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OUR much-loved astrologer Meg sadly died in 2023 but her column will be kept alive by her friend and protégée Maggie Innes. Read on to see what’s written in the stars for you today.  ♈ ARIES March 21 to April 20 The third supermoon in a row marks three months of personal reinvention. Now you…

NHS doctors failed to tell a man he was terminally ill and robbed him of the final months with his family, an investigation found. Dad and grandad Syd Chapman died aged 58 in 2022 from the incurable lung disease pulmonary fibrosis. Hospital medics neglected to tell him he had the condition and gave him “unfounded…

FACIAL recognition cameras will be brought to more towns and cities as ministers look to unleash them nationwide. The scanners have already helped to nail offenders by matching faces from CCTV, doorbells and live crowd footage, the Home Office says. It has now launched a ten-week consultation seeking the public’s views on what safeguards are…

PUBS will be able to pour pints until 1am if England reach the quarters, semis or final of next summer’s World Cup. With games likely to kick off in the cooler evenings in the US, Canada and Mexico, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is proposing to extend opening hours here. An incredible 55 million pints could be…

AN E-BIKE rider has died and two pedestrians have been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a horror crash. Cops were called to the incident in Blackley, Greater Manchester, on Tuesday evening. A male e-bike rider was sadly pronounced dead at the scene on Rochadale Road. Paramedics also rushed two pedestrians to hospital with…

A CHRISTMAS-mad couple had their 10ft-tall £2,500 nutcracker stolen from outside their home before thieves brazenly drove off with it hanging out the back of a car. The giant decoration was taken from Doug and Liz Pecarski’s house in Spaldwick, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. According to the BBC, security footage shows a car pulling up at…

THE China spy trial collapsed because of a “shambolic” evidence process, an investigation has found. The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) slammed both the CPS and Government over “missed opportunities” to ensure it could be held. Former parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash and teacher Christopher Berry, who deny wrongdoing, were accused of espionage….

THE cheapest supermarket for a basket of 70 grocery items has been revealed as a price war heats up between retailers ahead of Christmas. Consumer champion Which? has compared the average price of a shop made up of popular groceries at eight of the UK’s biggest supermarkets. Shoppers can make savings of almost £50 on…

WEIGHT loss jabs will shrink Christmas dinners and increase food waste as they dash diners’ appetites, experts warn. Some 2.5million Brits are estimated to be using slimming injections such as Mounjaro and Wegovy. They stop the brain’s hunger signals and make users full after only a morsel. Traditional festive over-indulgence might be the latest victim…