LONDON -- Britain’s new left-leaning government said Sunday that the nation is “broke and broken,” blaming the situation on its predecessors ahead of a major speech on the state of the public finances that is widely expected to lay the groundwork for higher taxes. In a sweeping...

UK is 'broke and broken,' new government says amid shortfall in public finances

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The leader of a doomsday cult in Kenya went on trial on Monday on charges of terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in a macabre case that shocked the world.Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie appeared in a packed courtroom in the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa along with 94 co-defendants.Principle magistrate Leah Juma ordered the removal of journalists from the court shortly after the start of the hearing to enable a protected witness to take the stand on camera.Mackenzie, who was arrested in April last year, is alleged to have incited his acolytes to...

Doomsday cult leader goes on trial after over 400 followers die

The Conservatives have had the worst election result in their history. After a term of instability, infighting and ultimately a total rejection by the people, there are questions about the future direction of the party. Perhaps, the answer is in the past. The most successful party in the history of Western democracy has faced many challenges in its history and has come back from being severely behind its procedures.

What does the Conservative Party do now?

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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

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said Tuesday that most recent immigrants who have come across the U.S.-Mexico border are “garbage.” Speaking to Larry Kudlow on Fox Business’s “Kudlow,” Tuberville segued from criticism of Vice President Harris as a presidential candidate to his views on immigration. “I mean, how can you put somebody in charge of a…

Tuberville on migrants: ‘Most of them are garbage’

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council says landfill emissions have not been properly controlled.

Council gets go-ahead for landfill legal case

A disabled mum and her son will receive at least £2,300 after raising the issue with the ombudsman.

Enfield Council pays family after housing 'failure'

A surfer whose severed leg washed up on an Australian beach after it was bitten off by a shark has confirmed the limb has not been reattached. Kai McKenzie, was surfing near Port Macquarie in New South Wales (NSW) last Tuesday, when what he describes as “the biggest shark I’ve ever seen” attacked him.

Surfer's leg unable to be reattached after shark attack

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

Campaigners say there is a danger that the majority of children in the town do not know how to swim.

Calls to reopen pool to ‘get kids swimming again’

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

Jasmine Joyce and her Team GB sevens team-mates are out of contention for a medal at the Paris Olympics. They were beaten 17-7 by the United States in the quarter-finals.Joyce impressed with a memorable try-saving cover tackle on American star Ilona Maher shortly before the break at Stade de France.But after two previous attempts at winning a medal were in vain, Joyce will again go home without a podium finish.GB can still finish fifth during Tuesday's play-off games.

No medal for Joyce and sevens team-mates

Two men were seriously injured in a collision on the A34 that led to almost 12-hour traffic queues.

Major road reopens after military convoy crash

A man in his 50s was found unconscious and his injuries are thought to be life threatening.

Man left with serious head injury after street fight

Thousands of scouts and guides from across the world are in Essex for a week-long international jamboree.

Huge jamboree becomes county's 'biggest village'

One in five restaurants and takeaways not inspected for more than two years, investigation finds.

Delays in food hygiene inspections a 'serious public health issue'

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

His family say they are "truly devastated" following the attack near Barcelona in June.

Tributes to man killed in stabbing outside Spanish nightclub

Witnesses tell police five men attacked the boy before fleeing in a car.

Boy,17, stabbed multiple times

Oakbank Secondary School had a turnover of 29 staff between September 2023 and May.

Concern over school's 'phenomenal' staff turnover

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'Bean counters' get their revenge

Experts and officials look like they will get more of a hearing than under the last...

'Bean counters' get their revenge

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