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Iran nuclear deal: Arms race in Middle East potentially at stake as talks resume

What could be the last chance of preventing Iran going nuclear gets under way this week. Nuclear talks resume.  Potentially at stake is a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, or regional escalation and conflict. Bedevilled negotiations fell apart in June. Britain joins France, Germany, the US, the EU, Russia and China in talks in […]

Shop staff fears after return of mask rule

Shop staff fears after return of mask rule as Iceland boss warns enforcement of new Covid mandate cannot be left to retail workers Iceland boss Richard Walker said his staff on the shop floor could not be asked to intervene when they spot someone not wearing a face covering From Tuesday, police can issue fines […]

Omicron: Scott Morrison calls for calm over new Covid variant

Scott Morrison calls for calm on Omicron saying there’s ‘NOTHING’ to suggest the Covid vaccines won’t work on variant as he scrambles to convene emergency national cabinet meeting Scott Morrison says experts believe Omicron variant may be ‘even less severe’  Prime Minister called in to Kyle and Jackie O’s radio show on Monday morning He […]

Inside deadliest nightclub fire ever that killed 492 people in just 15 minutes

The night of November 28, 1942, promised all the glamour and glitz that made Boston’s most famous nightspot – but its reputation was about to go up in smoke. Almost 80 years have passed since a quick and deadly fire ripped through the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in the second-deadliest single-building fire in US history. The […]

UK is set for more snow and freezing conditions

Icebox Britain! Met Office issues new snow and ice warning… as vast swathes of UK are blanketed white after Storm Arwen’s 100mph winds left three dead Forecasters have issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice in UK as freezing conditions continue  Met Office warned of risk of ‘wintry showers and icy stretches’ after Storm […]

How the Olde Town Arvada shootings progressed minute by minute

Twenty gunshots exploded in Olde Town Arvada one Monday afternoon last June, shattering windows, killing three and undermining the sense of safety previously held by those who live and work nearby. In less than two minutes, the scene turned from a pleasant summer day in suburbia to a cacophony of screams and sirens. Diners sitting outside […]

Ghislaine Maxwell 'will take the stand to save her life'

The trial of the century: Ghislaine Maxwell ‘is prepared’ to take the stand to save her life’ amid child sex and trafficking charges The 59-year-old says she ‘will do whatever it takes’ to clear her name at her trial Defendants in high-profile sex abuse trials often decide not to give evidence Maxwell is facing charges […]

Nigel Farage predicts Channel crossings will spiral into a crisis

‘Britain is heading for a national crisis’: Nigel Farage warns number of Channel migrants will rise, NHS ‘can’t cope’ and government borrowing will lead to £100bn deficit next year as he eyes return to frontline politics Nigel Farage predicts Channel crossings will reach crisis point by summer 2022 Leave and Tory voters may boycott Boris […]