79 minutes ago Hostages will not be freed until ‘aggression’ ends, says Hamas, after death of Yahya Sinwar – Middle East crisis live

Senior Hamas official says Sinwar’s death will only strengthen the groupAt least 28 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school turned shelter in the Jabaliya neighbourhood of Gaza City, amid accusations Israel intends to forcibly expel the remaining population in a renewed ground campaign.The bombing of Abu Hussein school in Jabaliya on Thursday killed 28, including doctors and several children, and injured dozens more, according to health officials, who warned the final toll was likely to be higher. Another 11 people were killed in two separate airstrikes in Gaza City, and it was unclear how many were killed in other strikes in central and southern Gaza. Continue reading...

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88 minutes ago ‘Oh god I’m Sue Gray – don’t, I’m cringing’: comic Emma Sidi brings the embattled civil servant to the stage

After Starstruck and Taskmaster, the new project sees Sidi play a profane, lowbrow version of Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff. She explains why her latest comedy creation is breaking-news proofWhen Emma Sidi was in year seven, a classmate predicted she would one day become a comedian. Her reaction was one of total horror. “I was like: no! I thought she was being really rude and saying I was like an old man. I thought: wow, I really am so ugly and uncool.”Twenty-one years later, on an unseasonably warm September afternoon, Sidi can appreciate the prescient compliment. She did become a comedian, and has spent the past decade refining her own gratifyingly flamboyant character comedy while making scene-stealing appearances in a slew of great British sitcoms (Starstruck, Ghosts, Bl...

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90 minutes ago Chilling moment machete fight breaks out on high street as shoppers beg thugs to stop

One shocked onlooker on a bus filmed the armed medieval-style battle on their mobile phone. The two men were brandishing weapons - one was nearly two feet long, the other about one foot

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92 minutes ago Starmer arrives in Germany for talks on Ukraine and Middle East – UK politics live

PM meets Biden, Macron and Scholz at pivotal moment for both conflictsRachel Reeves is considering raising the tax on vaping products in her budget this month as figures show that a quarter of 11 to 15-year-olds in England have used e-cigarettes.The chancellor is looking at increasing the tax after a consultation carried out by the last Conservative government.I myself am supporting Robert Jenrick because I think he’s brought more energy and commitment to the campaign, and being leader of the opposition is a really demanding job.Much as I like Kemi, I think she’s preoccupied with her own children, quite understandably. I think Robert’s children are a bit older, and I think that it’s important that whoever leads the opposition has got an immense amount of time and energy.” Continue readi...

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94 minutes ago Boy, 17, forced to tread water for 12 hours after getting separated from school kayaking team

The kayaker, who was without a life jacket, capsized on a 20ft surf ski on Wednesday south of Sheraton Waikiki Beach Resort in Honolulu, Hawaii

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99 minutes ago Hilltop Primary School pupils win top prize in Keep Scotland Beautiful's Litter League

Airdrie school won the Glasgow and Strathclyde award in 2023 and then scooped the Scotland-wide award this year after organising two litter picks and collecting 83 bags of litter.

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1 hour ago Brit backpacker says he 's***' himself meeting Taliban as he reveals 'scariest moment'

Ben Frier shares his dangerous adventures with his 180k followers on social media, but his family think he's an 'idiot' for travelling to places like Syria and Iraq

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1 hour ago 'Barbaric' murderer who stabbed man in the chest to be sentenced – live from court

Ashley Davies, 30, was convicted of the murder of Conall Evans, 30, who was found seriously injured near the Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda Hospital car park in Tonypandy and later died

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2 hours ago School hammer attacks boy detained after being found guilty of attempted murder

Exeter Crown Court heard the youth armed himself with three claw hammers and waited for two boys to be asleep before attacking them.

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