extreme motoring event called Monster Truck Mayhem is compared to Glasgow's Willy Wonka Experience after it featured just ONE off-road vehicle which then BROKE - but organisers claim it was a success
25/06/24 02:18
A 'rip-off' event billed Monster Truck Mayhem has been compared to another Willy Wonka-style fiasco after it featured only one monster truck - which broke down.
Can you see what's wrong with this passport? British holidaymaker was refused entry to TUI flight over 'damage' a different airline had no problem with accepting
25/06/24 11:54
A British holidaymaker was was blocked from boarding her plane to Mexico because staff spotted a 'slight mark' on her passport.
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Royal Marines musicians deliver 'emotional and uplifting' final performance on a hospice lawn for their dying bandmate, 27
25/06/24 08:46
Musicians from the Royal Marines laid on a poignant performance at a hospice - for their dying bandmate.
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Schoolgirl, 14, missing overnight after being seen boarding a train with an unknown older man is found
25/06/24 07:38
Police are searching for a 14-year-old who went missing from Canterbury in the company of an 'unknown older male'.
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The wild animals fed to their deaths by ignorant tourists: From New Forest ponies choking on carrots, to famous Scottish stag eating croissants, how public are repeatedly ignoring calls to stop feeding UK's free roaming wildlife
24/06/24 01:31
A spate of animal deaths caused by people ignoring instructions not to feed them has been brought to the fore by sad fate of Callum the Stag in Scotland.
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When Black Mirror became real life: From killer robot dogs to children implanted with microchips and self-driving pizza trucks - all the times the Netflix sci-fi hit predicted reality
22/06/24 02:10
It might be fiction, but many of the disturbing and dystopian elements of Netflix 's darkly addictive sci-fi series Black Mirror are already encroaching into our lives.
Armies around the world race to deploy robot dogs to the battlefield
20/06/24 02:19
Armed forces across the globe are rushing to be the first to deploy robot dogs to the battlefield.
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British couple who ran £4m crime gang selling fake Xanax pills around the world from their luxury Thai villa face jail
20/06/24 02:17
A British couple who were ringleaders of a drugs gang selling millions of fake Xanax pills around the world are facing jail.
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The real-life Black Mirror: Armies around the world race to deploy four-legged killing machines on the frontline - just like terrifying Netflix sci-fi hit
20/06/24 11:38
Armed forces across the globe are rushing to be the first to deploy robot dogs to the battlefield.
Celtic archaeology expert is £75,000 out of pocket after suing removal firm when his beloved Braveheart movie poster was damaged - but judge awards him just £120
20/06/24 08:43
A Celtic archaeology expert has been left over £75,000 out of pocket after suing because his framed Braveheart movie poster was damaged.
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The family man with a secret double life as Fern Britton's stalker: How married man, 66, sent TV star flowers and cards before following her 200 miles to Cornish holiday home where he would spy on her using skylight
19/06/24 02:44
Fixated fan James Haviland, 63, stalked the former This Morning presenter for two years and sent her 'unwanted flowers' and cards that left the TV star fearing what his 'end game' was.
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Heartbreaking moment BBC star Nick Owen breaks down in tears live on air as he is read tribute from his son as he makes special TV appearance amid ongoing prostate cancer battle
19/06/24 12:52
Veteran BBC Nick Owen broke down on air as he discussed his cancer battle with colleagues and received a touching message from his son.
Heartless carer who stole £7,000 from 'utterly vulnerable' dementia sufferer to buy petrol, groceries and Amazon Prime videos is spared prison
19/06/24 10:36
A carer who stole thousands of pounds from a bed-bound dementia patient and used it to buy Amazon Prime videos has avoided jail.
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Unwanted cards, red roses and trips to her holiday rental cottage: Inside Fern Britton's two-year stalking ordeal which left TV star suffering sleepless nights and worrying for her personal safety
19/06/24 09:17
Inadvertently renting your holiday home to the man who is stalking you could be a plot from a Hollywood horror film.
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Fury over chaotic European-style 'Cyclops' roundabout with 31 sets of traffic lights - so can YOU work out where you're supposed to go?
18/06/24 03:59
Angry residents have slated a council for installing an incredible 31 sets of traffic lights on a new four-way roundabout in Cambridge , saying it looks like 'absolute chaos.'
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'Good Samaritan', 46, was killed instantly when he was run over by a car as he tried to help a stranger lying in the street amid family wedding feud, court told
18/06/24 03:15
A father-of-two was killed instantly as he tried to help a stranger he saw lying in the street when a car was used 'as a weapon' to run over a number of people, a jury has been told.
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Millionaire residents pinch their noses as 'Sandbanks Stench' that's 'caused by rotting seaweed' stinks out wealthy Dorset hotspot - putting off tourists and locals alike
18/06/24 01:06
The millionaire residents of exclusive Sandbanks are being stunk out by a foul smell.
Getting into the Euros spirit! Cute moment elderly woman on balcony delights Austrian fans in Düsseldorf by lifting her arms - causing huge football crowd to chant back
18/06/24 10:46
Austrian football fans attending their nation's Euros clash with France yesterday went out of their way to charm local residents.
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So much for separate bins! Fury after binman is caught on camera 'dumping food waste caddy straight into a general waste bin' despite residents being told to put waste in three bins
18/06/24 09:25
A frustrated homeowner has hit out after a binman was caught on camera dumping his food caddy straight into a general waste bin.
I brushed up my hair and stuffed cardboard in my shoes so I was tall enough to join the Wrens: War hero, 99, reveals extraordinary measures she took to reach 5'3'' minimum height to serve in WW2
29/05/24 09:19
A female Second World War veteran has revealed how she stuffed cardboard in her shoes in order to get around height restrictions and serve her country.
Pro-Palestine protesters barricade themselves in university exam hall
29/05/24 08:00
Hundreds of Manchester students have had their end-of-year exams disrupted after pro-Gaza protesters occupied a 129-year-old University building.
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Boy, five, is rushed to hospital with head injuries after being mauled by 'XL Bully' in Hull
29/05/24 07:45
A five-year-old boy is recovering after being bitten on the head by an XL bully , in yet another attack by the dangerous breed.
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Controlling girlfriend forced lover, 40, she met on Plenty of Fish to wear a hat every time he went out after ridiculing him over his 'receding' hairline - as he reveals he will 'always be scarred' by emotional abuse
28/05/24 04:38
Sarah Rigby, 41, made NHS project manager Gareth Jones eat salad, wear a hat and swallow toothpaste and mouthwash in the wrongful belief he was fat, bald and had halitosis.
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Pro-Palestine protesters spark disruption at Manchester University as students barricade themselves in exam hall and refuse to move until their demands are met
28/05/24 02:13
Hundreds of Manchester students have had their end-of-year exams disrupted after pro-Gaza protesters occupied a 129-year-old University building.
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Oxford University student, 20, quits college committee amid claims pro-Palestine encampment is part of 'growing tide of antisemitism' on campus
28/05/24 09:34
An Oxford University student has resigned from a college committee after experiencing 'blatant antisemitism' when other students 'laughed' when she brought up anti-Jewish prejudice on campus.
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Student nurse, 41, threatened her boyfriend, 40, she was 'going to find someone else to have sex with' if he didn't get her pregnant within a month and taunted him over his weight, hair and breath
28/05/24 08:52
Mother-of-six Sarah Rigby, 41, forced her NHS project manager Gareth Jones to eat salad, wear a hat and swallow toothpaste and mouthwash in the wrongful belief he was fat, bald and had halitosis.
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Police will deploy 80 detectives for criminal inquiry into Horizon scandal that will be on same scale as 'major murder or terrorism' probe
27/05/24 03:57
The huge police inquiry into the Post Office scandal will use 80 detectives and be on the scale of a 'major murder or terrorism investigation', it has been reported.
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Three Michelin star Restaurant Gordon Ramsay forced to tell diners to smarten up, urging customers to 'avoid shorts, tracksuits and hoodies'
26/05/24 12:27
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, the three Michelin Star flagship venue of the TV chef, has been forced to give diners a gentle reminder to smarten up
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The former London public schoolboy romancing Joe Biden's youngest granddaughter: Rugby-playing engineering student Rafael Hajjar joins Natalie Biden, 19, at White House state dinner
24/05/24 03:05
Joe Biden 's granddaughter Natalie stepped out with her boyfriend for the first time last night at a lavish White House state dinner.
Swastikas found in Oxford college as principal slams anti-Semitism
24/05/24 09:59
'Deeply shocking' swastika graffiti has been found inside an Oxford college, its Principal has said, as pro-Gaza protests at the elite university grew violent.
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Child contracts Weil's disease and is 'very poorly' after going swimming in a river in Essex
24/05/24 09:08
A child contracted the rare infection Weil's disease after going swimming in an Essex river, a council has said.
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Swastikas found carved into toilet doors at Oxford college: Principal slams 'deeply shocking' anti-Semitic graffiti found amid pro-Palestinian protests at university
24/05/24 08:28
'Deeply shocking' swastika graffiti has been found inside an Oxford college, its Principal has said, as pro-Gaza protests at the elite university grew violent.
British conductor Jan Latham-Koenig, 70, awarded an OBE in 2020 for his services to music faces jail after admitting to arranging sex acts with police officer posing as underage teen
21/05/24 02:55
A world-renowned classical music conductor who was caught in a police sting at London Victoria station trying to arrange sex acts with a child is facing jail.
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Brighton star Jakub Moder, 24, is hit with another six-month driving ban after speeding at 85mph in his £100,000 Audi RS Quattro (after already being banned from the road TWICE!)
21/05/24 01:20
Brighton and Hove Albion footballer Jakub Moder has been hit with another six-month driving ban after he was clocked speeding.
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Inside Britain's ketamine habit: How fun-loving teenagers are buying strong horse tranquiliser under false impression it's safe - but drug has much darker side that can lead to bladder issues, hallucinations, panic attacks and even death
21/05/24 09:45
The increasing popularity of ketamine has left a trail of grieving families in its wake, while the NHS is also counting the cost of a spike in health issues caused by the substance.
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Former Google vice president warns AI will be 'very bad for society' as it will leave millions of workers jobless - but expects plumbers will be safe from the controversial technology
18/05/24 11:57
Speaking to the BBC's Newsnight, Former Google vice president Geoffrey Hinton added: 'I certainly believe in a universal basic income.'
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BBC star Gary Lineker says critics of his political views and online posts have a 'lack of empathy' and says he will carry on because he would be 'ashamed' to stay quiet
14/05/24 03:42
Gary Lineker has suggested his critics lack empathy - and that he would be 'ashamed' of himself if he didn't speak out on social media.
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