Author: David Pike

David Pike is an experienced news journalist with over 20 years experience as a UK News editor for WTX News and other news publications.

When do England play Australia in Women’s World Cup, kick-off time and how to follow it? England will face Australia in the semi-finals of the 2023 Women’s World Cup on Wednesday at 11:00 BST.  It will be shown live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website. Tuesday’s semi-final between Spain and Sweden will also been shown on BBC One as will the final on 20 August. The World Cup final – (Sydney,…

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Daily Mirror – Baby in hols tent horror Summary of the front page The Daily Mirror leads on the news that a baby escaped without injury after a car veered off the road and into holiday campsite in Wales. Nine other people were hurt in the smash. The paper also carries the results of a poll, as part of its “save our ticket offices” campaign, finding 79% of people surveyed believe rail ticket office closure…

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The entrance to SWG3 nightclub where the two were partying

Two teenagers have died within hours of each other after attending a rave in Glasgow.

The 18-year-old men had both been at the SWG3 nightclub on Saturday where DJ Ben Hemsley was headlining.

One of the teens collapsed at the venue at around 11.20pm on Saturday, and was rushed to hospital where he died a short time after.

The second was found after taking unwell at Croy railway station in Lanarkshire.

He was taken to the nearby University Hospital Monklands in Airdrie but doctors could not revive him.

Police are now investigating whether the fatal incidents are linked, the Sun reported.

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‘Small boats week’ ignores wider context of irregular immigration in UK THE GUARDIAN says Rishi Sunak’s “small boats week” has been marked by the government actioning its promise to house asylum seekers on a barge, then having to remove them; bad language; and, from the government’s perspective, bad numbers. The official figures show the number of people arriving in the UK in small boats since 2018 has topped 100,000, an arbitrary figure but one that…

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Sunak under pressure over ‘appalling’ small boat deaths – as 500 more people cross Channel THE INDEPENDENT says Rishi Sunak is under intense pressure to do more to tackle the small boats crisis following the “appalling and preventable” tragedy that saw the deaths of six people when a vessel sank off the coast of France on Saturday. Fresh calls for action came as it emerged that a further 509 people crossed the English Channel in…

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Tory Small Boats Week ‘Not A Good Idea’, Says Senior Conservative HUFFPOST says Rishi Sunak’s plan to blanket the airwaves with coverage of government attempts to prevent people crossing the channel was “not a good idea”, a senior Tory has said, given what happened last week. The prime minister has made “stop the boats” one of his top five pledges to voters ahead of the election. Before heading to California on holiday, the prime minister…

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Teenage hillwalker found safe after search in Highlands A hillwalker, 17, who was reported missing overnight on a walking trip in the Highlands has been traced safe and well, police say.  Isaac Johnson had set off at lunchtime on Saturday from Glen Moidart in Lochaber but did not return as planned. Mountain rescue teams, the coastguard and police were involved in the search. Police said on Monday morning the teenager had been found.

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Five-year-old girl left with ‘significant’ injuries after dog attack  A dog attack outside a corner shop has left a five-year-old girl with “significant” facial injuries. The attack happened near a Nisa shop in Norton Road, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, at about 18:30 BST on Saturday. Police said the child was taken to hospital for treatment and a dog has been seized. The dog owner remained at the scene after the attack, a police spokesman confirmed. “Officers attended…

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Many cancer waiting time targets set to be dropped in England Two-thirds of the cancer waiting time targets set by the NHS are likely to be eliminated in England, with the intention of detecting cancers at an earlier stage, according to the health service.  NHS administrators are aiming to streamline the targets, as the majority of them have consistently gone unmet in recent years, intending to reduce them from nine to three. This strategy is…

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Wales campsite crash: Two in serious condition in hospital A car crash in Pembrokeshire has left two people in a serious condition in hospital.  The car crashed into a campsite and hit a tent, where a baby was sleeping. Nine people were injured when the car left the road at Newgale, Pembrokeshire, on Saturday night. The baby in the tent escaped serious injury as it was in a cot, according to the campsite owner. The…

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Police were called to Paget street on Sunday evening

A man’s body was discovered in the back of a van engulfed in flames in Staffordshire.

Police were called to the blaze in Paget Street, Burton-upon-Trent, at 7.55pm on Sunday by Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

The remains were discovered only after the fire had been extinguished.

His death is currently being treated as unexplained, Staffordshire Police said, with a post-mortem examination to be carried out to establish the cause of the man’s death.

Police have asked anyone with footage from the area or information about the incident to contact the force, quoting incident 637 of August 13.

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