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Tories will ‘never again’ put economy at risk like Liz Truss did, Mel Stride to say | Conservatives newsthirst.

The Conservatives will “never again” risk the economy with unfunded tax cuts like those in Liz Truss’s mini-budget, the shadow chancellor is to say in the party’s clearest repudiation yet of the former prime minister. In a speech on the economy, Mel Stride is expected to go beyond any comments made by the Tory leader,…

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‘Really amazing’: joy as 10 Tasmanian devil joeys emerge from Australia’s biggest mainland breeding program | Tasmanian devils newsthirst.

Ten tiny, egg-like joeys have been confirmed as the newest members of mainland Australia’s largest fleet of Tasmanian devils. It comes after the first pouch check of the 2025 breeding season at Aussie Ark’s Barrington Tops sanctuary in northern NSW. A recent deluge that brought more than 600mm to the region didn’t rain on the…

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‘We wanted to tell the wider story’: play highlights impact of ‘spycops’ scandal | Theatre newsthirst.

There’s one moment from the public inquiry into undercover police officers – known as “spycops” – that sticks in the theatre director Rhiannon White’s mind. It was during the questioning of Bob Lambert, an officer who deceived at least four women into sexual relationships in the 1980s, and fathered a child with one of them….

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Erin Patterson denies deliberately foraging death cap mushrooms and weighing fatal dose as cross-examination begins | Victoria newsthirst.

Erin Patterson has denied deliberately foraging death cap mushrooms and weighing them to calculate the fatal dose for a person, but admitted a series of lies to police as homicide detectives investigated the fatal lunch. On her fourth day in the witness box, Patterson’s cross examination started, and the jury was told the estimate for…

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Democratic candidates for New York mayor spar over housing, Covid and Trump | New York newsthirst.

Nine Democratic candidates for New York City mayor faced off on Wednesday evening in the first of two debates ahead of this month’s primary election. Held without a live audience, the two-hour debate focused on issues facing New York City, including housing, affordability, crime, policing, public safety, and how each candidate would handle the Trump…

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Australia mushroom trial live: murder-accused Erin Patterson to continue evidence on day 27 of trial | Australia news newsthirst.

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Patterson describes learning of lunch guests’ worsening symptoms Patterson’s defence lawyer, Colin Mandy SC, is questioning his client. He asks about her understanding of how unwell her lunch guests were after the beef wellington meal. Patterson confirms her evidence that the…

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Women and ethnic minorities less likely to be treated after diagnosis of deadly heart disease in England, study finds | Heart disease newsthirst.

Women, people from minority ethnic backgrounds, and those living in the most deprived areas of England are less likely to receive treatment after a diagnosis of a deadly heart disease, according to one of the largest studies of its kind. Researchers at the University of Leicester analysed data from almost 155,000 people diagnosed with aortic…

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US vetoes resolution for unconditional Gaza ceasefire at UN security council | Israel-Gaza war newsthirst.

The United States has vetoed a United Nations security council resolution calling for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza while the 14 remaining countries on the council voted in favour. The vetoed resolution also called the situation in Gaza “catastrophic”, and demanded the “immediate and unconditional lifting of all restrictions on the entry…

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White House threatens to pull billions of dollars from California’s high-speed rail project | California newsthirst.

California’s years-long effort to construct a high-speed rail faces yet another hurdle as the Trump administration said the project has no “viable path” to move ahead and threatened to pull billions of dollars in federal funding. Sean Duffy, the US transportation secretary, released a compliance review report that said the project is in default of…

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs dangled Cassie’s friend off balcony, jury hears | Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs newsthirst.

Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs dangled a friend of his former girlfriend Casandra Ventura off the balcony of a 17th-floor apartment in September 2016, the friend testified on Wednesday at Combs’s sex-trafficking trial. Bryana Bongolan, Ventura’s friend, told jurors in Manhattan federal court that Combs then came up to her from behind on the balcony…

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