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A football club’s match shirts have been redesigned to feature a seat belt motif as part of a road safety campaign backed by former England striker Ian Wright. Non-league Basingstoke Town in Hampshire said it will use the one-off shirts for its home match against Merthyr Town on Saturday. Instead of three vertical blue stripes, the new version has a single diagonal blue stripe. The AA Charitable Trust, which is […]

Tech companies and individual executives face being collectively fined up to £70,000 each time a post relating to knife crime is not removed for their sites. The Government has expanded a previously announced plan to fine individual tech bosses £10,000 when their platform fails to remove content linked to knife crime, and will now issue additional fines of up to £60,000 to a company itself each time it fails to remove individual […]

The vote was triggered by the resignation of Mike Amesbury Here are all 15 candidates running in the Runcorn & Helsby parliamentary by-election: Catherine BlaiklockEnglish Democrats Dan ClarkeThe Liberal Party Chris CopemanGreen Party Paul Michael DuffyLiberal Democrats Peter FordWorkers’ Party of Great Britain Howling Laud HopeThe Official Monster Raving Loony Party Sean HoulstonConservative & Unionist Party Jason Philip HughesVolt United Kingdom Alan McKieIndependent Graham Harry MooreEnglish Constitution Party Paul Andrew […]

Paramedics and other ambulance crew members have faced a record number of “violent assaults”, ambulance chiefs have warned. There were 22,536 incidents of violence, aggression and abuse directed at UK ambulance staff in the 2024/25 financial year, the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) said. This is the equivalent of 62 attacks or abusive behaviour aimed at ambulance workers each day, it added. Ambulance leaders also said many incidents go […]

Social media and other internet platforms will be legally required to block children’s access to harmful content from July or face massive fines, Ofcom has said. The regulator has published the final version of its Children’s Codes under the Online Safety Act, setting out what sites must do to follow the law and protect children online. Under the codes, any site which hosts pornography, or content which encourages self-harm, suicide […]

A Russia-Ukraine peace deal is “very close”, Donald Trump has claimed as he urged Kyiv to accept territorial concessions as part of an end to fighting. The US president said his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky’s insistence he would not recognise Russian ownership of Crimea was making it “difficult to settle” the war. Mr Trump’s latest intervention on his Truth Social social media platform came after the latest efforts in London […]

Arsenal prevented Liverpool from being crowned Premier League champions without kicking a ball despite conceding a late goal in a 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace. Mikel Arteta’s players knew that a defeat at the Emirates would see Liverpool take the title, but the home side were ahead inside three minutes through Jakub Kiwior. Eberechie Eze’s superb volley from a corner hauled Palace level before Leandro Trossard scored his third goal […]

Playing music out loud on buses and trains should be made illegal, the Liberal Democrats have said, as they called for fines of up to £1,000 for culprits. Sir Ed Davey’s party is looking to amend the Bus Services Bill currently making its way through the House of Lords to outlaw playing music and videos out loud from a phone on public transport in England. They propose that the change […]

Around 20,000 people have paid tribute to Pope Francis in less than 12 hours since his body went on public view in St Peter’s Basilica. Mourners flocked to see the late pontiff after his body was moved on Wednesday morning from his residence at Casa Santa Marta. Huge crowds gathered throughout the day, standing in the hot Italian sun, as a lengthy queue snaked its way through St Peter’s Square […]