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The UK's expected to be hotter than Spain today Parts of the UK are set to be hotter than Barcelona and the Costa Del Sol. Thursday is expected to be the hottest day of the year so far, with parts of eastern England reaching up to 18C. This is “fairly unusual but not unheard of” for this time of year, Met Office forecaster Stephen Dixon said. With Norfolk expected to […]

It's for customers hit by outages Barclays could pay out up to £12.5 million in compensation to customers affected by technology outages over the last two years, a new letter to MPs has revealed. There has been more than 33 days’ worth of unplanned tech and system outages in the last two years for nine of the UK’s biggest banks and building societies, according to new data published by the […]

She was hit by a car on a sports pitch Police say the death of a 10-year-old girl struck by a car on a sports pitch in Cumbria is not thought to have been a “deliberate act”. Emergency services were called to the collision involving a black BMW i4 at Kendal Rugby Club shortly before 5pm on Wednesday. The girl’s family, from Kendal, are being supported by specialist officers. An […]

The Toffees will move into Bramley-Moore Dock at the start of next season Everton have agreed a long-term finance package totalling £350million for their new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock. A consortium of blue-chip institutional lenders have refinanced borrowing which supported the completion of the 52,888-capacity ground as new owners The Friedkin Group look to stabilise the club’s finances after several years of overspending and profitability and sustainability problems. It means […]

Eddie Dempsey will replace Mick Lynch from Friday The new leader of the country’s biggest rail workers’ union has pledged not to “take the foot off the gas” in the ongoing campaign for better pay and conditions in the industry. Eddie Dempsey is the new general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), after the announcement by Mick Lynch that he is retiring. No other candidate stood against […]