63 minutes ago The secret message stitched into Melania Trump's garments at Jimmy Carter's funeral that explain her strikingly somber mood

Just 11 days shy of her husband's inauguration, the mood seemed a little grim as Melania accompanied her husband up the nave of the Washington National Cathedral.

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4 hours ago BBC Food's 'simple and delicious' leek and potato soup recipe is 'ready in 15 minutes'

This classic and comforting leek and potato soup is the ultimate winter warmer. It's made with just a few simple ingredients, is full of flavour and has a dreamy, creamy texture

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2 hours ago 'I barely wear trainers since swapping them for Oodie's £35 winter shoes hailed 'better than Skechers'

Oodie's Puffer Boots are not only 'warmer than Skechers', but they're currently on sale

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9 hours ago Tony Docherty gives Philippe Clement a Rangers reality check as he reveals TEN players missing for Dundee

Clement was bemoaning his own selection issues but the Dark Blues' were even more challenging

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60 minutes ago Moment captured Albanian drugs lord exposed in Mail's 'Narcos' documentary for flooding UK with cocaine is flown home to face justice after 27 YEARS on the run

Dritan Rexhepi, nicknamed the 'King of Cocaine', had been on the run for over 27 years and was wanted in four countries.

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3 hours ago Poignant short film Clodagh shows ‘how art can change people’, says director Portia A Buckley

Oscar-longlisted film captures powerful moment someone’s life is changed ‘by seeing a form of artistic expression’

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69 minutes ago Watch: Second pair of lynxes filmed roaming Scottish Highlands after two captured

Two lynx were seen in the Scottish Highlands on Friday (10 January) at around 7:10am, after another pair were seen in the same area earlier this week.

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11 hours ago Met Office weather forecast shows how cold it will get this weekend as

The weekend will be cold but it is finally set to get a little warmer, according to the Met Office

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2 hours ago Woman's simple £1 trick will make your home 'feel like a desert' and slash bills

There's now a simple way to keep your home warm during the winter blast thanks to one woman's savvy £1 trick. She claims it allows her home to retain the heat from her central heating

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3 hours ago Pakistan Airlines comes under fire for 'tone deaf' advert 'showing jet flying into the Eiffel Tower'

The airline, which was banned from flying to the UK, US and EU, posted an image showing a jet, the tower and the French flag, with the caption: 'Paris, we're coming today.'

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4 hours ago For Elton John, 'Never Too Late' isn't just a documentary and song — it is a life mantra

Capturing Sir Elton John’s 50-year career is a herculean task

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2 hours ago Newsboy's ITV4 selections for Saturday's cards, plus Wolverhampton tips

Newsboy has gone head over heels for Handstands in the Dragonbet Towton Novices' Chase (1.15) at Ffos Las, and he also reckons Midnight It Is can score a hat-trick in the big race at Fairyhouse (1.45)

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23 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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5 hours ago Uniqlo's £14.90 accessory hailed as 'perfect' by shoppers for warmth without bulk

Uniqlo's Heattech range has been a hit with shoppers ever since it first launched in 2003, and one of the most popular items is the Souffle Yarn Beanie, which is priced at just £14.90

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5 hours ago Rare mass protests break out in China over teenage death plunge 'cover up' as crowds charge riot cops who respond with brutal violence

Footage on social media captured demonstrators clashing with authorities in China's Shaanxi province in the protest outside a school where a student died earlier in the month.

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6 hours ago Giant sculpture inspired by the sun to go on display at National Trust properties

Luke Jerram’s latest work, entitled Helios, includes the sound of the sun captured by Nasa.

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2 hours ago 2024 was hottest year on record for world’s land and oceans, US scientists confirm

Noaa says last year was the warmest since records began in 1850 and Nasa concurs: ‘The long-term trends are very clear’It was the hottest year ever recorded for the world’s lands and oceans in 2024, US government scientists have confirmed, providing yet another measure of how the climate crisis is pushing humanity into temperatures we have previously never experienced.Last year was the hottest in global temperature records stretching back to 1850, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa announced, with the worldwide average 1.46C (2.6F) warmer than the era prior to humans burning huge volumes of planet-heating fossil fuels. Continue reading...

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28 hours ago Tyrrell Hatton paired with star set to snub PGA Tour for LIV Golf at Ryder Cup warm

The DP World Tour's Ryder Cup warm-up event, the Team Cup, could provide a window into the near future for rumoured LIV Golf recruit Tom McKibbin, who will play with Tyrrell Hatton in Abu Dhabi

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5 hours ago Coronation Street star Simon Gregson cuts a solitary figure as he's seen for the first time since it was revealed he 'could be forced to sell home if he doesn't pay back £250K loan'

The Coronation Street actor, 50, wrapped up warm in a thick padded jacket and gloves after snow fell in the region over night.

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6 hours ago ‘They created a Vegas in 10 years’: photographing the hedonistic gambling mecca of Macau

Photographer Adam Lampton discusses capturing the vice, cash and sheer excess of the special administrative region of China – a place built on contradictions“I am not a huge gambler,” says Adam Lampton. “The first time I went to Macau, fresh out of grad school, I didn’t have any money to spare – it all went on camera film. People take it all very seriously, so I was too intimidated to sit down and be the white guy who didn’t know what the hell he was doing.”As a non-gambler in Macau, the American photographer would have been an oddity – most tourists go there to “play”, hoping Lady Luck glances their way. The former Portuguese colony, now a special administrative region of China, is the world’s gambling mecca. Located on China’s south-east coast, just across the water from Hong Kong, Macau’s gambling revenues often put the US’s “Sin City” in the shade. The Macau government expects its gaming revenues to hit about $27bn in 2024, while declining Nevada looks set to fall below 2023’s r...

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3 hours ago 'If Elon Musk’s Scouse Nan were still alive she’d send him this long post on X'

Scouse nans, they don’t hold back. Coincidentally, it’s come to light that Elon Musk might be obsessed with events in the UK because he had a Scouse nan. Really? Well I’d like to imagine that, were his Scouse nan still alive, she’d send him this long post on X.

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31 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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6 hours ago The best places to go on an extreme minibreak that'll cost you under £100

We have selected a number of destinations which are fun, family friendly and really interesting - perfect for a minibreak - that'll cost you less than £100 to visit

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5 hours ago M&S shoppers rave over 'packable' puffer jacket that is 'unbelievably warm'

Make sure you are protected at all times in the cold snap with M&S' Feather & Down Quilted Packaway Puffer Jacket.

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7 hours ago Stunning photos of Mercury’s North Pole captured in spacecraft’s final flyby

In one final hurrah, the BepiColombo mission flew past Mercury and captured extraordinary close-up images of the planet

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4 hours ago Fears big cat on the loose in UK after farmer finds gruesome remains of deer 'ripped open'

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE Farmer Jimmy Adams was shocked to find the dead deer, with the animal's insides appearing to have been ripped out, on his land in Bradford-on-Avon in the Cotswolds

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7 hours ago Dunelm's giant £10 slipper heats up in two minutes and keeps feet warm 'for ages'

The £10 gadget is ideal for anyone who suffers from cold feet as the weather continues to push temperatures down

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6 hours ago ‘It was extraordinary’: Spanish captain recalls rescue of woman who gave birth in dinghy

Mother and newborn saved from inflatable boat off Canary Islands, on a route on which thousands have diedThe call that would lead to one of the most poignant images of the humanitarian emergency in the deadly waters off the Canary Islands came at 4am.In the early hours of Monday, the Las Palmas command centre of Spain’s maritime rescue service, Salvamento Marítimo, told Domingo Trujillo, the captain of the search-and-rescue vessel Talía, that a small inflatable boat, packed with people, was adrift 97 nautical miles (180km) off the coast of Lanzarote. Among those onboard, they added, was a woman who was due to give birth at any moment. Continue reading...

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18 hours ago Spacecraft beams back riveting photos after buzzing Mercury’s north pole

Some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury were captured

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4 hours ago Scots green groups call for climate action as 2024 named hottest year in record

Experts say last year was a 'watershed' year for the climate as the first to breach in full the 1.5C global warming limit.

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8 hours ago Are the £25 cold weather payments enough? Take our poll and have your say

With the cold weather payment set at just £25 as temperatures plummet and heating costs soar, we ask if you think the extra cash is really enough to help keep people warm

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7 hours ago Warning to parents over common travel mistake they make in cold weather that could cost a child's life

Parents have been warned of a seemingly innocent but potentially deadly mistake they could make as they try to keep their child warm this winter as cold weather batters Britain.

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30 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

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5 hours ago Enzo Maresca reveals double Chelsea selection decision with transfer twist

Blues duo will not play against Morecambe in the FA Cup as exits likely loom, but there is hope for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

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8 hours ago 'I was gifted a £28 candle warming lamp and it's been the best thing about my January'

This £28 candle warming lamp is a genius way to get the best out of your favourite scented candles, says our head of shopping Zoe - here's why your living room needs it too

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9 hours ago CCTV captures twin sisters walking near Scottish river before disappearance

Police have issued an appeal in the search for missing sisters Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, who were last seen in Aberdeen city centre on 7 January 2025, three days ago.

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31 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

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6 hours ago Coleen Rooney bundles up in an oversized coat and her I'm A Celebrity jungle boots as she braves the snow ahead of her morning workout

The WAG, 37, kept warm with a cosy white oversized Dry Robe coat layered over a black jumper and some thick black gym leggings.

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9 hours ago 'This £28 candle warming lamp has transformed my mood and my living room'

This designer-looking candle warming lamp makes the aroma from scented candles last for twice as long compared to burning them, and it will only set you back £28

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10 hours ago Police hunt for two men in appeal to find missing mother, 43, and son, seven, who vanished from Richmond seven months ago

Karima Mahmoud, 43, and Adam Glanville were last seen together on June 3 in Richmond, West London. Police have now released an image of two men they think may have information on the disappearance.

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37 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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6 hours ago Ruben Amorim confirms Manchester United surprising selection vs Arsenal

Man United will have a week-long gap between games for the first time since August but their team at Arsenal will not be unchanged.

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10 hours ago 'Beautiful' Seasalt Cornwall wool blend coat that's 'stylish and warm' now £107 off

The long check coat is available in sizes eight to 28 and fashion fans are calling it 'a great investment piece'

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10 hours ago LA fires before and after: Haunting images reveal extent of huge blaze's devastation

Haunting images have compared what Los Angeles looked before wildfires began to take over the city. Numerous homes of Hollywood stars have been destroyed, as well as civilians who have nothing left

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6 hours ago Jets, Browns, Jaguars are home teams for 2025 NFL London Games: What it means for those selected

Jets, Browns, Jaguars are home teams for 2025 NFL London Games: What it means for those selected  The Athletic

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10 hours ago Eight key things to think about if you are buying a home in 2025: Paperwork, credit checks and more

With a bumper crop of housing transactions currently going through the pipeline, experts explain some factors for house hunters to consider.

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10 hours ago Hottest year on record sent planet past key global warming limit of 1.5C for first time in 2024

‘This is a rude awakening to politicians to get their act together’

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8 hours ago Kate Middleton is the perfect 'modern and relatable royal' by opting for classic 'basics' in birthday photo, style experts claim

The sweet post was shared with an unseen picture of the Princess of Wales taken by royal photographer Matt Porteous, in Windsor, last summer.

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13 hours ago Cheapest heated jackets: Buy a baking hot body warmer for less than £25

Wearables that warm you up are becoming extremely popular - here are the best options for harnessing technology to heat you up

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11 hours ago ‘My heated blanket keeps me so warm I hardly ever have the heating on and now it's on sale'

Silentnight's heated blanket has been a saviour for keeping me warm during the winter weather. It costs pennies to run and heats up almost instantly, keeping my heating bill down

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8 hours 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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13 hours ago 'Beautiful' padded coat that's 'super warm' now £81 off in Debenhams sale

The retailer is offering a 51% discount on the insulated coat which comes in three colours - khaki, black, and blue

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11 hours ago 2024 was hottest year on record and first to break 1.5C warming threshold, scientists warn

Climate datasets confirm highest recorded temperatures amid extreme weather – with worse to come

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8 hours ago Thames Water selects Barhale to upgrade pumping station in Central London

Thames Water selects Barhale to upgrade pumping station in Central London  Yahoo Finance

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26 hours ago Ayrshire residents struggling to pay energy debt urged to seek help as cold snap continues

Ayr MSP Siobhian Brown is urging people worried about energy debt to seek support following a Warm Homes event at the Scottish Parliament.

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12 hours ago Search for missing twin sisters as CCTV captures them heading towards river at 2am

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, have gone missing from their home in Aberdeen city centre in Scotland and were last seen on CCTV just after 2am on Tuesday

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9 hours ago I’m not one for new year’s resolutions – except when it comes to my garden

With a new year comes new plans, but don’t forget to relax in and enjoy your garden at this time of year, tooI don’t love gardening to-do lists – they make it feel too much like work – but I do think there’s value in thinking about what you’d like to do with your garden this year. Perhaps you haven’t been out in it for weeks, or maybe just for a few minutes here and there, to add the sprout leaves to the compost bin. But while January might be the sleepiest time in the garden – perhaps a snowdrop swelling somewhere, but otherwise fallen leaves and perennials tucked well beneath the earth – it’s still the start of a new year.I have never been a huge one for new year resolutions, but I make gentle exceptions for my garden. Gardening is a practice that exists in the temporal space of hope. At this time of year, we imagine warmer days and flick through seed catalogues (if you want something more substantial, I recommend Katharine S White’s Onward and Upward in the Garden, a&nb...

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28 hours ago Dunelm reduces fleece bedding that 'gets you warm in minutes' to just £11 online

"This set is so cosy and comfortable I couldn’t believe it. Within a very few minutes of getting into bed you are warm"

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13 hours ago Hollywood sign fire: Horror as AI image of landmark alight in 'apocalyptic' wildfires goes viral

The latest horror blaze erupted in the Hollywood Hills on Wendesday and lead to a number of fake photos and video going viral online - which appeared to show the world-famous structure on fire

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10 hours ago 'Amazing' portable heater that makes a difference 'in just a few minutes' reduced by 25% on Amazon

Prepare to feel warm again thanks to this heater with a long list of features and now reduced too

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32 hours ago Electric heater deals: These Dreo space heaters are heavily discounted

Amazon has applied some serious discounts to a selection of cutting-edge electric heaters - just as the cold weather really kicks in

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16 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...

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10 hours ago Two more big cats spotted in wild in Scottish Highlands hours after pair captured

Two more lynx have been spotted on the loose in the Highlands where another pair were captured on Thursday - as police warned members of the public not to approach the animals

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34 hours ago Claudia Winkleman's The Traitors £44 shaping leggings are perfect for cold weather

Claudia Winkleman keeps nailing her chic winter outfits on The Traitors, with her go-to Spanx leggings perfect for staying warm - and they're now on sale down from £75 to £44

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17 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...

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12 hours 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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34 hours ago Claudia Winkleman wears £44 shaping leggings to stay warm on The Traitors

Claudia Winkleman’s The Traitors outfits are a masterclass in how to nail chic winter style, and her go-to Spanx shaping leggings are now on sale for £44 down from £75

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17 hours ago Record hot 2024 was first year to break 1.5C warming threshold, scientists say

Climate datasets confirm last year was the hottest on record.

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12 hours 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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36 hours ago Two escaped lynx captured in the Highlands as illegal release branded 'highly irresponsible'

The lynx are believed to have been illegally released

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17 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...

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17 hours ago It was a wildlife conservation triumph, then came the corpses – podcast

Biodiversity writer Phoebe Weston hears from farmers on the west coast of Scotland who claim they are losing hundreds of lambs a year in a case of rewilding gone wrong“Fair enough, if it was a select number of birds ,” one farmer said to biodiversity writer Phoebe Weston during her trip to Scotland, “but when it’s mass murder, then it’s not acceptable.”Out on the cold west coast, there is a heated dispute about one of the country’s most successful ever rewilding programmes: the reintroduce of sea eagles to their natural habitat more than 50 years ago. Continue reading...

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36 hours ago Two lynx captured in the Highlands as illegal release branded 'highly irresponsible'

The lynx are believed to have been illegally released

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19 hours ago California fires live updates: Eaton fire destroys up to 5,000 structures as Los Angeles wildfires rage

LA county sheriff seeks curfew to stop ‘unacceptable’ looting, while Palisades wildfire grows to nearly 20,000 acresFull 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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