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Paul Burnell,North West and Catherine Murray, Radio 4The dish picked up radio signals from missile launches thousands of miles awayThe secret Cold War role played by a giant radio telescope in the middle of the Cheshire countryside has been revealed.Jodrell Bank Observatory monitored Soviet missiles as nuclear tensions between the USSR and Nato powers escalated in the 1960s.David Abrutat is the official historian for Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), which provides top-secret intelligence to ministers and the armed forces.He told Radio 4’s Archive On 4 programme that only the pioneering radio astronomer – the late Sir Bernard Lovell – and two…

Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur said he would consider Hamilton’s comments after the team debrief, noting they were made in the heat of the moment.”Let’s calm down. To jump out of the car and to make the first comment it’s always a bit too much and let’s discuss after the debrief,” Vasseur said.”Obviously it’s been tough for Lewis the last couple of weekends and he said it’s been hard.”I can understand the reaction from Lewis just after the race, but we just have to calm down to discuss and to be focused on the next two [races], because the next…

Catriona MacPhee DisclosurePolice ScotlandChristopher Harkins was jailed for 12 yearsA mother of two says she was left penniless after giving her savings to Tinder predator Christopher Harkins in a fake investment scam.The pair matched on the dating app in London in 2020. Caitlyn – not her real name – told how the fraudster and rapist initially tried to talk her into going on holiday with him – a regular ruse of Harkins, now 38.When she said she couldn’t afford a holiday, he offered to “help” by doubling what money she had via his foreign currency exchange business.She’s one of four…

James Harden set a Los Angeles Clippers record with 55 points in the team’s 131-116 victory against the Charlotte Hornets.The 36-year-old guard surpassed the previous Clippers record of 52 points in a game, which had been jointly held by Bob McAdoo and Charles Smith.Harden’s efforts helped the Clippers improve their record to five wins and 11 losses this season, and he said: “The work I put in individually, I do it for the entire team. I’m just trying to find ways to win games.”Elsewhere in the NBA on Saturday, Nikola Jokic put in a fine individual performance of his own,…

A father and son have been sentence after authorities uncovered more than £20million worth of heroin stashed inside cartons of pomegranate juice.Colin Bartlett, 54, and Lee Bartlett, 30, were involved in an organised crime group that smuggled pomegranate juice containing heroin from Afghanistan into Britain. In May 2023, authorities recovered more than 420kg of heroin from a shipping container in Birmingham. The estimated street value of the haul is believed to be just over £20.3million. Colin Bartlett, 54, and Lee Bartlett, 30, were involved in an organised crime group | NATIONAL CRIME AGENCY At Birmingham Crown Court on Friday, the…

Electric car owners have been warned they will see their home charging costs rise slightly from January 1, 2026, following new energy price caps.It comes after energy regulator Ofgem announced plans to bring in a 0.2 per cent increase to the energy price cap for the first three months of next year.The change means that fully charging a typical 71.1kWh electric car battery at home will soon increase from £18.73 to £19.69. For drivers who travel the UK’s average of 592 miles a month, that works out to around £49.37 in monthly charging costs.Even with this increase, experts explained that…

Carlo Mole, Laura Gaynor and Joseph Lee/SpunGold TV/Getty ImagesMiles Hart struck deals to sell £1m of Glastonbury tickets – then vanishedMiles Hart had a reputation as a guy who could get anything. Friends from the elite private school he used to attend say he once surprised them with an all-expenses-paid trip to Paris on a private jet with less than 24 hours notice.So when he started selling Glastonbury tickets, hospitality passes and VIP Access All Areas passes – claiming he had privileged access because of land his family owned near the festival site, or by working with a company at…

At the start, Norris was true to his claim that he was “not here not to take risks” as he fought hard to defend his advantage from pole position from Verstappen.But after an aggressive cut in front of Verstappen to head off the Dutchman’s attack on the inside, Norris misjudged his braking point and ran deep into the corner.That allowed Verstappen to drive past into the lead while Norris also lost second place to Russell.Through two virtual safety cars for some early incidents, including at the start when Racing Bulls’ Liam Lawson collided with Piastri, Verstappen slowly stamped his authority…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged to “grip the cost of living crisis” ahead of next week’s Budget despite tax rises being widely expected. One measure designed to ease the strain will see rail fares held down, with ticket prices frozen for the first time in three decades. However, the Chancellor is also expected to unveil tax rises on November 26 as she looks to plug a multibillion-pound hole in the public finances.Writing in The Mirror, Ms Reeves admitted that soaring prices “hit ordinary families most” and warned the economy “feels stuck” for many.Ms Reeves admitted that soaring prices ‘hit ordinary…

Eleanor LawsonWest MidlandsNCAFather and son Colin and Lee Bartlett were handed suspended sentences for their part in the operationA father and son have been sentenced after more than £20m of heroin was discovered inside juice cartons, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.Colin Bartlett, 54 and Lee Bartlett, 30, from Birmingham, were part of an organised crime group that imported pomegranate juice laced with heroin from Afghanistan.Heroin weighing more than 420kg with a street value of £20,350,000 was recovered from a shipping container in Birmingham in May 2023.Colin Bartlett was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment and Lee Bartlett for 18…