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All news for 2025-02-01

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King Charles to feature in Amazon Prime Video documentary focused on environmental work
King Charles is set to feature in a new documentary for Amazon Prime Video.
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Pilot, co-pilot, and doctor identified among those killed in horrific plane crash in Philadelphia
Three of the six people aboard a medical plane that crashed on a busy residential street in Philadelphia have been identified.
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UK-Mauritius deal on Chagos Islands under scrutiny as Starmer seeks security assurances for Diego Garcia
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday told his Mauritian counterpart, Navin Ramgoolam, that he wants "strong protections", including from "malign influence", for a U.S.-British military base on Diego Garcia, according to a statement from Downing Street.
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Tragic death of Stoke-on-Trent mum Lindsey Owen, 37, caused by mixed-drug intoxication
Stoke-on-Trent pathologists found traces of several different drugs in 37-year-old Lindsey Owen’s body, and concluded she fell into a deep, drug-induced sleep before she died
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Four killed in horror crash in Colchester: Essex Police appeal for information
Essex Police have issued an appeal after officers were called to Magdalen Street in Colchester following reports of a crash on Saturday morning that killed four people
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JPMorgan to deliver $4bn in gold as Trump tariffs loom
US bank, world’s biggest bullion dealer, says it will deliver raw material against contracts that will expire in February
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US military targets ISIS stronghold in Somalia, Trump declares ‘we will find you’
Donald Trump said US airstrikes he ordered this morning have killed ’many’ ISIS terrorists in caves, including a senior ’attack planner’.
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Cash-strapped English councils seek permission for major council tax hikes amid financial crisis
Experts say it is inevitable government will let English local authorities exceed 5% cap if they are likely to go bust
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Musk’s allies take control of U.S. government’s personnel agency, locking out career civil servants
Aides to Elon Musk in charge of the U.S. government’s human resources agency have reportedly locked career civil servants out of computer systems containing the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
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Barclays customers locked out of accounts due to ongoing IT glitch
Outage comes on HMRC’s deadline day for settling self-assessment tax returns and a pay day for many workers
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Reform MP James McMurdock’s assault conviction won’t lead to suspension, says deputy leader
James McMurdock, who did not publicly disclose before election his conviction 18 years ago, meets party vetting standards
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Body found during search for missing sisters in Scotland
The body of a second woman has been found in the search for missing sisters Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, who went missing in Aberdeen last month, Police Scotland has said.
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£20,000 per minute lost to fraud in departments under Kemi Badenoch’s top team, analysis shows
New analysis reveals that since 2019, over £44 billion of taxpayer money was lost to fraud in departments under the Tories - often while they were run by members of Ms Badenoch’s Shadow Cabinet
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Teenager dies after incident at go-karting centre in Stoke-on-Trent
A teenager has died at a go-karting centre in Stoke-on-Trent.
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London approves controversial 54-storey skyscraper near Liverpool Street Station
A new 54-storey skyscraper is set to change London’s skyline as planning permission for the ‘undesirable’ building is approved.
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Major fire breaks out at Maghull Town Hall as flames engulf the roof
A major fire has broken out at Maghull Town Hall in Merseyside where witnesses have reported seeing flames coming from its roof as smoke billows into the sky
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Taxpayers to foot £67 million bill for Fujitsu’s post-Brexit services
Lord Arbuthnot, who campaigned for wrongly convicted sub postmasters, said it sent the message the country ‘doesn’t care about the unethical behaviour shown by Fujitsu’
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Poland’s new $26 billion CPK airport will be Europe’s most modern hub
With a brand-new European airport set to open in 2032, aviation enthusiasts now have something new to look forward to: the Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) Airport in Poland.
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Trump to hit Canada, Mexico and China with tariffs today
President Donald Trump has announced he will hit Mexico, Canada and China with tariffs starting tomorrow.
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Hamas releases two Israeli hostages as ceasefire deal progresses
Two hostages have arrived in Israel after Hamas handed them over to the Red Cross in southern Gaza.
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Medical jet crashes in Philadelphia, at least six dead
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance said it could not ‘confirm any survivors’ aboard plane that went down near Roosevelt Mall
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Russian missile attack on world heritage site in Odesa damages historic buildings and wounds seven
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Norwegian diplomats among those in epicentre of ‘deliberate strike’ on Unesco-listed district. What we know on day 1,074