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Nine dead in small plane crash near Trump’s Florida home
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Nine dead in small plane crash near Trump’s Florida home

A Learjet plummeted into a neighbourhood in southern Florida miles from United States President Donald Trump’s resort home on Sunday, killing all nine people on board, officials said. Several unverified clips posted to social media depicting the deadly crash showed an aircraft nearly vertical slamming at high speed into the ground, creating a large fireball

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Plane crashes near Trump’s Florida home, 9 dead
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Plane crashes near Trump’s Florida home, 9 dead

A Learjet plummeted into a neighborhood in southern Florida miles from US President Donald Trump’s resort home on Sunday, killing all nine people on board, officials said. Duffy said the plane, a Learjet 60, had departed from Austin, Texas and was headed for the Bahamas.

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Nine Dead In Small Plane Crash Near Trump’s Florida Home
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Nine Dead In Small Plane Crash Near Trump’s Florida Home

A Learjet plummeted into a neighborhood in southern Florida miles from US President Donald Trump’s resort home on Sunday, killing all nine people on board, officials said. Duffy said the plane, a Learjet 60, had departed from Austin, Texas and was headed for the Bahamas.

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British Airways lost my father’s vital life-saving machine
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British Airways lost my father’s vital life-saving machine

He needs a dialysis machine to survive, but on a flight it was first damaged, then it was lost My father suffers from terminal renal failure and relies on a highly specific dialysis machine every night to survive. When his outbound flight arrived at Heathrow, it was returned broken resulting in a frantic search for a loan unit and hours spent in A&E so my father’s blood could be monitored.

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British Gas resume force-fitting prepayment meters months after £112m settlement
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British Gas resume force-fitting prepayment meters months after £112m settlement

Regulators have lifted a block on the supplier, enabling it to install meters in the homes of people who cannot afford their energy bills British Gas has resumed force-fitting prepayment meters in the homes of people who cannot afford their energy bills just months after paying the largest settlement on record for sending debt collectors into the homes of vulnerable customers. The industry regulator has lifted an almost four-year block that prevented British Gas from clawing back unpaid bills by fitting prepay meters in customers’ homes after extracting a settlement worth more than £100m from

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An essential bear for older readers
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An essential bear for older readers

Phil Dawson recalls falling in love with a saxophone-playing bear in Rafi Zabor’s The Bear Comes Home Phil Dawson Beeston, Nottinghamshire Continue reading...

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GPHA Fire and Safety, LCB Worldwide Ghana crowned champions of 2026 LCB corporate games
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GPHA Fire and Safety, LCB Worldwide Ghana crowned champions of 2026 LCB corporate games

The Accra zone participants included the Ghana Union of Traders (GUTA), Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF), LCB Worldwide Ghana, Ghana Immigration Service, Aviance, Mariners, Manna and Conquerors. The Tema zone was represented by Port Hub, GPHA Fire and Safety, Ghana National Fire Service, GPHA Mechanical, Ezeylinks, Wilmar Africa, Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) and Ghana Dock Labour Company Limited (GDLC).

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British adventurer completes 28-year, 50,000km walk home
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British adventurer completes 28-year, 50,000km walk home

A 57-year-old British adventurer, Karl Bushby, has returned home after completing a remarkable 28-year, 50,000-kilometre journey on foot across four continents without using any form of transport to advance his trek. Bushby arrived in his home city of Hull, northeast England, on Monday, where he was welcomed by a cheering crowd of up to 1,000 people after completing the extraordinary journey that began in Chile in 1998.

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Beaches, Beatles and a broken marriage: how Wilhelmina Barns-Graham became a radical art icon
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Beaches, Beatles and a broken marriage: how Wilhelmina Barns-Graham became a radical art icon

The artist who was inspired by Swiss glaciers, the Vietnam war and her own divorce was sidelined from St Ives’ art history – but finally has a major retrospective at Tate At the centre of Tate St Ives’ newly opened retrospective of the British modernist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, her monumental altar-piece Glacier (Blue Cave) pulls viewers into its frozen tendons of turquoise and white. “Barns-Graham was so distinct in her approach,” Norris says.

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Vlisco launches Vlisco VIBE — A new expression for everyday life
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Vlisco launches Vlisco VIBE — A new expression for everyday life

Global textile brand Vlisco introduces Vlisco VIBE — a fresh take on its iconic prints, made for the contemporary wardrobe. — Marlou van Engelen, Creative Director, Vlisco With Vlisco VIBE, the brand enters a new era of everyday luxury, connecting generations through the power of print while honouring its heritage of craftsmanship, creativity, and cultural expression.

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