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Liz Truss plan to divert NHS funds to social care is ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’

Liz Truss would be “robbing Peter to pay Paul” if she diverted £13bn of NHS funding to deal with a Covid backlog in social care, experts say. The leader of the Conservative leadership told a group on Tuesday night that he would spend the £13 billion earmarked for the NHS to catch up with post-Covid …

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Tyson Fury sets seven-day deadline to arrange unification fight with Usyk

Tyson Fury has set a seven-day deadline to arrange a unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk. Usyk retained his WBA (super), IBF, WBO and IBO belts after winning his rematch with Anthony Joshua on Saturday, while Fury, who recently retired after beating Dillian Whyte in April, holds the belt WBC. Promoter Frank Warren has said a …

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Live North Sea gas output rises as UK ends Russian energy imports: live updates

An emergency plan to protect UK households from rising energy bills will cost more than £100 billion over two years. That’s according to Keith Anderson, chief executive of energy giant Scottish Power, which has proposed capping household energy bills at around £2,000 a year. Under their plans, bills would be frozen for two years at …

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Liverpool shooting: Live: Target in killing of 9-year-old girl, remanded in custody Register for free to continue reading Register for free to continue reading

Police have launched a murder investigation after a nine-year-old girl was shot dead in Liverpool A 35-year-old man believed to be the target of the fatal shooting that killed 9-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel has been arrested. Merseyside Police said the man was on probation but is now being held in hospital and will be remanded in …

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Target in Liverpool shooting that killed 9-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel arrested

Target of Liverpool shooting that killed 9-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel arrested BBC What can be done to tackle gun crime in Merseyside? Sky News CCTV of a car seen on the road minutes before Ashley Dale was shot dead Liverpool Echo Liverpool shooting: Victim named as Olivia Pratt-Korbel BBC Nine-year-old girl shot dead at Liverpool home …

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Finland’s prime minister is a young woman in power. His party is the opposite of misfortune

Northern European politics rarely gets a mention in the Australian media, but Finland’s young prime minister, Sanna Marin, has been making headlines here for a week. “Finland PM apologizes for topless photo as steamy footage emerges,” the Herald Sun tabloid headlined on Wednesday. You’d be forgiven for thinking the images are of Marin herself, especially …

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Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin apologizes for ‘inappropriate’ photos at residence

Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has apologized for a controversial photo taken at her residence, less than a week after the 36-year-old sparked criticism with a video of her party. The image released by Finnish media shows two women kissing, lifting their tops to reveal their torsos and covering their breasts with a sign that …

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‘No sad faces!’ England’s Euro 2022 winner Jill Scott retires from football

Jill Scott has announced her retirement from football after an incredible career which saw her become the second most capped player – male or female – in English football history. The 35-year-old midfielder ends on a high, having won Euro 2022 with England this summer, the culmination of a 16-year international career. He made his …

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