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Local News
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Herefordshire Council overspend stubbornly high
Herefordshire Council is heading towards a 10-million-pound overspend this financial year – but bosses say this figure still be reined back to £2 million.
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Flood-hit family beg to be moved
A Herefordshire family say they are begging their social landlord to move them from a flood-prone house which they say isn’t safe for their one-year-old son.
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Support events available in Monmouthshire for Pension Credit
Monmouthshire County Council will host drop-in events in December to assist residents with pension credit eligibility checks and applications.
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Anger at permit for unapproved AD plant
Local campaigners are angry that a controversial planned anaerobic digester (AD) at a Herefordshire farm has been quietly given an environmental permit.
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Herefordshire ‘should have had more help after floods’ says MP
Questions have been asked in Parliament on why Herefordshire was not better able to help those hit by recent floods.
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Driver airlifted to hospital following Hereford crash
A teenager has been taken to hospital after a collision involving a car and a lorry in Hereford this morning.
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More than 10,000 Herefordians sign national petition calling for general election
More than 10,000 people in Herefordshire have signed a national petition calling for a fresh general election.
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Tractor driver arrested after Tenbury flood damage
A man's been arrested after a tractor was driven through floodwater in Worcestershire following Storm Bert.
Gloucestershire News
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Farm holiday lets “homes for 15 years”
A Herefordshire couple claim that three former barns that were converted into holiday lets have in fact been let out as homes since the Noughties.
Worcestershire News
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Tractor driver arrested after Tenbury flood damage
A man's been arrested after a tractor was driven through floodwater in Worcestershire following Storm Bert.
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£9.3m boost for county bus services
Worcestershire's bus services have been handed a multi-million boost.
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Investigation launched after two deaths in Redditch
Police are investigating the deaths of two people in Redditch.
Powys News
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Hay cattle market site set to be council pay and display car park
A proposal to use Hay-on-Wye’s former cattle market site as a long stay pay and display car park could bring Powys County Council an extra £6,500 a year.
UK News
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Transport Secretary Louise Haigh admits pleading guilty to offence in connection with misleading police in 2014
Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has admitted pleading guilty to an offence connected with misleading the police while a parliamentary candidate in 2014, Sky News can reveal.
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MasterChef's Gregg Wallace steps down as Kirsty Wark among 13 who claim he made inappropriate sexual jokes
MasterChef host Gregg Wallace has stepped down over allegations he made a series of inappropriate sexual comments on a range of programmes over 17 years.
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Assisted dying bill: This is how MPs plan to vote
The first vote on the assisted dying bill is not only hugely consequential, it's also hugely unpredictable and even as the vote draws near it still feels like it could go either way.
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Finlay MacDonald: Skye shooting accused 'fully in control' of his actions, court told
A man accused of murdering his brother-in-law and attempting to kill three other people during a stabbing and shooting spree in the Scottish Highlands was "fully in control" of his actions, a jury has been told.
National News
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MasterChef's Gregg Wallace steps down as Kirsty Wark among 13 who claim he made inappropriate sexual jokes
MasterChef host Gregg Wallace has stepped down over allegations he made a series of inappropriate sexual comments on a range of programmes over 17 years.
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Transport Secretary Louise Haigh admits pleading guilty to offence in connection with misleading police in 2014
Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has admitted pleading guilty to an offence connected with misleading the police while a parliamentary candidate in 2014, Sky News can reveal.
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Every pensioner in Scotland to receive winter fuel payment next year
The Scottish government has announced that all pensioners in Scotland will receive a winter fuel payment in 2025/26.
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Assisted dying bill: This is how MPs plan to vote
The first vote on the assisted dying bill is not only hugely consequential, it's also hugely unpredictable and even as the vote draws near it still feels like it could go either way.
Sport
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Mohamed Salah contract: Is Liverpool forward likely to stay at Anfield beyond the summer?
In June 2022, while holidaying on the turquoise-tinged waters of El Gouna along Egypt’s Red Sea, Mohamed Salah was forced to first contemplate leaving Liverpool.
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Liverpool stay perfect in Champions League after statement Real Madrid win, but Arne Slot isn't getting carried away
A delighted Arne Slot "liked what he saw" as he watched Liverpool beat reigning European champions Real Madrid 2-0 at Anfield in the Champions League on Wednesday, but was quick to downplay the significance of the result with so much of the competition remaining.
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Arne Slot: Liverpool manager believes Man City and Pep Guardiola could reignite form ahead of Super Sunday clash
Liverpool manager Arne Slot denied suggestions that facing Manchester City will be easy - live on Sky Sports on Sunday - despite their contrasting form.
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Qatar GP: Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz hold clear the air talks after Las Vegas drama at Ferrari
Charles Leclerc says he has cleared the air with Carlos Sainz ahead of this weekend's Qatar Grand Prix after the Ferrari driver expressed frustration with his team and team-mate at last Sunday's race in Las Vegas.
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Unai Emery: Aston Villa boss enduring toughest spell since being appointed to the role ahead of daunting Chelsea clash
Three points off the top four and just one defeat in the Champions League.
Showbiz News
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MasterChef's Gregg Wallace steps down as Kirsty Wark among 13 who claim he made inappropriate sexual jokes
MasterChef host Gregg Wallace has stepped down over allegations he made a series of inappropriate sexual comments on a range of programmes over 17 years.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs denied bail by judge as he awaits sex trafficking trial
The rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been denied bail again by a judge as he awaits trial on sex trafficking charges.
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Robbie Williams says people from the 90s shouldn't be shamed for how they think and feel
Robbie Williams has said people from the 90s "shouldn't be held accountable for how we think and we feel now".
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Davina McCall feeling 'stronger and stronger' after brain tumour surgery
Davina McCall has said she is feeling "stronger and stronger" every day after having brain tumour surgery.
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Reece Richards: Police officer under criminal investigation over Sex Education actor's arrest
A police officer is under criminal investigation for potential assault after an actor claimed he was unlawfully arrested earlier this year.
Technology
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Australia passes social media ban for under 16s
Australian senators have passed a world-first law that bans under 16s from having social media accounts.
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First new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years hailed as 'game-changer'
The first new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years has been hailed as a "game-changer" by doctors and patients.
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Camp Century: Abandoned Cold War 'city under the ice' rediscovered by NASA
NASA scientists have rediscovered a long-lost "city" buried under 100ft of ice, 58 years after it was abandoned as a US base during the Cold War.
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Indonesia landslides and flash floods kill at least 27 - with rescuers searching for vehicles trapped in mud
At least 27 have died after flash floods and landslides hit the north of Indonesia's Sumatra island.
Strange News
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Ed Sheeran apologises to Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim after interrupting Sky interview
Ed Sheeran has apologised to Manchester United's new manager for interrupting him during a live Sky Sports interview.
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Cat wriggles through drainpipe - but with less-than-purrfect results
A cat had to be freed from a drainpipe by firefighters after getting stuck in the middle of wriggling through.
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Banana duct-taped to a wall sells for $6.2m at auction
A banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for $6.2m (£4.9m) at an auction in New York.
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Americans upset about Trump win offered '€1 houses' in Italian village of Ollolai
Americans distraught by the re-election of Donald Trump are being offered an escape route - a €1 house in an Italian village.
Videos
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MasterChef's Gregg Wallace steps down as Kirsty Wark among 13 who claim he made inappropriate sexual jokes
MasterChef host Gregg Wallace has stepped down over allegations he made a series of inappropriate sexual comments on a range of programmes over 17 years.
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Keir Starmer blames Tories for UK's 'open borders' as stats show record high
Sir Keir Starmer has accused the Tories of using Brexit to deliberately run an "open borders experiment" in the UK.
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Airports join budget backlash with warning of business rates 'catastrophe'
Britain's biggest airports are joining the growing private sector backlash against Rachel Reeves's budget, warning that a £1bn business rates bill for the industry will trigger the cancellation of routes to and from the UK and higher costs for passengers.
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Latest sign of struggling industry as car production falls for eighth month in a row - SMMT
UK car production has slowed, according to industry figures, in the latest sign of a struggling sector.
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