44 minutes ago Rachel Reeves must not ask the poor and the vulnerable to pay for her mistakes

Editorial: The chancellor is contemplating cuts to disability benefits to balance the books but her gamble may backfire

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4 hours ago 'I turned down Liverpool and Chelsea interest – now I could join Arsenal for £58million'

Ronald Araujo has reportedly told his Barcelona team-mates that he's eyeing a January move to Arsenal amidst rumoured interest from Mikel Arteta, according to a report from Spain

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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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48 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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8 hours ago GPs defying NHS to prescribe baby formula, shampoo and toothpaste to struggling patients

NHS guidance states over-the-counter products should not be prescribed, doctors can use their discretion to overrule

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78 minutes ago Bonnie Tyler reveals heartbreaking miscarriage at 39 and says she feels 'blessed' to 'have known I could be pregnant'

The Total Eclipse Of The Heart singer, 73, told the Mirror that when she fell pregnant aged 39 with her partner Robert, she felt it was the right time to have a baby.

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9 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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5 hours ago Shaughna Phillips discusses the emotional battles that led to her drastic weight gain as she reveals she tipped the scales to 15 stone at her heaviest

The Love Island star, 30, delved into the difficulties she has faced since welcoming her daughter Lucia in April last year.

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31 hours ago Chelsea told no player is worth £100m before FA Cup tie with minnows Morecambe

Chelsea have splurged £1.15billion in transfers since Todd Boehly's takeover in 2022 and Morecambe skipper Yann Songo'o has spoken out about their spending ahead of FA Cup clash

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90 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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21 hours ago 'I was rushed to hospital but waited 60 hours in A&E for bed amid winter flu spike'

Dean Jennings, 39, has told how he was rushed by ambulance to the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan at around 7pm last Saturday and he said he remained in A&E until Tuesday

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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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10 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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5 hours ago I filmed a thief stealing £10k tools from my van and escaping in a taxi... but what the police told me after left me gobsmacked

The raider was recorded on a doorbell camera making repeated trips over the course of a full hour to empty the contents of the van he had broken into and prepare it to be collected.

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35 hours ago Squid Game fans joke ‘someone is getting fired’ after spotting major blunder at key moment in season 2 finale

Hit Netflix show has fallen victim to a filming error in new season

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2 hours ago Police to hold knife amnesty in Salford as people told 'please hand them to us'

"It's a great way for the community to get behind our initiative to get dangerous weapon off the streets"

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1 hour ago Richard Price: ‘I don’t like to write, I just don’t – it’s too much anxiety’

The US novelist and co-writer of The Wire on why his new book isn’t about cops and robbers, his 80s drug addiction and the authors who have inspired himRichard Price, 75, is a screenwriter and author whose books include the 600-page drug-war epic Clockers (1992), which was filmed by Spike Lee and inspired the HBO crime drama The Wire, co-written by Price. Michael Chabon has called him “one of the best writers of dialogue in the history of American literature”. Born and raised in the Bronx, he lives in Harlem – the setting for his new novel, Lazarus Man, in which four strangers cross paths amid the collapse of a tenement block.The book’s acknowledgments mention its “incredibly long gestation”... I signed the contract to write this 17 years ago; if it was a baby, it’d now be applying to college. I’d just written Lush Life, a sort of panorama of the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and I wanted to try to do the same for Harlem, but I’d only just moved there. New York City is 1,000 cities ...

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23 hours ago Claudia Winkleman’s hairstylist reveals the secret to the presenter's glossy locks

The mirror-like shiny lob is easier to achieve than you may think

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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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2 hours ago Man dies after 'catching cancer' from liver transplant donor as tumour cells 'escaped'

Doctors said that the tumour cells were too tiny to detect, which meant the liver was declared safe for transfer, but 'escaped' and infected the patient and led to his death

Events

2 hours ago Woman who lost 13.5 stone after making one 'permanent' change looks unrecognisable

'Mentally and physically I'm the fittest and the strongest I can be, and this is a permanent lifestyle change for me'

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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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8 hours ago Debenhams cuts incredible 71% off 'beautiful' and 'comfortable' duvet set now just £27

The 'stylish' set is available at a huge knockdown price in various sizes.

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4 hours ago Ukraine shows first North Korean soldiers captured alive fighting war for Putin

Two North Korean soldiers have been captured alive and are now helping Ukrainian secret service after being given false Russian identities and drafted in to fight in Putin's war against Ukraine

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3 hours ago My bottom has become flatter with age and I don't pass the 'pencil test'. So can you guess the little secret that's made it look like this again aged 50?

If, like me, you are grown up enough to remember the 90s properly, then the news that big bums are back may take a bit of processing.

Politics

31 hours ago The 'most beautiful' village under 2 hours from Manchester is a secret from tourists

High Hall, a 16th-century Tudor mansion and the Mock Beggar Hall are just some of the buildings in the village

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10 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.

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5 hours ago Sir Jim Ratcliffe sent Kobbie Mainoo warning but told one Man Utd star 'won't be missed'

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been warned he would be making a huge mistake selling Kobbie Mainoo as the Manchester United co-owner admits every player has a price

Events

3 hours ago Fears grow over censorship of secret Queen Elizabeth and Philip papers

Critics flag ‘worrying trend’ of keeping royal files under lock and key as thousands set for release to publicResearchers fear that thousands of government documents about the late queen and Prince Philip due for release in the next two years could be censored.The files are scheduled to be made public in 2026 and 2027, five years after the royal couple’s deaths, and internal discussions have begun in Whitehall about how to process them and what should remain secret. Continue reading...

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32 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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30 hours ago Cleaner left mortified after customer points out 'silly' carpet mistake

Karen Royle was left red-faced after her customer pointed out that a 'stain' she had been trying to scrub out of the carpet for five minutes was actually a reflection

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6 hours ago Dog owners told to 'wash paws' after walks in snow and ice to prevent common toxic risk

Dog owners have been warned to wash their pets' paws after walks in snow and ice to prevent a common toxic risk

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3 hours ago Arne Slot brings Federico Chiesa back down to earth after Liverpool breakthrough

Liverpool winger Federico Chiesa scored his maiden Reds goal in the FA Cup win over Accrington Stanley, but Arne Slot has told fans they shouldn't be getting carried away

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35 hours ago Costa del Sol tourist poisoning scandal as disgruntled hotel worker faces jail 'for pouring bleach over buffet dinner out of revenge for losing her job'

Police and prosecutors have said the 50-year-old woman was told her contract was not going to be renewed at the Costa del Sol hotel before she carried out the cruel act.

Society

31 hours ago I make £1,000 a month as a 'financial dominatrix'. Married lawyer and mother AMANDA CARTER reveals her lucrative secret side

Curled up on the sofa after putting my children to bed, I can feel boredom creeping in. My husband is out for the evening - and wouldn't be much company if he was here, to be honest.

Economics

6 hours ago Incredible timelapse shows how quickly Palisades wildfires spread across Los Angeles

An incredible timelapse video has captured how quickly the deadly wildfires spread across LA, devastating communities in their path.

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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...

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

33 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’

Economics

6 hours ago Weight a minute: Six morbidly obese Brits a DAY need to be prised out of their homes by firefighters

Rescue teams have had to winch patients too fat to move out of their flats. Sometimes walls, windows and banisters must be removed to get them out.

Events

3 hours ago Corrie legend's exit 'sealed' from soap after over four decades amid huge storyline

Coronation Street's Kevin Webster will be told he has testicular cancer in upcoming scenes as actor Michael Le Vell takes on the huge issue-based storyline

Politics

34 hours ago AD FEATURE: A&E doctor reveals the ideal way to get speedy treatment this winter

There are a range of NHS options available to help you access the right care in the right place

Economics

6 hours ago Ons Jabeur: ‘Kids are dying everywhere in Ukraine or Gaza. I have to speak out and use my platform’

Former world No 2 shares her struggles with seeing suffering in Palestine and how she is working with the World Food Programme to help Few players wear their heart on their sleeve as much as Ons Jabeur. The Tunisian, whose sublime skills and smile have lit up the women’s Tour over the past decade, reached the Wimbledon final in 2022 and 2023 and earned herself the nickname Minister of Happiness.But somewhere along the way, Jabeur lost the joy. Keen to start a family, she had told herself that if she won Wimbledon in 2023, that would be the perfect time to take a break. It didn’t happen – she lost to Marketa Vondrousova – and so continued playing. But injuries, illness and the scenes of human suffering in Gaza made her struggle over the past year. Continue reading...

Events

4 hours ago Carrie Johnson spends almost a week in hospital with pneumonia and flu

Carrie Johnson praised NHS nurses and doctors as ‘the best people on earth’ in her Instagram post.

Politics

35 hours ago Sainsbury’s give workers surprise pay increase after huge Christmas sales

Sainsbury’s told shareholders it is on track to increase its profits for the year, in line with previous targets.

Economics

6 hours ago Ons Jabeur: ‘Kids are dying everywhere in Ukraine or Gaza. I have to speak out’

Former world No 2 shares her struggles with seeing suffering in Palestine and how she is working with the World Food Programme to help Few players wear their heart on their sleeve as much as Ons Jabeur. The Tunisian, whose sublime skills and smile have lit up the women’s Tour over the past decade, reached the Wimbledon final in 2022 and 2023 and earned herself the nickname Minister of Happiness.But somewhere along the way, Jabeur lost the joy. Keen to start a family, she had told herself that if she won Wimbledon in 2023, that would be the perfect time to take a break. It didn’t happen – she lost to Marketa Vondrousova – and so continued playing. But injuries, illness and the scenes of human suffering in Gaza made her struggle over the past year. Continue reading...

Events

5 hours ago Omaze set to hand over keys to biggest ever prize – but hidden costs laid bare

The drippling posh six-bed dwelling nestled on the banks of the River Avon boasts four reception areas, a wine cellar and even a secret room behind a sliding cabinet

Politics

36 hours ago Spanish Costa del Sol hotel worker 'caught poisoning guest buffet with bleach'

Police and prosecutors say the 50-year-old woman acted out of revenge after being told her contract wasn’t being renewed at a Costa del Sol hotel

Economics

7 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...

Events

6 hours ago Where Andrew Lloyd Webber BBC talent show stars are now from Jessie Buckley to Samantha Barks

Andrew Lloyd Webber launched four talent shows to find his next West End star - and many of the contestants have gone on to have incredible careers.

Politics

36 hours ago Incredible £250m plans to build 'world class' holiday resort with lodges, restaurants, pool and spa on Anglesey

The Seventy Ninth Group has acquired a 200-acre site for its largest ever project which will see the first lodges ready for holidaymakers this summer

Economics

8 hours ago Secret of LA wildfire 'miracle' house that became only one in street to survive

David Steiner incredibly saw his his white three-story home remain intact despite the neighbours' homes around him falling victim to the fires.

Events

6 hours ago Marcus Rashford told he's to blame for impending Man Utd exit – not Ruben Amorim

Marcus Rashford has been told by former Manchester United star Louis Saha that he only has himself to blame for his impending Old Trafford exit, not Ruben Amorim

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

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

8 hours ago Truth behind ITV's Take Me Out – told to undress, host warning and not being fed

ITV's Take Me Out used to be a fan favourite on Saturday nights, now a former contestant has lifted the lid on what the show was really like to appear on and the secret strict rules

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

9 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

Events

6 hours ago BBC Saturday Kitchen host Matt Tebbutt's outfit distracts fans as he issues three

Saturday Kitchen host Matt Tebbutt was told by guest Helen McGinn about the results of a poll which asked viewers if his outfit was 'midlife crisis'.

Politics

9 hours ago Child actor dies in LA wildfire after devastated mum was unable to save star

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

Events

6 hours ago Matt Smith packs on the PDA as he kisses mystery woman while on holiday in Rio de Janeiro

The Doctor Who star, 42, was seen locking lips with an unknown brunette before the couple also embraced while on holiday in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.

Politics

9 hours ago LA fires: Secret of how 'miracle' house became only building in street to survive blaze

David Steiner, a retired waste-management businessman, saw his white three-story home mansion remain intact in Malibu despite his neighbours' homes around him succumbing to the devastating wildfires

Events

7 hours ago Matt Smith packs on the PDA in a passionate display as he kisses mystery woman while on holiday in Rio de Janeiro

The Doctor Who star, 42, was seen locking lips with an unknown brunette before the couple also embraced while on holiday in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.

Politics

11 hours ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing star opens up on confidence battle as they say 'I suffer massively'

Doctor Punam Krishan, who appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2024, has opened up about suffering from imposter syndrome and how the show has helped her

Events

7 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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12 hours ago UK WhatsApp users get urgent new warning and told to 'follow instructions' immediately

If you use WhatsApp make sure you take notice of this new alert.

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