5 minutes ago The 'final' photo of tragic Liam Payne before his fatal plunge: One Direction star returns to his hotel room before  fall from balcony as staff told police he was 'off his head on drugs'

Former One Direction singer Liam Payne, 31, plunged from the third floor into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires yesterday afternoon, before medics confirmed his death.

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11 minutes ago The "Kylie effect" has already begun to send hotel rates soaring ahead of her 2025 tour

Daily rates across all the cities on the business schedule are up by around 10% from £201 in 2024 to £221 next year.

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14 minutes ago What Liam Payne's mysterious clock tattoo really means after claims ink 'caused his death'

EXCLUSIVE: Liam Payne has tragically passed away at the age of just 31. The popstar was keen on tattoos and collected many over his life, now a psychic has shared what significance they had to his life

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14 minutes ago Donald Trump says January 6 riot was a ‘day of love’ – US politics live

Republican presidential candidate makes remarks about day when supporters attacked US Capitol during Miami town hall Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alertsUS president Joe Biden announced on Thursday further student debt relief for public servants – amounting to about $4.5bn – with just over two weeks to go until the presidential election, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).The action affects about 60,000 borrowers across the country, said the White House, touting Biden and vice-president Kamala Harris’s efforts to improve loan forgiveness since taking office. Continue reading...

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15 minutes ago Best beer advent calendars for a very hoppy Christmas countdown in 2024

The likes of Beavertown and BrewDog have us fizzing with excitement

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16 minutes ago Eurozone interest rates could be cut today after inflation falls faster than expected – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsNewsflash: Inflation across the eurozone fell by more than initially thought last month, which may cement the chances of interest rate cuts today.Consumer prices across the euro area rose by 1.7% in the year to September, statistics body Eurostat reports, down from 2.2% in August.The lowest annual rates were registered in Ireland (0.0%), Lithuania (0.4%), Slovenia and Italy (both 0.7%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (4.8%), Belgium (4.3%) and Poland (4.2%).Compared with August 2024, annual inflation fell in twenty Member States, remained stable in two and rose in five.“We have always said we won’t be taking plans for HS2 phase 2 back off the shelf after the Conservatives took a wrecking ball to the project and...

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25 minutes ago Methods used at Waterloo dig could shed light on Culloden battlefield – experts

Members of the public will have the opportunity to take part in the dig on Friday.

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32 minutes ago Liam Payne fans invited to leave their own tributes in online condolence book

One Direction star Liam Payne has sadly passed away at the age of 31. Now fans of the singer can leave their own tribute in an online condolence book set up for the star

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33 minutes ago When pubs and restaurants close, our culture is a casualty | Jay Rayner

Hospitality jobs have long kept struggling artists, actors and musicians going. When those gigs go, the arts are diminished tooBefore Stanley Tucci was Stanley Tucci, he was just another out-of-work actor striving to make ends meet by pulling front-of-house shifts in a restaurant. “Like so many people in the arts, without the income and flexible hours that restaurant work affords,” he told me, “I would have struggled to support myself until I was able to do so as an actor.” The theatre star Anna-Jane Casey says she needed that work to sustain herself through gaps between jobs. Likewise, the Sherwood and Dear England writer James Graham says working in restaurants enabled him to take in shows and make contacts through numerous Edinburgh festivals. Or as Jamie Dornan says, about his barma...

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34 minutes ago Kelly Lee Owens: Dreamstate review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(dh2)The Welsh producer’s latest handbrake turn takes her from dark-hued ambience to hypnotic euphoria on her poppiest record to dateIn a world where artists are often cautioned to stay in their lane – to maintain a recognisable brand so you don’t get lost in a crowded, confusing market – there’s something impressive about Kelly Lee Owens. For the last seven years, her career has constituted a series of handbrake turns, fuelled by a disinclination to make the same record twice. Her debut album situated her at the nexus of ambient techno, shoegazing’s dreamy textures and the warm lo-fi fuzz of bedroom pop: for all its reliance on electronics, it was possible to detect that Owens had previously spent time as the bassist in an indie band, the History of Apple Pie. Inner Song, from 2020, wa...

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