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• Almost half of firms to slash recruitment due to Chancellor's NI raid

  05-04-2025 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A survey of 254 companies representing more than 260,000 employees found that 46 per cent said they would curtail their hiring as a result of the rise
  
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• Under-age sex need not be reported to police, teachers told - after 'Romeo and Juliet' exemption

  17-04-2025 02:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Under the new Crime and Policing Bill, professionals who fail to report suspected child sexual abuse could face disciplinary action - or worse.
  
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• Why the collapse of 100-year-old Australian brand Wittner says it all about the state of the country as the reasons for its demise emerge

  17-04-2025 02:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wittner announced on Wednesday it had collapsed after more than 100 years in business.
  
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• Mother of innocent man shot dead by police on the Tube says she can forgive the officers who gunned him down - but she will never accept what unfolded afterward

  17-04-2025 02:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jean Charles de Menezes was gunned down at Stockwell Tube station in South London in 2005, after being wrongly identified as a terrorist suspect in the aftermath of the 7/7 London bombings.
  
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• One was violated with a Kalashnikov, another raped repeatedly after seeing her husband shot. Now, the thousands of forgotten men, women and even child victims of Russia's Rape Machine bravely reveal their horrific ordeal

  17-04-2025 02:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Halyna was at home alone when the Russians came knocking, saying they were 'looking for Nazis'. The 62-year-old widow was ordered at gunpoint to run around...
  
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• State-of-the-art robots with 'potential to transform surgery' have been approved for NHS use

  17-04-2025 02:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Each of the systems costs between £500,000 and £1.5 million, according to the NHS spending watchdog. They are usually deployed in specialist centres where hundreds of operations take place each year
  
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• Bionic Bay review – the best action puzzle game since Portal

  17-04-2025 02:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  Bionic Bay – it’s pretty and pretty hard (Kepler Interactive)A 2D platformer whose inspirations include Limbo, Dark Souls, and Portal is one of the most inventive, and difficult, games of the year.In the formative years of video games, when you had to put a coin in a slot to play them, everything was brutally difficult. Not necessarily to the point of being unfair – manufacturers didn’t want you to feel as though you’d been fleeced when you died – but tricky
  
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• Female Olympic rower in privacy war with Henley neighbour over their plan to build a gym studio in the garden

  17-04-2025 02:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ms Miriam Luke nee Batten MBE, 60, who resides in Henley-on-Thames, finds herself stuck in a viscous neighbour row over plans to construct garden extension.
  
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• ‘Good fit’ – Alexander Isak urged to join Premier League club amid Arsenal and Chelsea transfer links

  17-04-2025 01:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Alexander Isak will be the subject of intense transfer speculation this summer (Picture: Getty)Alexander Isak has been urged to join another Premier League club amid speculation linking the Newcastle United striker with a big-money summer move to Arsenal and Chelsea.Isak has enjoyed a brilliant season at St James’ Park, scoring 25 goals for a Newcastle side that won the Carabao Cup and are looking to qualify for the Champions League.A number of clubs are interested in signing Isak but New
  
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• Locals 'are too scared to walk their dogs' after travellers set up caravans on football pitch near iconic shopping hotspot - bringing noisy quad bikes, barking dogs and littering

  17-04-2025 01:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just a mile away from the luxurious Bicester Village, which attracts 7.3million shoppers from far and wide each year, a large group of travellers have taken over a football pitch.
  
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• Cyclone Errol intensifies into Category 4 system as it closes in on Western Australian

  17-04-2025 01:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tropical Cyclone Errol is offshore about 500km northwest of Broome and is beginning to track towards the West Australian coast.
  
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• Do YOU live next to a drugs lab? All the tell-tale signs your neighbours could be making and selling drugs - and the tactics they use to try and keep it secret

  17-04-2025 01:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police have urged Brits to be on the lookout for signs their neighbours could be making drugs after a seven-year-old boy was killed in a cannabis lab explosion.
  
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• LIVE: Election campaign 2025 - Anthony Albanese faces another immigration problem as overseas arrivals exposed for using devious tactic to sneak into Australia

  17-04-2025 01:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of day 20 of the Federal Election campaign.
  
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• Historic victory for women... and common sense: Judges rule that women are defined by biological sex - will Labour finally protect their rights?

  17-04-2025 01:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Women's rights groups and MPs celebrated the 'victory for common sense' and called on the Government to ensure that activist managers and civil servants abided by the ruling.
  
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• Theo Walcott names ‘favourite’ to win Champions League after Arsenal beat Real Madrid

  17-04-2025 01:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Theo Walcott discussing the 2025 Champions League (Picture: BBC One)Theo Walcott has named the ‘favourite’ to win the Champions League after the four semi-finalists were confirmed.One of Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona or Inter Milan will be crowned European champions this season after the four clubs booked their place in the semi-finals.Premier League runners-up Arsenal produced two sensational performances to thump Real Madrid 5-1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals.The Gun
  
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• Major update in urgent search for boy, 3, taken at Oxenford

  17-04-2025 01:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Queensland Police said the boy was taken from Vine Circuit at Oxenford, on the Gold Coast, at 11.30pm on Wednesday.
  
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• Elise Stefanik set to seize Democratic stronghold as she stuns on-air with new 'MAGA look'

  17-04-2025 01:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A source close to the Congresswoman told reporters that she was considering making a play.
  
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• Royal Caribbean abruptly halts cruises to popular tourist destination

  17-04-2025 01:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Royal Caribbean has abruptly halted cruises to a popular tourist destination in light of the state department's recent warnings.
  
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• George Clooney reveals his surprising choice on who should lead the Democrats after shaking up party

  17-04-2025 01:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  George Clooney said who he sees as the next Democrat standard-bearer after he led the movement to push Joe Biden out in 2024.
  
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• Politician dies after donating blood to victims of tragic Dominican Republic nightclub collapse

  17-04-2025 01:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Wilmy Nova visited a Red Cross center on April 9, a day after the tragic roof collapse, and shared a video on his social media urging others to help local hospitals by donating blood
  
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• Rape survivor bringing case to EU over Portuguese investigation of Christian Bruckner: 'I'm standing up after being silenced and ignored for far too long'

  17-04-2025 01:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hazel Behan wants the European Court of Human Rights to investigate alleged failures in the investigation following the serious sexual assault she said she suffered in Portugal in 2004.
  
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• Shocking reason Pennsylvania governor and his family were targeted by arsonist who torched mansion

  17-04-2025 01:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cody Balmer was arrested on Sunday hours after he allegedly torched the luxury mansion, and charged with attempted homicide, aggravated arson and terrorism.
  
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• Record number of daily migrants cross Channel - pressure piles on Labour

  17-04-2025 01:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Home Office said 705 migrants made the journey in 12 boats, exceeding the previous high for this year which was set on Saturday when 656 crossed in 11 boats.
  
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• How Starmer transitioned from saying 99.9% of women don't have a penis to wanting to protect women-only spaces

  17-04-2025 01:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Keir Starmer has been on somewhat of a journey to define what a woman is in the five years since he became Labour leader.
  
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• Boost for UK defence firms after Macron folds on fish - as French leader drops demands for post-Brexit deal

  17-04-2025 01:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The French president has been told by some EU leaders to treat the issues separately because of the war in Ukraine.
  
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• A fluffed Panenka, controversy & 'statement win' for Arsenal

  17-04-2025 01:02 via bbc.com
  
  On the night Arsenal secure their place in the Champions League semi-finals, BBC Sport looks at what has been called a "statement win"
  
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• Your surgery could be done by ‘innovative’ robots just approved for use in NHS

  17-04-2025 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Doctors assist in operating the high tech robots (Picture: PA)New state-of-the-art robotic systems that can help remove tumours or replace knees have been approved for use on the NHS – potentially transforming treatment for thousands of people in England.The technology could shorten hospital stays and speed up recovery times, with 11 healthcare systems given the green light by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).Some allow surgeons to perform operations using mech
  
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• What’s my horoscope for today? April 17, 2025 astrological predictions for your star sign

  17-04-2025 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  What’s in store for you today? (Picture: Metro.co.uk)Today, Mercury and Neptune are conjunct in Aries, so you’ll be ready to give it your all, especially to any creative projects you have on the go.But while imagination and innovative thinking is at its peak, so is second-guessing yourself when it comes to making the right decisions.Ahead, you’ll find all the star signs’ horoscopes for today Thursday 17, April 2025.Like checking your horoscope every mornin
  
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• UK’s new invisible radio wave weapon that can take down ‘drone swarms’

  17-04-2025 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  The UK-developed weapon can take down drones from a distance of up to 1km (Picture: Ministry of Defence)An invisible radio wave weapon has taken down ‘drone swarms’ in the biggest trial conducted by the British military to date.The directed energy system has tracked, targeted and neutralised more than 100 uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the first time.
  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the ‘groundbreaking’ trial completed at a weapons range in west Wales is the larg
  
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• State-of-the art robots that could improve surgery for thousands of patients have been approved for use on the NHS

  17-04-2025 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The machines, which cost between £500,000 and £1.5 million, are capable of movements more precise than the human hand.
  
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