54 minutes ago Paul Scholes names Man Utd star who 'destroyed' him in first training session

Paul Scholes has opened up on his difficult start to life in Manchester United's first team, which left him being 'destroyed' in a match up against one of the club's established stars

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5 hours ago ITV presenter Nicki Shields says ’supportive husband’ is secret to balancing family and travel

EXCLUSIVE: Nicki Shields is the face of ITV and TNT Sports' coverage of Formula E motorsport and is able to travel the world with the series despite having three young children at home

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3 hours ago 'I forked out £10k for weight loss surgery but was left throwing up lumps of flesh'

An influencer who was left with pneumonia, sepsis and blood clots after weight loss surgery said she doesn't regret her 'glow up' despite spending three months in hospital afterwards

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26 hours ago Rugby player was banned for life after laying out female referee during match

To make matters worse, the offender was the captain of Vicenza

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36 minutes ago Bereaved mother: Social media firms ‘awful’ in search for answers on son’s death

Jools Sweeney was found unconscious in his bedroom in April 2022.

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5 hours ago Jeremy Kyle ‘to return to ITV’ – five years after axing of controversial show

Contentious host will star in an episode of ‘Kate Garraway’s Life Stories’

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59 minutes ago 'My boyfriend is making me change cat's name – he says it's upsetting and rude'

A woman has been left furious after her boyfriend demanded she change her cat's name - as it's the same moniker as his sister. Now he thinks it's 'rude' to have a pet with the same moniker

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6 hours ago Furious family kicked out of illegally built home after dodging council tax for 11 YEARS when mum's friend 'tells on them' to council

A family in Horspath, Oxfordshire have been given 12 months to find a new home after the local council were told they were living in a log cabin which was built without planning permission.

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6 hours ago ‘Bringing back the wonder’: inside the £10bn Earls Court redevelopment seeking planning consent

‘Bringing back the wonder’: inside the £10bn Earls Court redevelopment seeking planning consent  The Guardian

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43 minutes ago Five years ago, a missing Montana teen was found dead and officials ruled there was no foul play. Now, a man has been charged in her death

Sixteen-year-old Selena Not Afraid vanished on the way home from a New Year’s party in 2020. Now a man has been charged in her death, and Selena’s aunt tells Andrea Cavallier that she’s ready to hear the whole story of what happened that day.

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23 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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65 minutes ago Liverpool's forgotten man sends timely message to Arne Slot with FA Cup show

LIVERPOOL 4-0 ACCRINGTON STANLEY: Federico Chiesa has had a difficult start to life on Merseyside but in his 45-minute FA Cup cameo, the Italian suggested he could still come good at Anfield

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15 hours ago Hotel of Mum and Dad! Number of youngsters living with their parents rises by more than a THIRD in two decades

The trend has been driven by rises in rents and house prices, with young people staying home so they can save for a deposit, according to a study from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

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7 hours ago I ditched 'Dry January' to celebrate winning spellbinding £4m mansion with unreal views in Omaze prize draw

A mum won a £4m home - then immediately broke her 'dry January' with a bottle of champagne.

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48 minutes ago Black tie attire in a dive bar and grapes in floral arrangements: The weirdest wedding trends of 2025

Wedding bells are ringing for 2025 brides, which may include Zendaya and Selena Gomez. Amber Raiken speaks to experts about the niche trends you can expect to see at weddings this year

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24 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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80 minutes ago 'I'm divorcing my husband for disrespecting my dogs – what he did was dangerous'

A woman has been left heartbroken after her husband left her two dogs outside of their house while she went away for a couple of weeks and is now considering divorcing him

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25 hours ago To resist the climate crisis, we must resist the billionaire class | Peter Kalmus

To solve the climate crisis, power must flow away from the billionaire classWhen I feel uncertain, I find it’s helpful to write down things I know to be true. Fossil fuels are causing irreversible planetary overheating. Overheating threatens essentially all life on Earth. Oil and gas executives knew this but they chose to systematically lie and block a climate transition. They continue to make this choice.I choose to focus my energy on the climate crisis because a habitable planet is a prerequisite for everything worth fighting for, and because the prospect of losing a planet feels horrific and sad to me in a primal way that I can’t express with words. I’m also simply in love with the Earth. But planetary overheating is really just the most geophysical symptom of extractive colonial capitalism – “billionairism” – a system designed to pump wealth from the poor to the rich, creating billionaires, the healthcare crisis, the housing crisis, genocide, hierarchies like racism and patriarc...

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25 hours ago Martin Clunes shares harrowing farm ordeal as he opens up on the death of his sheep

Martin Clunes, 63, appeared on ITV's This Morning to discuss his new drama, Out There, but he also opened up on his farm and the 'annoying' animals he has to deal with

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2 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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1 hour ago Caroline Flack's mum 'devastated' by Lewis Burton and Lottie Tomlinson romance

As Lottie Tomlinson and Lewis Burton prepare for life as a family of four, the mum of Caroline Flack is continuing to mourn the loss of her late Love Island presenter daughter

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26 hours ago ‘My best friend and I married each other as kids on holiday at the beach. It would be the closest she would come to a real wedding’

Summer holidays are a time of memory-making. We asked Guardian writers and contributors to share some of the summer holiday photos that transport them back to a simpler timeMore summer essentialsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt had always been Harriet’s dream to get married more than mine. I’ll never forget us as little girls on summer holidays, stretched out on twin beds, poring over her magazine cutouts of white wedding dresses, multi-tiered cakes and overflowing bouquets.We would muse what our husbands’ names would be and how many children we would have. They would be born at the same time, so they could grow up together as best friends. Just like we had. Continue reading...

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27 hours ago Early ‘forever chemicals’ exposure could impact economic success in adulthood – study

Those who lived in regions with firefighting training areas earned about 1.7% less later in life, research showsEarly life exposure to toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” could impact economic success in adulthood, new first-of-its-kind research suggests.The Iowa State University and US Census Bureau working paper compared the earnings, college graduation rates, and birth weights of two groups of children – those raised around military installations that had firefighting training areas, and those who lived near bases with no fire training site. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago How the climate crisis fuels devastating wildfires: ‘We have tweaked nature and pissed it off’

John Vaillant, the author of Fire Weather, explains why fires such as those in Los Angeles are different from those beforeWhen writing about the hot, dry Santa Ana winds and how they affect the behavior and imaginations of southern Californians, Joan Didion once said: “The winds show us how close to the edge we are.”I’ve lived here my entire life. I evacuated my family’s hillside home as a teenager. I’ve experienced the surrealism of watching ash rain down from the sky more times than I can count. But there is something different, supercharged, about the hurricane-force winds that fueled this week’s catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Gardeners' World's Monty Don told by wife 'I can't live with you' in wake

The BBC presenter opened up with a rare admission over his family life

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26 hours ago My best friend and I married each other as kids on holiday at the beach. It would be the closest she would come to a real wedding | Caitlin Cassidy

Summer holidays are a time of memory-making. We asked Guardian writers and contributors to share some of the summer holiday photos that transport them back to a simpler timeMore summer essentialsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt had always been Harriet’s dream to get married more than mine. I’ll never forget us as little girls on summer holidays, stretched out on twin beds, poring over her magazine cutouts of white wedding dresses, multi-tiered cakes and overflowing bouquets.We would muse what our husbands’ names would be and how many children we would have. They would be born at the same time, so they could grow up together as best friends. Just like we had. Continue reading...

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27 hours ago Early ‘forever chemicals’ exposure could affect economic success in adulthood – study

Those who lived in regions with firefighting training areas earned about 1.7% less later in life, research showsEarly life exposure to toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” could affect economic success in adulthood, new first-of-its-kind research suggests.The Iowa State University and US Census Bureau working paper compared the earnings, college graduation rates and birth weights of two groups of children – those raised around military installations that had firefighting training areas, and those who lived near bases with no firefighting training site. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Katie Piper reveals decision to be fitted with ‘artificial eye’ 16 years after acid attack

Former model said she had reached ‘end of the road’ after undergoing hundreds of operations

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3 hours ago Claudia Winkleman shares Princess Anne’s unlikely connection to The Traitors

TV host is known for her bold fashion choices and iconic fringe

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28 hours ago Family awarded £1m after doctor left bleeding woman to ‘go for a drink’

Malaysian judge rules woman died due to negligence soon after giving birth five years ago

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28 hours ago Melania’s $40m Amazon deal: another sign Bezos is capitulating to Donald Trump | Margaret Sullivan

Sadly, the Amazon-Melania deal has much the same flavor as the rest of Trump appeasement moves – not just by Bezos but by others of his ilkThe language in a New York Times article was extremely restrained as it described Jeff Bezos’s evolving stance regarding Donald Trump.The Amazon founder and the president-elect had had a rocky relationship in the past, “but in recent months, Amazon and Mr. Bezos have taken steps to repair it”.Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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2 hours ago California man dies after catching CANCER from someone else in extraordinarily rare case

A California man who underwent two liver transplants to save his life died less than a year later from cancer that was 'transplanted' into his body inside the new organ.

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3 hours ago I was always the 'funny fat friend' in my 20s so I started taking cocaine to lose weight. I just wanted men to like me

'What did I do last night?' Heidi Anderson thought to herself as she squinted her eyes to adjust to the late-morning sunshine now flooding in through the unclosed curtains.

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33 hours ago Inside 22 Kids & Counting star Millie Radford's life from motherhood to fairytale wedding

Millie Radford, who stars in 22 Kids and Counting, is the seventh child of Noel and Sue Radford and has three children of her own - here's everything you need to know about her life off screen

Society

28 hours ago Customers 'gutted' as Mumbles takeaway they've used for decades shuts with 'heavy heart'

It has thanked customers for their loyal support which it described as its 'guiding light', but some people have been using it since the 80s and can't believe it's gone

Economics

3 hours ago Tragic downfall of 'bad boy' Goonies Sloth star – from pro athlete to addiction hell

Although he only lived 38 years the sports star packed in a dozen car crashes, nearly being run over by his wife, a near death experience and multiple hero-worthy moments on the pitch

Events

3 hours ago People with 'sharp eyes' can spot sneaky reptile hiding in garden snap

Optical illusions can often be difficult to solve, but we can assure you the latest one might leave you scratching your head for sometime. So can you find the sneaky reptile?

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33 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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29 hours ago Naomi Watts was told she ‘would never work again’ if she admitted to being menopausal

Watts was warned that drawing attention to your age after 23 years old in Hollywood is ‘career suicide’

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3 hours ago America knows her as the woman set on fire by a migrant on the subway. She was my best friend

Mark Monteyne, 57, who was close friends with Debbie Kawam, said she was a much-loved cheerleader, pancake house waitress and the life and soul of the party before her life took a turn.

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3 hours ago The Maids at Jermyn Street Theatre review: this meditation on inequality and reality is an angry shout of a play

There’s life and humanity in Jean Genet’s depiction of two murderous servants – even if it does veer towards farce and caricature

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35 hours ago Dear Coleen: I fear a family fall out when we drive to my sister's Scots wedding

I have been driving for a decade and so has my husband, while my mum has been driving for at least 30 years, but doesn’t drive as much now due to declining health (and certainly not long distances).

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3 hours ago 'I lost 27 pints of blood and now owe my life to 27 strangers – the NHS needs more'

Luke Golder reveals his near-death ordeal as the NHS appeals to fill 3,300 blood donation appointments next week with stocks dangerously low after the festive period

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4 hours ago This is how we do it: ‘At 96, I’m enjoying real intimacy for the first time in my life. I feel like a teenager’

Both widowed and in their 90s, Elizabeth and Alfred are enjoying a passionate, loving relationship that belies their yearsHow do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyHe never stays over. I think he’s worried someone will see his car in the drive, so he goes home at midnight Continue reading...

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4 hours ago New Orleans attack would’ve had ‘completely different outcome’ if steel barriers were used, inventor says

Peter Whitford says Archer barriers, which the city had stored away, have record of stopping vehicle rammingsThe deadly New Year’s Day truck attack in New Orleans “would have had a completely different outcome” if city officials had put out 700lb (317kg) barriers that they bought years earlier and have a track record of preventing intentional vehicle rammings, the blockades’ inventor has told the Guardian.But the city “did not have a full slate of accessories to help move and deploy” those steel Archer barriers quickly in the way they were designed to be – and how authorities elsewhere have managed to do it, Peter Whitford, the chief executive officer of the Meridian Rapid Defense Group, said in an interview. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Americans stocking up on foreign goods before Trump tariffs: ‘a sense of urgency’

As inauguration day approaches, consumers scooping up iPads, building supplies, shelf-stable foods and electric carsTablets and appliances made in China, hybrid cars built in Canada, European wine. As Donald Trump’s second inauguration as president quickly approaches, Americans are stocking up on goods in anticipation of tariffs Trump plans to place on imports, according to a Guardian reader poll.Since the election, Trump has promised to immediately impose a 25% tariff on Mexican and Canadian imports, along with increasing existing tariffs on Chinese imports by 10%. On the campaign trail, Trump said he would put tariffs of 10% to 20% on all imports. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Steak restaurant announces sudden closure due to 'performance challenges' leaving staff shocked

Brothers Steak and Seafood Restaurant said they would return with a 'fresh and entirely new offering'

Events

5 hours ago ‘I didn’t want to fit in a box of what an Aboriginal person should write’: how Alexis Wright found her voice

As her ground-breaking biography of Aboriginal activist Tracker Tilmouth is re-issued, the acclaimed Australian author remembers her late friend and talks about her latest novel, PraiseworthyOn the day she decided she had finally finished Praiseworthy, after almost a decade of writing and rewriting until she was happy with every one of its 700-odd pages, Alexis Wright went out to her garden in Melbourne’s north-east, and started furiously weeding. “It was like another edit!” she laughs. “And that garden was weeded within an inch of its life.”Wright, an Indigenous Australian novelist – one of the Waanyi people from the Gulf of Carpentaria – has written four novels since 1997. Her most recent, Praiseworthy, described by the New York Times as “the most ambitious and accomplished Australian novel of this century”, was an exhilarating, exhausting labour. “It took me a while to come down from it,” the 74-year-old says. “I didn’t realise how much emotional, physical ene...

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5 hours ago ‘I think there is life there. Today’: the race to put a human on Mars – in pictures

Ever since the first fuzzy images of its surface were captured in 1964, Mars has sparked imaginations worldwide. As Nasa publishes its photographic archives of the red planet, will Elon Musk’s wild predictions of a crewed flight in four years come true?Last September, Elon Musk used the social media platform he had bought for £35bn to remind the world that he had bigger things on his mind than the forthcoming US presidential election. “The first Starships to Mars will launch in two years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens,” he posted on X. “These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in four years.”Then came a grand restatement of even more impressive intentions. “[The] flight rate will grow exponentially from there,” he wrote, “with the goal of building a self-sustaining city in about 20 years.” For those who still doubt whether this plan ought to be quite the priority...

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4 hours ago Brit woman, 20, dies in 500ft fall at holiday hotspot as pal clings to rock

A British woman plunged to her death after taking a wrong turn while mountain climbing near the Camino de Rey path, which was once considered the most dangerous walk in the world

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5 hours ago CBeebies icon Mr Tumble mourned by 'pent up' and 'kinky' mums with 'tumble time' fetish

Mr Tumble is stepping back from the CBeebies role after 22 years - and mums are in mourning. And it looks like some of them will be missing him for some naughty reasons

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4 hours ago Man arrested over Brit's murder in Costa Blanca breaks silence as 'killer still on the loose'

The 32-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder told a judge investigating Mr George's death on the Costa Blanca he was being scapegoated because he was named on social media

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6 hours ago Sailor Moon creative discusses challenges of bringing musical based on Japanese manga to the London stage

EXCLUSIVE Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live is set to make its London debut in February and could pave the way for more shows in other cities

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5 hours ago LA fires latest: Newsom calls for investigation into fire hydrant failures as death toll rises to 11

Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage with more than 35,000 acres burned

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6 hours ago Gisèle Pelicot's daughter shares 'crushing double burden' of being predator's child

"I'm really proud of my mum. She has opened the door. She has led the way for other victims of sexual violence. She's told them they're not alone any more."

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5 hours ago Mark Wright breaks silence on beloved grandad's death with heartfelt tribute

Former The Only Way Is Essex star Mark Wright, who is expecting his first child with wife Michelle Keegan, has spoken out following the death of his grandad with an emotion tribute

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6 hours ago Nick Frost: ‘I’d like to say sorry to my mum. She was an alcoholic and I spent a lot of time hating her’

The actor and comedian on being a people-pleaser, the benefits of looking after himself, and his celebrity crushBorn in London, Nick Frost, 52, was working in a restaurant when he met Simon Pegg. The pair appeared in the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced from 1999 to 2001, and went on to make films such as Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Paul, which they co-wrote. Frost wrote, produced and stars in the comedy horror Get Away, which is available on Sky Cinema. He lives with his partner in London and has three children.When were you happiest? Now. Five years ago, I started looking after myself a bit more, emotionally and spiritually, and it’s paid dividends. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago LA fires latest: Newsom calls for investigation into fire hydrant failures as death roll rises to 11

Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage with more than 35,000 acres burned

Events

6 hours ago Inside King Constantine's close relationship with the British Royal Family

King Constantine of Greece shared links with British royals in multiple ways and the two family's had a close relationship that continues today, two years after his death on January 10, 2023.

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5 hours ago Los Angeles fire spreads towards celebrity enclave of Brentwood where Lebron James, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kamala Harris have homes after Kardashians evacuate as death toll rises to 11

LA County spokesman Jesus Ruiz said the latest blaze was a 'significant development' as firefighters rushed to stop the inferno from spreading further.

Events

6 hours ago Osteoporosis: Eight things everyone should know about the silent disease

One in two women over the age of 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis

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5 hours ago Child actor dies in LA wildfire after getting trapped in self contained cottage

Former child star Rory Callum Sykes has died in the Los Angeles wildfires his devastated mum has revealed as she told how she was unable to put out the blaze

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