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Contingency plans are being drawn up to prevent lorries being stopped at the border as they make their way into the UK from Europe. There are growing fears that more onerous border controls after Brexit could result in huge queues and potential gridlock at ports such as Dover and Felixstowe.Under the plans – seen by Sky News – vehicles would be checked at an “approved location” in Europe and then waved through the UK border. They would then have to go to an “approved inland location” in the UK, away from the port of entry, to be checked again. Image: The…

Hundreds of people are missing and an unknown number feared dead in Laos after a hydropower dam under construction collapsed. Laos News Agency reports that the accident in the southeastern province of Attapeu has released five billion cubic metres of water, enough to fill more than two million Olympic swimming pools.Boats have been brought in to help evacuate people as water levels rise, according to ABC Laos news, with reports the flash flooding has left more than 6,000 people homeless in six villages in the southeast Asian country.A video posted on the network’s Facebook page shows villagers watching the fast-flowing…

Tesco is on the verge of launching a “new retail format” that could challenge discount giants such as Aldi and Lidl. Britain’s biggest supermarket chain is reportedly considering opening up to 60 trial stores named Jack’s, after Tesco’s founder Jack Cohen, in September.Speculation intensified at the weekend after online adverts appeared containing the text: “The new retail format will be operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such benefits offered will be different from those offered at Tesco.”The Mail on Sunday said Tesco’s trial sites included Immingham in Lincolnshire, Chatteris in Cambridgeshire and Wandsworth in south London. Image:…

Six people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman’s throat was cut in a Manchester hotel. Armed police officers are at the Hilton in Deansgate after an attack on the woman inside the hotel.Witnesses described seeing a woman lying on the ground of a car park “moaning” and in “severe pain”.Police officers were flagged down by the woman, who was suffering serious injuries to her neck, at 11.10am. Image: Medical equipment strewn outside after a woman was stabbed in Manchester She was treated at the scene for lacerations, with one witness telling the Manchester Evening News…

Britons are being warned to stay out of the sun between now and Friday as the Met Office had issued an amber heatwave alert. The warning is in place until 9am on Friday for parts of England as scorching temperatures are expected to rise further.Official guidance is to stay out of the sun and keep homes as cool as possible, shading windows and shutting them during the day.The amber, or level three, warning is issued when temperatures are predicted to hit 30C (86F) during the day, and 15C (59F) at night for at least two consecutive days.The Met Office forecasts…

Ryanair has warned jobs could be lost as it cuts the number of planes stationed in some of the countries where it faces strike action. It made the threat as first-quarter profit slumped by a fifth amid rising oil prices and employment costs, including a 20% pay increase for pilots.The Irish low-cost carrier said profit fell 20% to €319m (£284.8m) in the first three months of its financial year to 30 June, compared to a profit of €397m in the same period a year earlier.Ryainair, which was forced to recognise unions in December for the first time in its 32-year…

Donald Trump has warned Iran of consequences “the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered” if it threatens the US. In a direct message to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the US president wrote in capital letters: “NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE.”WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!”Mr Trump sent his tweet hours after US secretary of state Mike Pompeo issued a highly critical broadside timed to mark the…

Two people are dead and 12 others injured, including a child, after a gunman opened fire outside a restaurant in the Canadian city of Toronto. The shooting happened just after 10pm Sunday (3am UK time), in the Greektown area in Toronto’s east end, a popular area with restaurants, cafes and shops.Police said the gunman died after an exchange of fire with officers in Bowden Street, after which he fled.He was found dead on Danforth Avenue. Officers from the city’s special investigations unit believe he was 29 years old.A nine-year-old girl is reported to be in a critical condition.Witnesses told the…

A three-year-old boy has been seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in a shop in Worcester, police have said. He is being treated in hospital for serious burns to his arm and face.The boy was “deliberately targeted” in the attack, which happened at around 2.15pm on Saturday in Home Bargains at Shrub Hill Retail Park, Tallow Hill.West Mercia Police have released images of three men they would like to speak to and have appealed for anyone with information about the incident.Chief Superintendent Mark Travis said: “At this time we are treating this as a deliberate attack on a three-year-old…

Iran’s president has warned Donald Trump against provoking the country, telling the US leader that “war with Iran is the mother of all wars”. In a televised speech, Hassan Rouhani told the American president: “Do not play with the lion’s tail, you will regret it forever.”Iran is facing increased US pressure and looming sanctions after Mr Trump’s decision to pull out of the 2015 international deal meant to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons.Washington has also been accused of posting propaganda on social media aimed at stirring up unrest in Iran.A review of the US State Department’s Farsi-language Twitter account…