46 minutes ago 25 movies to look out for in 2025, from Superman to Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein

A bald Emma Stone, a mad Jennifer Lawrence and lots and lots of Robert Pattinsons lead our 25 must-see films for the 12 months ahead, as selected by Jacob Stolworthy and Adam White

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4 hours ago Costa del Sol tourist poisoning scandal as disgruntled hotel worker faces jail 'for pouring bleach over buffet dinner out of revenge for losing her job'

Police and prosecutors have said the 50-year-old woman was told her contract was not going to be renewed at the Costa del Sol hotel before she carried out the cruel act.

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4 hours ago Spanish football WAGs claim they were harassed and 'touched without consent' by men during Real Madrid's Super Cup semi

Cristina Palavra, the spouse of Mallorca midfielder Dani Rodriguez denounced the harassment she and a section of the team's supporters suffered.

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26 minutes ago Forensics in Christmas cake poisoning case make bombshell discovery during tests on exhumed body of baker's husband

Paulo Luiz, 68, died last September after eating contaminated bananas and his wife Zeli Dos Anjos, 61, was also taken ill but survived.

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29 hours ago Antiques Roadshow expert insists ‘size matters’ as he gives ‘charming’ sculpture top price tag

An Antiques Roadshow guest was in disbelief when a gift she has owned for 50 years was uncovered to be worth a small fortune.

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1 hour ago Father Brown season 12, episode 1 cast in full with Corrie actor guest starring

Father Brown is set to return to BBC One with a brand new series and the premiere episode of season 12 will feature a number of familiar faces

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6 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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5 hours ago Man who sold his house to fund fitness business breaks down in tears on Dragons' Den

CEO and founder of BodyXcore Joseph Keegan from Liverpool pitched his workout kits to the dragons, including celebrity guest Joe Wicks , tonight.

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17 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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34 minutes ago Man arrested over Brit's murder hauled to Costa Blanca court in handcuffs

The hearing comes three days after a 32-year-old man was arrested on the same day John George's body was found hidden under lemon trees near a main road in Benidorm

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2 hours ago Father Brown season 12's premiere episode welcomes Star Wars and Grantchester guest stars

Father Brown will soon be back on BBC One with the cast of the cosy crime drama joined by a number of guest stars.

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15 hours ago Inside Russian spy's Norfolk guesthouse: Jurors are shown images of Great Yarmouth hotel rooms crammed with surveillance equipment as court hears he boasted about being like James Bond's 'Q'

Orlin Roussev, 46, boasted to his controller that he was becoming like the 007 character as he prepared his spying 'toys' for kidnap and surveillance operations across Europe.

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13 hours ago Dragons' Den's Joe Wicks brought to tears by pitch as he invests in gym kit business

Joe Wicks appeared as a guest panellist on Dragons' Den on Thursday 9 January

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18 hours ago Novak Djokovic claims he was ‘poisoned’ after being detained during Australian Open in 2022

The 24-time grand slam champion spent time in quarantine after admitting to making a false statement on a travel document in 2022

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96 minutes ago Peter Jones and Dragons' Den judges left shocked at bizarre pitch as they ask: 'Did you actually just say those words?'

Katriona Shovlin, 32, set up Hen Weekend Chicken Boarding from her home in Upchurch, Kent, in 2023 and pitched the idea to Dragons' Den judges on last night's episode.

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10 hours 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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21 hours ago Airbnb offers refund to guest after Palisades fires booking complaint went viral

‘Their policies failed to account for context’ said unhappy customer

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14 hours ago Man who sold his house to fund fitness business breaks down in tears on Dragon's Den

CEO and founder of BodyXcore Joseph Keegan from Liverpool pitched his workout kits to the dragons, including celebrity guest Joe Wicks , tonight.

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28 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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1 hour ago Scientists discover a diet that can bulletproof the gut against food poisoning

University of Cambridge researchers said eating one nutrient helped nurture beneficial bacteria that naturally live in our guts, helping protect against those might invade via contaminated food.

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14 hours ago Bellingham and Rodrygo sink Mallorca as Real Madrid reach Super Cup final

Real Madrid 3-0 Mallorca Spanish champions set to face rivals Barcelona in JeddahSecond-half goals from Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo helped Real Madrid to a 3-0 win over Mallorca in the Spanish Super Cup semi-finals and set up a showdown with Barcelona in Jeddah.Bellingham broke the deadlock after the hour mark with a low drive following an excellent team move. Continue reading...

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14 hours ago Joe Wicks invests thousands in gym kit business after pitch brings him to tears

Joseph Keegan was the first in the den to pitch his BodyXcore agility kit, promoted as a portable ‘gym-in-a-bag’, which caught Wicks’ attention.

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4 hours ago Newcastle fan, nine, is caught out skipping school for key match after Sky's cameras showed him beaming with delight at Geordie win

Sammy Scott, aged nine, travelled to London with dad Mark for the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium as they told his school he would be off ill.

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15 hours ago Real Madrid vs Mallorca LIVE! Spanish Super Cup result, match stream and latest updates today

Jude Bellingham leads charge as Carlo Ancelotti’s side leave it late

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14 hours ago Luke Littler jets off on holiday as darts champion, 17, starts spending £500k winnings

World Darts Champion Luke Littler is currently on holiday in the Spanish province of Alicante as he continues celebrating his triumph over Michael van Gerwen at Alexandra Palace

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6 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

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16 hours ago Claudia Winkleman reveals what really happened at Strictly hotel during Blackpool week

Claudia Winkleman sat down with Kathy Burke for her When There's A Will There's A Wake and discussed a spontaneous night after a Strictly show in Blackpool

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23 hours ago Russell Brand is fined £3,000 for 'driving at nearly 100mph on the M4'

Russell Brand, 49, was caught speeding at 95mph on the M4 eastbound near Slough, Berkshire, on June 16 last year and also admitted speeding on the A4155 in Shiplake, near to his Oxfordshire home.

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10 hours ago I'm with the world's oddest collection of refugees fleeing a Mad Max hellscape into LA's five

The Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills is rammed. As Los Angeles is engulfed by fire, the Hollywood Hills are emptying into it. With nothing to do but sit it out, the bar is heaving.

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16 hours ago Joe Wicks chokes up on Dragons' Den over moving pitch from entrepreneur who has lost everything

Guest star on Dragons' Den Joe Wicks became emotional during a moving pitch

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24 hours ago Russell Brand is fined £3,000 after comedian admits 'driving at nearly 100mph on the M4 and speeding through village'

Russell Brand, 49, was caught speeding at 95mph on the M4 eastbound near Slough, Berkshire, on June 16 last year and also admitted speeding on the A4155 in Shiplake, near to his Oxfordshire home.

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12 hours ago Ninette's War by John Jay: My mother gave us cyanide to take in case the Nazis caught us

Constance Craig Smith discovers the harrowing story of Ninette Dreyfus. Having been displaced from Paris 1940 for being Jewish, the Dreyfus family had to learn to survive.

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16 hours ago Russian spy found hiding in Great Yarmouth hotel 'boasted he was becoming James Bond character Q'

Russian spy Orlin Roussev compared himself to the James Bond character 'Q' as he hid in a Great Yarmouth guesthouse and prepared gadgets for kidnap and surveillance operations, a court heard

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25 hours ago Historic Perthshire hotel sold in private deal as new owner vows to take it in 'new direction'

Category B-listed Birnam Hotel & Inn, in Dunkeld, Perthshire, has been sold to Fraser Potter, also the owner of the nearby Taybank Hotel, in Dunkeld, as part of a 'off-market private deal'.

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13 hours ago Young hospital worker charged with child abuse after multiple babies suffer 'inexplicable injuries'

Former nurse Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, 26, is in jail and has been ordered to have no contact with any child under the age of 18. She is due to appear in court on March 24

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17 hours ago Who are the dragons on Dragons’ Den and who is guest dragon Joe Wicks?

Dragons' Den is back on BBC One with new guest dragons for the 2025 series

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32 hours ago Council worker who stole over £1m from employer is "cautionary tale" for local authorities

Michael Paterson stole a total of £1,087,444.47 from the council over a 17 year period.

Economics

18 hours ago Liam Payne's father was told of his son's tragic death in phone call from 'friend and manager' Roger Nores who is now facing manslaughter charge, prosecution witness statement reveals

The tragic One Direction star plunged to his death from a third-floor balcony of a hotel following a drink and drugs binge.

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18 hours ago Luke Littler jets off to Spanish beach to celebrate World Darts Championship victory

The 17-year-old is still settling into life as the champion of the world on the back of his 7-3 victory over Michael ven Gerwen at Ally Pally last Friday.

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34 hours ago Crooked HMRC worker who stole £200,000 of taxpayer cash to pay mortgage can AVOID jail if she sells her house

A crooked HMRC worker who took almost £200,000 of taxpayer cash to pay off her mortgage has been told she could avoid jail if she sells her house.

Economics

18 hours ago RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 cast pose up a storm in London ahead of annual DragCon UK

The 14 new queens posed up a storm at luxury hotel Corinthia London, after their season of the beloved reality series premiered last week.

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19 hours ago Real Madrid vs Mallorca LIVE! Spanish Super Cup match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction today

Los Blancos looking to tee up final against Barcelona

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36 hours ago How a Scottish council worker stole £1.1 million undetected for 17 years

A warning has been issued on the back of the fraud case involving Aberdeen City Council

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19 hours ago Real Madrid XI vs Mallorca: Starting lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Spanish Super Cup today

Vinicius Jr is available for the Supercopa de Espana semi-final despite his LaLiga red card against Valencia

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19 hours ago Ant McPartlin looks blissfully happy as he struggles to keep his hands off wife Anne

The couple were seen playing in the water in front of the five-star Fairmont Royal Pavilion hotel on the western coast of the Caribbean island.

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19 hours ago Inside Cheryl's stalker hell and how convicted killer got caught after Liam's funeral

Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Tweedy has secretly endured being stalked by convicted killer, Daniel Bannister, while mourning the tragic death of her ex-boyfriend Liam Payne

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19 hours ago What time is Dragon's Den on tonight? How to watch season 22 premiere, dragons lineup and guest dragons

The BBC’s hit business show is back on our screens tonight.

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20 hours ago Ayrshire social worker sanctioned for 'reckless' and 'inappropriate' actions towards distressed child

Laura MacKinnon took the child, who was said to have been displaying distressed behaviour, off the kitchen floor and placed them on a couch in the living room - when they wanted to be left alone.

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20 hours ago Giorgia Meloni hopes to attend Trump’s inauguration after receiving invite

Italy’s prime minister confirms she is on guest list for 20 January event and ‘will happily go’ if her agenda allowsGiorgia Meloni has confirmed she has been invited to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president and “will happily go” if her agenda permits, ending weeks of speculation over whether the Italian prime minister is on the guest list.“I would be happy to be there,” Meloni told a press conference in Rome on Thursday when asked about her plans for the 20 January event. “I’m evaluating the compatibility with the agenda. If I can, I will gladly participate.” Continue reading...

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21 hours ago Lawyer for Brit 'killed' in Benidorm issues update as body 'formally identified'

The body of John George was found on Spain's Costa Blanca after he failed to get in touch with anyone in his family since December 14 leading to a widespread effort to find him

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24 hours ago Lorraine Kelly shut down by Pete Wicks after grilling him about Maura Higgins romance rumours

The Only Way Is Essex star Pete Wicks was a guest on Lorraine on Wednesday, where he was grilled about his dating life - and his rumoured romance with Maura Higgins.

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22 hours ago Prison romp scandal rocks Germany as teenage inmate 'seduces two different jail officials' with both women in love triangle caught trying to secure his early release

Ahmad J., then 17, allegedly had a sexual relationship with a prison psychologist, 31, and a department head, 27, for months at the youth prison in Schleswig, northern Germany.

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24 hours ago People are only just realising why fish and chips were wrapped in newspaper

A fish and chip shop worker has explained the origins of the practice and revealed why it is now outlawed in the European Union - which poses the question, could it come return?

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22 hours ago Foodies are just finding out why fish and chips were wrapped in newspaper

A restaurant worker has taken to TikTok to explain the real reason fish and chips used to be wrapped in newspaper - and it's all to do with World War 2 and the EU

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25 hours ago Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell review – a tense portrait of coercive control

Trapped between a controlling partner and a housing system in crisis, a mother in Dublin struggles to protect her children and herselfAbout a quarter of the way through Roisín O’Donnell’s unbearably tense debut novel, the protagonist finds herself in the foyer of a Dublin hotel. She picks up a brochure, which advises her to “escape the pressures of everyday life at the Hotel Eden”; the problem is that Ciara and her two young daughters are not trying to escape everyday stresses, but Ciara’s coercive and domineering husband – and crucially, this time they are trying to stay away for good.Ireland’s housing crisis means there is nowhere, physically, for them to go. Ciara’s family are based in the UK and Ryan has put a block on the girls’ passports, while his controlling ways have cut Ciara off from all her friends. She is also completely financially dependent on him. What follows, then, is a nightmarish attempt to navigate the housing system – a series of cramped wai...

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23 hours ago Celebrity osteopath caught spying on changing university students 'agrees to cooperate with police'

Torben Hersborg appeared in court and has agreed to cooperate with police combing through his electronic devices

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26 hours ago Dr Punam Krishan on how Strictly ‘was the best thing I’ve done for my health and fitness’

The Morning Live GP tells Lisa Salmon how good dancing is for her health, as she warns of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning.

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23 hours ago Comedian Russell Brand fined after twice being caught speeding in his Mini

He was caught driving at 95mph on the motorway.

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27 hours ago Tommy Fury 'flatly refuses' offer to take part in Love Island All Stars series

In a shock twist, months after their separation the reality TV and social media stars were caught in an embrace as they rekindled their romance on New Year's Eve.

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24 hours ago Extremism in US military is ‘sleeping danger’ says author of Pentagon report

New Year’s Day attacks by US service members highlight threat, says Bishop Garrison who led DoD investigationThe decorated combat veteran who led the Biden administration’s efforts to counter extremist activity in the US military has warned there could be further domestic attacks by individuals with current or past military ties if the Pentagon fails to take the threat seriously.Both of the deadly incidents on New Year’s Day were carried out by discharged or serving members of the armed forces. The driver of a pickup truck who killed 14 revellers in New Orleans was a veteran with 13 years service in the US army, while the man who blew up a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Las Vegas Trump hotel, killing himself, was an active-duty Green Beret. Continue reading...

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