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Liverpool beat Tottenham at Anfield to deal blow to Spurs top four hopes
Salah scores as Spurs' top-four hopes dealt blow
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Titanic and Lord of the Rings actor Bernard Hill dies aged 79
Lord of the Rings actor Bernard Hill dies aged 79
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ten year old girl dies in house fire in bradford
10-year-old dies as woman and three children taken to hospital after blaze
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Rail strikes to cripple services again
Rail and tram passengers face a week of disruption because of strikes which will lead to some parts of the country having no trains on days of industrial action.
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BP set for slower first quarter profits
BP is expected to announce slowing profits and revenues for the first quarter of 2024, as it wrestles with lower oil prices and weaker refining margins than this time last year.
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Labour not planning alliances with SNP
Labour is “not planning alliances” with the SNP “or anyone”, the party’s national campaign co-ordinator has said.
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Real Madrid crowned LaLiga champions
Striker Portu scored twice as Girona fought back to beat Barcelona 4-2 and hand Real Madrid the LaLiga title.
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Jak Jones secures World Championship final spot
Jak Jones sealed his status as one of the unlikeliest of World Snooker Championship finalists after completing an attritional 17-12 triumph over former champion Stuart Bingham at the Crucible.
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A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie performs after Co op Live chaos
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie has delivered a high-energy show to thousands at Manchester AO Arena after the US rapper’s gig was moved from the crisis-hit Co-op Live music venue.
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Olly Alexander Israel Eurovision inclusion remarks extreme
Olly Alexander has said he respects fans’ right to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s inclusion but feels some of the language used against contestants has been “very extreme”.
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Sadiq Khan wins third term in London
Labour’s Sadiq Khan has stormed to victory in the London mayoral election.
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UK bank holiday weather Mixed picture
UK bank holiday weekend weather will be a “mixed picture” with warmer-than-average sunny patches breaking through the clouds, the Met Office has said.
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Ipswich promoted to Premier League
Goals from Wes Burns and Omari Hutchinson fired Ipswich back into the Premier League for the first time in 22 years with the 2-0 win over Huddersfield also confirming the Terriers’ relegation.
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Mayoral results due as election counts continue
Among the contests being decided today are the mayoral races in London and the West Midlands
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Final day of Championship campaign
Ipswich only need a point against Huddersfield to secure automatic promotion
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Kevin Spacey denies new allegations
The claims are set to be made in a Channel 4 documentary next week
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Fuel prices up 10p per litre since start of year
The RAC say the average price of a litre of petrol went up by 3p in April alone
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King hugged by niece Zara Tindall at Royal Windsor Horse Show
Charles braved the rain to the Royal Windsor Horse Show.
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Labour wins Blackpool South by election
Chris Webb secured a majority of 7,607 in the Blackpool South by-election
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Take That cancel Co op Live gigs
Take That say they will be moving their May shows from the Co-op Live to the AO Arena due to ongoing technical issues.
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Gavin and Stacey to return for one final episode
Gavin and Stacey will return for its last-ever episode on Christmas Day this year.
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Apple working to fix iPhone alarm issue
Apple has confirmed it is working to fix an issue that is causing some iPhone alarms to not play a sound, after users who overslept raised the glitch on social media.
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Ronnie OSullivan and Judd Trump victims of giant killings at Crucible
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump both crashed out of the World Snooker Championship on an extraordinary day of quarter-final action at the Crucible.
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Polls open in local elections
Voters will head to the polls on Thursday in a series of local elections seen as the final test of public opinion before Rishi Sunak goes to the country later this year.
Care News
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Maidenhead co-workers raising money for carers
A team of co-workers from Maidenhead are taking on the Three Peaks challenge to raise money for The Carer's Trust.
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New benefit for unpaid carers in Scotland
Thousands more unpaid carers in Scotland will be eligible for a new benefit, subject to the approval.
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Life saving treatment for sickle cell disease
Thousands of patients with sickle cell disease are now able to get a life-saving treatment on the NHS
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NHS staff cuts
Senior health leaders are warning that hospitals are being forced to cut medical staff and threatening patient care
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Where's the best country to retire?
The UK is number 35, ahead of Germany, Australia, Ireland, Italy, and the USA.
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Decrease in visas for health
The UK Home Office is reporting a significant decrease in visas granted to health care.
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Time for a Cuppa
Dementia UK is holding its annual "Time for a Cuppa" fundraiser.
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Surprise delivery for care home
Sophie was working at at Wykeham House in Horley when she went into labour
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NHS Scotland spends £30 million on locum
A freedom of information request has shown that the NHS in Scotland spent nearly £30 million on locum psychiatrists in a year
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Health secretary to close hormone loopholes
Health Secretary has pledged to close any loopholes which could see online providers prescribe hormones to gender-questioning children
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U-turn on mental health support
NHS England has U-turned on funding cuts in mental health support
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Unpaid carers in Northern Ireland left behind
Unpaid carers in Northern Ireland are being left behind as a new employment law comes into force in the rest of the UK.
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Key service under council control in Bath
Key services providing support to people with social care needs and learning disabilities have been brought under the direct council control.
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Children let down by a lack of research and "remarkably weak" evidence
Landmark reviews says children have been let down by a lack of research and "remarkably weak" evidence on medical interventions in gender care
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Nursing home placed into special measures
The Care Quality Commission places nursing home into special measures after inspectors were called in to investigate claims residents' safety, care and dignity were being compromised
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Tobacco style warnings for sunbeds
Skin Cancer UK is calling on the Government to make tobacco style warning signs mandatory in tanning salons
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Rebrand for Welsh Ambulance Service
The Welsh Ambulance Service has rebranded after being awarded University Trust status
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Usdaw welcomes new rights for carers
Retail union Usdaw has welcomed a new law that gives people with caring responsibilities a right to unpaid leave