The Independent

Shadow leader of the House of Commons Chris Philp has said the Government’s majority will be “gone by Easter” due to their “significant back bench rebellion” over the two child benefit cap.During Business questions in the Commons on Thursday, Mr Philp derided Labour’s 167 majority, saying that former Prime Minister Theresa May’s minority Government had not “managed a rebellion within three weeks of an election”.On Tuesday the Government comfortably defeated an SNP-led amendment to scrap the two child benefit cap, but seven Labour MPs had the whip suspended for defying the party line and backing the amendment.Former shadow chancellor John...

Government majority ‘gone by Easter’ if rebellion continues – shadow minister

Rachel Reeves will announce “very tough decisions” to address a public spending black hole of around £20 billion – but no tax rises should be expected, a senior minister has said.Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said Labour’s election promise not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT would “still hold” ahead of the Chancellor’s statement on Monday afternoon.Ms Reeves will lay out the spending inheritance left by the previous government – and announce the date of her first autumn Budget – as she pledges to “restore economic stability”.In the House of Commons, she will say that a Treasury spending...

Rachel Reeves to announce ‘very tough decisions’ in drive to fix public finances

Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) -Months of strikes by junior doctors in England's National Health Service could be coming to an end after the union representing them recommended they accept a new 22.3% total pay uplift over two years.

UK junior doctor strikes may end after new pay offer

The Guardian

Infrastructure spending cuts raise waiting list concerns, while end to Stonehenge road project called ‘joyous’

Pause on hospital building ‘must be as short as possible’, says NHS body

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

The 38-year-old is in hospital after being knocked unconscious outside The Deck.

Man suffers head injury outside nightclub

Eight buildings once used to generate power at a nuclear plant are due to be demolished. Sellafield has been given permission by Cumberland Council to knock down the Calder Hall Blower Houses at its Seascale site. They consist of two sets of four identical buildings built in the 1950s, that...

Nuclear plant's buildings to be demolished

A woman who was seriously injured after being attacked while out walking her dog has died in hospital, police said. Anita Rose, 57, was found unconscious on a track in Brantham, Suffolk, on Wednesday. She died in Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge on Sunday morning. Police said a 45-year-old man from...

Woman dies after attack while walking dog

Glasgow has applied to join a drug-checking pilot scheme, which would allow drug users to test the content of illegal substances. A specialist facility would be based at the site of the UK’s first drug consumption room, which is scheduled to open in the city later this year. The...

Glasgow bid to join drug-checking pilot scheme

West Virginia State

Norfolk, VA

Four Virginians were confirmed to be onboard when the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912. Phillip Acts and Selini Decker, who lived a few blocks apart in Norfolk, died when the ship sank. Richmond native Robert Decker and Eloise Smith, who later moved to Richmond from West Virginia, survived.

There's a reason no remains from the Virginia Titanic victims will ever be found

A new Conservative MP is unhappy about a traffic cone being left on a statue of Oliver Cromwell.

MP irked as Cromwell treated in cavalier fashion

A former postmistress wrongly accused of theft has still not received final compensation,18 months after first starting the application process. Jennifer O'Dell, who ran a post office from her home in Cambridgeshire, has previously said that she felt guilt over her post-traumatic stress disorder after being accused of stealing more than £9,600.

'I think the Post Office is waiting for us to die'

Police have issued a road safety appeal after four people died in two separate motorbike crashes on Sunday. The fatalities take to eight the number of people killed on Scotland's roads in less than 48 hours. Three bikers died in a crash involving two motorbikes - a Suzuki GSXR and...

Police road safety appeal after four die in motorbike crashes

Dame Priti Patel has said she will stand to be Tory party leader, making her the fifth Conservative MP to throw her hat in the ring.She joins Mel Stride, Tom Tugendhat, James Cleverly and Robert Jenrick in the race to replace Rishi Sunak as Tory leader.She wrote on Twitter: “I am standing to be the new Leader of the Conservative Party. We must unite to win!“I can lead us in opposition and unite our party and get us match fit for the next election, with unity, experience and strength.”I am standing to be the new Leader of the Conservative Party.🇬🇧We must Unite...

Priti Patel becomes fifth to declare Tory leadership bid

Arsonists have set fire to a shopfront and pride flags in what police are treating as a hate crime. Emergency services were called to two fires in Norwich city centre in the early hours of Sunday. Two men had reportedly set fire to rainbow-coloured flags on the market before starting...

Pride flags and shopfront set on fire in city centre

Former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2020 and 2022 and relate to 37 images that were shared on a WhatsApp chat, according to the Metropolitan Police. The broadcaster was...

Huw Edwards charged with making indecent images of children

The victim, aged 30, remains in hospital in a serious, but stable condition, police say.

Man attacked with bat in serious condition

Jake McIntyre hit Andrew Peart with a metal wheel brace after an argument last August.

Man jailed for 14 years over road rage killing

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Bucks County Beacon

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

Three breeding pairs are nesting at an RSPB reserve, the first seen locally since the 17th Century.

How will the chancellor's announcement affect Scotland?

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