Driver dies in collision after driving wrong way on M62 motorway

West Yorkshire police appeal for witnesses after Vauxhall Corsa involved in fatal crash in early hours of Saturday

Police are appealing for information following a fatal collision involving a car driving in the wrong direction on the M62.

West Yorkshire police received a report at 2.06am on Saturday of a Vauxhall Corsa travelling westbound on the eastbound carriageway of the motorway.

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Biggest Tory donor said looking at Diane Abbott makes you ‘want to hate all black women’

Exclusive: Remarks by Frank Hester, who has given £10m to the party in the past year, raise questions over his workplace behaviour

The Conservative party’s biggest donor told colleagues that looking at Diane Abbott makes you “want to hate all black women” and said the MP “should be shot”, the Guardian can reveal.

Frank Hester, who has given £10m to the Tories in the past year, said in the meeting that he did not hate all black women. But he said that seeing Abbott, who is Britain’s longest-serving black MP, on TV meant “you just want to hate all black women because she’s there”.

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Sideways tool use gets Rishi Sunak unfairly hammered on social media

Apparently incorrect use of a basic tool shows the prime minister is out of touch with everyday life, Labour suggests

It may not be the most complicated of tools to master. But Rishi Sunak was mocked on social media for ostensibly having difficulty handling a hammer – after being told to use it sideways as part of a craft session.

Sunak was taking a lesson in hammering jewellery in Farsley in West Yorkshire during a visit.

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