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Two people dead after Co Antrim light aircraft crash

[ad_1] Two people have died after a light aircraft crashed in Co Antrim, police said. Paramedics, firefighters and an air ambulance helicopter attended the site near Nutts Corner after the Cessna plane caught fire. The incident happened close to a wooded area shortly after noon on Thursday, two or three miles from Belfast International Airport. A spokeswoman said the aircraft was not operating to…

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Docklands Light Railway strike called off over London Marathon weekend

[ad_1] A planned strike over the weekend of the London Marathon on Docklands Light Railway has been called off. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union were due to walk out for four days from 4am on Friday. The union suspended the action after “significant progress” was made in talks with DLR operators KeolisAmey in a row over outsourcing. RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: “After 13…

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Tessa Jowell urges MPs to fight the good fight during emotional cancer debate

[ad_1] Tessa Jowell urged MPs to “keep fighting the good fight” to improve cancer treatment during an emotional Commons debate. Tears were shed and applause rang out in the chamber for the former cabinet minister following more than two hours of praise from all sides over her campaigning to help people with brain tumours “live better lives for longer”. Baroness Jowell, who has brain cancer, was…

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Queen speaks of wish for world leaders to endorse Charles as Commonwealth head

[ad_1] Queen opens Commonwealth summit where global issues will be discussed [ad_2] Source link

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MPs hail ‘inspirational’ Tessa Jowell during cancer treatment debate

[ad_1] Tessa Jowell has been showered with praise and tributes by MPs as she sat in the House of Commons chamber for a debate on cancer treatment. The motion tabled by Labour’s Sarah Jones (Croydon Central) pays tribute to the work of Baroness Jowell in her campaign to help people with brain tumours “live better lives for longer”. Labour former cabinet minister Lady Jowell, who has brain cancer,…

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Private school sports coach convicted of indecently assaulting girls

[ad_1] A top private school sports coach has been convicted of indecently assaulting his students. Ajaz Karim sexually abused six girls aged 14 to 18 while he worked at Christ’s Hospital School, in Horsham, West Sussex, between 1985 and 1993. The jury convicted the 63-year-old of nine charges of indecent assault and one attempted indecent assault at Brighton Crown Court on Thursday. He is the…

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Five-year-old boy trapped in escalator on school trip

[ad_1] An investigation has been launched after a five-year-old-boy got trapped in an escalator on a school trip. Emergency services were called to the Glasgow Science Centre (GSC) at around 12.15pm on Thursday. The child had got his shoe stuck in the escalator and required help from firefighters to be freed. There were no “obvious injuries”, according to a Scottish Fire and Rescue Service…

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House of Fraser’s troubles deepen as advisers called in over restructuring plan

[ad_1] Embattled department store House of Fraser has appointed KPMG to advise on a restructuring plan for the business which could involve store closures and job losses. The retailer, which is owned by Chinese conglomerate Sanpower, has drafted in advisers to look at a range of options, one of which could be an insolvency procedure known as a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA). Several retailers…

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France’s Emmanuel Macron promotes EU reform agenda on Germany visit

[ad_1] France’s President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Berlin for talks with Angela Merkel aimed at winning support from the German chancellor for his ambitious reform plans for the European Union. The meeting also gives Mrs Merkel and Mr Macron a last chance to discuss Europe’s stance on the crisis in Syria and the fate of the nuclear deal with Iran. Both leaders fly to Washington next week…

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As Opioid Prescriptions Fall, Prescriptions for Drugs to Treat Addiction Rise By ABBY GOODNOUGH New data suggests progress in efforts to curb the epidemic but raises questions about whether tightened prescribing may be leading some people to heroin and fentanyl. Pain-Relieving Drugs, Opioids and Opiates, Addiction (Psychology)

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PM accuses Corbyn over anti-Semitism after immigration criticism at PMQs

[ad_1] Theresa May accused Jeremy Corbyn of allowing anti-Semitism to “run rife” in his party after the Labour leader claimed she led a “callous and incompetent” Government. The Prime Minister reacted furiously to Mr Corbyn’s strong criticism of the Government’s treatment of the “Windrush generation”, who have faced challenges to their immigration status. Mrs May pointed to a Commons debate which…

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Donald Trump hails ‘good relationship’ in CIA chief’s meeting with Kim Jong Un

[ad_1] President Donald Trump claimed a “good relationship was formed” when his CIA chief Mike Pompeo met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The president confirmed the meeting in a tweet as moves continue to organise a summit with Mr Kim and Mr Trump. Mike Pompeo’s highly unusual talks took place “last week”, Mr Trump tweeted, and “went smoothly”, with details about the presidential meeting within…

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Teenager appears in court over murder of man shot dead at petrol station

[ad_1] A teenager has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 34-year-old man who was fatally shot outside an Essex petrol station. Bradley Blundell, 18, was extradited to the UK from the Netherlands after attending a police station in Amsterdam. He appeared before Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday charged with the murder of John Pordage, who was fatally shot in the chest at a BP…

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Home Office to review appeal over medical cannabis for young boy

[ad_1] The Home Office is to look at a young boy’s application to use medicinal cannabis “speedily”, the Prime Minister has said. The family of Alfie Dingley want him to be given the medication, a banned substance in the UK, to treat his rare form of epilepsy. An application for a special licence for the treatment was submitted to the Home Office on Monday by Alfie’s GP and a neurologist. Prime…

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Ulster Rugby fans rule out protest over sacking of Jackson and Olding

[ad_1] An official Ulster Rugby fans group has ruled out a protest against the sacking of rape acquitted stars Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding. Ulster Rugby Supporters Club had canvassed members on potential action around this Saturday’s PRO14 home game against Glasgow, in the form of a demonstration or boycott. One in three respondents said they were appalled by the decision to axe the duo and…

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Kremlin-backed TV channel sparks new Ofcom investigations

[ad_1] Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has opened seven new investigations, following the Salisbury poisoning case, into a Kremlin-backed TV channel. The regulator said that it was investigating “the due impartiality of news and current affairs programmes on the RT news channel”, formerly Russia Today. It said that since the Salisbury poisoning case, it has “observed a significant increase in the…

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De La Rue ditches passport appeal in ‘dark day’ for UK manufacturing

[ad_1] British passport maker De La Rue has ditched its appeal against the Government’s controversial decision to choose a Franco-Dutch company to make the new post-Brexit passports, and revealed a £4 million hit from its failed bid. Basingstoke-based De La Rue said it had “considered all the options”, but would not challenge the move, which will see the £490 million contract handed to…

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