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View Pictures via Getty ImagesAll 63 blocks of flats that make up Stratford’s East Village have been found to have dangerous cladding and fire safety defectsGovernment plans to turn post-Grenfell fire safety guidance into law have been strongly criticised by a leading voice in the construction industry.David Jones, president of the Institute of Construction Management, says the guidance for multi-storey residential buildings is “loose”, “spineless” and “open to interpretation”.He argues it permits too many “tolerable” risks – for example, allowing flammable materials in window systems and between floors to remain even if they could let fire spread.”It’s allowing developers to…

Arne Slot has faced challenge after challenge this season, from Liverpool’s horrid run of nine defeats in 12 to Mohamed Salah’s explosive interview at Leeds. How Slot deals without Alexander Isak is the next big question.The Swede has hardly had a flying start to life at Anfield since making the £125m move from Newcastle in the summer, but the movement and finish for his goal against Tottenham on Saturday showed exactly why Liverpool signed him. “You need to be at the top of the game to impact a game. And it took months before we could bring him up. We…

Conservation experts have intervened to save one of Britain’s most endangered plant species after it made an unfortunate decision about where to establish itself.The starved wood-sedge, which exists at just two native locations across the country, found itself in peril when specimens at Axbridge in Somerset migrated from their bankside habitat onto a well-used walking route. A small group of these rare plants had been surviving near woodland along a path edge, but their shift onto the footpath itself left them vulnerable to being crushed underfoot by passing walkers.The Species Recovery Trust, which has monitored this species for over twenty…

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Australian Federal PolicePolice arrested and charged the British man, 43, earlier this monthA British national in Australia has had his visa cancelled and faces deportation for allegedly displaying Nazi symbols.The 43-year-old man living in Queensland was arrested and charged earlier this month, after allegedly using a social media account to post the Nazi swastika, promote pro-Nazi ideology and call for violence towards the Jewish community.The man was taken into immigration detention this week in Brisbane and is due to face court in January. Police have been cracking down on the use of prohibited symbols amid a recent rise in antisemitism…

Maeda has been used through the middle and wide on the left since arriving from Yokohama F Marinos in 2022 and Nancy is delighted to have both options.”When he starts in the middle, he makes the run on the side to attack,” he said.”When he starts on the side, he makes the run towards the net. So this is all about this kind of situation.”After that, he can be good also as a number nine but he needs players around him.”He’s a player who can keep the ball but he likes to make the run, he likes to combine.”But also,…

Let me begin by wishing you a very Merry Christmas. But it is also time to ask: what has 2025 given us? Tax hikes, spending sprees, constitutional meddling and mass migration. And yet, with the British people desperate for change, should we not look to the future with hope?History shows us that severe periods of failure and disaster create a public appetite and readiness for major change.Just remember where Britain was before Margaret Thatcher: record-high taxes, businesses in decline, public services on strike, blackouts and national stagnation. Out of discord came reform.May we bring harmony where there is error. May…

Dean McLaughlin News NIKathleen Kane sings with her daughter Sharon Chambers in the choirA choir that was formed to help people on the north coast living with dementia “has been a life-changing support network”, according to those affected.Age Concern Causeway formed a choir of men and women in September 2024 which has now grown in size.The choir, of about 20 people, got some help this Christmas when the children of Castleroe Primary School helped them with a concert at St Patrick’s Church in Coleraine.”I love it and I sit at home and sing away,” 80-year-old Kathleen Kane told News NI.’I…

Luanne Gill said she has been left haunted by the attackA mother who escaped an arson attack with her young son has said she has been left haunted by the ordeal and too terrified to sleep.Luanne Gill, managed to flee to safety with her 10-year-old son from what police described as a “terrifying and deliberate” attack at their home, which first started when a car was set alight on the drive.Flames then spread to the front of the property on Cleggswood Avenue in Littleborough, Rochdale, early on 6 September.”I was terrified and I still am,” the 35-year-old said.”I am just…

Real Madrid and Brazil forward Endrick has agreed to join French side Lyon on loan until the end of the season. The highly-rated 19-year-old signed for the Spanish giants in the summer of 2024 from Palmeiras after winning back-to-back Brazilian league titles.However, after making 37 appearances in the 2024-25 campaign he has seen his opportunities limited at the Bernabeu this term under Xabi Alonso, featuring on just three occasions. The teenager has scored three goals in 14 matches for Brazil but his last international cap came in March during a 4-1 World Cup qualifying defeat against Argentina in Buenos Aires.Endrick…