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Firefighters have issued a further warning to motorists in the South East of England following a lorry blaze that caused a wildfire to spread to the size of around 240 football pitches.The A31 in Hampshire remains closed in both directions “until further notice” after a vehicle fire spread to the nearby heathland.Officers have closed the westbound carriageway between M27 J2 (Ower) and the A338 (Ringwood), while the eastbound is closed between the A338 and M27 J1 (Cadnam).Teams from National Highways have assessed the damage caused by the fire and warned that repairs can only be carried out when it is…

A colleague of PC Andrew Harper has accused Andy Burnham of “spitting on our faces” over the release of two of his killers.Chris Bushnell said the least Labour could do was “show him some respect”.PC Harper was fatally injured when he got caught in a strap attached to the back of a car and was dragged down a country road as the killers fled the scene of a quad bike theft in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, in 2019. Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers are set to be released halfway through their 13-year sentences, after being convicted of manslaughter in 2020.Now, Mr Bushnell,…

A trainee police officer has been charged with the rape and kidnap of a woman.Greater Manchester Police said a 999 call was received at about 22:20 BST on Saturday during which a woman could be heard in a vehicle in the Manchester area.It said responding officers arrested off-duty trainee officer Mohammad Hassan after a pursuit which ended on the M62 in West Yorkshire.The 23-year-old, who has been suspended by the force, has been charged with rape, kidnap, strangulation, sexual assault, theft of a mobile phone and dangerous driving and is due to appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court later.A force spokesperson…

Members of the House of Lords are being targeted by criminals and foreign intelligence operatives who pretend to be foreign dignitaries or individuals connected to the royal household, the Lords Speaker has revealed.Lord Forsyth issued a formal warning to peers, alerting them that sophisticated impersonation schemes had been deployed in an effort to extract information that could be weaponised against them.In a letter seen by The Telegraph, he stated: “We have seen a recent increase in impersonation activity carried out by criminals and state actors targeting prominent figures, including members.“This notice advises you to remain vigilant against potentially fraudulent communications.…

Many of the papers lead on the arrival of a record 230 migrants on a single 49ft dinghy. The Daily Mail, external notes the number is more than the capacity of a Boeing-737 and says the small boats crisis has become a “big boats crisis”. The Sun, external takes a similar approach with its headline, “not-so-small boats crisis”. It says the crossing will cost taxpayers £25m. The Daily Telegraph, external carries a warning from the French lifeboat service, which says there is “no limit” to the number of migrants people smugglers will put on board the giant dinghies.Andy Burnham’s call…

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Former Home Office minister Jess Phillips has admitted to pulling a sickie to avoid questions in Parliament on Lord Peter Mandelson.The former safeguarding minister said she called in ill because she could not honestly claim the then-ambassador was “good at his job”. Lord Mandelson was sacked as ambassador to the United States over his historic links to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, with Ms Phillips claiming at the time she had threatened to quit Sir Keir Starmer’s government several times over Lord Mandelson’s appointment.Now, during an interview with presenter Iain Dale at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Labour MP said: “Mandelson…

The most recent data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, external shows out of about 245,000 academic staff working in the UK’s institutions, just 70 – or 0.03% – have disclosed a developmental condition that affects motor or cognitive skills.Experts believe the true number may be far highe, externalr and that many academics with conditions such as Tourette’s hide their neurodiversity for fear of repercussions.Cole’s vocal tics tend to include the names of her husband, her son or the family cat or random phrases such as “good night” during the day time.”I worry a little bit [that] I’m like the…

Welcome to our Who am I? game.The rules are simple. Each day there’s a new footballer and the challenge is to guess who they are in as few attempts as possible.After each wrong guess you unlock a new clue. The fewer clues you need to get the right answer, the more points you score.Three is a good score, four or five points is exceptional.So take part and return for more tomorrow.Today’s player and clues set by BBC Sport’s Flora Snelson.After more quizzes? Go to our dedicated Football Quizzes and Sports Quizzes pages and sign up for notifications to get the…