66 minutes ago ‘He is peddling stories’: Bob Woodward denies Republican’s claim he said Biden was corrupt

Washington Post reporter says he never made comments to James Comer published in the congressman’s new bookThe Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward forcefully denied making statements attributed to him by James Comer, the Republican chair of the powerful House oversight committee, in which Woodward supposedly said Joe Biden was financially corrupt.“The statements attributed to me in what is apparently his book are false,” Woodward said. “I made none of those statements he attributes to me. I repeat none, and not even in a paraphrased form.” Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Elon Musk's links to Liverpool from scouse 'nana' to family he 'shows no interest in'

The world’s richest man Elon Musk spent his childhood in Merseyside with his scouse grandmother, a far cry from the upper echelons of society he now knows today

Society

6 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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9 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! New Arsenal target; Man Utd hijack Spurs bid; Chelsea want Kvaratskhelia; Rashford latest

January window in full flow for Premier League giants

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47 minutes ago 'I vomited lumps of flesh after my weight loss surgery – it nearly killed me'

A mum-of-one endured a terrifying ordeal following weight loss surgery that left her hospitalised for months, after surgeons admitted they had removed too much of her stomach

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29 hours ago Zuckerberg approved Meta’s use of ‘pirated’ books to train AI models, authors claim

Sarah Silverman and others file court case claiming CEO approved use of dataset despite warningsBusiness live – latest updatesMark Zuckerberg approved Meta’s use of “pirated” versions of copyright-protected books to train the company’s artificial intelligence models, a group of authors has alleged in a US court filing.Citing internal Meta communications, the filing claims that the social network company’s chief executive backed the use of the LibGen dataset, a vast online archive of books, despite warnings within the company’s AI executive team that it is a dataset “we know to be pirated”. Continue reading...

Culture

25 hours ago Elon Musk's Twitter is paying Nigel Farage's Reform UK MPs thousands of pounds every month

The party leader, along with ex-Tory Lee Anderson and Rupert Lowe all get a share of the ad revenue on their tweets on the social network - prompting questions over whether they should declare an interest when discussing the billionaire in Parliament

Technology

1 hour ago Jeremy Clarkson jumps on Luke Littler trend as he makes major change at his pub

The Luke Littler-inspired darts craze hasn't bypassed Jeremy Clarkson, who has made a change at his Oxfordshire pub, after the teen made history by becoming the youngest world champ ever

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7 hours ago Crystal Palace to make England starlet first January transfer in £14.5m swoop

Crystal Palace have pushed ahead with a move for Millwall talisman Romain Esse in a bid to beat a host of other Premier League clubs to the teenager's signature

Economics

10 hours ago Transfer news LIVE: Barcelona enter Rashford race, Liverpool consider bold bid, Man City want Marmoush

The transfer window is in full swing with clubs in the Premier League and across Europe seeking deals

Sport

51 minutes ago Richard Hammond's daughter brands him an 'idiot' as she reflects on his car crashes

Top Gear and The Grand Tour star Richard Hammond's daughter branded him an 'idiot' while discussing the dangers of his job in a chat resurfacing in the wake of his marriage split

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2 hours ago Ruben Amorim's first Man Utd signing spotted in airport ahead of announcement

Manchester United are set to make their first new signing under Ruben Amorim, with teenage defender Diego Leon flying to England to finalise his move from Cerro Porteno

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9 hours ago Alicia Douvall's incredible transformation: Glamour model who spent £1m on 400 plastic surgeries and bedded Simon Cowell is now the proud head of a natural beauty empire

Alicia Douvall has had more than 400 cosmetic procedures totalling to a self-estimated £1 million.

Economics

10 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal turn to Gomes; Man Utd hijack Tottenham bid; Chelsea plot Kvaratskhelia move

January window in full flow for Premier League giants

Sport

76 minutes ago Teenager seriously injured in Scots street by masked attackers on scooters

The 18-year-old victim was taken to hospital where his injuries are described as serious.

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3 hours ago As resolutions go, Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘nothing in moderation’ is a stinker | Alison Phillips

Between Elon Musk, a free-for-all Facebook and Donald Trump, truth and decency are likely to have a hard time of it in 2025How did we get to a week in which the world’s richest man could label our safeguarding minister and women’s rights campaigner Jess Phillips a “rape genocide apologist”, and the boss of the world’s biggest social platforms could abandon moderating even the most despicable content in the US?Let’s go back 30 years. It’s 1995, cargo pants were slung low, Oasis were riding high. We were all going to Live Forever. And then the New York supreme court ruled against a long-forgotten company called Prodigy, which hosted online message boards. An unknown user had posted a message that the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont (which had inspired The Wolf of Wall Street) had committed fraud. Stratton Oakmont sued for defamation and a crucial question was asked: was the site that hosted the comment responsible for it, in the way a traditional publisher would be for a comment on it...

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22 hours ago People in Swansea can have say on how hundreds of millions of pounds are spent

Cabinet members have approved budget proposals and also changes to social service charges - but final decisions will come later

Economics

26 hours ago Nemanja Matic Manchester United reunion chance emerges as January transfer bid prepared

The ex-Man United midfielder has been linked with a January transfer to Ipswich Town, who are managed by someone he knows well in Kieran McKenna.

Sport

98 minutes ago Five 'are fighting for life' and dozens injured as trams crash into each other in major incident at Strasbourg station

 At least 20 people were injured when two trams collided in Strasbourg in eastern France, French media said on Saturday.

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3 hours ago Sam Moore was more than a Soul Man – he was one of the 20th century’s great live performers

Sam & Dave singer’s electrifying artistry was revered by musicians ranging from Bruce Springsteen to Mariah CareySoul Man singer Sam Moore dies aged 89 from surgery complicationsSam Moore had put out a Christmas album in 1998, but it wasn’t until 2006 that he released his debut solo album proper. There was clearly something tongue-in-cheek about its title. Overnight Sensational arrived a quarter of a century after the duo he had formed with Dave Prater had finally broken up after decades of acrimony: before the split, Sam & Dave had not actually spoken to each other for 13 years, Moore horrified by a domestic incident in which Prater had shot and wounded his wife.That it took so long for one of the most lauded figures in 60s soul to release an album under his own name says something about the difficulties Moore faced in establishing himself as a solo artist. Part of the problem was that Sam & Dave’s career had been on the commercial skids ever since they stopped recordin...

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31 hours ago Tesco makes major change to 50 supermarket stores in bid to stop shoplifters

The supermarket chain has introduced keypad-opened cabinets into 50 more of its stores' alcohol aisles with the cabinets containing champagne and other sparkling wines

Economics

33 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal plot Araujo bid; Man Utd eye Kvaratskhelia swap; Kolo Muani to Tottenham imminent

January window is getting busy as Premier League giants plot big signings

Sport

2 hours ago Mark Wright shares touching gesture from 'one in a million' grandad just hours before his death

The reality TV star opened up about his grandad's sad death at the age of 92

Events

3 hours ago Voices: Weddings should be about more than likes – so ban social media

Our relationship with social media and nuptials has gone too far, writes Olivia Petter – and now it should be banned from our special moments

Politics

32 hours ago Luke Littler leaves friend speechless as darts ace splashes £500k winnings in Benidorm

History-maker Luke Littler left his friend speechless as the teen darts sensation jetted out to splash his £500,000 World Championship winnings in Benidorm

Economics

35 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal eye Araujo bid; Man Utd fight Liverpool for Kvaratskhelia; Kolo Muani to Tottenham

January window is getting busy as Premier League giants plot big signings

Sport

2 hours ago Mother desperate to solve mystery of son’s death hits out at social media firms

Ellen Roome said technology companies have refused to give her access to her son’s accounts

Events

4 hours ago Reeves accused of abandoning principles over China in ‘delusional’ bid to save UK economy

Exclusive: Former cabinet minister Sir Iain Duncan Smith said that the chancellor’s trip to Beijing was a desperate move ‘because she has trashed the economy’

Politics

32 hours ago Kyle Walker's wife Annie Kilner 'is considering scrapping her £27million divorce bid and had moved him back into the family home

The England and Manchester City star, 34, was kicked out of the family home after secretly fathering a second child with his ex Lauryn Goodman, 33.

Economics

2 hours ago Iran unveils underground 'missile city' that houses rockets to be used in attacks on Israel in chilling footage

Chilling footage broadcast by Iranian media on Friday showed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander inspecting an underground missile facility.

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4 hours ago Reeves accused of ‘operation kowtow’ to China President Xi in ‘delusional’ bid to save UK economy

Exclusive: Former cabinet minister Sir Iain Duncan Smith said that the chancellor’s trip to Beijing was a desperate move ‘because she as trashed the economy’

Politics

32 hours ago Richard Hammond's wife Mindy 'wants to keep' £7million family castle in divorce settlement

The Grand Tour star Richard Hammond and his wife, Amanda 'Mindy' Hammond, recently announced that they are to divorce after 28 years of marriage.

Economics

3 hours ago Naturists go to war with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg as he won't let them show their bits

Naturists are beefing up against Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and the firm's 'discriminatory moderation practices', because they want to see all sorts of naked bodies on social media

Events

5 hours ago I was awake during my BBL... here's what the experience is really like, from recovery to results

BBLs - or Brazilian Butt Lifts - are all the rage, especially in Hollywood, as A-listers aplenty alter their backsides surgically - here's what an 'Awake BBL' is really like.

Politics

32 hours ago Heartwarming moment Luke Littler and his sister surprise friends in Benidorm as the teenage star jets off to spend his £500,000 winnings after World Championship triumph

Littler, 17, overcame Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in last Friday's final at Alexandra Palace, as he went one better than 12 months earlier when he was beaten by Luke Humphries in the final.

Economics

3 hours ago Michelle Keegan breaks silence after husband Mark Wright's tragic family loss

Fool Me Once star Michelle Keegan has shared a moving tribute to husband Mark Wright's late grandfather following the 92-year-old's death earlier this week

Events

5 hours ago Davina McCall slips into Baywatch swimsuit and hot pants after brain surgery

The Masked Singer's Davina McCall posed in a red swimsuit and teeny shorts before her appearance on the talent show, shortly after she recently had a brain tumour removed

Politics

42 hours ago Kyle Walker's wife Annie Kilner 'is considering scrapping her £27million divorce bid as footballer eyes up £400K per week move'

The England and Manchester City star, 34, was kicked out of the family home after secretly fathering a second child with his ex Lauryn Goodman, 33.

Economics

3 hours ago Traitor winning mock ‘Golden Cloak Awards’ plastered on billboard in London

A video of the billboard posted by the BBC has gone viral on social media.

Events

5 hours ago Queen Letizia and King Felipe of Spain bid farewell to daughter Princess Leonor, 19, as she embarks on six

Felipe, 56, and Letizia, 52, watched proudly as the 19-year-old took part in a departure ceremony before setting sail from Cadiz onboard the Juan Sebastian Elcano for a navy training cruise.

Politics

3 hours 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.

Events

3 hours 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.

Events

6 hours ago Jude Bellingham's logo trademark bid revealed as England ace aims for off

The Real Madrid icon’s firm has submitted an application to trademark the 'JB' logo for an array of products including toothbrushes, pillowcases, tea cosies, bins – and even clothing for animals

Politics

5 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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7 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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5 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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7 hours ago ‘It’s the moment when genius comes into the universe’: the film recreating SNL’s chaotic first night

A new drama recalls the wild first broadcast of Saturday Night Live in 1975. Making it was as much of a high-wire act as the show itself, the film’s director Jason Reitman and stars revealThere is no show in history more obsessed with its own lore than Saturday Night Live. Almost every week the long-running sketch show is sprinkled with returning alumni and jokes that reference the show’s illustrious and controversial past: its social club status for the great and good of New York; the drug-fuelled deaths of its brightest lights such as John Belushi and Chris Farley; the superstars it created in Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell and Tina Fey, to name but five of hundreds.SNL is so fabled that it’s already inspired scores of documentaries and numerous scripted TV shows based on it, including 30 Rock and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. In February, there will be a three-hour primetime special celebrating the show’s 50th anniversary, an event likely to be more starry...

Politics

6 hours ago Social care chiefs warn vital services could be axed if government hikes National Insurance

Some 18,000 not-for-profit social care providers in England offer a lifeline to elderly and disabled people – but bosses fear vital services could collapse if the government goes ahead with plans to increase National Insurance Contributions

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7 hours ago Luke Littler, 17, gets 'back to normal for a few days' as teenage sensation posts social media update days after sealing record

The triumph marked the culmination of a whirlwind 12 months that saw him collect more than £1million in total prize money, putting him second in the PDC's Order of Merit.

Politics

7 hours ago We're already at war and no one in Britain is safe. This is the appalling truth about the threat we face: A chilling warning from Sir Winston Churchill's grandson NICHOLAS SOAMES

The stormclouds forming over the UK are more dangerous than anything we've seen in our lifetime. And if bombs, drones, missiles or rockets begin to fall out of the sky, we have very little to protect us.

Events

7 hours ago Bring North Sea oil and gas under greater public control, report urges

Common Wealth thinktank warns that communities and taxpayer may have to pick up pieces when production endsNorth Sea oil and gas must be brought under greater public control to avoid a cliff-edge collapse of the industry and secure a sustainable future for workers and communities, according to a report.Under the current private ownership model the inevitable end of North Sea oil and gas production – whether through government action or the lack of viable oilfields – will lead to private companies abruptly abandoning the basin, leaving frontline communities and the state to deal with the social and economic consequences, the authors predict. Continue reading...

Politics

7 hours ago Russell Howard looks back: ‘Am I peculiar? You’d struggle to find anyone who does standup who isn’t a bit weird’

The comedian on mining his very large family for material, avoiding the celebrity circus, and being an unashamed standup fanboyBorn in Bath in 1980, Russell Howard is one of the UK’s most successful comedians. He started his career on the standup circuit while studying economics at the University of the West of England in Bristol. Television beckoned; he was headhunted for TV show Mock the Week in 2006, and from 2009 to 2015 had his own show on BBC Three. Howard now has a podcast, Five Brilliant Things, and his new standup special, Russell Howard Live, will be available to stream on his website from 15 January. He lives in London with his wife and their baby son.This photo was a happy memory: I was two and outside my nan and grandad’s house in Midsomer Norton – a place filled with magic. I was playing with my grandad’s cigarettes, and afterwards I’d go and play football with him. He’d probably make his amazing toast later – he used really thick slices of bread and we named it Granda...

Events

7 hours ago 'My boyfriend demands I change my cat's name – he says it's upsetting and rude'

A woman has shared how her boyfriend demanded she change her cat's name because it's 'awkward for him' - but social media users have urged her to dump him instead

Politics

8 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

Events

7 hours ago Marcus Rashford transfer latest as Italian media make key point amid Man United exit plan

The latest on Marcus Rashford's future at Manchester United with Italian media reporting AC Milan as a possible destination

Politics

8 hours ago Los Angeles is on fire and big oil are the arsonists | Tzeporah Berman

Every barrel of oil, every cubic meter of gas, and every ton of coal burned brings us closer to environmental catastropheApocalyptic flames and smoke are raging through southern California in the worst fire in Los Angeles county’s history. At least seven people have died. Thousands of structures have been destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes. The private forecaster AccuWeather estimates initial damage and economic loss at more than $50bn and has the potential to be the costliest wildfire disaster in American history. The impacts of the disruption and loss faced by community members is incalculable.While some media outlets are discussing the link between the LA fires and climate crisis, the president-elect Donald Trump and rightwing media are using this devastating event to foster misinformation including denying the role of climate crisis.Tzeporah Berman is a Canadian environmental activist, campaigner and writer Continue reading...

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8 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...

Politics

8 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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