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* Several killed after bus crashes into Stockholm bus stop
[0 hours old]: Several others have have been injured in the crash in the Swedish capital, police say.

. 'This is the big one' - tech firms bet on electrifying rail
[353 hours old]: Railway operators have new options for electric trains including getting rid of locomotives altogether.

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* Reeves backs away from income tax rates rise after improved economic forecasts
[0 hours old]: The chancellor had been widely expected to increase income tax rates, which would have broken a manifesto promise.

* Man admits lacing sweets with sedatives and assaulting boys at summer camp
[0 hours old]: Jon Ruben, 76, pleads guilty to a series of charges including sex offences against two young boys.

* Arrest after man suspected of posing as navy admiral at Remembrance event
[0 hours old]: Police said a naval uniform and a selection of medals were seized from the man's home.

- Crowds brave heavy rain as King Charles makes birthday trip to south Wales
[1 hours old]: The King has visited south Wales as a new photo is published for his 77th birthday.

* Amber warnings come into force as Storm Claudia brings heavy rain and flooding to UK
[0 hours old]: Storm Claudia is bringing heavy and persistent rain to parts of the UK. Amber warnings have been issued and there is a risk of flooding and disruption as Simon King explains.

- Doctor strike inflicting pain and misery on patients, says health secretary
[4 hours old]: Health Secretary Wes Streeing says patients could be harmed by the 5-day strike.

* 'Prolific' rapist who drugged women gets life term
[0 hours old]: "Incredibly dangerous" multiple rapist Chao Xu is ordered to spend a minimum of 14 years in prison.

- Mass killings probe in Sudan will hold culprits to account, vows UN
[1 hours old]: "There has been too much pretence and performance, and too little action," says UN human rights chief Volker Türk.

- Fly-tippers bury field in 'shocking' mountain of waste
[1 hours old]: The enormous pile of rubbish is called an "environmental catastrophe unfolding in plain sight".

- 'Tired, exhilarated and proud'- old friends complete 17,000-mile bike challenge after 40 years
[10 hours old]: Three friends returned to Chile to finish a leg of a 17,000-mile cycling trip they did in 1985.

* Call of Duty is back, and it's got a battle on its hands
[1 hours old]: The annual instalment of the massive series faces new challenges from competitor Battlefield 6.

- What taxes could go up in Budget if income tax rates are not rising?
[1 hours old]: Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering both tax rises and spending cuts in the 26 November Budget.

- Why I'm sharing the reality of life in a sick kids' unit
[10 hours old]: Kirsty Grandison is using social media to share her experience of caring for her severely brain damaged son.

- Bad Bunny wins five Latin Grammys ahead of Super Bowl
[7 hours old]: The Puerto Rican star wins album of the year, as Karol G and Gloria Estefan also celebrate big wins.

- 'I could hardly walk' - the issue that affects one in five mums
[15 hours old]: Two mothers who experienced pelvic girdle pain say being aware of the risk will help people seek treatment.

* Man guilty of stalking Dame Penny Mordaunt
[0 hours old]: Edward Brandt, 61, is cleared of the more serious charge of stalking involving serious distress.

- South Africa to investigate 'mystery' of planeload of Palestinians
[3 hours old]: It is not clear who chartered the plane carrying the Palestinians from Kenya to South Africa.

* Teen nursery worker sentenced for child rape and abuse
[0 hours old]: Thomas Waller, 18, was arrested after a boy told his mother he had been abused in a school toilet.

- Freed British-Egyptian activist not allowed to fly to UK, family says
[5 hours old]: Alaa Abdel Fattah was Egypt's best known political prisoner until seven weeks ago, when he was released from jail.

* Man jailed for 13 months for Banksy print burglary
[0 hours old]: Larry Fraser, 48, stole the limited edition signed print of Girl with Balloon from Grove Gallery.

- Sale of Daily Telegraph collapses after US firm pulls out
[2 hours old]: US investment group RedBird Capital has abandoned its attempt to buy the UK newspaper.

- 'Real concern' about political appointees on BBC board, Nandy says
[2 hours old]: The culture secretary also suggests appointing senior BBC leaders who have a "journalistic background".

- Are cracks showing inside Trump’s MAGA movement?
[4 hours old]: The growing questions from Republicans on how Trump is running the country

* Seven games, 20 goals, none conceded - England close in on perfection
[0 hours old]: England have cruised through World Cup qualifying, winning all seven of their games and scoring 20 unanswered goals, setting several records and leaving them on the cusp of another.

- Ex-world champion Parker fails drugs test for cocaine
[6 hours old]: Former heavyweight world champion Joseph Parker tests positive for cocaine before last month's fight with Fabio Wardley.

* Australia Ashes favourites despite 'weak' team - Anderson
[1 hours old]: Australia are favourites to win the Ashes despite having their "weakest" team in 15 years, says England great Sir James Anderson.

- McIlroy continues charge for Race to Dubai title
[1 hours old]: Rory McIlroy chases Denmark's Nicolai Hoejgaard in the second round of the DP World Tour Championship for his seventh Race to Dubai title.

- Sinner maintains 100% record with win over Shelton
[1 hours old]: Defending champion Jannik Sinner extends his winning streak to 13 matches with a straight-set victory over American Ben Shelton at the 2025 ATP Finals.

- Eubank and Benn both make weight for rematch
[4 hours old]: Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn both make weight for their rematch at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday.

- Darge starts as Scots make one change v Argentina
[2 hours old]: Darcy Graham will earn his 50th cap for Scotland as Rory Darge replaces Matt Fagerson in the only change to the starting XV for Sunday's visit by Argentina.

- Government borrowing costs jump after Reeves decides against income tax rise
[2 hours old]: The 10-year gilt yield rises sharply in reaction to reports that an expected Budget income tax rise will not happen.


- Jaguar Land Rover posts heavy loss after cyber-attack
[3 hours old]: The cyber-attack pushed the carmaker into the red after it was forced to shut down its production lines.

* Walmart boss retiring after more than a decade
[0 hours old]: Doug McMillon is handing over the reins of America's largest retailer to John Furner.

- Swiss hope to slash crippling Trump tariffs after golden charm offensive
[8 hours old]: Swiss ministers have had "very positive" talks in Washington, but a private business visit to the Oval Office may have made all the difference.

- Why credit cards might not be as bad as you think
[3 hours old]: Are credit cards 'bad' and debit cards 'good'? Martin Lewis explains why it's not that simple.

- What are UK National Insurance and income tax rates and thresholds?
[5 hours old]: Some experts think the government may break its promise not to increase income tax, NI or VAT for working people.

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. How to limit the power of big tech
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. Explore the manosphere with three young men's stories
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. Scotland’s trailblazing girl bands ignored by the industry
[7961 hours old]: The story of the Scottish girl bands who challenged a male-dominated industry.

. Will AI mean better adverts or 'creepy slop'?
[17 hours old]: Advertisers are using AI to personalise adverts but not everyone agrees that's a good idea.

. Guests ejected mid-stay from bankrupt hotel chain Sonder
[19 hours old]: Sonder guests have complained that they had to leave their accommodation as the firm files for a sudden bankruptcy.

. 'Failings at every level' resulted in botched insulation scheme, MPs told
[22 hours old]: Wall insulation installed under two separate schemes was supposed to keep residents warm and dry, but instead left some homes damp and mouldy

. Faisal Islam: Slow growth raises stakes even higher for the Budget
[28 hours old]: The Budget somehow has to provide certainty, boost consumer and business confidence, and fill a large fiscal gap.

. British Gas boss voices concerns over Scotland's energy jobs
[28 hours old]: Chris O'Shea, the boss of Centrica, which owns British Gas, says the energy transition is correct, but worries over the impact on jobs.

. Trump to ease coffee and banana tariffs in Latin America trade deals
[17 hours old]: The Trump administration on Thursday announced frameworks for trade deals with four Latin American countries, which senior officials said will include tariff relief on coffee and bananas.

. UK growth slows after big fall in car production
[30 hours old]: The cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover hit manufacturing and weighed on growth in the economy, figures show.

. UK's first small nuclear power station to be built in north Wales
[26 hours old]: Three small modular reactors are confirmed for the site, with the potential for up to eight.

. PC gaming giant Valve unveils new console to rival Xbox and PlayStation
[30 hours old]: The Steam Machine is a console designed to allow gamers to play PC games on their TV.

. Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand Skims hits bn valuation
[39 hours old]: The company says it plans to open more physical shops and expand the business around the world.

. Scottish government aiming to issue first bonds in 2026-27
[28 hours old]: Scottish ministers wants to use bonds to raise money from investors to fund infrastructure projects.

. £220 'for a cut-up sock' - Apple's new iPhone Pocket ridiculed online
[47 hours old]: Many took aim at the high price online, while others made fun of its striking likeness to a piece of footwear.

. Heineken UK cuts Foster's alcohol strength to 3.4%
[46 hours old]: The brewer said the change could lead to cheaper pints.

. SSE to invest £33bn in upgrading Scotland's electricity grid
[47 hours old]: The company plans to spend two-thirds of that to upgrade wiring and increase high-voltage grid capacity to get power from the north to customers in the south.

. Driving test rules to change in bid to stop bots booking slots
[47 hours old]: The Transport Secretary has announced new measures to tackle the continuing backlog of driving tests.

. AI will slash headcount by two-thirds - retail boss
[46 hours old]: Buy It Direct boss Nick Glynne said increased taxes on business in the UK had sped up the process.

. Thousands of NHS staff to lose jobs after Treasury approves £1bn pay-off deal
[56 hours old]: The compromise deal would allow the NHS to overspend this year.

. Ryanair scraps printed boarding passes to go fully digital
[51 hours old]: The airline is only accepting digital boarding passes from Wednesday.

. US ends penny-making run after more than 230 years
[48 hours old]: Pennies today cost nearly four cents each to make - more than twice the cost of a decade ago.

. Building society pledges to keep branches open
[65 hours old]: It says its current network of 696 branches will remain until at least 2030.

. UK toy sales up as 'kidults' buy Lego and Pokémon
[65 hours old]: Sales have risen by 6% so far this year, analysts say, after a string of post-pandemic falls.

. Two popular gay dating platforms removed from Apple app store in China
[62 hours old]: The removal of Blued and Finka has raised concerns amongst the LGBT community in the country.

. The Kenyan start-up aiming to electrify African transport
[89 hours old]: From fleets of e-bikes to individual riders, eWaka aims to sell across Africa's delivery market.

. Fire-blocking chemicals promise safer buildings
[185 hours old]: New treatments promise to make buildings fire-resistant without using older, toxic chemicals.

. Will quantum be bigger than AI?
[209 hours old]: The highly complex technology is increasingly being tipped to transform computing.

. The start-up creating science kits for young Africans
[257 hours old]: Stemaide's goal is to bring tech skills to young Africans and prepare them for future jobs.

. Businesses are running out of pennies in the US
[331 hours old]: Find a penny, pick it up, then what? Now the US has stopped making pennies, a shortage has emerged and created confusion.

. The US bet big with Argentina bailout - is it paying off?
[353 hours old]: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called the Argentine peso "undervalued". But not many people agree.

. Should K-beauty products have to come from South Korea?
[376 hours old]: Sales of Korean skincare treatments continue to soar, but some are now made by overseas companies.

. The South African start-up bringing tech to townships
[425 hours old]: Entrepreneur Talifhani Banks has bought a modern delivery system to smaller firms in South Africa.

. These robots can clean, exercise - and care for you in old age. Would you trust them to?
[425 hours old]: It sounds like something from a sci-fi film - but some scientists believe this clever new tech could help alleviate strains on the UK care system

. Why the 5G symbol on your phone doesn't mean you have 5G
[423 hours old]: New research shows that 40% of the time a phone displays the 5G symbol, it is actually using a 4G connection.

. The striking Swedish workers taking on carmaker Tesla
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. Can the plastic recycling industry be saved?
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. How the outsourcing sector became South Africa's newest goldmine
[546 hours old]: South African firms that do remote work for North American and European businesses growing strongly.

. Protests and food poisonings test Indonesian president's first year in office
[618 hours old]: Prabowo Subianto's promises of dynamic economic growth and social change have faced major challenges.

. How good is the battery in a used electric vehicle?
[690 hours old]: Companies are offering tech they say can accurately test the health of batteries in used EVs.

. Netherlands' renewables drive putting pressure on its power grid
[714 hours old]: Homes asked to use less electricity as network is overloaded by the rush to wind and solar power.

. Why AI is being trained in rural India
[701 hours old]: Smaller Indian towns are becoming centres for training and correcting artificial intelligence models.

. Renters' Rights Act: Here's what it means for you
[18 hours old]: The biggest shake up to renting rules in England for 30 years will affect millions of tenants.

. Parents' 'laughter and tears' at adopting siblings
[34 hours old]: Emma and Mike, from North Yorkshire, urge others to consider adoption as the number doing so falls.

. The £5.30 orange juice that tells the story of why supermarket prices are sky high
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. How Milei's 'Thatcherite' economics divided his nation - but won over Trump
[748 hours old]: Ahead of Milei's visit to the White House - amid protests and anger on the streets back at home - Ione Wells unravels the paradox that Argentina's president has created

. Trump's state visit is mired with potential pitfalls despite careful planning
[1434 hours old]: Months of preparations have gone into this state visit - but the Lord Mandelson question is not the only concern troubling insiders.

. The UK car industry is at a tipping point - can it be saved?
[2250 hours old]: Tariffs, Brexit, pandemic havoc... All of this caused short-term disruption - but the impact concealed a deeper problem for the UK automotive industry

. Trump's global tariffs 'victory' may well come at a high price
[2538 hours old]: The US president considers it a win - but if this all triggers a foundational realignment, the results may not break in his favour

. Hundreds Arrested In High Street Crime Crackdown
[70 hours old]: Targeted raids on high street shops have seen more than 920 people arrested

. Rise in 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Schemes for Household Essentials
[80 hours old]: There's been a rise in people using 'buy now, pay later' schemes for household essentials

. The savings account offering a 50% bonus - with a catch
[168 hours old]: Martin Lewis explains Help to Save, which is open to some people on universal credit.