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The Independent
UK ‘open’ to international tribunal trying Putin over Ukraine war – Truss
The Foreign Secretary also said Britain is looking into how Russian assets could be used to rebuild Ukraine after the conflict.
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Reuters
Spain's former King Juan Carlos to arrive in Spain after two-year exile
MADRID (Reuters) -Former Spanish King Juan Carlos is due to land in Spain on Thursday for his first visit since he departed to Abu Dhabi in 2020 under a cloud of financial scandals that shook the Royal House. The former monarch is expected in the city of Vigo on Spain's northwest coast on Thursday evening and will then go to Sanxenxo, a nearby resort, to participate in a sailing regatta, Pedro Campos, a long-time friend, told state broadcaster TVE. Juan Carlos will stay at Campos's house during the visit.
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Evening Standard
SNP MP ‘feels like he has won lottery’ after topping ballot to propose new laws
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East MP Stuart McDonald won the private members’ Bill ballot.
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VIDEO: Ex-secretary gains 8 million likes for TikTok videos of illusion cakes and challenges fans to pick which items are real and which are cake
USA -based Marian Sarkisian, 29, honed her cake making skills on a week-long “basics” course in Britain where she says the best bakers originate
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The Telegraph
Teenagers ‘murdered father after joking he looked like Ant or Dec’
A father was murdered as he walked home after a gang of seven teenagers joked with him that he looked like one of Ant and Dec, a court has heard.
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Glasgow Times
Glasgow Airport ground staff accept pay deal with aviation firm
The deal also resolves a long-standing pay disparity between ground services crew employed by Menzies Aviation at Glasgow and Edinburgh airports.
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PA Media: UK News
Half of new nurses trained overseas, latest figures show
Of 48,436 first-time joiners to the nursing register, almost half have come from different countries.
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Evening Standard
Tory MP urges Boris Johnson to stop plans for asylum processing centre
Kevin Hollinrake said the plans ‘will devastate the community’.
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The Guardian
The banks collapsed in 2008 – and our food system is about to do the same
The banks collapsed in 2008 – and our food system is about to do the same. Massive food producers hold too much power – and the regulators scarcely understand what is happening. Sound familiar?
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Oxford Mail
Appeal reissued to find man suspected of supplying cocaine
Police are re-appealing to the public for information about a man wanted in connection with drug supply offences.
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Daily Echo
Southampton's 800th mayor sworn in at lavish ceremony at the Guildhall
SOUTHAMPTON'S 800th mayor has been sworn in at a ceremony attended by hundreds at the Guildhall.
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The Independent
Grubhub customers report issues during New York City free lunch promo
Grubhub customers reported down servers and closed restaurants during free lunch promo on Tuesday
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Bournemouth Echo UK
Anger over new Pizza Hut takeaway which would 'distort centre of the community'
THE arrival of a new Pizza Hut takeaway in Poole hangs in the balance this week.
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ITN
Govt: We must not judge all MPs by actions of an individual
Minister for Primary Care and Patient Care Maria Caulfield warns against "tarring everyone with the same brush" after a currently unnamed Conservative MP was arrested on suspicion of rape. She says most MPs are "hard working men and women" and that people should be "mindful that charges haven't been brought yet".
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Evening Standard
Six people taken to hospital after bus crashes into wall in east London
Six people have been admitted to hospital after a 174 bus crashed into a wall in east London on Wednesday afternoon. The Metropolitan Police said they were called at 1.55pm to reports that a bus had hit a wall on Main Road in Romford. Officers and London Ambulance Service (LAS) attended and 15 people were treated at the scene.
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York Press
Survey aims to boost exercise in district
Ryedale District Council is consulting residents about their travel habits, aiming to encourage more walking or cycling for shorter journeys.
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The Guardian
EU ambassador rejects Liz Truss’s demand to rewrite NI protocol
João Vale de Almeida warns of retaliation if UK passes law disapplying aspects of agreement
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Evening Standard
Fears for nearly 1,000 troops who have left Azovstal steelworks
Ukraine calls for prisoner swap but Russia has threatened to put some on trial for war crimes
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Storyful
Severe Storms Strike Western Minnesota
Severe thunderstorms brought rain, hail, and damaging winds across northwestern and west-central Minnesota on Wednesday, May 18.The National Weather Service (NWS) reported hail in the region Wednesday, and announced another “severe storm threat” for the Minnesota Lakes country on Thursday.Hail, 60 mph wind gusts, and localized flash flooding were possible, the NWS said.This video taken by Matthew Krueger, who said he filmed it in East Grand Forks on Wednesday, shows the severe weather. Credit: Matthew Krueger via Storyful
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KameraOne
Tiny bear cubs struggle to climb up hill
Adorable footage from Alaska shows three tiny bear cubs as they struggled to follow their mama up a steep hill. One of the little black bears got left behind, but he wouldn't give up and was eventually able to find his own way up the hill.
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