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• Insufficient members puts town council in ‘serious position’

  A Herefordshire town could be in the “serious and untenable position” of being unable to pass its budget for the coming year, or conduct any other business, after the status of three of its councillors was called into question.

• Tewkesbury council tax bill remains one of the lowest as 3.34 hike is approved

  Residents in Tewkesbury will be charged 3.34 per cent more in council tax for Borough services from April which remains one of the lowest bills in the country.

• Hereford church can stay as care home plan refused

  A bid to knock down a modern Hereford church and replace it with a 52-bed care home has been thrown out by councillors, despite officials recommending it.

• Twin refusals of town housing plans

  Two similar but separate planning bids, each to build up to nine houses on the edge of a Herefordshire town, have been refused permission.

• Plans for solar farm near Hereford

  Another attempt to build a large solar farm in the Herefordshire countryside has been revealed.

• ‘frustration’ as Tash Ashby inquest adjourned

  Herefordshire’s coroner has expressed frustration at being continually “drip-fed” fresh information relating to the death of a troubled young woman in a tent in Hereford two and a half years ago.

• Man charged following Leominster rape

  A man has been charged following a reported rape in Leominster.

• Surprising trend in Herefordshire noise complaints

  People in Herefordshire have either become less noisy or more tolerant of other people’s noise, new official figures indicate.

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Gloucestershire News

• Tewkesbury council tax bill remains one of the lowest as 3.34 hike is approved

  Residents in Tewkesbury will be charged 3.34 per cent more in council tax for Borough services from April which remains one of the lowest bills in the country.

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Worcestershire News

• SEND reforms welcomed – but can’t come soon enough

  A former cabinet member has welcomed SEND reforms announced by the government – but says they can’t come soon enough for Worcestershire.

• Investigation launched after two deaths in Redditch

  Police are investigating the deaths of two people in Redditch.

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UK News

• One dead and others injured at Abu Dhabi and Dubai airports - as missile threat grounds flights

  One person has died and seven have been injured after an "incident" at Abu Dhabi's Zayed airport, while four were also hurt at Dubai International - reportedly due to an overnight Iranian attack.

• Skydiver dies after jump in Devon

  A 49-year-old man has died after jumping from a plane in Devon on Saturday afternoon.

• Starmer is cautious on Iran because he knows the chaos Trump's strikes could trigger

  Sir Keir Starmer is treading a characteristically cautious diplomatic path in his response to the attacks on Iran by the US and Israel.

• Minister resigns after row over 'reprehensible material' gathered on journalists

  Josh Simons has resigned as a Cabinet Office minister amid a controversy over a thinktank he used to run, which was accused to paying a PR firm to investigate journalists.

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National News

• Trump has tipped the Middle East into a massive war that could last weeks

  Donald Trump has rolled the dice again, stunning the world by choosing the most extreme option over Iran.

• Big blasts heard over Dubai as people run for cover from Iranian missiles

  The US and Israel have begun a war with the apparent aim of toppling Iran's regime - and we are beginning to learn the consequences.

• One dead and others injured at Abu Dhabi and Dubai airports - as missile threat grounds flights

  One person has died and seven have been injured after an "incident" at Abu Dhabi's Zayed airport, while four were also hurt at Dubai International - reportedly due to an overnight Iranian attack.

• Where has been hit? Iran retaliates across Middle East after US-Israel strikes

  Multiple locations in Iran have been targeted by joint US-Israel strikes, and Tehran has launched retaliatory missiles across the region.

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Sport

• Pep Guardiola tells fans to 'respect religion' after Ramadan break booed during Man City's win at Leeds

  Pep Guardiola urged fans to "respect religion" after audible boos were heard during a brief stoppage to allow a number of players to end their Ramadan fast in Man City's win at Leeds.

• Erling Haaland injury: Pep Guardiola unsure on when Man City striker will return and complains about fixture schedule

  Pep Guardiola admits he is not sure when Erling Haaland will return from injury after the Manchester City striker missed his team's win over Leeds on Saturday.

• Liverpool finally exploit value of set pieces and Granit Xhaka's impact key in Sunderland improvement - Premier League hits and misses

• England Lions match in Abu Dhabi cancelled amid Middle East crisis

  A match between England Lions and Pakistan Shaheens, scheduled ‌for Sunday in Abu Dhabi, has been cancelled after the United States and ‌Israel launched strikes on Iran, the England and Wales Cricket Board have confirmed.

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Showbiz News

• Brits 2026: Olivia Dean dominates awards, winning album of the year

  Olivia Dean has dominated this year's Brit Awards, winning album of the year, artist of the year, best pop act and song of the year.

• Brit Awards 2026: The full list of winners

  Brit School graduate Olivia Dean was the queen of this year's Brit Awards, taking four gongs including album of the year.

• Brit Awards fashion 2026 - all the best looks from the red carpet

  The Brit Awards exist to celebrate the stars behind the best music of the past year - but the red carpet is all about the fashion.

• Neil Sedaka, singer of Breaking Up Is Hard To Do and Laughter In The Rain, has died

  American singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka has died aged 86.

• Paramount strikes deal to buy Warner Bros Discovery for $110bn

  Paramount has struck a $110bn deal to buy Warner Bros Discovery.

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Technology

• Trump's furious response to Anthropic is as much about power as it is about AI safety

  In the most clear and consequential policy move on AI safety yet, the Trump administration has announced it will blacklist a leading AI lab over its refusal to allow unfettered access to its technology for military purposes.

• AI willing to 'go nuclear' in wargames, study finds - amid 'stand-off' between Pentagon and leading AI lab

  As the deadline looms for a leading AI lab to hand over its tech to the US military, a study has appeared suggesting AI models are more than willing to go nuclear in wargames.

• Collagen supplements 'may boost skin health' but they're not an 'anti-wrinkle quick fix', study suggests

  Collagen supplements should not be seen as a "quick fix" for wrinkles, experts have said, but they do have "legitimate" benefits.

• Vegetarian diet can slash risk of five cancers by up to 30%, study finds

  A vegetarian diet can reduce the risk of five types of cancer by as much as 30%, a study has found.

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Strange News

• Police officer sacked and banned from profession for using WFH trick

  A police sergeant has been sacked for using a picture frame to weigh down her laptop keys and give the false impression she was working from home.

• The energy habits that cause the most family arguments

  On a day when energy bills are making headlines, we thought we'd share new research on the energy habits that lead to the most household arguments.

• Obama says aliens 'are real' - but he hasn't seen any

  Barack Obama has said aliens are "real" in an interview, before later taking to social media to clarify his comments.

• 'Britain's loneliest sheep', Fiona, gives birth for first time

  "Britain's loneliest sheep" has given birth for the first time.

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Videos

• Netflix withdraws Warner Bros bid as Paramount offer declared 'superior'

  Paramount Skydance is on course to win the Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) takeover battle after rival Netflix stepped away.

• Trump has tipped the Middle East into a massive war that could last weeks

  Donald Trump has rolled the dice again, stunning the world by choosing the most extreme option over Iran.

• Pakistan says it is in 'open war' with Afghanistan

  Pakistan's defence minister has said the ​country ‌is in an "open ​war" with neighbouring Afghanistan, after both nations launched strikes overnight.

• Green's stunning by-election win proves Polanski surge is real - but what now for Starmer?

  At the wedding venue in Gorton and Denton the Green Party chose for the news conference to mark a seismic by-election victory on national television, it was clear that Zack Polanski and his team were new to all of this.

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