80 minutes ago The meat grinder strategy: North Korean troops sent to boost Russian forces are being 'used as human mine detectors' in Ukrainian fields

North Korean troops sent to support Russia are being used as 'human mine detectors' on the frontlines of the invasion of Ukraine, according to a military official. 

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98 minutes ago Take That star Mark Owen and his family forced to flee LA home amid wildfires

The 52-year-old singer, his wife, his three children, and their animals had to immediately evacuate after they awoke to 'helicopters, thick black smoke and winds howling'.

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2 hours ago Coronation Street's Simon Gregson 'could be forced to sell home if he doesn't pay back £250,000 loan'

The Coronation Street actor, 50, must repay Simon Gregson Productions a sum of £1,500 per month, according to official papers.

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17 minutes ago Los Angeles arsonist is arrested for 'purposely starting Kenneth Fire'

An apocalyptic, fast moving fire that sparked mass evacuations in Calabasas is being investigated as an arson incident, with one suspect arrested.

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20 hours ago Inside the hardest year of Kate's life: From trolls' conspiracy theories amid cancer diagnosis to THAT Mother's Day photograph

Today, as the Princess of Wales celebrates her 43rd birthday, she will be looking back on a year that her husband William described as the 'hardest year in my life'.

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16 hours ago Patients in chairs ‘day and night’ and physio gym turned into ward, say doctors

The Royal College of Physicians has published accounts from doctors on the front line talking about the crisis in NHS hospitals.

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1 hour ago TOM UTLEY: I dream of wolfing down a full English. So why do I only have coffee and cigarettes for breakfast every day?

For me, the great joy of staying in a rural B&B or country hotel is the thought of a slap-up full English breakfast in the morning. The thought of it, mind, but never the reality.

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12 hours ago Liverpool's familiar problem causes fresh headache for Arne Slot as boss forced into U

Liverpool's preparations for Saturday's FA Cup third round clash against Accrington Stanley suffered a blow during their journey back from the Carabao Cup defeat to Tottenham

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3 hours ago Rachel Reeves' £25bn National Insurance raid could force more than HALF of British businesses to raise prices, damning poll reveals

The figures provide the latest evidence of how firms are scrambling to respond to the tax hike and as the boss of Marks & Spencer said it would be a challenge.

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44 minutes ago Lazy police dog forced to retire age two because she couldn't be bothered catching crims

Lissy the lazy Labrador has been 'retired' at the tender age of just two after showing signs she was reluctant to do her job of detecting firearms and cash for a police force

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3 hours ago Leighton Baines praises Everton response after victory on ‘difficult day’

The club’s new owners the Friedkin Group look set to bring back David Moyes.

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15 hours ago Heidi Montag tearfully admits she only has 'two pairs of jeans and two shirts' left after she and husband Spencer Pratt were forced to flee their home before it was destroyed by LA fires

The couple evacuated their home with their two sons earlier this week after the fires began to spread, and images have since shown that their property has been destroyed.

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4 hours ago ITV Corrie's Simon Gregson in '£252k loan trouble with estranged wife' and could be forced to sell home

Simon Gregson, who has played Steve McDonald in Coronation Street since 1989, and his wife Emma have been ordered to repay a £252,000 loan taken from his production firm.

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65 minutes ago Ukraine war briefing: Western allies pledge $2bn in military aid for Ukraine

Aid promised at Ramstein meeting covered air defence, information technology, demining, naval forces, air forces and artillery. What we know on day 1,052See all our Ukraine coverage Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Makeup artist reacts to viral TikTok of bride removing her professional makeup just 20 minutes before wedding

The bride claimed in her TikTok that her lips were ‘too pink’ and her foundation wasn’t blended into her neck

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15 hours ago Coleen Rooney reveals attacks forced family to leave Liverpool after Wayne joined Manchester United

Family had car windows smashed and house spray-painted after he made £30m move

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15 hours ago Boots reduces 'luxurious' Versace perfume shoppers 'come back for' to £24

The designer eau de parfum has a 'beautiful scent that lasts all day' - and shoppers can now stock up for less thanks to Boots

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87 minutes ago Shamima Begum could be free from Syrian prison in DAYS as guards holding her and thousands of other ISIS terrorists have come under attack

The 25-year-old is currently being held in Al Roj, a filthy, brutal temporary tent city teeming with dangerous ISIS loyalists.

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5 hours ago Trudeau: Trump threatened to annex Canada to distract from tariffs impact

Canadian PM says ‘skilful negotiator’ Trump is trying to distract from rise in prices that would follow his proposed tariffsThe Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has described Donald Trump’s talk of possibly annexing Canada as a tactic designed to distract people from the impact of his proposed tariffs.Trump, who says he will impose 25% tariffs on all Canadian imports unless Ottawa boosts border security, said on Tuesday that he was considering using “economic force” to acquire Canada. Continue reading...

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17 hours ago ‘We’re done’: Breaking Bad house owners driven away from home by fans after 52 years

New Mexico property owner has to put up with hundreds of visitors a day

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18 hours ago Tesco marks ‘biggest ever Christmas’ as shoppers switch to supermarket from rivals

The supermarket giant saw UK and Ireland like-for-like sales, excluding fuel and VAT, rise 3.7% in the six weeks to January 4 and record trading in the week before Christmas

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4 hours ago Sickening rap lyrics boasting about murder of schoolboy Kelyan Bokassa on London bus shared online

Kelyan Bokassa, 14, was stabbed to death on a bus in Woolwich, South East London, and as tributes pour in for the youngster, sick lyrics have also appeared on Instagram about the attack

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5 hours ago David Moyes can be left in no doubt about tough job he's walking into on return to Everton

EVERTON 2-0 PETERBOROUGH: On the day that Everton sacked Sean Dyche and moved to the brink of appointing David Moyes, their problems were there for all to see

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19 hours ago Shoppers switch to Tesco as supermarket celebrates highest market share in almost a decade

The UK’s biggest supermarket chain reported UK and Ireland like-for-like sales, excluding fuel and VAT, up 3.7% over the six weeks to January 4.

Economics

4 hours ago Burned homes and rattled nerves: Altadena residents grapple with toll of deadly LA blaze

Intense winds scattered embers across huge swaths of land, burning down some houses while leaving some unscathedTell us: how have the California wildfires affected you?Ash was falling gently over the Historic Highlands neighborhood of Pasadena, California, on Thursday as residents began to grapple with the toll of the Eaton fire still being fought in the mountains above.This area was under an evacuation order on Wednesday, and the next day the streets were still littered with fallen branches from Tuesday night’s intense windstorm. The fire broke out early in the evening and spread rapidly amid the powerful gusts, killing at least four people and destroying more than 5,000 structures in the area, which also includes the Altadena and Sierra Madre neighborhoods. As of Thursday afternoon, the blaze had burned 13,690 acres and remained 0% contained. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Corrie star Simon Gregson in 'estranged wife' riddle and could be forced to sell his house

Coronation Street star Simon Gregson and his wife are mentioned in new Companies House documents over a £252,000 loan he took from his production firm.

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22 hours ago Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly lower after Wall St holds firm

Asian stocks are mostly lower after U.S. stock indexes finished mixed a day after strong reports on the economy stirred up worries that inflation and interest rates may remain higher than expected

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4 hours ago Chris Sutton says Celtic are 'laughing' at Rangers and fires 'Belgian waffle' jibe at Clement

It was another away day to forget as the Ibrox men dropped further points on the road

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6 hours ago Puppies returned to their family after seven were stolen in burglary at Christmas

A group of seven lurcher pups were taken from Shroton in Dorset after callous raiders broke into a building between 10.50pm and 11.10pm on December 28

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5 hours ago Embattled RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney facing calls for removal after pay storm

A rebellion from clubs is piling pressure on the CEO, who has been under fire since

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8 hours ago Best Valentine’s Day gifts for her 2025: Thoughtful and romantic presents for all budgets

Show her that she’s a wifey for lifey

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5 hours ago Transgender Slender Man stabber Morgan Geyser to be released from prison despite victim Payton Leutner's pleas

Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 when they attacked Payton Leutner, also 12, in a sickening attack that shocked America in 2014.

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8 hours ago The Guardian view on Jimmy Carter’s funeral: requiem for a good man and a better era | Editorial

Five living presidents gathered at the service in Washington. They were a reminder of how much has changed in US politicsHeavy with honours, attended by all living US presidents, and swathed in public affection, Jimmy Carter received a solemn state funeral on Thursday on the kind of cold and crystalline January day at which Washington DC’s climate can excel. Within hours, though, the 39th US president’s remains were interred in a private ceremony alongside his wife Rosalynn, in the shadow of the modest house they built in 1961 in Plains, Georgia, where Mr Carter was born more than a century ago, and where he died at the end of December.This sharp juxtapositions of Mr Carter’s final day in the world’s eye were somehow appropriate. He made his home in Washington for the four years of his presidency, but his roots and heart were always in Georgia. His manifest personal decency and lack of Beltway experience made him the “not-Nixon” that the US needed after...

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5 hours ago Tesco and M&S sound alarm over rising costs: Retail giants face hit from Budget after bumper Christmas trading

M&S, led by boss Stuart Machin (pictured with Sienna Miller) reported £4.06bn in sales for the three months to 28 December.

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9 hours ago Woman who lost hand fighting off a shark is raising money for a new prosthetic

‘Without this hand, Elisabeth faces a future marked by limited skills, stunted mobility, and a diminished quality of life’

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6 hours ago Thugs, 20, who used crutches to beat up a homeless man and then robbed him of everything he had in a 'truly disturbing' attack have been jailed for three years

A pair of thugs have been jailed for beating up a homeless man with a crutches before robbing him in an attacked suspected to be 'fuelled by drink and or drugs.'

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9 hours ago Biden hails Jimmy Carter’s strength of character in eulogy at state funeral

Service marks end of 39th president’s lying in state at ceremony attended by all five living presidentsJimmy Carter funeral – latest newsJimmy Carter’s six-day farewell to the nation culminated on Thursday morning with a eulogy from Joe Biden on faith and character as the 39th president received a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral.During the service, the US president said that he had been the first senator to endorse Carter’s presidential run – highlighting how his predecessor saw challenges “well into the future” and taught him the power of morality. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Indiana man who fled to avoid prison sentence for storming Capitol is arrested in Canada

An Indiana man who fled to avoid a nine-month prison sentence for storming the U.S. Capitol has been arrested in Canada this week on the fourth anniversary of the mob’s attack

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9 hours ago Makeup artist reacts to viral TikTok of bride removing her glam 20 minutes before wedding

The bride claimed in her TikTok that her lips were ‘too pink’ and her foundation wasn’t blended into her neck

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6 hours ago New Orleans truck attack victims sue city for neglecting to protect them

Lawsuit claims contractors and city failed to implement an effective system for deterring a known threat, the suit saysSix people who were injured and the father of a man who was killed in the New Year’s truck attack filed a lawsuit Thursday against the city of New Orleans and two contractors, claiming they failed to protect revelers from an army veteran who sped around a police blockade and raced down Bourbon Street, killing 14 people and injuring at least 30.The attack by Shamsud-Din Jabbar was tragic but preventable, leaving the six victims with broken bones, physical suffering and mental anguish and killing Brandon Taylor, according to the lawsuit filed in Orleans parish civil district court by Matthew Hemmer with the Morris Bart law firm. Jabbar was killed in a shootout with police. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago 'I’m more a train set, football, going to the swings granda. Dressing up is outside the comfort zone'

Tough political hack Kevin Maguire steps away from the day job at Parliament and reveals another side to him as Granda Kev. This week Kev swaps his wardrobe of black suits and pale blue shirts for a pink dress to keep his dressing-up loving granddaughter happy

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6 hours ago Train strikes: Rail service chaos as managers plan walkouts this weekend – check full timetables

A walkout by managers at one major UK train operator and planned engineering works have sparked warnings of major disruption this weekend, with Avanti West Coast passengers urged to travel another day

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10 hours ago Birkenstock sues ‘copycat’ rivals claiming its sandals are applied art

German maker of fashionable cork-based footwear files three lawsuits alleging copyright infringementOnce sneered at as the preserve of muesli-loving, Guardian-reading hippies, Birkenstocks have more recently been promoted to the status of fashion item, not least since they took a starring role in the Barbie movie. But now cork-soled sandals are facing their day in court as their German makers call for them to be protected in perpetuity – and to be recognised as nothing less than a unique work of art.Germany’s federal court of justice is to decide on the future of the ergonomic sandal after three lawsuits against alleged copycat competitors were lodged on Thursday by the footwear manufacturer. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Lawsuit by New Orleans truck attack victims says city, contractors failed to implement safety system

Six people who were injured and the father of a man who was killed in the New Year’s truck attack are suing the City of New Orleans and two contractors, claiming they failed to protect revelers from an Army veteran who sped around a police blockade and raced down Bourbon Street

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10 hours ago Simon Cowell performs rude stunt with his 'trousers down' while filming for BGT

Britain's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell had his co-stars in stitches after performing a very cheeky stunt as filming for the upcoming series of the ITV show got underway

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7 hours ago Take That's Mark Owen evacuates LA home amid wildfires as wife shares heartbreaking video

Take That's Mark Owen has been forced to flee his Los Angeles home with his wife and family after the area was ravaged by wildfires, with a state of emergency being declared.

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10 hours ago King Charles will 'never abandon' Prince Andrew because of worrying fear'

Prince Andrew was cast out of taking part in the Royal Family's Christmas celebrations after his links to an alleged Chinese spy emerged - but despite him becoming embroiled in yet another scandal, one royal expert has revealed why she believes King Charles will not push him further from the royal fold

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7 hours ago They used crutches to beat a homeless man before stealing his phone and wallet

They also repeatedly kicked and punched the victim during the 'truly disturbing' attack

Events

11 hours ago California fires: Los Angeles officials update public as unprecedented blazes rage on – latest updates

Officials said they were dealing with five major fires, which have destroyed almost 2,000 structures and forced 130,000 people to evacuateFull report: wildfires continue to rage in Los AngelesVisual explainer: why are the LA wildfires so bad?Californians: have you been affected by the wildfires?Five people have died in the Eaton fire in Altadena, an increase from the two reported deaths earlier today, Los Angeles county sheriff Robert Luna told ABC Los Angeles station KABC.Here are some of the latest images from the newswires from the wildfires raging though Los Angeles County. Continue reading...

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8 hours ago Pensioner killed and eaten by neighbour's pig on Christmas Day as locals left 'confused'

Police in Ohio in the US think a woman found dead on her front porch on Christmas Day was eaten by pigs - concerns were raised when the pensioner did not show up to a family event

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11 hours ago Mom 'walks in on female school aide, 45, raping her disabled teenage son on snow day'

Christin Coble allegedly raped the 15-year-old boy in his Ohio home on Monday. The teen has the mental capacity of a nine-year-old, his mother said.

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8 hours ago Horror as second teenager stabbed just 24 hours after London bus attack with manhunt launched for gang of men

Horror as second teenager stabbed just 24 hours after London bus attack with manhunt launched for gang of men  GB News

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12 hours ago An expert says you should be doing these four breathing exercises every day

Breathe your way to a calmer state of mind with these simple exercises

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8 hours ago Take That's Mark Owen evacuated from LA home amidst wildfires as wife shares distressing video

Take That singer Mark Owen has been forced to flee from his home in Los Angeles as wildfires continue to spread across California, with his wife sharing distressing clip

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