18 minutes ago Staff finally leave ‘snowed in’ pub in North Yorkshire after being stranded for days

‘I think a lot of them had cabin fever,’ said Elle Applegarth.

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1 hour ago Paris Hilton emotionally returns to charred Malibu beach house after being destroyed in LA fires: 'Truly indescribable'

It comes just one day after the TV personality, 43, confirmed that she saw the property 'burn to the ground on live TV.'

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31 minutes ago A banking expert explains the balance transfer credit card pitfalls to watch out for

Thinking about taking out a new card for 2025? An expert suggests some things to consider first.

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10 hours ago Lakers postpone Hornets game as coach JJ Redick loses home in LA wildfires

Wildfires are burning fiercely across Los Angeles regionLA Rams playoff game still expected to go aheadThe NBA has postponed Thursday’s game between the Lakers and the Charlotte Hornets in Los Angeles due to the wildfires in the region, but the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams still expect their home playoff game on Monday to go ahead.At least five people have been killed, thousands of structures have been incinerated and nearly 180,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes during the disaster. Lakers head coach JJ Redick lost his house in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles in the fires, ESPN reported on Thursday. Continue reading...

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26 minutes ago West Ham XI vs Aston Villa: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for FA Cup tonight

Graham Potter takes charge of the Hammers for the first time

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15 hours ago How to watch the Xbox Developer Direct 2025 showcase and what to expect

Doom: The Dark Ages and South of Midnight will lead the event, but a mystery game could steal the show

Culture

13 hours ago Trapped astronauts show first cracks with haunting plea from International Space Station

On Wednesday, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams joined fellow astronauts Nick Hague and Don Pettit at the ISS to share more details about their lives in space.

Technology

9 hours ago Mystery virus leads to 'severe pneumonia in days' as patient says 'it's worse than 2022'

Alleged reports from Chinese socia media suggest people going through an outbreak of HMPV cases in the country are experiencing crowded hospitals that are worse than during Covid

Science

21 minutes ago Liverpool legend drew Kenny Dalglish's fury when harmless prank went badly wrong

Liverpool legend Ray Houghton found himself on the end of Kenny Dalglish's wrath when a harmless prank backfired just days into his Anfield career

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2 hours ago Novak Djokovic’s claim he ate ‘poisoned’ food in 2022 Melbourne hotel detention ‘possible but very unlikely’, experts say

Doubt cast on tennis former world number one’s comments in GQ interview as debate reopens about handling of visa sagaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastExperts have cast doubt on Novak Djokovic’s claim that he was “poisoned” by the food he ate in hotel immigration detention during his Australian Open visa saga, suggesting it is possible but unlikely.Interviews with the former world number one ahead of the 2025 Australian Open have reopened public debate about the chain of events in 2022, with Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios saying his home country had “treated [Djokovic] like shit” by cancelling his visa in 2022.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Lisa's team are having a ball while raising vital funds for two Lanarkshire food banks

Team 50/50 – Helping Those in Need was launched on St Valentine’s Day four years ago

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13 hours ago Real Madrid vs Mallorca LIVE! Spanish Super Cup match stream, latest score and goal updates today

Los Blancos looking to tee up final against Barcelona

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45 minutes ago ‘We would turn up to find books on fire’: the teachers risking kidnap and death to keep Burkina Faso’s schools open

Conflict has forced a fifth of the country’s schools to close. One teacher, determined to keep working despite threats from marauding Islamist militias, shares their testimonyTeaching in Burkina Faso is a dangerous commitment. Thousands of schools are closed and teachers forced out of the profession because of the risks they face, mostly from Islamist militants attacking schools.Jihadist violence first broke out in 2015 but the conflict has intensified in the past few years, driven by militants who have seized up to 40% of the country. It is estimated that as many as 6.3 million people – a quarter of the population – were in need of humanitarian aid in 2024, with the country named as the world’s most neglected displacement crisis for the second year in a row. Continue reading...

Events

16 hours ago Christie’s auction showcases style of centenarian fashion muse Iris Apfel

Lots include her trademark oversize glasses as well as outfits from Miu Miu and Dior and lifesize ostrich sculptureIris Apfel, perhaps the world’s first centenarian style icon, died last year at the age of 102. Now her clothes, art and furniture are set to be sold at Christie’s later this month in an online auction titled Unapologetically Iris.Anyone familiar with Apfel and her “more is more” style would know that it began with her trademark owl-like glasses. There are 18 pairs for sale here, with square, round and sparkly designs included. Continue reading...

Culture

12 hours ago 'I was told I had a urine infection but a CT scan revealed a horrifying diagnosis'

Zoe Gardner-Lawson, 36, was diagnosed with a UTI and given antibiotics for five days but her pain continued and she later found out she had a 5cm tumour on her bowel

Science

27 minutes ago When is FA Cup draw? Date, start time, TV channel, live stream and fourth round ball numbers

This weekend sees 64 teams vying to reach the next round

Politics

17 hours ago How worried should we be about RFK Jr as health secretary? Ask Florida

Florida’s surgeon general Joseph Ladapo has given free rein to his own unorthodox views on vaccines and public healthDonald Trump’s promise to upend public health policy across the US by installing Robert F Kennedy Jr as health secretary is resonating in Florida, where experts say the nation can learn from its own experience of a vaccine-denying state surgeon with unorthodox scientific views.Like Kennedy’s relationship with the incoming president, Dr Joseph Ladapo was championed by, and is closely aligned to, a powerful rightwing political leader – Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor. Continue reading...

Society

3 hours ago Stock market today: Asian shares slide further as rate cut, tariff worries hit market sentiment

Shares have fallen for a second day in Asia after U.S. markets were closed to observe a National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter

Economics

16 hours ago Stuart Hogg was a world class Scottish rugby player who now has to relocate his moral compass | Robert Kitson

The former national rugby union captain has been spared jail for the domestic abuse of his estranged wife, Gill, after courts painted a grim picture of his off-pitch behaviourScotland has not always been blessed with rugby players of genuine world class but prime-time Stuart Hogg was a rare exception. At the height of his powers he was the Six Nations Player of the Year in successive seasons in 2016 and 2017, mixing acceleration and attacking intent with a just-try-and-stop-me attitude that set him apart from the average workaday pro.The talented lad from Hawick was a big fish in a series of smallish pools – the Borders, Scottish rugby, Exeter – and grew accustomed to being hailed as king of his local oval-ball castle. While, behind closed doors, not being entirely the man his many fans thought him to be. Continue reading...

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45 minutes ago At last! Fashion is making bags for women who work, not just ladies who lunch | Jessica Cartner

My work bag is closer in scale to a laundry basket than the tiny handbags clutched by modelsFashion sometimes excludes people on grounds that are truly nasty and toxic and which reflect and drive fundamental problems in our culture: race, weight, wealth. So I hesitate to bring up what I’m about to say because it is small-fry compared with those issues. What I want to talk about today is not, in the scheme of things, any kind of hard luck story. But I am going to bring it up anyway.The microaggression for which I would like to call out fashion, today, is for all the times it has made me feel excluded because my handbag is inelegantly big and heavy. I have quite often felt like a no-hope outcast from glamour, on the grounds that the outfits fashion celebrates on catwalks or billboards or red carpets feature a handbag no bigger than a hardback novel, while the bag I carry to the office and back every day is closer in scale to a laundry basket. Continue reading...

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18 hours ago 15 beautiful photos of Scotland from the Highlands to the Borders, as captured by our readers

Readers Gallery January 2025: A selection of beautiful pictures from around Scotland taken by contributors to The Scotsman Readers Gallery

Culture

16 hours ago Scientists prize neutrality – that doesn’t cut it any more. In 2025, they must fully back the climate movement | Bill McGuire and Roger Hallam

With 2024 set to go down as the hottest year on record, we know that what is coming is truly horrifyingThe past 12 months have seen our world enter new territory. Last year will go down as the first time that the global average temperature exceeded 1.5C above preindustrial times over a calendar year. We could crash permanently through the 1.5C guardrail within the next five years, and shatter the 2C limit as soon as 2034. This will almost certainly result in the tipping points for collapse of the Greenland and west Antarctic ice sheets being crossed, committing us to the drowning of coastal towns and cities.In years to come, we will look back at this time and ask the same question that future generations will ask: why didn’t we stop this catastrophe?Bill McGuire is professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at UCL and author of Hothouse Earth: an Inhabitant’s GuideRoger Hallam is co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil Continue reading...

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45 minutes ago Farage, Musk and Trump: they crave your attention. Don’t give it to them | Andy Beckett

Populist trolling thrives on the oxygen of publicity. It’s on all of us – media and voters – to start looking awayEven more than other forms of politics, populism needs an audience. Populist politicians want to be famous personalities, to make attention-getting claims and promises, to create new national myths. Like other ambitious but less ideological entertainers, they want their act to be widely noticed, and then requested again and again. Without a receptive audience, populism can just seem cranky and simplistic – little different from fringe political movements down the ages.In Britain, the US and many other democracies from India to Argentina, populism’s current dominant variant is rightwing, and much of its intended audience is the rightwing media. Conservative commentators, reporters and public intellectuals are constantly required to amplify populism’s messages and help maintain the public profiles of its leading figures. With only five Reform UK MPs, Nigel Farage needs the...

Politics

19 hours ago Good Food Guide Awards 2025: Every restaurant named the best in the UK

Restaurants across the UK have been shortlisted for prestigious awards 🏆

Society

4 hours ago MSPs 'must back private jet tax' as super rich 'burn through carbon budget in 10 days'

Oxfam Scotland says shocking milestone highlights the need for Holyrood budget to rein in lavish private jet culture amongst super-rich.

Economics

24 hours ago Mallorca’s Cyle Larin: ‘Some players dive with the pressure but I like it’

Club’s top scorer has his sights set on the Spanish Super Cup but harbours ambitions of playing in the Premier League“Pair of extra socks, pair of extra boxers”, and that, Cyle Larin says, is pretty much that. Well, it is normally. This time, it is a little different. There is a smile and Real Mallorca’s top scorer this season, Canada’s top scorer of all time, says: “Win that first game and you got to stay longer.”More boxers, more socks, maybe more history too. Win that first game, Thursday night’s Spanish Super Cup semi-final, and they will still be there on Sunday night, 5,000km from home and 90 minutes from the third trophy in their 108 years. Continue reading...

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68 minutes ago 'We've had a devastating start to 2025': Urgent plea as foodbank under threat despite 'unprecedented' demand

Farnworth Baptist Church operate the Well community hub in Farnworth and Kearsley

Events

19 hours ago Love Island All Stars twist as ITV bosses issue announcement days before launch show

12 familar faces are heading back to the Love Island villa in a bid to try and find 'the one' but the power is in the hand of the public on who couples up together

Culture

21 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.

Science

45 minutes ago Graham Potter’s task is to put human heart back in West Ham’s gormless machine | Jonathan Liew

After Hollywood farce of Chelsea and two years out of game, rags-to-riches manager has seized chance to join ‘family club’Remember Angrygate? For a few surreal days in February 2023, pretty much the entire talking apparatus of English football was engaged – as is its habit – in a fevered, earnest and yet entirely fatuous debate about whether Graham Potter was angry enough to be the Chelsea manager.Under an increasingly persistent line of questioning, Potter coped pretty well. He firmly pointed out that you do not go from the ninth tier to one of the biggest clubs in the world without a certain ruthless streak. He subtly rebuked the hypocrisy of the media for demanding greater touchline theatrics from Premier League managers and then pontificating about the culture of abuse towards grassroots referees. So subtly, in fact, that the media blissfully ignored that bit. Continue reading...

Politics

20 hours ago Livid This Morning fans all have the same complaint as Britain's biggest family the Radfords share plans for plush holiday for mum Sue's 50th

Noel, 54, Sue, 49, their 22 children and their grandchildren joined Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard on the sofa to chat about their new TV show 22 Kids And A Wedding.

Society

6 hours ago ANDREW NEIL: The economy's reeling from the disastrous Budget. Taxes or cuts are coming... and the big financial players I've talked to now all say it could spell the end of Labour

In the run-up to the General Election , Rachel Reeves boasted repeatedly of her qualifications for being Chancellor, even liberally embellishing her CV to bolster her credentials.

Economics

25 hours ago Liam Boyce nearing Hearts transfer exit as striker holds talks over Northern Ireland return to end 'difficult' final year

A switch to Derry City could be sealed over the weekend as Jambos look to free up space in the wage budget

Sport

70 minutes ago WWE legend Black Bart dies days after stopping cancer treatment to 'leave it in god's hands'

The WWE legend and multi-time holder of many National Wrestling Alliance championships, Black Bart, has died at the age of 76 having stopped cancer treatment a few months ago

Events

19 hours ago 15 Beautiful photos of Scotland from the Highlands to the Borders, as captured by our readers

Readers Gallery January 2025: A selection of beautiful pictures from around Scotland taken by contributors to The Scotsman Readers Gallery

Culture

45 minutes ago The beauty products and gadgets I tried, tested and loved last year | Sali Hughes on beauty

From non-smudgy mascara to the surprisingly worth-the-hype Dyson AirStrait, here are my top purchases of 2024I was struck by how dominant makeup and devices were in 2024, after years of skincare mania in the market. Saie, a fairly priced US makeup startup, stormed it. With the notable exception of its complexion products (improvement needed), the line is excellent. Dew Bronze (£20), an extremely easy, natural-looking bronzing liquid, was its best launch. I reached for it again and again, fluffing it into cheeks and temples with their now-indispensable Base Brush (£21). Saie could get away with less for the money, but mostly overdelivers.Speaking of price, the high-street hits kept on coming. Elf’s non-smudgy, seven quid Lash XTNDR would have been my mascara of the year at any price. Continue reading...

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22 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

Society

10 hours ago Musk, after months of blustering, admits DOGE wont find $2 trillion worth of cuts in federal budget

Musk has been claiming he could make $2 trillion in cuts since October

Economics

97 minutes ago Appeals court rules Jack Smith report can be released but Merrick Garland still has a fight on his hands

The special counsel handed in his final report days before Trump returns to the White House

Events

21 hours ago The Masked Singer fans 'work out' Bear is Hollywood star seconds into ITV show

The Masked Singer UK fans were certain minutes into the show that they'd rumbled Bear to be a hugely famous Hollywood star and share all the clues that give it away

Culture

45 minutes ago ‘They were inventing a new definition of sexy’: stars and scenesters on the New York Dolls’ riotous rock

Fifty years on from their dissolution, admirers from Joan Jett to Dave Vanian explain the appeal of a band who ripped up rock’n’roll in high heels – and pointed towards punkFifty years ago, the most important American underground rock band of its generation was dying. The New York Dolls, the androgynous-but-tough band who mixed the Rolling Stones, girl groups and garage rock, were imploding under the weight of their own addictions and failures. You wouldn’t say they split, per se – there was still a version of the band led by David Johansen in existence until the end of 1976. But 1975 was the end for Johnny Thunders, Arthur Kane and Jerry Nolan, and the Dolls stopped being the Lower East Side’s rock’n’roll street gang. They only made two albums, and barely played outside New York. But the band laid the foundations for punk, and taught a generation of outsiders and refuseniks they could be something different, as those whose lives were changed by them recall. Continue reading...

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27 hours ago Love Island star's health battle sees doctors share alopecia signs to look for

Two doctors have shed light on the symptoms of a little-known health condition, after Kaz Crossley's heart-breaking experience

Society

14 hours ago Italian mayor vows to stop sale of Neapolitan islet to wealthy speculator

Bacoli mayor says his administration wants to buy Punta Pennata and turn it into an ‘open-air museum’An Italian mayor has vowed to do everything in his power to stop Punta Pennata – a slice of island paradise close to the heart of Naples, from where a fleet departed to rescue survivors of the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius – being sold to a wealthy speculator.Located within the pristine waters of Bacoli, a fishing town located in the vast volcanic area of the Campi Flegrei, and described as a “historical and natural gem”, the strip of land was put up for sale to the highest bidder this week. Continue reading...

Economics

1 hour ago LA fires live updates: authorities announce curfew amid reports of looting, as death toll rises to 10

Palisades, Kenneth and Eaton fires remain uncontrolled as Los Angeles officials say ‘historic winds’ and extensive droughts have created the ‘perfect storm’Full report: Los Angeles fires burn through city as death toll expected to riseVisual explainer: why are the LA wildfires so bad?An update on the Hurst fire from the US forest service has increased the acreage burned to 771 and is 37% contained.477 personnel were assigned to the fire. Continue reading...

Events

25 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'.

Culture

45 minutes ago Week in wildlife in pictures: an entangled elk, a grieving whale and a tortoise on the run

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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16 hours ago Brits 'paying price for Labour's bungled Budget': Reeves warned money from tax hikes will have to go on servicing debt after markets turn on UK

Sterling tumbled to its lowest level against the US dollar for over a year this morning as investors continued to push up risk premium on UK gilts - the way the state finances its activities.

Economics

2 hours ago Real Madrid vs Barcelona XIs: Predicted lineups, confirmed team news and injuries for Spanish Super Cup final

Clasico rivals meet in Jeddah in pursuit of domestic silverware

Events

75 minutes ago The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the musicians persecuted by Stalin

A revelatory account of the composers and performers whose lives were determined by the whims of a dictatorThe fact that Joseph Stalin loved music and believed it mattered was both a blessing and a curse for the men and women who made it. If your work found favour you were treated as a secular god with all the trimmings – palatial apartment, good food and freedom to roam as far as the decadent West (assuming you came back when called).But for those who offended Stalin’s arbitrary and shifting tastes it was another matter. The Father of Nations regularly took time out from his busy killing schedule to vet each new classical music record that came across his desk, noting on the sleeve whether it was “good”, “average” or “rubbish”. A bad rating could earn you a stint in the gulag or, if there were aggravating circumstances (homosexuality, say), a bullet in the back of the head. It has been calculated that 68 composers were sent to Siberia during Stalin’s 30-year reign of terror. Hundre...

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17 hours ago The £3 B&M organisation buy shoppers say have helped them 'sort their lives out like Stacey Solomon'

A B&M storage hack is going viral, with UK shoppers raving about the budget-friendly store's affordable containers.

Economics

2 hours ago LA fires live updates: death toll rises to 10 as California wildfires rage and crews battle new fire

Palisades, Kenneth and Eaton fires remain uncontrolled as Los Angeles officials say ‘historic winds’ and extensive droughts have created the ‘perfect storm’Full report: Los Angeles fires burn through city as death toll expected to riseVisual explainer: why are the LA wildfires so bad?An update on the Hurst fire from the US forest service has increased the acreage burned to 771 and is 37% contained.477 personnel were assigned to the fire. Continue reading...

Events

1 hour ago How to watch Masters snooker 2025: Live stream, TV channel, draw and prize money

The games biggest stars are eyeing glory at the first major event of 2025 marking 50 years of the Masters

Politics

18 hours ago MSP claims delayed discharge cost NHS Dumfries and Galloway more than £54million in last decade

Nearly 200,000 bed days have been lost to the issue across the region since 2015.

Economics

2 hours ago Libya expels 600 Nigeriens in ‘dangerous and traumatising’ desert journey

Largest known deportation of people back to Niger to date comes as EU is accused of outsourcing cruelty to reduce Mediterranean crossingsMore than 600 people have been forcibly deported from Libya on a “dangerous and traumatising” journey across the Sahara, in what is thought to be one of the largest expulsions from the north African country to date.The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) confirmed 613 people, all Nigerien nationals, arrived in the desert town of Dirkou in Niger last weekend in a convoy of trucks. They were among a large number of migrant workers rounded up by the authorities in Libya over the past month. Continue reading...

Events

2 hours ago Streeting defends NHS use of private sector but says it must ‘pull its weight’

Health secretary accused of talking ‘utter nonsense’ about private sector’s ability to help cut NHS waiting timesWes Streeting has defended the growing use of the private sector to help tackle long waiting lists for treatment but said providers must “pull their weight” and not take resources away from the NHS.The health secretary, who has previously said “middle-class lefties” risked putting ideological purity ahead of patient care, said he would be “entirely pragmatic” about using spare capacity in the private sector. Continue reading...

Politics

19 hours ago Apply for Household Support Fund: how to apply online in 2025 as UK families to receive £500 DWP payment

Thousands of households can apply for help with food, energy, and bills 💰

Economics

2 hours ago Tesco issues price rise warning as popular shopping items set to go up

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said there there is "little hope" of food prices "going anywhere but up" in the second half of 2025

Events

2 hours ago Why blame for Stirling Council's plan for devastating music tuition cuts lies in Edinburgh

Stirling Council is struggling to cope with a projected £13 million budget shortfall next year

Politics

19 hours ago Labour abstention means ‘cheapest budget deal’ since devolution – Findlay

Holyrood will vote on the Government’s tax and spending plans next month.

Economics

2 hours ago Myanmar army airstrike in Rakhine state kills about 40 people, says opposition group

Hundreds of homes were burned in Kyauk Ni Maw village in the aerial attack on Rakhine state, says Arakan Army saysAn airstrike by Myanmar’s army on a village under the control of an armed ethnic minority group killed about 40 people and injured at least 20 others, officials of the group and a local charity said on Thursday.The attack occurred Wednesday in Kyauk Ni Maw village on Ramree island, an area controlled by the ethnic Arakan Army in western Rakhine state, with hundreds of houses burned in a fire triggered by the bombing, they said. The military has not announced any attack in the area. Continue reading...

Events

3 hours ago Prince Harry and Meghan Markle share heartfelt message to Californians as wildfires rage miles from their home

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex offered a list of ways to help those affected by the fires

Politics

20 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

Economics

3 hours ago ‘A risk to life and limb’: residents of Germany and Netherlands rue dangers of fireworks

Authorities are reluctant to curb excesses of a new year’s tradition that is causing life-changing injuriesSeven-year-old Necati Karki had gathered with his family as part of a crowd in their neighbourhood in northern Berlin when a treacherous new addition to the New Year’s Eve festivities went off: a “firework bomb”.Fired out of a pipe by unknown assailants and possibly deliberately aimed at the targets, the illegally imported pyrotechnic – called a kugelbombe (spherical bomb) – flew straight into the group of mainly women and children, injuring eight. Karki has undergone at least three operations and is still fighting for his life, with horrific injuries to the lower half of his body, one of his adult brothers reported on Instagram. Continue reading...

Events

3 hours ago Harry Wilson outburst and Liverpool coach's rant are dangerous throwbacks to bad old days

Governing bodies' failure to take action against Fulham star after his finger-pointing tirade at referee Darren Bond does the so-called campaign against dissent in the game a disservice

Politics

20 hours ago Primark's 'chic' £42 trench coat rivals Stella McCartney's £5,000 designer piece

Shoppers are rushing to get their hands the coat, which has been dubbed the ultimate fashion statement for those who want to look classy on a budget

Economics

3 hours ago ‘All eyes are on Glasgow’: UK’s first legal drug consumption room ready to open

The Thistle will be available 365 days a year and provide a supervised space where drugs can be injected safelyThe UK’s first legal drug consumption room, the Thistle, will open its doors in the East End of Glasgow on Monday morning after a 10-year battle to realise the pioneering facility.The Thistle will remain open 365 days a year from 9am to 9pm and allow some of the most vulnerable addicts in the city to take their own drugs in a clean and safe environment under the supervision of health professionals. Continue reading...

Events

3 hours ago England’s Harry Hall nabs share of lead after first round of Sony Open

Hall shares a one-shot lead with Adam Schenk, Eric Cole, Denny McCarthy, Tom Hoge and Henrik Norlander.

Politics

21 hours ago Cold weather payments triggered in UK snow – check if you’re eligible and when to expect money

The first cold weather payments of 2025 have been triggered

Economics

3 hours ago Alec Baldwin sues prosecutors in Rust trial, alleging civil rights violations

Actor has filed civil lawsuit claiming prosecutors targeted him for professional or political gain, and intentionally concealed evidence that vindicated himActor Alec Baldwin has filed a civil lawsuit for malicious prosecution and civil rights violations against the prosecutors in his trial over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the western movie Rust.The lawsuit was filed Thursday at state district court in Santa Fe, where a judge in July dismissed a charge of involuntary manslaughter against Baldwin in the death of Hutchins, who was killed in 2021. Continue reading...

Events

3 hours ago ‘Every day is 24 hours of panic to just get out the door’: Jesse Eisenberg on self

The writer-director of A Real Pain and co-stars Kieran Culkin, Jennifer Grey and Will Sharpe talk about being overcome by generational trauma while making Oscar season’s funniest filmJesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin are in complete agreement. People being more open about everyday anguish is a good thing. Absolutely. One hundred per cent.Not them, though. They will continue to button up. “I know my pain is unexceptional,” says Eisenberg, words clattering out of him like a runaway train, “so I don’t feel the need to burden everybody with it. I have OCD and general anxiety disorder and bad things happen to me, but I’ll never talk about them because I don’t want that kind of attention.” Continue reading...

Politics

22 hours ago Centre Parcs slammed for 'criminal £1,000 increase' on half term bookings compared to school time

Ian Addison, a teacher and father-of-two from Hampshire, sparked debate after he took to X to share the cost differences he found when booking a stay.

Economics

4 hours ago LA fires live updates: at least seven deaths as California wildfires rage and crews battle new fire

Palisades, Kenneth and Eaton fires remain uncontrolled as Los Angeles officials say ‘historic winds’ and extensive droughts have created the ‘perfect storm’Full report: Los Angeles fires burn through city as death toll expected to riseVisual explainer: why are the LA wildfires so bad?As wildfires spread across Los Angeles in the middle of winter, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms global temperatures eclipsed the 1.5C warming barrier for the first time.As Damian Carrington explains:The average temperature in 2024 was 1.6C above preindustrial levels, data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) shows. That is a jump of 0.1C from 2023, which was also a record hot year and represents levels of heat never experienced by modern humans. Continue reading...

Events

3 hours ago ‘I’m bursting with ideas’: Michael Sheen launches new national theatre for Wales

Welsh star promises big, bold plays that bring vital ‘under-explored’ stories about Wales to lifeMichael Sheen, a global star of screen and stage, is spearheading a new national theatre for Wales, promising to create big, bold plays that bring vital stories about his homeland to life.Sheen said he was bursting with ideas and promised to appear in the newly forged Welsh National Theatre’s first production, a “foundation” story about Wales staged at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. Continue reading...

Politics

23 hours ago BT orders 3,500 new electric vehicles in UK's biggest ever commercial fleet deal

'By integrating yet more electric vehicles into our operations, we are taking another significant step towards reducing our carbon footprint and supporting the UK’s transition to a greener future'

Economics

5 hours ago California fires live updates: at least seven deaths as Los Angeles wildfires rage and crews battle new fire

Kenneth fire erupts and grows quickly, while officials say more than 10,000 structures destroyed in Palisades and Eaton firesFull 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...

Events

3 hours ago Martin Lewis MSE ranks UK's best bank bonuses from Nationwide to Santander

Feeling the financial wrath of Christmas and that early pay day? Changing your current account is a popular way to get some free cash, and the process is pretty quick and easy

Politics

24 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

6 hours 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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3 hours ago Weather maps show UK towns gripped by snow as temperatures plummet to bitter

The UK is set for more ice and snow today with Met Office yellow warnings in place and temperatures may not rise above freezing throughout the day for parts of the country

Politics

25 hours ago Tesco cheers highest market share since 2016 after strong festive sales

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

6 hours ago California fires live updates: at least six deaths as Los Angeles wildfires rage and crews battle new fire

Kenneth fire erupts and grows quickly, while officials say thousands of structures ruined in Palisades and Eaton firesFull 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...

Events

5 hours ago Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024

Highest recorded temperatures supercharged extreme weather – with worse to come, EU data shows Climate breakdown drove the annual global temperature above the internationally agreed 1.5C target for the first time last year, supercharging extreme weather and causing “misery to millions of people”.The average temperature in 2024 was 1.6C above preindustrial levels, data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) shows. That is a jump of 0.1C from 2023, which was also a record hot year and represents levels of heat never experienced by modern humans. Continue reading...

Politics

25 hours ago Service cuts and council tax hikes 'inevitable' as councils in Wales face £559m shortfall

Councils face budget pressures of £559m next year, equivalent to a 26% council tax rise or the loss of nearly 14,000 jobs, a committee heard

Economics

6 hours 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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