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Olivia murder accused wore tracksuit bottoms matching the gunmans court hears

The man accused of the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel wore tracksuit bottoms matching the style and design of those worn by the gunman, a court has heard. Thomas Cashman, 34, is accused of killing the nine-year-old and injuring her mother, Cheryl Korbel, 46, after chasing Joseph Nee into their home in Dovecot, Liverpool, on August 22 last year. This week, the jury in his trial at Manchester Crown Court heard evidence from a police officer, the head of design atRead More

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Billion pound business deal could push up prices for NHS

That's according to the Competitions and Market Authority A £1.2 billion deal between two data management and software companies could push up costs for the NHS by reducing competition, a regulator has found. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) gave UnitedHealth and Emis five days to come up with a plan to mitigate some of its concerns – or risk the watchdog blocking the deal. UnitedHealth announced its plan to take over Emis last June. The deal would combine itsRead More

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Lewis Hamilton parts company with long serving performance coach

Lewis Hamilton has parted company with his performance coach Angela Cullen. Cullen has been part of Hamilton’s small inner circle since 2016, assisting the British driver as recently as the season opener in Bahrain a fortnight ago. However, ahead of the second round in Saudi Arabia this weekend, Hamilton revealed he has split with the 48-year-old New Zealander. “For the last seven years Angela Cullen has been by my side, pushing me to be the best version of myself,” saidRead More

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Michael Beale calls for killer instinct when Rangers head for Motherwell

Michael Beale wants to see a more ruthless Rangers against Motherwell at Fir Park on Saturday lunchtime. The Light Blues go into the cinch Premiership match having booked a Scottish Cup semi-final place against Celtic with a 3-0 victory over Raith Rovers at Ibrox last weekend, after healthy wins over Kilmarnock (3-1) and Hibernian (4-1), albeit they remain nine points behind the Hoops at the top of the table. However, the Gers boss is on the lookout for more. BealeRead More

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Russia to award pilots involved in US drone incident

Russian fighter pilots involved in an incident with a US drone which resulted in its crash will be given state awards, the defence ministry has announced. The move appears to signal Moscow’s intention to adopt a more aggressive stance toward future US surveillance flights. The US military said it ditched the air force MQ-9 Reaper in the Black Sea on Tuesday after a pair of Russian fighter jets dumped fuel on the surveillance drone and then one of them hitRead More

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Government criticised over free pass for employers a year on from PO sackings

The TUC say ministers had failed to act on a series of breaches of the law and had not closed loopholes in minimum wage law Unions are accusing the Government of failing to strengthen workers’ protections a year after the sacking of hundreds of P&O Ferries employees, saying rogue employers are being given a “free pass to act with impunity”. The TUC said ministers had failed to act on a series of breaches of the law and had not closedRead More

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Emma Raducanu not part of Great Britains Billie Jean King Cup Finals team

Emma Raducanu will not feature in Great Britain’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals qualifying tie against France next month. Captain Anne Keothavong has named the same team which reached the semi-finals in September and said former US Open champion Raducanu was “unavailable” for the tie in Coventry from April 14-15. Raducanu said after her opening victory in Indian Wells that she did not even know when the tie was, a comment which did not appear to go down well withRead More

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Half a million people expected to attend St Patricks Day parade in Dublin

A sea of green made up of half a million people is to descend on Dublin City centre for a St Patrick’s Day parade that organisers are predicting will be “the biggest and best”. Celebrations are also set to take place across the island of Ireland with massive crowds turning out to mark March 17 in towns and cities. Many more will watch Dublin’s 2023 parade on television, which will involve 4,200 performers including marching bands, aerial acrobats and vibrantRead More

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Aldi hands shopworkers another pay rise to 1140 per hour

Aldi has handed workers another pay increase to a minimum of £11.40 per hour. The discount supermarket, which employs more than 40,000 UK staff, said that all store assistants will receive the new rate nationally from July 1. Workers within the M25 will see their pay rise to £12.85 an hour. It comes only two months after a pay increase came into force, which handed store assistants £11 an hour. Aldi said the series of pay increases means that staffRead More

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