‘It’s a feeling of being screwed over’: once-quiet village despairs over ‘monster’ warehouse

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Residents of Astley in Greater Manchester will tell public inquiry next week of ‘cacophony’ of noise causing sleep deprivation and depression

When Stephen Retford retired from the police in 2006, he looked forward to a quiet life after nearly three decades catching villains. But now the former detective has landed another big case – one that is extremely close to home.

“It’s the total injustice of it,” the 70-year-old seethed, staring up at the 18-metre-high mega-warehouse that looms over the quiet village of Astley in Greater Manchester. Residents are up in arms about the “monster” construction, likening it to having a “cruise ship in our back garden”.

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Kraków shooting suspect who killed six has died, say police in Poland

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Terrorism investigation was opened after a 24-year-old opened fire in a market square on the weekend

A gunman suspected of killing six people in a popular market square in Kraków has died in hospital, Polish police said early on Monday.

The suspect, a 24-year-old named in local media as Michal O who authorities say was probably inspired by far-right ideologies, had been wounded in a shootout with police and had been in critical condition in hospital.

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Fixing UK’s youth jobs crisis demands much more investment, TUC boss warns

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Paul Nowak also calls on government to avoid arbitrary benefit cuts before much-anticipated Milburn report is published this week

Fixing Britain’s youth jobs crisis will require ministers to drastically increase investment in employment support while avoiding arbitrary cuts to benefits, the head of the trade union movement has said.

Before an important official report expected next week, the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, Paul Nowak, said the government had a “once in a generation chance” to secure young people’s futures.

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Burnham’s homelessness pledge to ‘get everyone in for Christmas’ in jeopardy

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Minister says Labour hoping to offer bed to every rough sleeper in England but cites chronic housing shortage

Andy Burnham’s pledge to tackle rough sleeping by getting “everyone in for Christmas” is in jeopardy amid rising numbers of people on the streets and a severe housing shortage.

Official figures show an increase of nearly 1,000 people sleeping rough in England between January and June, the latest month for which figures are available.

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Starbucks plans to hire 7,500 staff in major UK expansion plan

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Coffee shop chain targets growth north of London with extra 500 outlets in big boost for youth employment

Starbucks has set out plans to hire 7,500 new baristas over the next five years, in a boost to youth employment as the chain pins hopes for future growth on the north of the country.

The US coffee shop chain, which employs more than 18,000 people in the UK, said the hiring spree would focus on the Midlands, north of England, Wales and Scotland, as it targets growth north of the M25.

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Victorian election 2026: Concern and scepticism among Labor MPs as new poll shows party trailing One Nation

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Ben Carroll refuses to be drawn on latest opinion poll that puts Labor at all-time low of just 18%, behind One Nation on 21% and the Coalition on 33%

Victorian Labor MPs are both sceptical and seriously concerned about a new poll ahead of the state election showing the party trailing third behind One Nation, with its primary vote at an all-time low of just 18%.

The DemosAU/PremierNational, first published by the Herald Sun on Monday, showed Labor’s primary vote share has crashed seven points to 18%, putting it in third place behind the Coalition’s 33% and One Nation’s 21%. At the same time, the Greens improved their primary vote to 17%, an increase of three points since September.

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Trump admits deportation policy was ‘too tough’ despite promotion of Stephen Miller

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President makes unusual acknowledgement that one of the defining policies of his second administration had become a political liability

Donald Trump has admitted that his deportation policy was “too tough” and has offered to strike an immigration deal with Democrats in a concession following the Republicans’ disastrous defeat in the midterm elections.

In an interview on the CBS network’s 60 Minutes broadcast on Sunday, the president acknowledged that the aggressive crackdown had hurt him politically and said he was open to an arrangement to allow some undocumented immigrants to remain in the US.

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Man accused of HungryPanda delivery rider’s stabbing murder yells and exposes himself in Melbourne court

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Roberto Urbano, 51, appears in court via video link after death of 47-year-old Feng Jianming in the CBD on Friday night

A food delivery rider’s alleged murderer has pulled down his pants and exposed himself as he appeared in court.

Roberto Urbano, 51, appeared in Melbourne magistrates court via video link on Monday after being charged with murder and intentionally causing serious injury.

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