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Chelsea have thrashed European champions Paris Saint-Germain to win FIFA's Club World Cup - as Donald Trump watched from the stands.The US president presented the Chelsea players with their winners' medals and the Club World Cup trophy following the final at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Mr Trump also gave PSG their runners-up medals.The French side were the heavy favourites to win the final but were 3-0 down within […]

A small plane has reportedly crashed at Southend Airport in Essex.Essex Police said it was at the scene of a "serious incident".Images posted online showed a large cloud of black smoke, with one witness saying they saw a "fireball".A police statement said: "We were alerted shortly before 4pm to reports of a collision involving one 12-metre plane."We are working with all emergency services at the scene now and that work […]

Another hint that tax rises are coming in this autumn's budget has been given by a senior minister.Speaking to Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander was asked if Sir Keir Starmer and the rest of the cabinet had discussed hiking taxes in the wake of the government's failed welfare reforms, which were shot down by their own MPs. Trevor Phillips asked specifically if tax rises were discussed […]

Steve Barton is angry, and he has every right to be.The 68-year-old retired engineer stares at his medical notes that, he says, expose in black and white the moment his life changed forever. "I have somehow missed… due to my mistake," a doctor writes in one of the notes, after it became apparent that Mr Barton had not been urgently referred to specialists over what later became an aggressive form […]

Police are trying to locate four people who got out of a Mercedes car and ran off after it was involved in a motorway crash that left a man dead.The vehicle was travelling northbound on the M40 when it was involved in a collision with a black Volkswagen Golf that was travelling in the same direction just before 1.15am on Saturday.Thames Valley Police has said the driver of the Volkswagen, […]

Iga Swiatek has won the women's singles Wimbledon title with an utterly dominant display over Amanda Anisimova.The Polish player won 6-0, 6-0 over American Anisimova - taking the first set in just 25 minutes. It is 24-year-old Swiatek's fifth Grand Slam title having previously won four French Opens and one US Open title.It is the ninth year in a row that a different woman has lifted the Venus Rosewater Dish, […]

Around 150 firefighters tackled a large fire that broke out at an industrial estate in southeast London.Twenty-five fire engines attended the scene in Maypole Crescent in Erith after the London Fire Brigade was called on Friday night. A single-storey warehouse in a scrap yard was alight, the fire service said, along with three diggers and numerous vehicles.Local residents were advised to keep their windows and doors shut where possible due […]

The third heatwave to hit the UK this summer is set to peak on Saturday, forecasters have said, with highs of more than 34C possible in some areas.Amber heat health alerts are in place for the Midlands and southern and eastern England until 9am on Monday, warning of a potential rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions. Temperatures hit 34.7C at Astwood Bank, […]

Fuel to the engines of the Air India plane that crashed last month appears to have cut off shortly after take-off, a preliminary report has found.According to the report by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), switches in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner's cockpit that controlled fuel moved to a "CUTOFF" position.It said: "Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned from RUN to CUTOFF position one after another with […]