Birmingham locals baffled after council makes ‘world shortest cycle lane’

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PICTURED: Michael Caine filming for new movie about Hove war veteran
A BARTENDER has said it is “a privilege” serving Sir Michael Caine behind the scenes of his new film shot in Sussex.
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PA Media: UK News
Channel migrants face ban on claiming asylum in UK
Suella Braverman pledged to tackle crossings at the Conservative Party conference.
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Euronews
Indonesians hold mass prayer after deadly stadium stampede
Arema FC fans and local communities light up candles and hold a mass prayer outside Kanjuruhan stadium.
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The Guardian
Labor attacked by former RBA governor Bernie Fraser for sticking to ‘dodgy’ stage-three tax cuts
Fraser says Albanese government should repeal stage three as the tax cuts are ‘even more unfair’ due to falling real wages
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Sky video
UK's economic policies could cause 'many more deaths' than COVID - with government urged to protect the 'most vulnerable'
The government's economic policies could be causing "many more deaths" than the COVID-19 pandemic, an academic has warned.
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Lancashire Telegraph
Borough creates warm spaces as energy bill rise
A LOCAL authority is masterminding plans to create a network of 'warm spaces' for residents this winter.
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PA Media: Entertainment
‘Uncomfortable conversations’ key to Black History Month, says Johnny Nelson
The former boxer said people were now ‘brave enough’ to discuss issues around race in the UK.
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Sky News
Liz Truss says she has 'absolutely no shame' in performing tax cut U-turn
Liz Truss says she had "absolutely no shame" in performing a dramatic U-turn on the government's plan to scrap the 45p higher rate of tax. The prime minister told Sky News' political editor Beth Rigby she "took the decision very rapidly" to axe the policy, which was "becoming a distraction" from the rest of the government's economic agenda. Responding to Ms Braverman's remarks, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary Simon Clarke also revealed that he objects to the U-turn, stating: "Suella speaks a lot of good sense, as usual."
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Sky News
Battersea Power Station prepares for grand reopening as office, property and shopping hub
The newly redeveloped Battersea Power Station, one of the toughest challenges ever faced by a London property developer, opens next week after a 10-year project to turn it into a hub of offices, apartments, restaurants and shops. The 1930s building, often described as the "Everest of real estate", once supplied a fifth of the capital's electricity, including to Buckingham Palace and Parliament. Apple will become the largest office tenant, occupying six floors in the former central boiler house of the power station, known for its four white chimneys that dominate the skyline over the south bank of the River Thames.
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The Independent
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is ordered to testify in abortion case after fleeing home to avoid subpoena
The GOP official claimed he fled a process server because he was afraid he might be attacked
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Reuters
Iran summons British ambassador after 'interventionist comments'
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran's foreign ministry summoned the British ambassador in Tehran in reaction to "interventionist comments" from the British foreign ministry, the semi-official news agency Tasnim reported on Wednesday. "The British side, by issuing unilateral statements, shows that it has a role in the belligerent scenarios of terrorists active against the Islamic Republic," the director general of Western Europe at Iran's foreign ministry added, after saying that London's remarks on Iran's internal affairs were "based on fake and provocative interpretations." Britain's foreign ministry said on Monday it had summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires, Iran’s most senior diplomat in Britain, over the crackdown on protests following the death of Mahsa Amini in custody.
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The Guardian
Peter Dutton says rescue of Australian women and children from Syria poses risk that ‘can’t be mitigated’
Labor condemns Dutton’s comments and says repatriation mission is consistent with security advice
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The Argus
Motorcyclist left with serious leg injury following crash on A259
A MOTORCYCLIST has been left with a serious leg injury following a crash with a car on the seafront.
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Oxford Mail
UPDATE: Another water bottle station has been set up
Three water bottle stations have now been set up following a burst water pipe and severe flooding which caused water supply issues to nearby houses.
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Isle of Wight County Press
Man to stand trial accused of assaults on police
The court heard a psychiatric report was being sought, but there were huge problems getting an appointment in prison.
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The Independent
BBC Frozen Planet 2 shows penguins pooping 'to maintain social distance'
BBC Frozen Planet 2 shows penguins pooping 'to maintain social distance' and some viewers are 'sickened' by the footage.Source: BBC
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Herald Scotland
Ralph & Katie: We're all different which is a liberating thought
It's been two years since we saw Ralph and Katie tie the knot in the third season of hit drama The A Word.
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The Independent
Liz Truss avoids directly saying she still trusts Kwasi Kwarteng
Liz Truss avoids directly saying she still trusts Kwasi Kwarteng, despite being asked twice about it.Source: Sky News
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Evening Standard
Tory civil war grows at conference as Suella Braverman accuses MPs of ‘coup’
Liz Truss finds her party simmering with rebellion and discontent and badly lagging in national polls
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PA Media: UK News
British teachers found not guilty after death of girl, 12, on French school trip
Jessica Lawson died after a pontoon capsized in July 2015.
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