It is the first venue in the area to be awarded a 24 hour music and alcohol licence.

Witnesses described hearing a plane which sounded ‘really loud and low’ in the city.

The helicopter had just picked up a researcher from Bird Island at the time.

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, has said his nation is ‘not afraid’.

‘I’m just an average middle-aged man from Derbyshire.’

The M40 is closed between junction 13 for Bishops Tachbrook and junction 14 for Leamington.

A report that Britain is considering deploying soldiers to Ukraine for five years has been described as ‘pure speculation’.

One of a number of options on the table being discussed by Western allies was said to be a European-led force dispatched to the war-torn nation to deter Russia from breaching any agreement of a ceasefire.

But a ministry of defence spokesperson criticised the report, telling Metro: ‘This is pure speculation.

‘As defence secretary John Healey said on Thursday when convening the latest meeting of the 30 countries supporting the Coalition of the Willing, we are stepping up as one to put Ukraine in the strongest possible position to protect its sovereignty.

‘We must put more pressure on Putin to end his war, and we must step up our support for Ukraine, which is why we have announced a further £450 million of military support today to deliver hundreds of thousands of drones and other urgently needed equipment.’

The claims, originally reported by The Telegraph, citing unnamed sources, said the main aim of the deployment would be to immediately start helping to train and rebuild Ukraine’s armed forces.

The force would later withdraw in stages with final troops to leave around the five year mark. 

Away from deploying British and French soldiers on the ground in Ukraine European allies are focusing on military aid to help support the depleted army.

They pledged a record £18.2 billion of help as Healey warned that 2025 was ‘the critical year’ for the war.

The commitments follow a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) chaired by the UK defence minister and his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, at Nato headquarters in Brussels.

Addressing a joint press conference after the meeting, Healey said: ‘This UDCG could not meet at a more important time, because 2025 is the critical year for this war in Ukraine, and now is the critical moment in that war.’

Opening the meeting, he had urged allies to ‘step up our support for Ukraine’, adding: ‘Our job as defence ministers is to get urgent military aid into the hands of Ukrainian warfighters.’

The support announced on Friday includes a £450 million package from the UK and Norway to fund radar systems, anti-tank mines, vehicle repairs and hundreds of thousands of drones for Ukraine.

Drones have come to play an increasingly important role in the Ukraine war, with Healey saying on Friday that 70-80% of battlefield casualties were now inflicted by the technology – significantly outnumbering those caused by artillery.

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One local said ‘massive events’ had been going on – and some had pooed in the bushes.

One local said ‘massive events’ had been going on – and some had pooed in the bushes.

Up to 10 police cars and ambulances are at Aston Wood Golf Club.

Others say it resembles a door to nowhere.

Lisa Davenport, 55, used a pillow to suffocate 88-year-old dad Barrie Davenport at Foxhall Court in Banbury on 17 October 2022.

They’ve now been ordered to pay back more than £300,000 each.

They’ve now been ordered to pay back more than £300,000 each.

‘I told everyone about it and no one believed me.’

Kara Alexander, 47, killed Elijah Thomas, two, and Marley Thomas, five, in the bath at their home in Dagenham, east London, in December 2022.

All three men have been arrested.

It doesn’t seem like there will be any winners after the US essentially declared a trade war with the rest of the world – except, perhaps, for Donald Trump and his friends.

Stock markets around the world plunged to almost record low levels after tariffs went into effect following the US president’s so-called ‘Liberation Day’, which he promised would Make America Wealthy Again.

He may have since issued a 90-day freeze on introducing so-called reciprocal tariffs (for everyone except China, that is) but the introduction of those tariffs in the first place has caused volatility across the globe – except maybe for those who are already wealthy.

PM Keir Starmer has warned that Trump’s sweeping tariffs have ended the ‘world as we knew it’, insisting that ‘nobody wins from a trade war’.

But some UK cities will be hit harder than others, depending on where these industries are based.

Centre for Cities, a charity ‘dedicated to improving the economies of the UK’s largest cities and towns’, has revealed the impact of Trump’s tariffs on our cities.

Which UK city will be hit hardest by Trump’s tariffs?

Centre for Cities says: ‘The global tariff imposed by the United States looks set to significantly affect the UK economy.

‘Every corner of the UK will feel the economic impact, but the damage will not spread equally across places.

‘Places with more goods exports, to the US or in general, can expect stronger impacts. 

‘The US tariffs will affect all goods exports from the UK. So the share of US goods exports in all exports is a good way to measure the exposure of a city to the tariffs.’

According to shares of US goods exports in total exports by place-based units of analysis (PUA), the most exposed city is Coventry, where 22.1% of its total exports are estimated to go to the US.

This is followed by Derby (19.9%), Telford (13.3%), Worthing (15.3%) and Blackpool (13.3%).

London is one of the least impacted cities, with only about 3.2% of its exports heading to the US.

York is the least exposed city with about 2.7% of its exports heading to the United States, meaning it is about seven times less exposed than Coventry – with Edinburgh following shortly behind at 2.9%.

‘These cities will face less direct tariff impacts because their economies are more service-oriented, and their goods exports make up a small share of their export industries,’ Centre for Cities said.

The direct impact of impacts on different regions of the UK is also uneven, they said, with places outside London and the Greater South East region likely to be hit much harder.

Centre for Cities explained: ‘By both metrics, the West Midlands would be the most exposed area.

‘The region has a large machinery and transport sector, including car manufacturing. Wales would be the second most exposed area, though the impacts are more severe outside cities.

‘The greater south east, including London, is less exposed than the rest of the country since its economy depends more on services.

‘The greater south east is also more economically prosperous and productive than the rest of the country. So the tariffs could have a larger impact on struggling economies.’

The impact of Trump’s tariffs could therefore reinforce existing disparities across the UK’s economy, with areas outside the south east already generally being less productive.

‘As the government aims to “shelter British businesses” from the impacts of tariffs, the data shows that it will need to factor in geography as part of its response,’ the spokesperson added.

What UK goods are being hit by the tariffs?

Several UK industries will be hit unless the UK can negotiate a new trade deal, amid speculation the NHS could be on the table.

Pharmaceuticals, beer, steel and aluminium, and cars and the automotive industry are likely to be the worst impacted by Trump’s tariffs – and our mortgage rates could also be hit.

In response, the UK government suggested it could hit toilet paper, maracas, condoms, antique mosaics and 8,000 more products with import taxes if talks with the US don’t work out.

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Hi absence coincides with Trump’s criticism of Russia’s ongoing bombing of Ukraine.

‘Weeks turned to months and months turned to years.’

Escobar had worked at Siemens for more than 27 years.

It is set to be a lovely day out there for most people today.

Police are urging witnesses to come forward.

A private jet travelling from New York to Mexico has crashed in what is the second aviation incident in 24 hours after a helicopter plummeted in the Hudson River, killing six people on board.

Footage shared on social media shows the Gulfstream V executive jet skidding off the runway while landing at Cabo San Lucas International Airport.

The crash is understood to have happened on Thursday afternoon, two hours after the aircraft took off from Teterboro Airport, in New Jersey.

Several families travelling from Brooklyn were on board when the crash happened, but it is understood they all survived.

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Adejuwon Oyekan, 32, killed Jason Thompson, 54, at his flat in Hayes, west London, on July 11, 2023.