Up to 115 jobs are at risk under plans to close a McCain Foods factory in Lincolnshire. The manufacturer said it had launched a consultation into the future of the plant near Grantham. McCain is proposing to end production of a brand of microwave chips called Fries To Go, which...

Chips factory closure plan puts 115 jobs at risk

Andrei Tudorov, Lyuben Gogov, Narcis Titianu, and Ioan Toma died when their car hit a tree.

Families pay tribute to four friends killed in crash

Police are investigating a "sickening, heartless assault" on a horse, which was found dead and mutilated in a field. Nottinghamshire Police said Alfie, a 16-year-old traditional tri-coloured cob, was found at a property off Owday Lane, Carlton-in-Lindrick, Worksop, at about 10:30 BST on Thursday. Alfie was last seen fit and...

Horse killed and mutilated in 'cruel' attack

Convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde is booed as he makes his Olympic beach volleyball debut to a mixed reaction in Paris.

Convicted rapist Van de Velde booed on Olympic debut

An investigation has been launched after a worker died at a care home in Coventry. Emergency services were called to Grove House Residential Care Home, Keresley, at about 08:40 BST on Wednesday. A woman in her 60s was given advanced life support after she was found in a critical condition,...

Investigation after worker dies at care home

Police say the man pictured may have vital information in connection with the attack in Ascot.

CCTV images released in footpath rape investigation

A mother who was left "suicidal" by the menopause hopes new research will help women be treated more fairly in the workplace. Karen Farquharson, 50, from Aberdeen, successfully sued for unfair dismissal and harassment after being told she used the menopause as an excuse for everything. "Work-wise I just felt...

'Menopause made me feel like I couldn't cope'

Louis van Schoor, a convicted mass murderer in South Africa known as the “Apartheid Killer”, has died. The 72-year-old had been in hospital with an infection in his leg. His daughter told the BBC he died on Thursday afternoon “due to complications from sepsis”. Van Schoor’s...

Mass killer dies as victims still demand justice

Chloe Davies has "spontaneous swelling attacks", which can be life-threatening.

'My body just keeps swelling and swelling'

Recap: Canadian wildfires leave resort town 'ravaged'. We're going to be pausing our live coverage shortly. Here's a reminder of the latest developments:. Some 25,000 people have been forced to evacuate the historic Jasper National Park in Alberta because of wildfires which were sparked earlier this week. Officials say the...

'Monster' wildfire devastates historic Canadian resort town

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In a deeply distressing event that has left the community of Padana village in Lahore reeling, a 15-year-old boy named Arsalan sadly ended his life by leaping from a water tank. The tragic incident is believed to have happened following Arsalan's receipt of poor grades in his final exams, a critical juncture in the educational structure of Pakistan.

Tragedy Strikes: Teenager Commits Suicide Over Exam Results in Lahore

The Ministry of Justice said public safety would always be the government’s priority.

People 'left in the dark' over prison closure

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Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force .

Expert: Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – picture is unsettling

Sainsbury's has issued an apology after a term used by racists online was discovered in an online listing for school trousers. The trousers feature a reinforced knee and a grow hem, handy features for childrenswear. However when the two details were put side-by-side in the listing's title, it spelled out a phrase used by racists online.

Sainsbury's sorry for 'racist slur' trouser detail

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Conservatives have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they’ll try to do if Donald Trump is reelected. Project 2025 , a “presidential transition project” of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive and the rest of us die aspiring to be rich.

Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

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The Wyoming Democratic Party is calling on U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman to apologize for calling Vice President Kamala Harris a diversity, equity and inclusion hire. “It took only three days for Harriet Hageman to disgrace herself on national television by launching a reprehensible and racist attack on Vice President Kamala Harris,” the WDP wrote in a statement .

Wyoming Dems demand Hageman apologize for calling Harris a ‘DEI hire’

A man who had a "violent scuffle" with his partner, which involved a knife and left her injured, has been given a 22-month jail term. Carlisle Crown Court heard how an argument erupted between Brian Harold, 42, and his now ex-girlfriend over a can of drink. The woman later told...

Man jailed for knife fight over can of drink

Irene Harvey says that Nizamodeen and Arthur Hosein wanted to buy 18 of her family's pigs.

'Muriel McKay's murderers stole our pigs'

Kettering Town Council says the design had to be updated because it previously broke heraldry rules.

Sir Keir Starmer gives first speech as prime minister

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