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He's died at the age of 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. Local police said the 31-year-old singer fell from the third floor into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in the Palermo neighbourhood of Argentina’s capital, before medics confirmed his death. According to police in Buenos Aires, officers were initially […]

Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died at the age of 31, according to local reports. Payne is reported to have died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, local officials said, according to the Associated Press. Alberto Crescenti, head of the state emergency medical system, said on Argentina’s Todo Noticias TV channel that Payne fell into a courtyard of the Casa Sur […]

London Underground workers including drivers are to stage a series of strikes next month in a dispute over pay. Members of Aslef, working as Tube drivers, instructors, management grades, and those in the engineering section will walk out on different days in the first few weeks of November. Finn Brennan, Aslef’s full-time organiser on London Underground, said: “We don’t want to go on strike – we don’t want to make […]

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 […]