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Two private jets collided on Scottsdale Airport’s runway in the southwestern US state of Arizona on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring others, officials said. “A Learjet 35A veered off the runway after landing and crashed into a Gulfstream 200 business jet on the ramp at Scottsdale Municipal Airport in Arizona around 2:45 p.m. local time Monday, Feb. 10 (2145 UTC),” according to the US Federal Aviation Administration. At least four people were injured in the crash, according to Scottsdale Fire Department Captain Dave Folio. The FAA added that the number of people on board the colliding jets was…

US President Donald Trump will host Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday as he escalates pressure on the Arab nation to take in refugees from Gaza as part of his audacious plan to remake the Middle East. The visit is happening at a perilous moment for the ongoing ceasefire in Gaza as Hamas, accusing Israel of violating the truce, has said it is pausing future releases of hostages. Mr Trump has called for Israel to resume fighting if all those remaining in captivity are not freed by this weekend. Mr Trump has proposed the US take…

An insect specialist said the mansion had ‘an infestation of extreme proportions’ Billionaire wins right to hand back moth-infested £32.5m Notting Hill mansion A wealthy couple have won the right to hand back to the seller a £32.5m Notting Hill mansion they bought after it turned out to be “infested by millions of moths”. High-end property developer William Woodward-Fisher had given “false” answers about the state of the property and failed “honestly to disclose” the “serious infestation” of moths, a High Court judge has found. Iya Patarkatsishvili – the daughter of a Georgian multibillionaire – bought the sumptuous Horbury Villa…

Childcare costs in the UK already make up 19 per cent of average income, but national insurance contributions will drive nursery fees even higher, finds industry group UK among top five most expensive countries for childcare – as nursery fees set to rise again The government’s hike in employer national insurance contributions (NICs) has left 96 per cent of nurseries planning to increasing fees, while UK parents already face some of the highest childcare costs in the world. According to a survey of 728 nurseries nationwide by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), one in six estimate that they will…

Kim Leadbeater suggests allowing psychiatrists and social workers to approve applications under new amendments High Court sign-off for assisted dying to be scrapped in new bill Psychiatrists and social workers would be involved in approving assisted dying applications under proposals aimed at beefing up safeguards under the new law. Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP behind the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, is expected to bring forward amendments for a so-called “judge plus” system, after hearing concerns during expert evidence sessions last month. A group of 23 MPs is preparing to undertake line-by-line scrutiny of the proposed legislation from…

Hegseth ordesr Fort Liberty to revert back to Fort Bragg Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday directed the U.S. Army to change the name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg, but with a twist. Hegseth signed a memo aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 before landing in Stuttgart, Germany, ordering the renaming of the North Carolina base to Fort Roland L. Bragg, not the Confederate general that was the previous namesake. “That’s right. Bragg is back,” said Hegseth after signing the memo. The name of the military installation was changed in 2023 as part of a broad Department of…

Childcare providers have been hit by rise in employers’ national insurance announced by the Labour chancellor in the Budget Parents to be hit by 10% nursery fee rise in wake of Rachel Reeves’s tax hikes Parents face a significant financial hit with nursery fees set to soar by 10 per cent in the wake of Rachel Reeves’s controversial tax hikes on employers, a major new survey has found. They could also find themselves struggling to find a place for their child, with one in seven nursery businesses – and the government’s flagship expansion of free childcare places – now at…

Brexit divisions among farmers are endangering fight against Reeves’ tractor tax Anybody in Westminster on Monday watching the battalions of tractors being driven down Whitehall and around parliament square on end would be in no doubt about the strength of feeling in rural communities on the changes to inheritance tax. While the blaring horns gave politicians (and journalists) in the Palace of Westminster a headache for most of the day, the image on display was one of farmers and their supporters united in common cause – just as they had been in the previous two mass protests in Westminster. But the truth behind the…

James Howells’ former partner mistakenly dumped the hard drive in 2013 Man wants to buy landfill he believes his lost bitcoin fortune is buried in  A computer engineer who believes his Bitcoin hard drive worth nearly £600m is buried in a landfill is now considering buying the entire site to find it. James Howells says his former partner had mistakenly dumped the hard drive in 2013, only for it to increase in value to be now worth an estimated £598m. He has battled for a decade to recover the cryptocurrency from the landfill in Newport, Wales. But last month a…

Burnley MP Oliver Ryan has been suspended from the Labour Party for his role in the WhatsApp group scandal Second Labour MP suspended over WhatsApp group scandal A second Labour MP has been suspended from the party amid a row over alleged sexist, homophobic and racist messages in a constituency WhatsApp group. Labour has announced that Burnley MP Oliver Ryan has been administratively suspended from the party after a meeting with the chief whip Sir Alan Campbell this afternoon. The scandal had already cost Andrew Gwynne his job as a junior health minister, and now Mr Ryan, who used to…