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Liz Truss is facing cabinet turmoil over her plans for brutal public spending cuts across all departments after the disastrous mini-budget put major promises, including the triple pension freeze, at risk. The prime minister held a 90-minute cabinet meeting on Tuesday in which she warned ministers there were “difficult decisions”. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt told them …

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Key events Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Nick Ames was Amex Stadium tonight. Here is his report. Full time: Brighton 0-0 Nottingham Forest Forest moved off the bottom of the table with a very, very, very, hard-fought draw at Brighton. They were outplayed but scrapped admirably, especially the spine, …

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The Reds aim to close the gap on Antonio Conte’s third-placed side before they travel to Chelsea on Saturday. Ahead of what is sure to be a match, here’s everything you need to know… HOW CAN YOU FOLLOW THE GAME? This match will be broadcast live on Amazon Prime Video in the UK, with coverage …

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A Just Stop Oil protester blocking the Dartford Crossing has compared himself and others in the group to Dr Martin Luther King and the Suffragettes. Morgan Trowland, 39, is one of two protesters who have joined the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge more than 200 feet above the River Thames. The toll bridge, which connects Essex …

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The cost of Glastonbury tickets has risen from £265 plus a £5 booking fee in 2019 (the last time tickets went on sale) to £335 plus a £5 booking fee for the 2023 edition of the festival. Anyone who put down their £50 deposit in 2019 for the 2020 festival ended up paying £280 plus …

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One in 10 UK voters have a favorable opinion of Liz Truss after about six weeks as Prime Minister, making her the most unpopular leader “by some distance” according to YouGov. The poll, which asked 1,724 British adults from October 14 to 16, showed the figure had fallen from 15 percent a week ago. In …

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PARIS, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Regional train traffic in France was roughly halved on Tuesday as several unions called a national strike, seeking to capitalize on anger at decades-high inflation to expand a strike industrial of weeks in oil refineries to other sectors. There has also been some disruption in schools as the strike mainly …

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Russian attacks again hit critical infrastructure in Ukrainian cities Russian forces carried out new airstrikes against energy facilities in Ukraine on Tuesday, causing several explosions in an area north of Kyiv where a thermal power plant is located. Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the presidential office, said there had been three Russian attacks on an …

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More than 100 Ukrainian women have been freed from Russian captivity as part of what is believed to be one of the biggest prisoner swaps of the war so far. Some 218 detainees were exchanged on Monday: 108 Ukrainian women and 110 Russian civilian sailors and military personnel. According to the head of the Donetsk …

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Alexia Putellas and Karim Benzema have been named the 2022 Ballon d’Or winners at the annual football awards ceremony in Paris. Putellas retains her title as the best player in the world after leading Barcelona to another Spanish title, scoring 18 goals in the process. Barça won all 30 league games and also won the …

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