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UK households bracing for new cost of living crisis, report finds
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UK households bracing for new cost of living crisis, report finds

PwC survey reports fast fall in consumer confidence with people worried about Iran war’s impact on economy and personal financesBritish households are bracing for a new cost of living crisis, as the impact of the Middle East conflict dampens confidence in the economy and personal finances, a survey...

Tom Knowles
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Delayed Great British Railways’ first station to open at Cambridge South in June
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Delayed Great British Railways’ first station to open at Cambridge South in June

Station will be first to be given full GBR branding and will directly link city’s Biomedical Campus to London, Brighton and Stansted airportThe delayed Cambridge South station will finally open in late June – and become the first station to be given full Great British Railways branding, the governme...

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
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Minority groups brace for surge in racism after Reform UK election gains
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Minority groups brace for surge in racism after Reform UK election gains

Members of minority communities in Birmingham and elsewhere fear results could lead to rise in hostile rhetoricConceding defeat at the election count at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on Friday, the outgoing Labour leader of the city council, John Cotton, made a plea. “What I would encourage the next ad...

Neha Gohil, Aamna Mohdin and Libby Brooks
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Cambridge University seeks deal with Saudi defence ministry despite rights concerns
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Cambridge University seeks deal with Saudi defence ministry despite rights concerns

Senior academics describe the Judge business school’s proposal to provide services and training as ‘horrifying’Cambridge University’s business school is seeking to provide “leadership development” and “innovation management” to Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry despite concerns over its government’s r...

Wilf Vall and Richard Adams
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Greece scrambles to explain how explosive-packed drone landed in its waters
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Greece scrambles to explain how explosive-packed drone landed in its waters

Minister defends preparedness against novel threat after officials detonate device suspected to be from UkraineAuthorities in Greece have intensified investigations into how an explosive-packed drone ended up in waters off the west of the country.An inquiry, involving specialised military teams, bro...

Helena Smith in Athens
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Antony Catalano: media mogul accused of assaulting wife excused from attending court due to fears over press scrutiny
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Antony Catalano: media mogul accused of assaulting wife excused from attending court due to fears over press scrutiny

Catalano’s lawyer says press attention ‘potentially detrimental’ to Australian Community Media co-owner’s mental healthA media mogul charged with assaulting his wife has avoided facing court in person over concerns growing media attention could be detrimental to his mental health.Antony Catalano, 59...

Australian Associated Press
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Martin Short opens up about ‘nightmare’ death of his daughter Katherine
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Martin Short opens up about ‘nightmare’ death of his daughter Katherine

Actor and comedian speaks for the first time since his 42-year-old daughter died by suicide in FebruaryMartin Short has spoken for the first time about the death of his daughter, Katherine Short, saying her death has been “a nightmare for the family”.Katherine died in February aged 42, at her home i...

Sian Cain
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Experts call for UK four-day week as study links long work hours to obesity
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Experts call for UK four-day week as study links long work hours to obesity

Countries such as US and Mexico that have longer hours also have higher obesity rates, research findsThose who work longer hours are more likely to be obese and cutting how much time you spend working could help you keep the weight off, research suggests.International research presented at the Europ...

Anna Bawden in Istanbul
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Body of missing US soldier recovered off coast of Morocco
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Body of missing US soldier recovered off coast of Morocco

1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr was participating in largest military exercise among US, Nato allies and African nationsA search team recovered the body of a US soldier who went missing near a cliff during a training exercise in Cap Draa, Morocco, the US Army said on Sunday.Moroccan searchers found th...

Reuters
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Hungary’s new PM apologises to those wronged under Orbán in first speech
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Hungary’s new PM apologises to those wronged under Orbán in first speech

Péter Magyar strikes radically different tone to predecessor but questions remain about how he will lead the countryMoments after he was sworn in as Hungary’s prime minister, Péter Magyar apologised to those who had been maligned by the state during Viktor Orbán’s time in power as questions continue...

Ashifa Kassam and Flora Garamvolgyi in Budapest
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US transportation safety agency mulling investigation into fatal Frontier incident
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US transportation safety agency mulling investigation into fatal Frontier incident

Safety board says it is gathering information about plane evacuation after person on the runway hit in DenverThe National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is collecting information about the evacuation of a Frontier Airlines aircraft after the jet struck and killed a person on the runway during de...

Marina Dunbar and agencies
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The Tories are still on life support – so why is Badenoch in celebratory mood?
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The Tories are still on life support – so why is Badenoch in celebratory mood?

Party leader has been vocal about its gains in London and there is a feeling that its losses could have been worseBy any sane person’s reckoning, the Conservative party had a night to forget in Thursday’s local, mayoral and devolved elections. It lost about 500 councillors in England and ceded contr...

Alexandra Topping Political correspondent
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British paratroopers land on Tristan da Cunha for suspected hantavirus case
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British paratroopers land on Tristan da Cunha for suspected hantavirus case

Soldiers dropped oxygen supplies and medical aid to Britain’s most remote overseas territory• What is hantavirus?Paratroopers landed on a “golf course covered in rocks” to supply medical personnel and oxygen to Britain’s most remote overseas territory as it deals with a suspected hantavirus case, an...

Press Association
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Full nationalisation of British Steel expected in King’s speech
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Full nationalisation of British Steel expected in King’s speech

Officials reportedly drafting legislation likely to safeguard Britain’s last blast furnaces and save thousands of jobs The full nationalisation of British Steel is expected to be announced in the King’s speech this week, a year after the government took over the daily running of the loss-making busi...

Lauren Almeida
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Plaid Cymru leader plans minority Welsh government built on cooperation
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Plaid Cymru leader plans minority Welsh government built on cooperation

Rhun ap Iorwerth says he hopes to work with other parties and press the UK government for extra powersThe leader of Plaid Cymru, Rhun ap Iorwerth, has vowed to form a stable minority government in the Senedd and said he would seek out mature cooperation from all opposition parties.Ap Iorwerth said h...

Steven Morris
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Rhythm nation: politician’s viral dance moves mark new, optimistic era for Hungary
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Rhythm nation: politician’s viral dance moves mark new, optimistic era for Hungary

Zsolt Hegedűs’s celebrations since the election of Péter Magyar have sparked joy across the countryAs Hungary’s Péter Magyar took office, ousting Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, the daylong event on Saturday was laced with symbolism, from the return of the EU flag to parliament to the ringing...

Ashifa Kassam and Flora Garamvolgyi in Budapest
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Americans onboard hantavirus cruise ship to be repatriated to US
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Americans onboard hantavirus cruise ship to be repatriated to US

The 17 passengers are set to be transferred to a special quarantine center in Nebraska to ‘assess them for risk’The 17 Americans onboard the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship M/V Hondius were being repatriated to the United States on Sunday after the vessel docked in Tenerife and all the passengers we...

Maya Yang
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