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A stretch of the M1 has remained closed since last night after a lorry crashed and overturned, leaving drivers facing miles of queues while National Highways carries out recovery work between Northampton and Crick. A section of the M1 has been shut for recovery work after a lorry crashed and overturned, leaving drivers stuck in miles of tailbacks. The M1 northbound remains closed today between Junction 16 at Northampton and Junction 18 at Crick, following what has been described as a serious collision the previous evening. National Highways said that while all southbound lanes have since reopened, work is continuing…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in Turkey’s presidential election before official results were confirmed, as opposition parties accused state media of manipulating vote counts and the vote itself was marred by arrests, allegations of fraud, and reports of a deadly altercation at a polling station. Turkish voters went to the polls on Sunday to decide whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would be granted a second term, in an election marked by confusion over the vote count and open accusations of fraud from the opposition. Partial results indicated Erdogan had won, though no official confirmation had yet been issued by…

Liverpool FC and adidas have launched the club’s new third kit for the 2025-26 season, a sea-green design drawing on the club’s kits from the 1990s and early 2000s, complete with the return of the adidas Trefoil logo and a tribute to the 97 supporters who died in the Hillsborough disaster. Liverpool FC and adidas have unveiled the club’s new third kit for the 2025-26 season, blending heritage styling with modern performance features in a nod to one of the most fondly remembered eras in the club’s history. The jersey’s striking sea-green colourway draws inspiration from classic Liverpool and adidas…

Five people have died after fire tore through a two-storey family home being used as an unlicensed hostel in the Polish town of Pszów, with prosecutors now investigating both the cause of the blaze and the legality of the property’s operation. Five people have died after a fire engulfed a two-storey house in Pszów, a town in Poland’s Silesian Voivodeship, in the early hours of Monday morning. The blaze broke out on Sunday night while occupants were inside the building, prompting a large-scale emergency response involving nearly 100 firefighters. Twelve people were evacuated from the property, among them two Ukrainian…

Spanish police have warned residents and tourists against scanning QR codes found on discarded bags after criminals began leaving fake cryptocurrency purchase documents around the town of Montgat in an attempt to infect people’s phones with malicious software. Police in Spain have issued a warning over a new scam in which criminals leave bags containing fake cryptocurrency purchase documents in public places, hoping passers-by will scan an accompanying QR code out of curiosity and unwittingly infect their phones with malware. The tactic has been recorded in Montgat, a town in northeastern Spain, where plastic bags containing counterfeit paperwork for buying…

Frans Timmermans’s 2019 bid to become European Commission president, reportedly backed by Angela Merkel on the advice of outgoing president Jean-Claude Juncker, ran into resistance from Emmanuel Macron, Matteo Salvini and several Central European governments, a standoff eventually resolved when Ursula von der Leyen emerged as a compromise candidate. Following the 2019 European Parliament elections, EU leaders became deeply divided over who should succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission president, triggering several days of tense negotiations. Amid disagreement between France and Germany over how to proceed, Angela Merkel appeared willing to step back from pursuing the presidency herself, instead lending…

A section of ice roughly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica, one of the continent’s fastest-moving and most closely watched glaciers, in a calving event scientists have linked to warming ocean and air temperatures. A massive slab of ice, roughly the size of Manhattan and covering an estimated 225 square kilometres, broke away from Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica, an event first noticed in November 2016. Researchers have warned that a further crack could open up at the point where the ice broke free, potentially releasing an even larger mass into…

A relative of Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez has been abducted by an armed gang near Colombia’s Caribbean coast, with kidnappers demanding a $5 million ransom for her release, Colombian radio station RCN Radio reported on Wednesday. A relative of the late Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez has been kidnapped by an armed criminal gang, which is now demanding a ransom of $5 million, roughly 4.4 million euros, for her safe release, according to Colombian radio station RCN Radio. The victim, 33-year-old graphic designer Melissa Martinez García, is the granddaughter of Jaime García Márquez, the brother of the Nobel Prize-winning…

A mother from Reims, France, has described the distress of watching her newborn daughter receive stitches after a surgeon accidentally cut the baby’s head during a planned caesarean section, in an experience made worse when her anaesthesia also failed to fully take effect. A woman from Reims, France, named Hélène has spoken out after a surgeon accidentally cut into her baby daughter’s head while performing what was meant to be a routine, planned caesarean section, according to Hotrecentnews. It was Hélène’s third child, and unlike her previous births, this delivery had been scheduled as a caesarean from the outset. During…

In June 2016, male bus drivers in Nantes turned up for work in skirts after their employer refused to let them wear shorts during a severe heatwave, arguing the company’s dress code was inconsistent and left them working in dangerously hot conditions. Six bus drivers in the French city of Nantes staged an unusual protest in June 2016, arriving for work dressed in skirts after their employer refused their request to wear shorts during a period of exceptional heat. With temperatures reaching 38C (100F) and prompting weather alerts across France, the drivers, who worked for Semitan, the public transport operator…