85 minutes ago Ben Stokes reveals making apology to England teammates: ‘I’ve very annoyed with myself’

Ben Stokes apologised to his team for his actions during England’s second bowling innings in Multan

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2 hours ago Nick Robinson becomes the latest journalist to get Jeremy Hunt's last name wrong as BBC presenter apologises for dropping a C

It is not the first time a Today presenter has been embarrassed by mis-saying the shadow chancellor's name.

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2 hours ago I'm a fashion writer and have found the best Christmas jumper of 2024 at River Island

This Christmas jumper is set to be the bestseller of the festive season, and I can certainly see why, marrying a number of trends we've seen throughout 2024

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2 hours ago Aldi jobs: UK supermarket recruitment drive to hire 1000s for festive careers

The new staff roles include paid breaks and Boxing Day off 🎄

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4 hours ago Man United captain Bruno Fernandes shares telling message after classy Scott McTominay gesture

Scott McTominay appears to be greatly missed at Manchester United after completing the £25.4million summer move to Italian giants Napoli

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5 hours ago Here’s the deal: AI giants get to grab all your data unless you say they can’t. Fancy that? No, neither do I | Chris Stokel

Data is vital to AI systems, so firms want the right to take it and ministers may let them. We must wake up to the dangerImagine someone drives up to a pub in a top-of-the-range sports car – a £1.5m Koenigsegg Regera, to pick one at random – parks up and saunters out of the vehicle. They come into the pub you’re drinking in and begin walking around its patrons, slipping their hand into your pocket in full view, smiling at you as they take out your wallet and empty it of its cash and cards.The not-so-subtle pickpocket stops if you shout and ask what the hell they’re doing. “Sorry for the inconvenience,” the pickpocket says. “It’s an opt-out regime, mate.”Chris Stokel-Walker is the author of TikTok Boom: China’s Dynamite App and the Superpower Race for Social Media Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Scots football chiefs fight back with fire as pyro yobs targeted for 10 YEAR banning orders

It comes in a week where Celtic and Rangers were rapped by UEFA and the Glasgow giants begged fans to bin it

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6 hours ago Victoria at risk of tornadoes as thunderstorms and giant hail lash Australia’s south

Bureau of Meteorology warns parts of Victoria to brace for ‘dangerous’ storm and intense rainfall that could lead to ‘life-threatening flash flooding’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSevere thunderstorms with “giant hail” the size of golf balls, wild winds and heavy rainfall are lashing Australia’s south-east as a cold front tracks across the nation, bringing the risk of tornadoes to parts of Victoria.Residents in Geelong and the Bellarine peninsula were being urged to brace for a “very dangerous” storm late Friday afternoon, with intense rainfall that could lead to “dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding”. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago British escaper’s stolen Napoleonic uniform and journal go on display in London

PoW Charles Hare, 19, escaped in rare uniform with tall feathered hat and travelled back to Lincolnshire – accompanied by his dogA handwritten manuscript detailing the daring escape of a British prisoner of Napoleon’s troops – with the flamboyant French uniform in which he disguised himself as he fled – have gone on display at the National Maritime Museum in London after being carefully preserved for more than two centuries by the prisoner’s descendants.The “rare and very special” uniform, including its tall and exuberantly feathered hat, was worn in August 1809 by the 19-year-old naval midshipman Charles Hare as he escaped a military prison in what is now western Germany and travelled by coach, river boat, ship and on foot back to his home in Lincolnshire, accompanied by his pet dog. C...

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