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Worcestershire News
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Investigation launched after two deaths in Redditch
Police are investigating the deaths of two people in Redditch.
UK News
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Bank account snooping and driving bans planned in government crackdown on benefit fraudsters
Benefit fraudsters could be banned from driving and subject to bank account snooping if they fail to pay back the taxpayer, under a new government crackdown.
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Two 14-year-old boys charged with raping girl in New Forest park
Two teenage boys have been charged with rape, in Hampshire.
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Family of Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana 'moved to secret location by police for their protection'
The family of the Southport attacker have been moved to a "secret location" by police for their own protection, leaders at the church his father attended say.
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After suspicions about Southport attack 'cover-up', no wonder the public is confused
According to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the Southport attack was "clearly intended to terrorise".
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UK weather: Storm Eowyn to bring strong winds across UK this week, Met Office says
Storm Eowyn has been named by the Met Office ahead of strong winds across the UK on Friday and into Saturday.
National News
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Donald Trump tries to negotiate TikTok sale on live TV as he defends Capitol riot pardons
Donald Trump has attempted to negotiate a potential TikTok sale on live television, in what was supposed to be an announcement about investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
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Observations from the first days of Trump 2.0: Accessible, a slippery relationship with the truth, and shades of a president
It's the end of Donald Trump's second full day as president.
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Bank account snooping and driving bans planned in government crackdown on benefit fraudsters
Benefit fraudsters could be banned from driving and subject to bank account snooping if they fail to pay back the taxpayer, under a new government crackdown.
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Family of Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana 'moved to secret location by police for their protection'
The family of the Southport attacker have been moved to a "secret location" by police for their own protection, leaders at the church his father attended say.
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After suspicions about Southport attack 'cover-up', no wonder the public is confused
According to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the Southport attack was "clearly intended to terrorise".
Sport
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Ruben Amorim's Manchester United comments 'bizarre and ridiculous', says Jamie Carragher
Jamie Carragher says he was mystified by Ruben Amorim calling his Manchester United team "maybe the worst" in the club's history and believes it could backfire on the head coach.
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Andy Murray: Novak Djokovic hails Australian Open semi-final spot as 'huge win' for new coaching partnership
Novak Djokovic says he feels more connected with new coach Andy Murray with every passing day after the record 24-time Grand Slam champion booked a place in the last four of the Australian Open.
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Championship promotion race: What do top four need in January to battle for promotion?
What do the four promotion-chasing sides in the second tier - Leeds, Burnley, Sheffield United and Sunderland - need to do to battle their way into the top two?
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British and Irish Lions Recollections: Alex Cuthbert on going from university second string to 2013 Test Lion in two years
"Alex Cuthbert! Can there be a better feeling than that for the young man? Bold and powerful again, and for Lions supporters, beautiful too."
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Marcus Rashford: Man Utd forward's representatives meet with Barcelona over January transfer
Marcus Rashford's representatives met with Barcelona executives in Lisbon on Tuesday ahead of the Catalan club's game with Benfica.
Showbiz News
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Pauline Quirke steps away from acting after revealing dementia diagnosis
Pauline Quirke has been diagnosed with dementia and will be stepping away from acting, her husband has confirmed.
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The Brutalist director defends use of AI to 'refine' his lead stars' performances
The director of The Brutalist has defended his lead actors' performances after it emerged that artificial intelligence had been used to "refine" their Hungarian accents.
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Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes dies
Guitarist John Sykes, who played with rock bands including Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, has died aged 65.
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Dear White People actor DeRon Horton reveals he was shot
Dear White People star DeRon Horton says he was shot days before Christmas and is lucky not to have been killed or paralysed.
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Gladiators: Police investigate after Apollo 'harassed by stalker'
Police have launched an investigation after Gladiators star Apollo was reportedly stalked and harassed.
Technology
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The climate rules Trump has ripped-up already
Moments after taking office, the new president Donald Trump issued a flurry of orders ripping up rules to protect the climate and natural world.
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Will Donald Trump be crypto's most powerful supporter?
Crypto may have just got one of its most powerful backers in the newly appointed president.
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The Brutalist director defends use of AI to 'refine' his lead stars' performances
The director of The Brutalist has defended his lead actors' performances after it emerged that artificial intelligence had been used to "refine" their Hungarian accents.
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Donald Trump to wrench US out of landmark Paris climate agreement - again
Donald Trump will pull the US, the world's second-largest climate polluter, out of the most important global treaty for tackling climate change for the second time.
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Digital driving licences to be introduced this year
Digital driving licences will be introduced later this year under plans to use technology to "overhaul" public services.
Strange News
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'Mysterious balls' that washed up on Australian beaches contained faecal bacteria
Tests on the "mysterious balls" which led to the closure of several Australian beaches last week have revealed they were made up partially of faecal bacteria.
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Hotels on Greek islands could soon fill swimming pools with seawater in drought fight
Hotel pools on Greek islands could be filled with seawater this summer as politicians try to combat the country's two-year drought.
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Woman 'surprised' after being declared dead
A woman has spoken of her anguish after she was mistakenly declared dead.
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'Pothole Land': Residents of Wrexham village turn road into tourist attraction
Residents on a road in North Wales have taken matters into their own hands by turning a road full of potholes into a tourist attraction.
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Man, 84, fights off launderette robber with pair of jeans in Maltby
An 84-year-old used a pair of jeans to help repel a masked man who twice tried to rob him in a launderette.
Videos
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'Terrorism has changed': Southport attack a sign the country faces a new threat, PM says
Sir Keir Starmer has said "Britain faces a new threat" and terrorism has changed in light of the Southport attack last summer.
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Hotel fire at ski resort in Turkey kills at least 76 people - four people arrested
A fire at a hotel in a popular ski resort in Turkey has killed at least 76 people, the country's interior minister has said.
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Trump has everyone at the World Economic Forum in Davos guessing
Donald Trump likes to discomfort his enemies.
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Observations from the first days of Trump 2.0: Accessible, a slippery relationship with the truth, and shades of a president
It's the end of Donald Trump's second full day as president.
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Donald Trump tries to negotiate TikTok sale on live TV as he defends Capitol riot pardons
Donald Trump has attempted to negotiate a potential TikTok sale on live television, in what was supposed to be an announcement about investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
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