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US helicopter fires two Hellfire missiles to disable cargo ship bound for Iran

CENTCOM says US forces fired two Hellfire missiles at the Vela Nova, the third ship disabled under the...

Burnham rejects asylum opt-out for wealthy areas after Oxfordshire village revolt

Burnham says richer areas must share asylum housing, after Piddington residents opposed 1,250 places at...

Thames Water Finance Chief Receives £1m Signing On Payment as Company Faces Nationalisation Threat

Farage faces Count Binface as major parties boycott Clacton by-election he triggered

Clacton votes on 13 August in a by-election shunned by Labour, the Tories, Lib Dems and Greens, leaving...

Free school meals expand but holiday food scheme stays shut to 500,000 children, charity says

Free school meals expand to all Universal Credit households in September, but the holiday food scheme...

GMP trainee officer charged with rape and kidnap after M62 car stop

A suspended 23-year-old GMP trainee officer faces rape and kidnap charges after an alleged off-duty...