11 minutes ago Scott McTominay crowned with madcap Napoli nickname as latest masterclass sparks panicked Conte transfer advice

The Scotland star has continued to impress for the Serie A league leaders and now has a new moniker

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3 hours ago Home inspector who committed unspeakable act with Tickle Me Elmo doll in child's bedroom is busted again

Kevin Wayne VanLuven was caught on camera pleasuring himself with a Tickle Me Elmo doll in Michigan in October 2022. He was caught on a nanny cam committing the vile act.

Society

47 minutes ago Elon Musk 'stirs up hatred' by 'openly attacking institutions', says Spanish PM Sanchez as European backlash against 'meddling' Tesla billionaire gathers pace

The comments from Pedro Sanchez comes after fellow EU leaders Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz accused Musk of intervening in European affairs.

Economics

6 hours ago Gordon Ramsay shows true colours as Olympic hero forced to fight back tears

Adam Peaty has won a host of medals during his swimming career but was almost moved to tears when he received an emotional message from his future father-in-law Gordon Ramsay

Sport

46 minutes ago Badenoch refuses to restore whip to Warsi despite clearing her of wrongdoing over Sunak ‘coconut’ tweet

Exclusive: Tory leader refuses to reinstate UK’s first Muslim cabinet member less than 24 hours after backing Robert Jenrick for railing against ‘alien cultures with medieval attitudes’

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22 hours ago Why did Mark Zuckerberg end Facebook and Instagram’s factchecking program?

The social media giant enters a more partisan political era as its CEO pursues Donald Trump’s approvalMeta is shifting to the right, following the prevailing political winds blowing through the United States. A more partisan era now looms for the social media giant and its corporate leaders, though Mark Zuckerberg himself has few personal politics other than ambition.On Tuesday morning, Meta disbanded Facebook and Instagram’s third-party factchecking program. The company will also recommend more political content across its social networks. Continue reading...

Technology

7 hours ago Britain's A&E meltdown: Winter flu crisis is crippling overwhelmed NHS hospitals amid fears of needless deaths as patients are left in corridors and face 50 hour waits

At least 11 hospitals have already declared critical incidents amid severe strain on services as the flu outbreak worsens and health leaders warn the NHS faces 'exceptionally high demand'.

Science

26 hours ago Reckless driver dodges cars and speeds down middle of Scots dual carriageway

The car was filmed speeding into the middle of both lanes, forcing vehicles to move to either side of the road.

Transport

24 minutes ago Strong Leader aims to rebuild reputation in Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham

Trainer Olly Murphy is hoping for a big reaction after disappointment in the Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot before Christmas

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4 hours ago National Grid asks power plants to generate extra electricity TONIGHT over surging demand to heat homes as temperatures plunge to

Snow and sleet began to hit southern England this afternoon as fresh weather warnings came into force with the Met Office saying further alerts are likely to be issued as the week goes on.

Society

3 hours ago Trump considers declaring national economic emergency to impose tariffs

Move would allow president-elect to implement broad tariffs after threatening Panama, Greenland and CanadaDonald Trump is mulling over the idea to declare a national economic emergency to impose widespread tariffs, CNN reports, as the president-elect escalates threats to seize the Panama Canal, acquire Greenland and force Canada into becoming a US state.The emergency powers move would allow Trump to implement broad tariff measures against both allies and adversaries through the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, according to four sources familiar with the discussions. Continue reading...

Economics

6 hours ago Manchester United know who to blame if they are forced into transfer decision fans will hate

Man Utd are having to consider offers for every player in their squad in a bid to raise funds and it means academy stars such as Kobbie Mainoo or Alejandro Garnacho could depart.

Sport

89 minutes ago Tory and Reform MPs accused of ‘weaponising trauma’ of grooming victims, as Farage calls for inquiry into Pakistani men – UK politics live

Prime minister told Commons any new inquiry into child abuse would delay progress however spokesperson says he has not ruled one outReform UK has also tabled a reasoned amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill motion tonight. It says:That this house declines to give a second reading to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill because the secretary of state for the Home Department has not launched a UK-wide public inquiry into grooming gangs and has not committed to updating Members of this House every quarter on the progress of the inquiry.The Conservatives are using the victims of this scandal as a political football.The Conservatives alongside Reform, goaded along by Elon Musk will be voting for a motion which will not secure a national inquiry for victims of child sexual abuse, but instead it would kill these crucial child protection measures completely. Continue reading...

Events

13 hours ago The UN wants to influence a pluralist Syria – but will the country listen?

Syrians are suspicious after allegations of complicity with the brutal Assad regime during 14 years of civil war The UN special envoy for Syria will urge the security council to back a transition to a pluralist democratic Syria, but faces resistance within the country. The interim government fears the lifting of sanctions will be tied to excessive demands imposed by the west, with suspicion of the UN deeply embedded after what are seen as its failures during 14 years of civil war.Ahmed al-Sharaa, the country’s de facto leader, has told Gulf and western states that his group, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), long ago transformed itself from a Salafi jihadi group in Idlib province to a technocratic force willing to accommodate all Syrians. Continue reading...

Science

1 hour ago Patrick Harvie to take time away from Holyrood due to medical procedure

The co-leader of the Scottish Greens is expected to take around six weeks to recover

Politics

8 hours ago Palisades Fire live: First casualties confirmed as inferno spreads across Los Angeles forcing 30,000 to flee their homes

‘Multiple burn victims’ are among the first reported injuries as fires rage across Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena and Sylmar, leaving schools closed and almost 300,000 without power

Society

6 hours ago Man forced to get to his own home via £6m tunnel after he's cut off by major new road

Brian Garlick has been temporarily made to move out of his home whilst a new road project is underway

Economics

28 hours ago Luke Littler forced change in darts competition entry rules before becoming world champion

Luke Littler has long been tipped for a bright future in darts, and one competition didn't want to miss out on hosting The Nuke two years ago

Sport

2 hours ago Bodies of two hostages captured in October 7 attacks recovered by Israeli forces

Yosef Al Zaydani and his son Hamzah were recovered in an operation in Gaza

Events

2 hours ago Government funding 'a lot better' than expected, says Swansea council leader, but tough budget decisions remain

How much Swansea Council spends on things like schools, social care and roads next year are being worked out

Politics

8 hours ago Palisades fire live: First casualties confirmed as inferno spreads across Los Angeles forcing 30,000 to flee their homes

‘Multiple burn victims’ are among the first reported injuries as fires rage across Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena and Sylmar, leaving schools closed and more than 300,000 without power

Society

8 hours ago Topps Tiles boss Rob Parker to retire after company returns to sales growth

Rob Parker has announced he is leaving the business less than two months after its biggest investor called for a leadership review following a slump in sales

Economics

2 hours ago Woman suffers major injuries after 'mistakenly' wearing a sex toy to an MRI scan

The shocking and horrific incident, which signs point to occurring in the US, left a patient suffering horrendous internal injuries after magnetic forces interacted with a hidden sex toy.

Events

2 hours ago Meghan Markle and Prince Harry face urgent evacuation from 'high risk' mansion

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry may be forced to flee their home in Montecito, California, as utility companies warned of a Public Safety Power Shutoff amid the wildfires

Politics

8 hours ago Will YOUR child's school have to cut teacher pay? Fury at Labour's 'wrecking ball' bid to force academies to follow national salary scales and curriculum in 'return to mediocracy'

The government is making sweeping changes to reforms brought in by the Tories, including massive curbs on the independence of state schools.

Society

8 hours ago Met’s handling of 2008 complaints against Mohamed Al Fayed under investigation

The force’s Directorate of Professional Standards will investigate the way it dealt with the cases under the direction of a police watchdog.

Economics

2 hours ago Les crisis talks! Embattled Starmer and Macron to discuss their woes over dinner at Chequers

The two leaders will hold talks at the Prime Minister's Chequers country estate, with an official to-do list set to include support for Ukraine, illegal migration and AI.

Events

2 hours ago Elon Musk cheers on Kemi Badenoch as Tory leader uses PMQs to demand Keir Starmer be a 'leader not a lawyer' and allow new grooming gangs inquiry

During angry clashes at PMQs this afternoon, Mrs Badenoch piled pressure on the Prime Minister to establish a fresh probe into child sexual exploitation.

Politics

11 hours ago Watch live: Pacific Palisades wildfires rage across Los Angeles as 30,000 residents forced to flee homes

Watch live as Pacific Palisades wildfires rage across Los Angeles on Wednesday (8 January) as 30,000 residents have been forced to flee homes.

Society

15 hours ago Basic questions unanswered by Shein at Business and Trade Committee despite firm eyeing London listing

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Economics

2 hours ago State of emergency declared in Russian city after Ukraine 'drones hit oil depot for Putin's nuclear bombers'

A huge fire exploded at the ‘Kristal’ oil complex in the city of Engels after long-range strikes, said Ukraine’s military

Events

2 hours ago Denmark ‘open to dialogue’ with Donald Trump over security concerns on Greenland

Danish foreign minister says territory unlikely to ever be part of US, while French minister criticises president-electDenmark has said it is open to dialogue with Donald Trump about his legitimate security concerns after the incoming US president said he was prepared to use economic tariffs or military force to seize control of Danish-administered Greenland.Lars Løkke Rasmussen, the experienced Danish foreign minister, insisted he did not see a political crisis, but said it was in everyone’s interests to lower the temperature in the discussions. Continue reading...

Politics

21 hours ago Liverpool fans unite after Elon Musk's father reveals the billionaire wants to buy the Reds in bombshell interview

Musk's father Errol was quizzed about his son - who is the richest man in the world with an estimated wealth of worth an estimated £334billion - reportedly having interest in purchasing the club.

Society

26 hours ago McDonald's boss says he can't guarantee there will be no more sexual abuse allegations at fast food chain after 700 workers launch fresh claims

Alistair Macrow appeared before the Commons Business Committee on Tuesday afternoon and claimed his reforms 'are working' - after fresh allegations of sexual harassment emerged.

Economics

4 hours ago London's Regent Street locked down for controlled explosion after 'suspicious vehicle'

Londoners have reported of a suspected 'bomb threat' after police shut down Regent Street and forced all surrounding shops and offices to evacuate, with reports of 'controlled explosions'

Events

2 hours ago Keir Starmer is ‘betraying’ the NHS with private sector expansion, says Jeremy Corbyn

Exclusive: Former Labour leader hits out, accusing prime minister of ‘broken pledges’ on the two-child benefit cap, winter fuel and ‘selling off’ the health service

Politics

25 hours ago ‘Mom, don’t cry, I’m home:’ Ukrainian refugee family learns that son is alive after almost three years of captivity in Russia

The 25-year-old soldier was captured by Russian forces in May 2022 ‘while defending civilians in Mariupol’ said family

Society

28 hours ago Nigel Farage strikes gold: Reform leader's earnings from second jobs pass £500,000 in just six months since he became an MP after he declares bullion dealer role

The Reform leader has cashed in after being elected to represent Clacton-on-Sea in July, with a host of money-making ventures.

Economics

4 hours ago Wildfires latest: Thousands flee Los Angeles as blazes burn in and around the city

Wildfires are tearing across the Los Angeles area with devastating force after setting off a desperate escape from burning homes through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke

Events

3 hours ago Ministers will always spend enough on defence, No 10 says amid Trump 5% GDP call

The president-elect has called for all members of the transatlantic alliance to more than double their defence commitment.

Politics

26 hours ago New rules for tourists arriving at UK airports come into force this week

The ETA scheme is being expanded to more countries

Society

29 hours ago 15,000 of Putin's troops have been killed trying to drive Ukraine out of Kursk, Zelensky reveals as Kyiv's forces 'destroy five Russian air defence systems worth more than £300 million in one day'

'During the Kursk operation, the enemy has already lost 38,000 of their soldiers in this direction alone, with nearly 15,000 of these losses being irreversible,' Zelensky said

Economics

5 hours ago UK special forces had ‘golden pass’ to carry out killings in Afghanistan, inquiry hears

Military operated under ‘code of silence’, according to testimonies from probe into suspected war crimes

Events

4 hours ago Rupert Lowe dubbed ‘future leader’ as he calls for block on quantitative easing

As he walked to present his proposals, the Reform UK MP was jokingly dubbed ‘future leader’ by another MP in the chamber.

Politics

29 hours ago Nottingham Forest star sends message to former club Liverpool over unlikely title clash

Nottingham Forest host Liverpool next week and can close the gap on the Premier League leaders to just three points by claiming a win over Arne Slot's charging side

Society

29 hours ago South Ayrshire Council leader visits new £500k aparthotel and business hub in historic part of Ayr

South Ayrshire Council Leader Martin Dowey, along with fellow Councillor Martin Kilbride, visited the hub at 21 Wellington Square, as work on the project nears completion.

Economics

5 hours ago Badenoch refuses to restore whip to Baroness Warsi despite clearing her of wrongdoing over Sunak coconut tweet

Exclusive: Tory leader refuses to reinstate UK’s first Muslim cabinet member less than 24 hours after backing Robert Jenrick for railing against ‘alien cultures with medieval attitudes’

Events

4 hours ago Political party funding rules may be reformed amid Musk interest, Starmer says

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey called for changes amid the US businessman’s continued interest in British politics and support for Reform UK.

Politics

29 hours ago Florida doctor 'forced young girls to film sadistic sex acts that led to one child's horrific death'

In one tragic case a 13-year-old girl died after Stephen Andrew Leedy, a palliative care doctor in the Tampa Bay area, reportedly told her how to hang herself.

Society

30 hours ago The man set to get a £6m private tunnel to his house paid for by the taxpayer

Brian Garlick has been forced out of his home alongside the A417 Missing Link, a three-mile-long dual carriageway under construction between Gloucester and Cirencester.

Economics

6 hours ago The stars whose homes have turned to ashes in devastating LA wildfires: Heartbroken A

Dozens of celebrities have been forced to flee their ritzy mega-mansions in coastal Los Angeles as three raging infernos threaten to raze the city to the ground.

Events

5 hours ago Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over grooming gangs scandal in first Prime Minister's Questions of 2025

Victims want action today, the Prime Minister said, as the Tory leader repeated demands for a national inquiry into rape gangs

Politics

6 hours ago Landlords to be banned from asking for money upfront under new renting rules

Currently, there is no cap on how many months of rent a landlord can demand from prospective tenants, meaning some people could be forced to fork out thousands of pounds to secure themselves a home

Events

5 hours ago Ryanair sues ‘unruly’ passenger it says disrupted Dublin to Lanzarote flight

Airline seeking €15,000 in damages over ‘inexcusable’ behaviour it says forced plane to divert to PortugalRyanair is suing a passenger it claims disrupted a flight between Dublin and Lanzarote, seeking €15,000 (£12,500) in damages to cover expenses incurred when the plane was diverted to Portugal.The airline said on Wednesday it had filed proceedings in Dublin’s circuit court against the passenger, whose behaviour on the flight last April it described as “inexcusable” and “completely unacceptable.” Continue reading...

Politics

6 hours ago Lawsuit alleges racial and gender discrimination led to an Air Force contractor's death

The family of a Air Force contractor who was killed when she walked into a rotating drone propeller has filed a lawsuit against her company, Sumaria Systems LLC, claiming her trainer subjected her to gender and racial discrimination that ultimately put her in harm's way and led to her death

Events

5 hours ago Keir Starmer teases Nigel Farage saying he 'smiled' when Elon Musk knifed former ally and said he should be replaced as Reform leader

Mr Farage grinned and MPs laughed as the PM commiserated with him over the volte face by the X owner at the weekend.

Politics

6 hours ago Mounted officer badly hurt in fall during Black Lives Matter protest sues Met Police for £200,000

PC Nicky Vernon claims the force ‘exposed her to a foreseeable risk of injury’

Events

5 hours ago Trump’s nod at US military action to seize Greenland and Panama Canal draws fury from European leaders: Live

Incoming commander-in-chief holds alarming press conference at Mar-a-Lago, wandering from topic to topic and threatening allied nations

Politics

7 hours ago Ukraine 'drones attack oil depot for Putin's nuclear bomber planes' deep inside Russia

A huge fire exploded at the ‘Kristal’ oil complex in the city of Engels after long-range strikes, said Ukraine’s military

Events

5 hours ago Maria review – Angelina Jolie’s Callas commands the screen as a great diva in decline

Pablo Larraín’s strange and mordant drama portrays Callas’s haughty struggle as her voice begins to fail but her stardom remains undimmedAngelina Jolie declaims an imperious performance as opera star Maria Callas in this strange, sad, mordantly witty film from screenwriter Steven Knight and director Pablo Larraín, showing her declining months in Paris in 1977; the lioness in winter succumbing with ecstatic defiance to illness and loneliness. Maria broods over her “medication” and neglects to eat, and she is impossibly difficult with the servants, housekeeper Bruna (Alba Rohrwacher) and valet Ferruccio (Pierfrancesco Favino), who are the aghast witnesses to her decline – and she is beginning to relinquish the idea that she will ever sing again. The whole thing is interspersed with pharma-fuelled hallucination-flashbacks to the days of her celebrity pomp, but also further back to her traumatised girlhood in Nazi-occupied Greece.This film has had a mixed, sometimes frosty reception; I ...

Politics

7 hours ago Ryanair warns badly behaved passengers they could be sued: Airline takes legal action against 'disruptive' holidaymaker after Lanzarote

The company is claiming 15,000 euro in damages against the passenger, who they say forced a flight between Dublin and Lanzarote last year to divert to Porto.

Events

5 hours ago Keir Starmer claims new inquiry would delay action on child grooming gangs until 2031 – UK politics live

Prime minister says any new inquiry into child abuse would delay progress as Kemi Badenoch says ‘be a leader, not a lawyer’Reform UK has also tabled a reasoned amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill motion tonight. It says:That this house declines to give a second reading to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill because the secretary of state for the Home Department has not launched a UK-wide public inquiry into grooming gangs and has not committed to updating Members of this House every quarter on the progress of the inquiry.The Conservatives are using the victims of this scandal as a political football.The Conservatives alongside Reform, goaded along by Elon Musk will be voting for a motion which will not secure a national inquiry for victims of child sexual abuse, but instead it would kill these crucial child protection measures completely. Continue reading...

Politics

7 hours ago UK police face probe into handling of sex crimes allegations against Harrods owner Al Fayed

U.K. police watchdogs will investigate whether the London force bungled its handling of sex crimes allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed

Events

6 hours ago MPs demand X owner Elon Musk attends Parliament for a grilling over the spread of 'viral misinformation' on his social media site

The House of Commons' Science, Innovation and Technology Committee invited the world's richest man to appear before them to give evidence to their ongoing probe.

Politics

7 hours ago LA wildfire forces 30,000 people from homes in apocalyptic scenes destroying celeb pads

Raging wildfires have torn through Los Angeles as two separate blazes spread in the US city, with residents fleeing their homes and roads clogged with abandoned cars

Events

6 hours ago Politics LIVE: Keir Starmer clashes with Kemi Badenoch at PMQs as he accuses Tory leader of 'jumping on bandwagon' over calls for new inquiry into grooming gangs

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live coverage of the first Prime Minister's Questions of 2025 as Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch in the wake of a grooming gangs row involving Elon Musk.

Politics

7 hours ago Met Police handling of 2008 complaints against Mohamed Al Fayed under investigation

The force’s Directorate of Professional Standards will investigate the way it dealt with the cases under the direction of a police watchdog

Events

6 hours ago PMQs: Keir Starmer claims new inquiry would delay action on child grooming gangs until 2031 – UK politics live

Prime minister says any new inquiry into child abuse would delay progress as Kemi Badenoch says ‘be a leader, not a lawyer’Reform UK has also tabled a reasoned amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill motion tonight. It says:That this house declines to give a second reading to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill because the secretary of state for the Home Department has not launched a UK-wide public inquiry into grooming gangs and has not committed to updating Members of this House every quarter on the progress of the inquiry.The Conservatives are using the victims of this scandal as a political football.The Conservatives alongside Reform, goaded along by Elon Musk will be voting for a motion which will not secure a national inquiry for victims of child sexual abuse, but instead it would kill these crucial child protection measures completely. Continue reading...

Politics

8 hours ago Ukraine 'drones attack oil depot for Putin's air force bomber planes' deep inside Russia

A huge fire exploded at the ‘Kristal’ oil complex in the city of Engels after long-range strikes, said Ukraine’s military

Events