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Israeli air strikes have pounded areas across Lebanon, killing at least 25 people, officials said. The deaths include more than a dozen people in a southern town where Israeli bombardments in previous conflicts are seared into local memory. Elsewhere in the south, a city’s mayor was among the dead in a strike that Lebanese officials said targeted a meeting co-ordinating relief efforts. The Israeli military said they were targeting a […]

A seven-year-old boy has died after a house explosion in Newcastle, police have said. Six people were taken to hospital after the incident on a residential street in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Superintendent Darren Adams of Northumbria Police said the boy had died at the scene, and six people had been taken to hospital “with varying injuries”, with a number of others evacuated from their homes. Speaking to […]

The Prince of Wales has wished the Three Lions’ new boss Thomas Tuchel the best of luck, telling him: “We’re all behind you!” William, patron of the Football Association, said in a personal message posted by Kensington Palace’s social media: “Exciting times for @England, with a generation of talented players and a new manager taking the reins. “Thomas, wishing you the best of luck, we’re all behind you! W.” German […]

Rachel Reeves is looking to make up to £40 billion of tax rises and spending cuts in this month’s Budget as the Government seeks to avoid a return to austerity, it is understood. The Chancellor told ministers in a Cabinet meeting on Monday that plans to fill the “£22 billion black hole” she has repeatedly cited in the UK’s finances will be enough only to “keep public services standing still”. […]

The Office for National Statistics say Consumer Prices Index inflation fell to 1.7% in September Inflation dropped below the Bank of England target rate last month for the first time since April 2021, according to new figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation fell to 1.7% in September, from 2.2% in August. It was lower than expected, with analysts having predicted a reading of […]

Confirmation could come as soon as Wednesday German Thomas Tuchel is set to become the new England manager, with the confirmation coming as early as Wednesday after advanced talks between Tuchel and the Football Association progressed rapidly on Tuesday. The FA has not commented on widespread reports linking the former Chelsea boss with the position vacated by Gareth Southgate after Euro 2024. Yet, if confirmed, Tuchel would become the third […]

Taylor Swift is to release an Eras Tour book to “commemorate the memories” she made with fans on her mammoth world tour. The US pop superstar, 34, announced the latest project on social media ahead of beginning the last leg of her tour on Friday in the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. She said it will be filled with her own personal reflections and more than 500 photos including never-before-seen, […]

The Prince of Wales showed off his “unbelievable arm” playing non-contact American football with youngsters at an NFL event supporting children living in deprived parts of the UK. Youngsters shouted “what a throw” as acting quarterback William lobbed the ball across the pitch to his teammate on Tuesday morning. Children from Birmingham, Manchester and London gathered to play NFL flag, the non-contact version of American football, at Kennington Park hockey […]

Funeral directors could work at home and keep bodies in their garages, an inquiry chairman warned, as he called for urgent regulation of the industry. Sir Jonathan Michael, who is investigating how people who have died are looked after in the wake of necrophiliac killer David Fuller’s mortuary abuse, said he was “personally shocked” to find funeral directors do not need a licence, qualifications or training, and described the sector […]