Anti-smoking campaigners have accused the Coalition of secretly giving tobacco giants access to a parliamentary inquiry, a move they say undermines more than 15 years of precedent to protect public he

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One injured after plane hits truck while landing in Newark 22 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Imogen James AFP The plane landed safely despite the incident where it struck a pole and

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Queensland’s opposition has accused the LNP government of being in an “integrity crisis” over an allegedly undisclosed affair between two ministers and has urged the government to show how the pair ar

Schools have begun deploying virtual reality to help pupils cope with stress caused by impending exams, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or difficult home lives. All 15 secondary schools in t

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'Names can be a barrier': Black lawyers tackle inclusion 2 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Megan Jones and Merisha Stevenson iOnephotography Kishma Bolaji and Tamina Greaves said for s

Navy combines basic training for all new recruits 33 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google George Thorpe South West BBC The Royal Navy said officers and ratings would be trained together f

Gianni Infantino’s final words of the 76th Fifa congress were the least surprising of an otherwise intriguing week. “I wanted you to be the first to know,” the Fifa president said with a straight fac

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Residents back home as explosion scene made safe 17 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Clara Bullock Bristol BBC The home where the explosion happened can be seen from the reduced cordo

1 Seething Slot stretches his complaints Arne Slot was seething as he lamented the decision to allow Manchester United’s second goal to stand despite claims of handball by Benjamin Sesko. “The curve

Versailles midfielder Tom Renaud is in Edinburgh and will attend Monday's match between Heart of Midlothian and Rangers as the 25-year-old moves closer to a summer move to the Edinburgh club. (Daily R

By some estimates there are almost 3 million pigeons residing in London, which has the highest pigeon population in the country. Known as “rats with wings”, “flying ashtrays” and “gutter birds”, pigeo

The first song Rostam Batmanglij ever learned to play on guitar was Chuck Berry’s Johnny B Goode, the quintessentially American rock’n’roll hit about being an American rock’n’roll star. “It doesn’t ge

Wikipedia’s founder, Jimmy Wales, has branded the Australian social media ban an “unmitigated disaster” and an “embarrassment” that is teaching kids to accept surveillance from tech companies when the

A North Korean women’s football club will travel to South Korea this month, marking the first visit by a northern sports delegation in nearly eight years, at a time of near-total estrangement between

In the mudflats of Swan Bay, Victoria, royal spoonbills sweep their paddle-shaped bills through shallow water. Nearby, under the grass-covered roof of the Queenscliff marine research centre, a team of

'They arrive as young girls and leave as radicals' 1 hour ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Katy Prickett Courtesy of The Mistress and Fellows, Girton College, Cambridge The all-women fire bri

'I'm proud to have been a young carer for my family since I was seven' 29 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Elly Fiorentini Yorkshire Supplied Ellie has been a carer for her mum Gill s

'Our surrogacy fight to become our child's legal parents' 1 hour ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Lauren Hirst North West Family handout Adam Frisby and Jamie Corbett are determined to change

Peregrine falcon webcams capture quads births 1 hour ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Alex Pope Northamptonshire Academy of Physical Medicine Webcams have been broadcasting the young lives of

Couple build miniature railway in their garden 1 hour ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Shivani Chaudhari and Zoie O'Brien , in Clacton-on-Sea Jamie Niblock/BBC Dave Walker proposed the idea t

'Don't panic,' but Jonesy's van repairs cost £10.5k 32 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Luke Deal Luke Deal/BBC Jones's van is used regularly at events by volunteers from the Dad's Ar

Piece of Beatles history set to be sold for scrap 1 hour ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Marc Waddington North West Peter Kaye Photography The Salvor's mast can be seen in the background of

'We'd rather live in a tent than a homeless hostel' 25 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Ben Mellor and Matt Weigold , Derby BBC Alan Cook and Hannah Ali have camped in a park in Derby

Farmer donates 13.5 tonnes of spuds to charities 56 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Shariqua Ahmed Peterborough Luke Abblitt Luke Abblitt said it was "heart-warming" to donate the po

'Hitman confessed to me about unsolved murder' 1 hour ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Louise Parry Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Getty Images Hitman

Hearts striker Claudio Braga is the PFA Scotland Premiership Player of the Year, capping a special awards night for the Tynecastle club. There was a Hearts double in the manager category with Derek M

Ffynhonnell y llun, S4C Cyhoeddwyd 19 munud yn ôl Enillodd Carrie Sauce, neu Oliver Martin, ail gyfres Y Llais a hynny fel rhan o dîm Syr Bryn Terfel. Yn fuan wedi'i ennill fe atebodd gwestiynau Ateb

Socceroos’ coach Tony Popovic said he wants to spoil predictions his team will struggle to progress out of one of the World Cup’s most challenging groups, as he named the first players selected for tr

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