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PA NewsPolice are investigating payments to Reform UK by a company controlled by the party’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, BBC News has learned.Britain Means Business gave the party two donations of £250,000 in the run-up to the 2024 general election, when Tice was party chairman. Tice has said the money was given to his firm by Fiona Cottrell, a significant donor to Reform UK and mother of a convicted fraudster with close links to Nigel Farage.Tice said: “This is the first I have heard of it – if true why are the Met Police briefing the BBC before contacting interested…
Jet lag threatens to turn even a dream vacation into a slog.And with peak travel season underway, millions of people may have to contend with this disorienting condition, which can cause sleep disturbances, daytime tiredness, headaches and nasty gastrointestinal symptoms.But you can minimize the effects of jet lag — and not just by adjusting your sleep-wake schedule. What and how you eat and drink can make a difference too.Jet lag occurs when your body’s biological clock is out of sync with the time zone you find yourself in. Usually, environmental cues such as sunrises and sunsets help set your internal…
BBCFarmers say they have been threatened by balaclava-clad hare coursers at nightOn a remote Cambridgeshire farm, where his nearest neighbour is half a mile away, Mathew Latta was making lunch when the peace was shattered by the sound of loud exhausts.Latta ran to the window to see a convoy of more than a dozen 4x4s heading towards his farm. His iron gates were cut open with an angle grinder and concrete blocks were shifted out of the way to clear the convoy’s path.The vehicles drove right over his fields at speed, tearing up the crops and skirting the fence by…
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AFP via Getty ImagesEvacuation efforts are underway in south-west FranceFamilies have relived how their tranquil holidays in France turned into a race to escape raging wildfires.Tourists told the BBC of emergency alerts in the middle of the night, desperate drives just metres from six-storey high flames and the sight of people flocking to beaches with their suitcases.Huge forest fires in south-west France and central Spain have displaced more than 220,000 people, with the French military drafted in to help and the Spanish government declaring a national emergency.Winds and continued heat are still helping to fan the flames with some tourists…
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