64 minutes ago Harry Potter behind the scenes, by the stunt double who was left paralysed for life

David Holmes may not be a household name but most of us will have seen him whizzing around on a broomstick as Harry Potters stunt double. Now paralysed he is finally telling his side of the story.

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13 hours ago LA declares health emergency following raging wildfires as at least 60,000 homes left without power: Live Updates

The expansion of the Palisades wildfire has thrown Californians into fresh jeopardy as the blazes continue to rage for a fifth day.

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55 minutes ago Private school teachers threaten to strike as bosses of UK's largest academy chain are accused of offering a 'Scrooge

Hundreds of private school teachers at United Learning, which runs 90 state academies and 14 independent schools, are set to strike because state school teachers could receive triple their pay rise.

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3 hours ago India headteacher forces 100 'humiliated' schoolgirls to remove shirts after 'Pen Day' celebration

Around 100 schoolgirls at a school in Dhanbad, India, were ordered to remove their uniform tops after their pen day celebrations, when friends write on their outfits

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98 minutes ago Minister's controversial academies reforms accused of being 'betrayal of Blair's legacy' in part of 'plot to succeed Keir Starmer'

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson faced claims her controversial school academy reforms are an attempt to play down her Blairite reputation and curry favour of Left-wing Labour MPs.

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14 hours ago Health emergency declared across LA as at least 60,000 homes left without power: Live Updates

The expansion of the Palisades wildfire has thrown Californians into fresh jeopardy as the blazes continue to rage for a fifth day.

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3 hours ago LA Times owner's stark message to voters as he attacks Democrat incompetence over deadly fires: Live updates

Outrage over the handling of the devastating Los Angeles fires is heating up amid reports that city leaders failed to prepare local reservoirs while power grids struggled hours before the blazes.

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11 hours ago Masked Singer's Davina McCall shows off new hair in glam photos after brain tumour op

The Masked Singer judge Davina McCall showed off her stunning transformation after stylist partner Michael Douglas gave her a makeover for the show

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4 hours ago Emmerdale fans stunned as they had no idea this star was in EastEnders until now

Emmerdale's Joe Tate made a huge return to the village on Christmas Day, with actor Ned Porteous back in the role after previously starring in EastEnders

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15 hours ago Health emergency declared across LA as fire ebbs closer to celeb hotspot of Brentwood: Live Updates

The expansion of the Palisades wildfire has thrown Californians into fresh jeopardy as the blazes continue to rage for a fifth day.

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5 hours ago Energy giant makes shock admission about Los Angeles fire as inferno is blasted by powerful winds towards Brentwood: Live updates

Outrage over the handling of the devastating Los Angeles fires is heating up amid reports that city leaders failed to prepare local reservoirs while power grids struggled hours before the blazes.

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5 hours ago The school which launched the Reeves sisters into politics would fail under Labour reforms, claim Tories

Tories claim improvements to the school which educated two of Keir Starmer’s cabinet ministers would not have been allowed by Labour’s education reforms

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6 hours ago Freeport’s Paityn London has a new team, school and conference, but the same amazing skill set and attitude

Freeport’s Paityn London has a new team, school and conference, but the same amazing skill set and attitude  MyStateline.com

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7 hours ago Coronation Street star Andy Whyment denies 'soap on its knees' as he shuts down claims

Andy Whyment, who has played Kirk Sutherland on Coronation Street for over 20 years, has spoken out against claims of a cast revolt on the ITV soap amid a lot of changes

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7 hours ago BBC The Traitors bosses hailed as geniuses thanks to 'Golden Cloak Award' stunt

BBC's The Traitors saw one of its faithful players banished after the traitors failed to agree on who to send home on Friday night, with Linda narrowly escaping a similar fate

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8 hours ago Inside Hollyoaks' Jorgie Porter's Manchester home as she welcomes baby girl

Hollyoaks and Dancing on Ice star Jorgie Porter has just had her second baby and has invited us into her stunning Greater Manchester home to get a peek at their family life

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7 hours ago Fresh hell for LA residents as chief fire officials issue wind warnings... as the inferno blazes towards Brentwood and Encino: Live updates

Outrage over the handling of the devastating Los Angeles fires is heating up amid reports that city leaders failed to prepare local reservoirs while power grids struggled hours before the blazes.

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8 hours ago Inside Hollyoaks' Jorgie Porter's stunning Manchester home as she welcomes baby girl

EXCLUSIVE: Hollyoaks star Jorgie Porter has just given birth to her second child with fiance Ollie Piotrowski. Here's a look at the stunning home she's bringing her newborn to...

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8 hours ago Championship strugglers Plymouth stun Brentford after late Morgan Whittaker goal

Argyle had new manager Miron Muslic watching from the stands.

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8 hours ago Joe Biden got plenty right at home, but on the world stage he let himself be taken for a fool | Simon Tisdall

In another era, the outgoing president would have made a great cold war leader. Instead, his tenure was dogged by errors, naivety and overcautionIn a week when the US bade a sad farewell to Jimmy Carter, presidential legacies came under particular scrutiny. Yet few presidents are widely remembered beyond their lifetimes, their “historic” achievements even less so. In the 20th century, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D Roosevelt, John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon make the truly memorable list. Most of the rest are mere school-book names and dates.Joe Biden’s standing in this unprepossessing pantheon is now being assessed, as he prepares to depart the White House on 20 January. Like his 44 predecessors, he reportedly frets about his “place in history”. All presidents do this. It smacks of vanity. They give valedictory lectures, endow foundations, build libraries, write memoirs. They confuse fame with continuing relevance. Continue reading...

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9 hours ago The shocking picture that sums up LA's woeful fire response as fire chief turns on embattled mayor and inferno explodes: Live updates

Outrage over the handling of the devastating Los Angeles fires is heating up amid reports that city leaders failed to prepare local reservoirs while power grids struggled hours before the blazes.

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10 hours ago League One star scores ‘prime Zlatan Ibrahimovic’ worldie in FA Cup stunner

Birmingham City striker Lyndon Dykes channelled ‘prime Zlatan Ibrahimovic’ as his stunning strike saw Blues progress in the FA Cup

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9 hours ago Brits overwhelmingly reject Elon Musk as half say he's 'threat to democracy'

A new poll found both the erratic tech billionaire, and Tommy Robinson whom he championed on Twitter, are deeply unpopular with the public

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12 hours ago China's mystery HMPV virus sweeps neighbouring countries as India and Malaysia see surge

HMPV has 'overwhelmed' areas of China and has now spread to neighbouring countries, with the UK now reporting an uptake in the virus, threatening to put more pressure on struggling hospitals

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12 hours ago ‘This place instilled constant fear in us’: the man who lived next door to the brutal Homs security unit for 50 years

For 50 years Taha Tadmori had a window to the surveillance complex of the Assad regime. As Syria starts a new chapter, he recalls the horrors he witnessed and the family he lostThe three floors and subterranean prison of the Homs security directorate have loomed over 65-year-old Taha Tadmori’s daily life since he was a teenager. His family often shut their window blinds and doors in an attempt to block out the constant sound of screams and cries of pain from the facility’s basement prison, loud enough to reach their third-floor apartment overlooking it.The moustachioed man with a gentle smile was 15 when he watched the construction of the neighbouring building that would later terrorise him and other people in Homs. Continue reading...

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13 hours ago Private jet flight crew stunned by shining UFO 'zigzagging' at 45,000ft

Flight attendant Cassandra Martin said she couldn't hope to explain the phenomenon she saw in the skies during a private flight to Florida just two days before Christmas

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15 hours ago Greggs padlocks drinks cabinet in bid to stop shoplifters targeting London store

The budget bakery locked the section, leaving bottles of Coke and Lucozade inaccessible to customers

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13 hours ago Glasgow Subway seat becomes stunning furniture piece after DIY upcycling project

Matt McCallum, 30, says he "jumped at the chance" to own a piece of the well-loved 1977 Subway stock after the trains were pulled from service in June 2024.

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17 hours ago Laundry expert's 29p hack to remove stains from white shirts in minutes

An expert has shared top tips for keeping school uniforms looking fresher for longer, including how to make your own stain remover and why you should use white vinegar instead

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16 hours ago Premier League star had 'fling' with red hot model who once dated Lewis Hamilton

Crocked Premier League star Ben Chilwell once had a ‘fling’ with a stunning model who had dated F1 legend Lewis Hamilton, but their romance didn't last long

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17 hours ago Fresh woe for LA as fire roars towards celeb hotspot of Brentwood and 405 freeway partially closes: Live Updates

The expansion of the Palisades wildfire has thrown Californians into fresh jeopardy as the blazes continue to rage for a fifth day.

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19 hours ago Hollyoaks star Jorgie Porter introduces newborn baby at her stunning home with fiancé

Jorgie Porter and her fiancé Ollie Piotrowski invited us into their gorgeous home to meet their newborn baby daughter and fill us in on how she's settling with her big brothers

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19 hours ago Severance: it’s a gorgeously odd return for this surreal drama – if you can work out what’s happening

The clever, idiosyncratic satire of workplace culture returns for a visually stunning second season. But don’t expect its mysterious plot to go easy on viewersIn my early 20s, I worked for a pub that was half drinking establishment, half massive children’s soft play area. While adult intoxication and parties for under-10s sounds like an odd commercial pairing (or does it?), it did mean that the pub’s employees had to work hard, serving pints for the adults and, for the chosen few, dressing up as a giant bear and waving to the kids assembled for little Jack’s seventh birthday party. I bring this up because I still remember a poster on the wall of the bleak staffroom that read “A smile costs nothing”. We were sweating under a synthetic bear’s head while serving soggy chips for minimum wage, so surely I was the one to be the judge of that.Severance is that poster brought to life as prestige TV. The first season was a clever, original and surreal examination of bland yet passive-ag...

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19 hours ago Hollyoaks' Jorgie Porter introduces new baby at home with fiancé and shares cute name

EXCLUSIVE: Jorgie Porter and her fiancé Ollie invite OK! into their stunning home to meet their newborn daughter and fill us in on how she's settling in with her brothers

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20 hours ago Caroline Darian, daughter of Gisèle Pelicot, speaks: ‘How can you rebuild when your father is the worst sexual predator in decades?’

Last month, her father was sentenced to 20 years for drugging her mother then inviting dozens of strangers to rape her. Now their daughter tells of the ‘crushing double burden’ of being the child of both victim and perpetrator – and the mental torture of not knowing what he did to her• ‘Did he abuse me?’ Read an exclusive extract from Caroline Darian’s memoirFour years ago, Caroline Darian thought she had a normal life. She was in her early 40s, she had a home in the Paris area, a job as a communications manager, a husband who worked for a TV breakfast show and a six-year-old son. She got on well with her parents, who had retired to the picturesque village of Mazan in Provence in the south of France, to a house with pastel-blue shutters where they would all often spend long summers together in the garden under the mulberry tree and splashing in the pool – with barbecues and music, dinner and board games on the patio and country bike rides with her dad.Darian remembers the exact mome...

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20 hours ago Savage x Fenty's Valentine's Day lingerie collection is here — and it's seriously sexy

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and there's no better time to treat yourself to a stunning new lingerie set or silky cami to feel ultra-glam on the sexiest day of the year.

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20 hours ago Incredible EU seaside town with most pictured beach has 'no crowds' in January

A stunning seaside region in one of the top tourist destinations has an abundance of places to visit including the country’s most photographed beach

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20 hours ago Some US lawmakers want more Christianity in the classroom. Trump could embolden their plans

Conservative lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to introduce more Christianity to public school classrooms, testing the separation of church and state

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22 hours ago Beautiful UK beach with 'incredible views' named best place for winter walk

With over 1,500 beaches in the UK, those looking to get more active in 2025 may find themselves heading to one of these stunning coastlines for some exploration

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