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A woman in her 20s has been charged after an “extremely significant” car bomb was intercepted by police near the Irish border earlier today.Two people had been arrested after a vehicle was stopped on the N2 near Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, at about 3pm local time on Wednesday, including a woman in her 20s and a man in his 40s.The woman now charged is due to appear before a special sitting of Trim District Court in Co Meath later this evening.The bomb had been completed and was ready for use, Irish broadcaster RTÉ reported.Upon discovering the explosive, Garda requested the assistance…

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Andy Burnham must maximise the North Sea if he is serious about reviving British industry, the chemicals sector says. Carbon costs and high energy prices mean chemical firms are competing “with one hand tied behind their backs”, according to Steve Elliott, chief executive of the Chemical Industries Association. He urged Mr Burnham to fulfil his commitment to reindustrialise the UK, telling the new PM: “It can’t come quickly enough.” A “promising signal of intent” would be the development of North Sea oil and gas, Mr Elliott said. Chemical firms employ 135,000 people directly, with a further 500,000 roles dependent on…

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In a statement, a spokesperson for the Met Police said: “We understand five officers were injured and are receiving treatment.”We await an update on the extent of their injuries.”At this stage, we don’t believe any members of the public were involved or injured.”The circumstances of the incident will be thoroughly reviewed, but at this stage our priority is the wellbeing of the officers involved.”A Port of London Authority spokesperson said: “We are aware of an incident involving a police vessel at Westminster Bridge.”We are supporting the response and providing assistance where needed, working closely with the Metropolitan Police, HM Coastguard…

The Hundred women’s competition, Edgbaston Birmingham Phoenix 64 all out (95 balls): Perry 39 (33); Bates 3-10Trent Rockets 68-1 (31 balls): Dunkley 43* (17); Filer 1-17Rockets won by nine wicketsScorecard. TableBirmingham Phoenix were bowled out for just 64 by Trent Rockets as the bowler-dominated start to The Hundred continued at Edgbaston. Ellyse Perry played a lone hand with her 39 as no other batter made it to double figures in a dire performance. It was the joint second-lowest total in the Women’s Hundred, and Phoenix also hold the record for the lowest when they were skittled for 54 against Northern…

New video footage has emerged showing the moment Vickrum Digwa told his mother to take away the knife he used to stab Henry Nowak.Kiran Kaur, 53, the killer’s mother, was jailed for three years for removing the murder weapon from the scene after the 18-year-old university student was killed in Southampton last December.Back in June, Digwa was sentenced to a minimum of 21 years in prison for stabbing 18-year-old Mr Nowak to death with a Sikh ceremonial blade before falsely accusing him of racially abusing him.The murder triggered international fury over “two-tier policing” and whether officers were pressured by a…

Whisper it quietly, but Westminster is gearing up for a general election, possibly as early as October this year. Labour will deny it – of course – but the party will be weighing it up.In theory of course, Andy Burnham, who replaced Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister on Monday, can wait until mid-2029 to face the country again at a general election.Yet equally he will know that he is unlikely ever to be as popular again, or have a better chance of securing a second Labour term, than going to the country in the next few months.And all of…

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