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Three killed and several injured in Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church
Three people have been killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, according to church officials. Several other people, including the parish priest, were injured.
Royal Fixation handed Lowther mission at York
Royal Fixation will aim to give her owners Opulence Thoroughbreds their first ever Group winner in the Sky Bet Lowther Stakes. The Ed Walker-trained filly won impressively on her debut at York before ...
Seen and Heard: Here and There at Bradford Loading Bay
TIM Smith has been documenting Bradford’s Ukrainian and Polish communities since he arrived in Bradford in the 1980s. The acclaimed ...
ITV confirms second series of The Assembly to air in 2026
The series is produced by Rockerdale Studios, which said the same format will be repeated, where “no question is off the table and no topic is out of bounds”. The second series is due to air on ITV1, ...
Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff highest paid special adviser
Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff is the highest paid Government special adviser, new figures have indicated. Morgan McSweeney is paid between £155,000 and £159,999, according to data released by the ...
Scottish Water workers accept pay offer but ‘concerns continue’, says union
A series of strikes have been brought to an end as Scottish Water workers accepted an improved pay offer, but union officials said “staff concerns continue”. Unison said on Thursday that the latest ...
What happened the last time a Labour government opted to lower the voting age?
There are parallels between the political conditions which faced Harold Wilson and Sir Keir Starmer’s current challenges.
Fun on the fairways as tens of thousands descend on Portrush for The Open
It was fun on the fairways in Portrush as tens of thousands flocked to the north coast to see the world’s top golfers tee off on the first day of The Open. The crowds included actor James Nesbitt, US ...
Carrying chickens by legs causes them pain, Green Party leader warns
Carrying chickens by their legs “causes injury, pain and unnecessary distress”, Adrian Ramsay has warned in a bid to block a law change. The Government has planned to overturn an EU ban on catching ...
Two Mercedes Sprinter vans stolen within hours of each other
Police also reported that sometime between 10pm on Tuesday and 11am on Wednesday, a 2016 white Mercedes Sprinter van was stolen from a commercial premises on East Avenue, Keighley. The vehicle was ...
O’Brien eager to take on Hauk again with Wemightakedlongway
Joseph O’Brien is keen to let Wemightakedlongway have another crack at red-hot Juddmonte Irish Oaks favourite Minnie Hauk at the Curragh on Saturday. The pair met in a Cork maiden last October when ...