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Fuming locals set up barricade to stop ‘selfish drivers treating street like rat run’

Residents of a street that has become a 'rat run' have taken matters into their own hands by setting up a barricade. The pallets and barriers appeared overnight in Cavendish Street, Ipswich blocking the road completely, without the permission of the council.Highways chiefs had decided to introduce a "no entry except for access" system and installed giant planters at the junction of Cavendish Street and White Elm Street. However, residents claim many motorists were ignoring it and continuing to use […]

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British eco-adventurer on ‘green odyssey’ across the Atlantic found dead in lifeboat off Canadian coast

A couple who set off on an "green odyssey" across the Atlantic have been found dead in a lifeboat off the coast of Canada.Sarah Packwood, 54, and Brett Clibbery, 70, had left Halifax in Nova Scotia on June 11 on a 42-foot solar-powered sailing yacht - but the alarm had been raised a week later when contact was lost with the vessel.Packwood, from Warwick, and Clibbery, from Canada, had been attempting to sail to the Azores, a mid-Atlantic Portuguese archipelago, […]

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Leeds protesters take to the streets for a THIRD night in a row as hundreds block roads

A protest was held in the Harehills are of Leeds for the third night in a row by the Roma community after children were removed from a family. A group of people were out in the city last night chanting and singing in peaceful demonstrations.The singing was made louder using microphones as some members of the group held up signs reading 'please give back children'.It comes after a man was charged with arson and violent disorder after serious disturbances in […]

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Robert Buckland condemns ‘mindless violence’ in Leeds after large scale riots: ‘NO excuse!’

Former Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland has condemned the "mindless violence" in Leeds after the Harehills area was rocked by riots.The violence was sparked by a disturbance involving social services and children, and resulted in large scale fires, overturned police cars and destruction on the streets.Protesters then continued their demonstrations for a second night in a row as hundreds of people demanded the children who were taken by police are returned.Reacting to the violence on GB News, Buckland said where […]

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Tory leadership race may ‘bankrupt party’ if it goes on too long

Conservative insiders say the party risks being bankrupted by a long leadership race.Senior Tory figures have called for a contest running late into autumn towards the party's convention, in order to give the party adequate time to "come together" again.However, senior figures at the party's headquarters have voiced disquiet at the idea of "going long" with the contest, citing the impact this would have on the party’s ailing finances.The Telegraph reports that party bosses acknowledge that until a new leader […]

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EU will ‘demand access to UK fishing waters’ in return for closer relationship

The EU is set to demand access to British fishing waters in return for closer ties to the UK as part of Sir Keir Starmer's relations "reset".Last week's European Political Community (EPC) summit at Blenheim Palace saw the PM welcome leaders from across the continent to Winston Churchill's birthplace as he sought to realign Britain's relationship with the bloc - with immigration and defence leading the agenda.But though Starmer may be eyeing up a tightening in trade ties, the EU […]

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