39 minutes ago What is 'pink cocaine'? New party drug linked to death of Liam Payne and cited in Diddy lawsuits is a dangerous mix of meth, ketamine and amphetamines that can cause hallucinations and psychosis

Also known as 'tuci' or 'tusi' or 'Pantera Rosa' the drug originates from Colombia and despite its name doesn't actually always contain cocaine but a potent cocktail of other drugs.

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48 minutes ago Honest Bob Jenrick won’t sleep until everyone sees he’s the maddest person in the room | John Crace

The Tory leadership hopeful believes that if he shouts the same things a bit louder, everyone will eventually come round to his way of thinkingYou can only conclude that some politicians are simply untreatable. Their egotism and self-delusion so deeply engrained that reality never gets a look in. I give you Robert Jenrick. Exhibit A. He is a worthy successor to Liz Truss as one of the dimmest solipsists you could hope to meet.After trailing in a distant second in last week’s televised Q&A, you’d have thought Honest Bob might have taken a day or two to regroup. After all, if the most Tory-friendly audience imaginable at GB News doesn’t much like you then most people would reasonably conclude they had a problem. If you can’t connect with the few remaining diehard Tory members, then yo...

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54 minutes ago Police stop search for man at Dovestone Reservoir overnight due to 'very difficult conditions'

A third day of search efforts will continue on Tuesday (October 22)

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54 minutes ago Wetherspoons pub owned by Lord Sugar was overrun by squatters days after closing

Shortly after the popular east London pub was closed in the building owned by businessman and TV star Lord Alan Sugar, it played host to a number of unwelcome visitors

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60 minutes ago Can Democrats still win in rural states? Montana’s Senate race offers litmus test

Jon Tester is fighting to keep his Senate seat amid the prospect that Democrats like him are now facing political extinction in the stateHe was a young and little-known underdog. So Max Baucus, candidate for Congress, decided to trek 630 miles across Montana and listen to people talk about their problems. “As luck would have it, on the first day, I walked into a blizzard,” he recalls, pointing to a photo of his young self caked in snow. “It was cold! But the blizzard didn’t last that long.”Baucus shed 12lbs during that two and a half month journey in 1974. He also made friends. The Democrat defeated a Republican incumbent and would soon go on to serve as a Montana senator for 36 years. He never lost an election but saw his beloved home state undergo many changes. Among them is the prosp...

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61 minutes ago The Standard's Diwali 2024 gift guide: Best ideas for the whole family

Let there be light! Gifts to give this Diwali

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1 hour ago Popular city centre coffee shops announces plans to open at Manchester Arndale

Manchester Arndale's latest arrival will serve up speciality coffee, as well as toasties, breakfast buns and soups

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2 hours ago ITV Tipping Point backlash as frustrated viewers all say same thing minutes into show

ITV Tipping Point fans were left scratching their heads once more as they tuned into the popular game show, with viewers branding the series as a "kids show"

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2 hours ago Aston Villa vs Bologna prediction: Villa to maintain 100 per cent record in Europe

Check out our free football betting tips ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League fixture at Villa Park  

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2 hours ago Luka Modric may be Real Madrid’s oldest ever player but he’s still got it | Sid Lowe

It’s not the moments or the music, the joy in how he plays. It’s something simpler with ‘the eternal solution’Ferenc Puskas played pregnant, teammate Amancio Amaro liked to say. The day he arrived at Real Madrid in 1958, he was 31 years old, 18kg overweight and, banned by Fifa for defecting after the Hungarian uprising, hadn’t played football for two years. He couldn’t possibly go on a pitch like this: signing me is all well and good, he told the club’s president Santiago Bernabéu, but have you seen me? “I was the size of a large balloon,” he recalled and the coach, Luis Carniglia, didn’t know what to do with him either. That, Bernabéu replied, was their problem not his. As it turned out, blessed with a left foot like no other, 242 goals followed, the only problem that he hadn’t come so...

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