1 hour ago The Observer view: Donald Trump’s imperial bullying must be nipped in the bud | Observer editorial

Countries that cherish democratic values need to take a stand against the president-elect’s throwback to unabashed American expansionismWatching politicians promise one thing, then do another, is a common experience in all democratic countries. Situations in which voters do not expect a politician to keep his word, and in many instances fervently hope and pray he will not, are rarer. Donald Trump, the US president-elect, fits this latter category. When Trump threatens to subjugate Canada, a Nato ally, by force, unilaterally annex Greenland, the autonomous territory of a friendly EU state, and override Panama’s sovereignty for bogus security reasons, most people assume he is not serious and his remarks carry little real significance. This response, while comforting, is a mistake.It’s entirely possible that Trump, pumped with hype, hot air and testosterone in the lead-up to his 20 January inauguration, is being gratuitously disruptive. He likes to shake things up. It amuses his Make A...

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97 minutes ago The One Show's Alex Jones pauses show to make Elton John announcement live on air

Alex Jones went on to present a snippet of the iconic singer Elton John, speaking directly from his house.

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48 minutes ago Marcus Rashford to Napoli transfer truth as Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Man Utd swap deal update given

The latest Manchester United transfer news with updates on Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Napoli's interest in Marcus Rashford delivered.

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18 minutes ago Manchester City vs Salford City LIVE: FA Cup score and updates as McAtee hat

The League Two side, who are owned by members of Manchester United’s ‘Class of ‘92’, face City in a Greater Manchester derby

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47 minutes ago Brooke Shields was in shock after doctor carried out intimate operation without her consent

Brooke Shields has shared very personal details of her private life in a searing new autobiography titled Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman

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2 hours ago Couldn’t put it down: David Hurn’s photographs of people reading – in pictures

In 1983 David Hurn met one of his photographic heroes, André Kertész , and jokingly suggested that, when he reached Kertész’s age of 89, he would remake his seminal volume, On Reading. True to his word, the Magnum photographer has now done so. Wherever Hurn travelled as a photojournalist, he took images of people reading books, magazines and, lately, on mobile phones. “One of the things that happens in every country in the world is people read,” he says. “It’s lovely to read – the touch of the paper, the ease of being able to check back a few pages. But we’re at a time now where we’re not quite sure whether, in the future, books on paper are going to disappear.”David Hurn’s On Reading is published by RRB Photobooks (£35) Continue reading...

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33 hours ago Update your iPhone NOW: Apple releases urgent iOS 18.2.1 update with important bug fixes

If you have an iPhone, make sure to update it today as Apple releases a new software update containing 'important bug fixes'.

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7 hours ago Protection zone set up after bird flu outbreak in Angus area of Scotland

Scottish government stresses risk to public is low, as chief veterinary officer says it is first outbreak since 2023A protection zone has been set up after an outbreak of bird flu in Angus, Scotland’s chief veterinary officer has said.On Friday night, Sheila Voas said a 10km (6.8 mile) surveillance zone had also been declared around the area as well as the 3km protection zone in Kirriemuir after a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was reported. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago My labia were causing me discomfort so I had them reduced. When I woke the surgeon casually said 'I tightened you up a bit too': In world

The actress, 59, has spent most of her career as a sex object. She tells Sophia Money-Coutts how she's finally living life on her own terms.

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3 hours ago Eastenders star Patsy Palmer issues update after family evacuated from Los Angeles home

The fires have claimed the lives of 11 people, and burned down more than 10,000 homes

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58 minutes ago Emerging Celtic transfers headlines amid key £7m Orjasaeter update, Jota brutally binned and Rodgers makes a guarantee

The left winger has been scouted extensively by some of the leading teams in Europe

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52 minutes ago Transfer news LIVE! New Arsenal target; Man Utd hijack Spurs; medical today; Kvaratskhelia, Rashford latest

January window in full flow for Premier League giants

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83 minutes 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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12 hours ago 'Masterpiece' remake of 'classic' movie that won 10 Oscars is on TV tonight

The 2021 film received seven Academy Award nominations but did not live up to its predeccesor's staggering wins

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11 hours ago Medical expert verdict on mandatory face masks in UK over 'mystery' Chinese HMPV virus

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2 hours ago Watch: Los Angeles County officials give wildfire update as fresh evacuation orders given

Watch again as Los Angeles County officials gave a wildfire update on Saturday (11 January) as fresh evacuation orders have been given.

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6 hours ago We built our world with fire. Now heat is destroying our lives | John Vaillant

We fell in love with the power and speed that fossil fuels brought us. But the price being paid in California, and around the world, has become too highZero per cent contained. In layperson’s terms, that means “out of control and burning at will”. It’s a common designation for a wildfire – in the wild. But when a fire like this enters an urban area such as Los Angeles County, the most highly populated metropolitan area in the US, it becomes an exploding bomb, and this one has been detonating since last Tuesday.By now, the energy release from this wind-driven, drought-fuelled firestorm turned urban conflagration is into the megatons, and the nuclear-scale destruction is there for all to see: block after block and neighbourhood after neighbourhood levelled – roughly 12,000 structures destroyed or rendered uninhabitable, 55 sq miles of city and mountain burnt, nearly 200,000 residents evacuated – so far. There is more to come. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Philippe Clement SAFE at Rangers for now but CEO Patrick Stewart sets beleaguered boss one condition to keep job

The Belgian is under huge pressure after falling so far behind in the Scottish Premiership due to a woeful run of away results

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98 minutes ago Manchester City vs Salford City LIVE: FA Cup score and updates as Doku and Mubama have hosts in control

The League Two side, who are owned by members of Manchester United’s ‘Class of ‘92’, face City in a Greater Manchester derby

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90 minutes ago Missing twin sisters major update after being seen on CCTV before nighttime walk disappearance

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both aged 32, vanished after last being seen on CCTV going for a late-night walk next to the River Dee in Aberdeen, Scotland, this week

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27 hours ago Actor films narrow escape from Palisades fire as he’s nearly forced into the ocean

‘It was hell. It was inferno,’ Sebastian Harrison described of the devastating wildfires

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2 hours ago Jockey James Bowen gets trapped underneath horse and then goes on to ride winner

The sportsman became stuck when Saunton Surf fell in division two of the DragonBet Still Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Hurdle at Ffos Las and rolled onto him. He was rescued and went on to ride winner Keep Running for trainer Warren Greatrex

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6 hours ago Helpless EastEnders star Patsy Palmer gives update on LA pad as her family flee home

BBC EastEnders star Patsy Palmer admitted she felt 'helpless' as she received updates from her family about their home in Los Angeles while she remained in London

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6 hours ago Has Karen Bass become LA's most hated woman? Tears turn to anger as mayor is blasted by her own fire chief for $17m funding cut

Kirstin Crowley took aim at the city's leadership during an interview with KTTV on Friday, admitting it had failed those affected by the fires and prevented the LAFD from effectively doing its job.

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2 hours ago Man City vs Salford LIVE! FA Cup match stream, latest score and goal updates today

Class of 92 owners will be dreaming of a famous win over Pep Guardiola’s side

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1 hour ago Joan Didion and Mike Davis understood LA through its fires. Even they didn’t predict this week

Fire is an inextricable part of the region’s identity, as the writers knew. But the way this divided city burns has been transformedTalking about fire and Los Angeles is an exercise in repetition. Southern California does have seasons, Joan Didion once noted in Blue Nights, among them “the season when the fire comes”.Fire in Los Angeles has a singular ability to shock, with its destruction that takes “grimly familiar pathways” down the canyons and into the subdivisions. The phrase comes from Mike Davis’s 1995 essay The Case for Letting Malibu Burn, and it is as true for the fires as for our talk of the fires. Even our reflections take on that grim familiarity: we cite Joan Didion citing Nathanael West. We fall in with the great writers of this great city who are always so ready to judge it. Continue reading...

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30 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...

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3 hours ago Watch: Rachel Reeves and Chinese counterpart He Lifeng hold joint news conference after trade meeting

Watch again as Rachel Reeves and her Chinese counterpart He Lifeng held a joint news conference on Saturday (11 January), following earlier trade meetings.

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7 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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10 hours ago David Moyes new job confirmed as statement released on former Man United boss

David Moyes has returned to Premier League management after leaving West Ham last summer

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2 hours ago Chelsea vs Morecambe LIVE! FA Cup result, latest score and goal updates today

Blues aiming to end a run of four games without a win

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1 hour ago Joan Didion and Mike Davis understood LA through its fires. Even they couldn’t predict this week

Fire is an inextricable part of the region’s identity, as the writers knew. But the way this divided city burns has been transformedTalking about fire and Los Angeles is an exercise in repetition. Southern California does have seasons, Joan Didion once noted in Blue Nights, among them “the season when the fire comes”.Fire in Los Angeles has a singular ability to shock, with its destruction that takes “grimly familiar pathways” down the canyons and into the subdivisions. The phrase comes from the writer and activist Mike Davis’s 1995 essay The Case for Letting Malibu Burn, and it is as true for the fires as for our talk of the fires. Even our reflections take on that grim familiarity: we cite Didion citing Nathanael West. We fall in with the great writers of this great city who are always so ready to judge it. Continue reading...

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31 hours ago Harrowing before and after photos show the full extent of damage caused by devastating LA wildfires

Huge swathes of LA and its coastline are seen laid to waste in the graphic pictures, with countless houses and structures having imploded under the ferocious heat and power of the fires

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3 hours ago Watch live: Los Angeles County officials give wildfire update as fresh evacuation orders given

Watch live as Los Angeles County officials give a wildfire update on Saturday (11 January) as fresh evacuation orders have been given.

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7 hours ago Rodrigo Bentancur pictured back home as he poses in touching family photo two days on from worrying on

Bentancur fell to the ground unchallenged during the first half of the Carabao Cup semi-final tie at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and sustained concussion.

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11 hours ago Darts star suspended after furious response to loss and calling PDC 'a disease'

Patrick Bulen, a previous participant at the World Darts Championship, has been kicked out and suspended after exploding at a qualifying event where he took aim at the PDC

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2 hours ago How to watch Real Madrid vs Barcelona in the UK: Live stream and TV channel for Spanish Super Cup Final

The El Clasico giants go head-to-head in Saudi for the glory and bragging rights

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1 hour ago Chris Riddell on Donald Trump pouring oil on to the climate crisis as Los Angeles burns – cartoon

The president-elect is obsessed with drilling for fossil fuels, not to mention taking control of Canada and Greenland and renaming the Gulf of MexicoYou can buy a copy of this cartoon Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Patsy Palmer gives emotional update on LA home as she admits she feels 'helpless' over in London after being l

Patsy Palmer gives emotional update on LA home as she admits she feels 'helpless' over in London after being l  Daily Mail

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7 hours ago You could get a DWP Cold Weather Payment if you live in one of these 116 areas

Payments are triggered when temperatures falls below 0C for seven consecutive days

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11 hours ago Manchester City offer Salford City spot in limelight again as £23m sum laid bare

Salford City travel to Manchester City in the third round of the FA Cup on Saturday

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3 hours ago Graham Potter breaks silence on Marcus Rashford transfer amid shock Manchester United link

The latest Manchester United transfer news amid ongoing speculation around their wantaway England forward Marcus Rashford.

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1 hour ago Jude Bellingham’s dad hits back of the net as firm's assets enjoy huge 1014% increase

Former Non-League footballer and policeman Mark Bellingham, whose 21-year-old son signed for Real Madrid in the summer of 2023 for a potential £112million, owns a firm with net assets which hit £8.1million

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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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8 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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12 hours ago Watch live: Rachel Reeves attends economic talks in China as chancellor pledges to make UK ‘better off’

Watch live as Rachel Reeves attends economic talks in China on Saturday (11 January) as the chancellor pledged to make the UK “better off”.

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4 hours ago Chelsea's Marc Guehi transfer stalls as Enzo Maresca forced to delay move

Chelsea are pushing to sign Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi in this month's transfer window, but the defender now looks set to stay at Selhurst Park until at least the summer

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2 hours ago California fires latest: 11 confirmed dead and at least 13 missing as dangerous winds set to return after weekend

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

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4 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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9 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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13 hours ago The ultimate writers' retreat? Dorset house used by Tennyson and Hardy on sale for £2.75m

This historical home with a thatched roof is a literary fans’ dream

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4 hours ago Chelsea vs Morecambe LIVE! FA Cup match stream, latest score and goal updates today

Blues aiming to end a run of four games without a win

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2 hours ago Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott to awkwardly reunite on TV after shock split

Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott's post-breakup awkwardness is set to unfold on-screen as the ex-couple appear together in a pre-split segment on Michael McIntyre's Big Show.

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4 hours ago Wayne Rooney tipped for shock new Premier League job with Man United reunion feelings clear

The former Manchester United captain has been tipped to re-join David Moyes at Everton following his return appointment at Goodison Park.

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25 hours ago TikTok ban: supreme court appears inclined to uphold law that could see app barred in US – live

Justices appear skeptical of TikTok owner’s arguments after Chinese-based parent company ByteDance asked court to review caseHow would a TikTok ban in US work?TikTok maintains it is not controlled by the Chinese government. It’s parent company, ByteDance, is based in China, but TikTok operates separately with headquarters in Singapore and the US. TikTok says its user data in the US is handled by the company Oracle.Justice Samuel Alito asked TikTok’s lawyer if the company was owned directly by the Chinese government would he make the same arguments. Continue reading...

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14 hours ago LA wildfires: Paris Hilton sets up emergency fund with £82,000 donation for wildfire victims

The US reality TV star and socialite said she will match donations of up to an additional £82,000 in a fundraising effort after she watched her Malibu home "burn to the ground on live TV"

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5 hours ago Liverpool vs Accrington Stanley LIVE! FA Cup result, match stream, latest updates today

FA Cup third round weekend begins at Anfield

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2 hours ago Starmer will brutally sack Reeves to save himself. I've had a ringside seat for 50 years of financial crises and even I'm shocked by the speed of her unravelling: ALEX BRUMMER

Liz Truss's short-lived premiership besides, I can think of few administrations that have come into power with such a belief in their own economic superiority only to come unstuck so rapidly.

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4 hours ago Man City boss Pep Guardiola gives next job update in subtle Gary Neville dig

Pep Guardiola has been involved in a number of high-profile rows with Salford co-owner Gary Neville during his time at Manchester City

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27 hours ago TikTok ban: company urges supreme court to scrap law it says would violate free speech of 170m Americans – live

Justices hear arguments after app’s Chinese-based parent company ByteDance asked justices to review caseTikTok maintains it is not controlled by the Chinese government. It’s parent company, ByteDance, is based in China, but TikTok operates separately with headquarters in Singapore and the US. TikTok says its user data in the US is handled by the company Oracle.Justice Samuel Alito asked TikTok’s lawyer if the company was owned directly by the Chinese government would he make the same arguments. Continue reading...

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14 hours ago The EU islands charging every tourist £16.77 to do one thing this summer

Overtourism is a big problem across parts of Europe, with the Greek islands of Mykonos and Santorini starting the New Year with tough new restrictions

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6 hours ago Chelsea vs Morecambe LIVE! FA Cup match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

Blues aiming to end a run of four games without a win

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2 hours ago PETER HITCHENS: Why I'm BEGGING you to read these disturbing new claims in the Lucy Letby case

In the words I reproduce in this article, there is something very shocking about the Lucy Letby case. It comes from a speech made in the House of Commons last Wednesday.

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4 hours ago Man City vs Salford LIVE! FA Cup match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction today

Class of 92 owners will be hoping for a famous win over Pep Guardiola’s side

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27 hours ago 'We've had to live upstairs for 18 months because sewage keeps flooding our home'

'Whenever it rains I struggle to sleep. Sometimes I’m awake all night, listening for sounds of flooding'

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15 hours ago Shark launches huge January sale with up to £150 off vacuums and hair dryers

The Shark January sale is now live and you can now save big on popular Shark vacuum cleaners and hair styling tools

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7 hours ago Liverpool vs Accrington Stanley LIVE! FA Cup match stream, latest score and goal updates today

FA Cup third round weekend begins at Anfield

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3 hours ago Patsy Palmer gives emotional update on LA home as she admits she feels 'helpless' over in London after being left 'heartbroken' by wildfire devastation

The EastEnders actress, 52, moved to Malibu in 2014 along with husband Richard and her children, however she is currently in London for work.

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4 hours ago Arne Slot hails 'special day' for Liverpool as Rio Ngumoha makes senior debut

The 16-year-old arrived from Chelsea in the summer

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27 hours ago Sweet 'superfood' muffin recipe recommended by BBC Morning Live doctor that prevents flu

According to Dr. Bailey Mosley, these muffins are more rich in protein than your average muffin and do not include added sugar.

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17 hours ago Wowcher's Mystery Holiday deal is back with trips to New York, Las Vegas and Disneyland

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9 hours ago Liverpool vs Accrington Stanley LIVE! FA Cup match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

FA Cup third round weekend begins at Anfield

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3 hours ago Shock new theory emerges over what could have sparked the deadly Los Angeles inferno

Amid ongoing investigations into the cause of the devastating Los Angeles fires, a shocking new theory has emerged from a major California electrical company.

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5 hours ago Woman shares Greggs' Too Good To Go haul – and people can't believe how much she got

People said they were shocked at the amount of food one woman got when she purchased a Too Good to Go bag for just £2.59 - and it included four sausage rolls

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28 hours ago LIVE: London and Wall Street sink as US jobs report blows past expectations

LIVE: London and Wall Street sink as US jobs report blows past expectations  Yahoo Finance UK

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19 hours ago Britain's Treasury chief is heading to China to revive suspended economic and financial talks

Britain’s Treasury chief is travelling to China this weekend to discuss economic and financial cooperation between the countries, as the U.K.‘s Labour government seeks to reset frayed ties with Beijing

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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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3 hours ago Disillusioned Rangers diehards vote with their feet as fan fury triggers battle royale to shift Ibrox tickets

Philippe Clement and the Ibrox hierarchy are under huge pressure due to a woeful Premiership campaign

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5 hours ago Chelsea v Morecambe, Leicester v QPR, and more: FA Cup third round – clockwatch

Updates from the 3pm GMT kick-offsLive scoreboard | Get in touch with TomIlias Chair is the first QPR player to test Jakub Stolarczyk, who saves well, but the Leicester keeper cannot do anything about Jonathan Varane’s effort. QPR had turned up the heat in the previous five minutes or so and after Harry Winks failed to clear, Varane gathered the ball and slammed it low and into the bottom corner from all of 25 yards.Nottingham Forest: Carlos Miguel, Toffolo, Boly, Morato, Alex, Moreira, Ward-Prowse, Jota Silva, Yates, Sosa, Awoniyi. Continue reading...

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29 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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20 hours ago Pictured: Hacker recluse, 22, who made £42,000 stealing songs from the world's biggest stars including Taylor Swift, Adele and Coldplay

Skylar Dalziel, 22, sold new Adele tracks for £1,650 a time, songs by Canadian rapper Drake for £2,000, and Coldplay hits for £400.

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10 hours ago The incredible Murray and Djokovic story at Australian Open – Finals, Melbourne rivalry and the truth behind shock partnership

It's the start of a new era for one of Scotland's greatest ever sportsmen as Andy Murray joins Novak Djokovic's coaching team

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5 hours ago Liverpool vs Accrington Stanley LIVE: FA Cup result as Federico Chiesa nets first goal for Reds in big win

Liverpool 4-0 Accrington Stanley: Arne Slot’s men progress after a comfortable outing at Anfield

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29 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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25 hours ago Leaked memo reveals LA Mayor Karen Bass demanded her fire department cut an extra $49 million just ONE WEEK before wildfires broke out

A leaked memo sent to Los Angeles fire departments revealed Mayor Karen Bass demanded an extra $49M in budget cuts on top of the $17.6million already cut a week before fires.

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10 hours ago How to watch Liverpool vs Accrington Stanley for FREE: TV channel and live stream for FA Cup today

Reds are out to book a place in round four

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3 hours ago ‘Most of my work is a response to war’: Colombian artist Doris Salcedo on violence, Trump and her crack in Tate Modern’s floor

The artist, famed in the UK for her extraordinary fissure in the turbine hall, has turned her focus to the climate catastrophe and the plight of migrants, but old concerns about her country remainAs the world turns toward another fractured year, Doris Salcedo, the Colombian artist, is at work trying to fathom how to create a house out of human hair. Salcedo, 65, has long made herself a channel of collective trauma, her art expressing profound anger at political crimes and atrocities at home and abroad – as well as creating imaginative spaces for mourning. Her hair project, she says, comes in response to what she has come to think of as “domicide”: the calculated bombing and destruction of places that people call home.“Most of my work is a response of some kind to war,” she says. “And we have all witnessed – of course for decades in Colombia, but also now in Ukraine and Syria and Sudan and in Gaza – this destruction of houses for the sole purpose of escalating human suffering. In Gaz...

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5 hours ago Lindsey Vonn places impressive sixth in first World Cup downhill in six years

Vonn, 40, finishes sixth in first in World Cup downhillAmerican was 0.58sec behind Italy’s BrignoneSix years later it’s “Wow, Lindsey, wow!”The racecourse commentator broadcasting Lindsey Vonn’s first World Cup downhill race since 2019 – the American is age 40 and has a titanium knee – summed up how impressive the ski great’s performance was. Continue reading...

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34 hours ago Paris Hilton returns to destroyed Malibu home after watching it burn down on live TV

‘It feels like my heart has been shattered into a million pieces,’ said TV star as she visited the burnt remains of her oceanfront mansion

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25 hours ago Jolted Australia are on the tear again – England have their work cut out

Healy’s side have reacted strongly again to World Cup pain and the tourists need to keep the series live until the TestIf you’re playing against the Australian women’s cricket team, there are points where the only option is to brace yourself. Because they lose so very rarely, in any format, they tend to respond to those anomalies by proving how unusual they are. For England’s women, visiting Australia for a Women’s Ashes series of three one-day internationals, three Twenty20s and a day-night Test, this is now the position they are in.Skip back two places on the list of major failures to the 50-over World Cup semi-final of 2017, when Australia got ambushed by Harmanpreet Kaur in one of the all-time batting assaults. Outraged at watching England subsequently knock over India in the final, Australia went on a tear: unbeaten in series terms across four Women’s Ashes, three T20 World Cups, three T20 tri-series, 14 bilateral T20 series, 14 bilateral ODI series, the Commonwealth Games and ...

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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

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3 hours ago Ryan Giggs' huge net worth, trial verdict, shock baby at 50 and new job

The former Manchester United and Wales winger will be in the dugout for Man City v Salford City

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6 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.

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36 hours ago Paris Hilton emotionally returns to charred Malibu beach house after being destroyed in LA fires: 'Truly indescribable'

It comes just one day after the TV personality, 43, confirmed that she saw the property 'burn to the ground on live TV.'

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28 hours ago Londoners won't have to foot £150m bill to pedestrianise Oxford Street, vows Sir Sadiq Khan

Mayor’s new budget due next week could see his share of council tax bills hit £500

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11 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

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3 hours ago Khloe Kardashian brands Mayor Bass 'a joke' as stars continue to lose homes in LA wildfires

Khloe Kardashian and Spencer Pratt were among those voiced their concerns alongside Fire Chief Kirstin Crowley, who had hit out at the city's leadership amid LA's dangerous wildfires

Events

6 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

Politics

37 hours ago Man United transfer news LIVE – Rashford updates as club prepare exit and Mainoo latest

All the latest Manchester United news and gossip during the January transfer window, including updates on Kobbie Mainoo and Marcus Rashford

Society

28 hours ago The Beatles turned down £20million offer to reunite for key reason – all to do with sharks

The Beatles were offered an eye-watering sum to reunite for just one show in 1976 – but the band turned down the proposal for a very bizarre reason relating to sharks, according to Ringo Starr

Economics

11 hours ago Manchester United handed January transfer blow as new Randal Kolo Muani pathway emerges

The latest Man United transfer news and rumours amid updates on Randal Kolo Muani and Viktor Gyokeres.

Sport

3 hours ago Leon Adams, who was brutally left for dead in an attack that shook a city, has tragically died

No one has ever been brought to justice for attacking Leon Adams in a crime that shocked Wales and featured on BBC's Crimewatch

Events

6 hours ago Ukraine captures two North Korean soldiers ALIVE as President Zelensky shares pictures

The wounded men - pictured - are the first taken alive since Kim Jong-un sent his soldiers to fight for Vladimir Putin. They are now in Kyiv assisting the Ukrainian secret service

Politics

37 hours ago BBC Morning Live doctor says drink with 'healing powers' boosts immune system

Dr Punam said that the drink is a "healing hug in a mug"

Society

28 hours ago Manchester United PSR position explained as £120m sum fails to tell full story

Manchester United are one of the Premier League clubs that have had to be mindful of their PSR position

Economics

12 hours ago Boxing Tonight: TV channels, live streams, ring walk start times and fight cards

Callum Simpson faces a potential banana skin tonight in Steed Woodall - with the British star eager to defend his British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles

Sport

4 hours ago Residents hit out at council over advice to 'wear shoes with good grip' during icy weather

"Any chance of the gritters coming onto the Poets estate or are Salford City Council waiting on updates of someone seriously hurting themselves!"

Events