2 hours ago Kate Middleton to issue royal warrants to honour iconic British brands

Warrant issued to companies favoured by the royal family

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6 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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22 minutes ago Rachel Reeves 'eyes hotel tax' to bolster UK's coffers: Families are facing surcharge on holidays to foot bill for Labour's economic chaos

Treasury officials are thought to have done 'modelling exercises' over the impact of introducing a 'tourist tax' similar to that in France as part of efforts by Rachel Reeves to stabilise finances

Economics

33 hours ago Rangers loan player 'set for surprise January recall' as possible replacement lined up

Red tape issue could see 22 y/o depart Ibrox

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33 minutes ago California fires live: governor doubles national guard in LA as firefighters arrive from Mexico and Canada

Palisades and Eaton fires start coming under control as fierce winds ease but forecasters predict another red flag warning for MondayFull report evacuation orders expand as Santa Ana winds set to pick upHow the climate crisis fuels devastating wildfiresLos Angeles fires: the damage in maps, video and imagesThe LA fire department issued a new immediate evacuation order at 7pm local time on Friday for the Palisades fire. It affects the following areas:It covers Sunset Boulevard north to Encino Reservoir and from the 405 Freeway west to Mandeville Canyon.The fires, coupled with strong winds, have severely degraded air quality by releasing hazardous smoke and particulate matter, posing immediate and long-term risks to public health. Continue reading...

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31 hours ago When cruises go horribly wrong – from harrowing 'falling man' photo to 'sewage on walls'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: From cold and starving passengers turning into 'savages' over cucumber sandwiches to 33 people losing thier lives before the captain was jailed, below we look at some cruise ship disasters

Culture

37 hours ago Health expert issues advice to millions to get these five key check ups and vaccines

Vaccinations and routine check ups can help people stay healthy as they age

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15 hours ago Three common medications 'may cause heart problems', cardiologist says

Aurelio Rojas Sanchez, a cardiologist based in Malaga, Spain, has warned that ibuprofen and other everyday medications can cause 'heart problems' if taken too frequently

Transport

5 hours ago Gritters stopped by 200 cars double parked in popular Peak District spot

Derbyshire County Council gritters unable to move past spot popular with hikers

Politics

26 hours ago The Kardashians ALL evacuate Calabasas and Hidden Hills homes amid LA fires as they donate food to firefighters

The Kardashians have all evacuated their Hidden Hills and Calabasas mansions amid the LA fires.

Society

9 hours ago White House working on hostage release deal between Hamas and Israel, says CIA director

Donald Trump hopes agreement will take place before his inauguration amid renewed optimismThe White House is working to reach a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas before president-elect Trump’s inauguration, William Burns, the director of the CIA, has suggested.“Negotiations going on right now are quite serious and do offer the possibility, at least, of getting this done in the next couple of weeks,” Burns said in an interview with National Public Radio on Friday. “This administration worked very hard at that right up until 20 January. I think the coordination with the new administration on this issue has been good. President-elect Trump has made clear his interest in trying to get a deal, you know, before his inauguration.” Continue reading...

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35 hours ago Tony Docherty gives Philippe Clement a Rangers reality check as he reveals TEN players missing for Dundee

Clement was bemoaning his own selection issues but the Dark Blues' were even more challenging

Sport

33 minutes ago Rangers namechecked in Hjalmar Ekdal transfer tug of war hours after Ibrox warning over short term fixes

The 26-year-old has been beset by injuries during his time at Turf Moor and the Sweden defender is now available for loan

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33 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

20 hours ago Seven new driving rules and law changes facing motorists this year including car tax

The new year brings about a range of changes for drivers, some of which could prove expensive for car owners who have previously been exempt from certain laws

Transport

6 hours ago Guest snowed in at 'off the grid' Britain's highest pub says it was a 'great adventure'

Video shows the moment when snowed-in guests finally got rescued from Britain’s highest pub after two snowploughs managed to reach them.

Politics

27 hours ago What's wrong with Joe Tate in Emmerdale 'revealed' as soap airs health twist

Emmerdale aired another worrying scene for Joe Tate on Friday night appearing to confirm he had a health issue on the ITV soap, amid fans speculating they know what's wrong

Society

9 hours ago Warning as man falls ill after snapping up £5 bargain from B&M as partner says she'll NEVER shop there again

A man fell ill after consuming beer that was sat months out of date on the shelves of a B&M in Cardiff.

Economics

45 minutes ago Police officer Rosie Prior killed after being hit by lorry on A19 while stopping to help motorists

PC Rosie Prior had stopped to help people on the A19 at Bagby, North Yorkshire, involved in a road traffic collision when she was suddenly hit by a heavy goods vehicle

Events

34 hours ago This Morning fans demand show 'stops ruining BBC series' as they issue complaint

This Morning viewers were left fuming on Friday as they claimed the ITV show "ruined" BBC's The Traitors as they spoke to the latest contestants to be voted off the series

Culture

27 hours ago Motorists who drive fewer than 2,000 miles each year 'should surrender' licence to DVLA

Advice from the Older Drivers Forum claims to have worked out the minimum amount of mileage an older motorist should clock up to make the expense of driving worth it

Transport

6 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

29 hours ago The stunning historic Scottish house that's home to amazing cafe, fairy walk and snowdrop festival

This Scottish estate is a magical place to visit for all the family.

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29 hours ago Billionaire tycoon is blasted after hiring a private fire crew to protect his luxury outdoor mall as devastating wildfires continue to rip through LA

Los Angeles residents are furious a billionaire tycoon spent thousands of dollars on private firefighters to help protect his business while emergency services struggle to contain the flames. 

Economics

96 minutes ago New HMPV warning sign as doctor says check your skin for an unusual change

Cases of Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) have surged in the UK after causing healthcare problems in China, India and Malaysia - one doctor has shared an unusual warning sign

Events

35 hours ago ITV This Morning viewers issue complaint as they 'ruin' popular series

This Morning fans failed to mince their words as they complained that the ITV show was spoiling BBC's The Traitors as they continued to interview evictees

Culture

9 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

29 hours ago Mother gives house tour from hell as she shows viewers around her ruined home after it was devastated by the LA wildfires

The wildfires have been rapidly spreading across Los Angeles with firefighters conceding they remain powerless to contain the flames because of strong winds.

Society

31 hours ago Specific group of women on State Pension due back payments of nearly £8,000 this year

HMRC has issued more than 370,000 letters to older people whose State Pension may be underpaid.

Economics

2 hours ago Los Angeles wildfires: Desperate search for victims as menacing winds forecast to return

Fire chiefs warned of a ‘significant flare-up’ on the blaze's eastern edge, with flames now moving northeast

Events

9 hours ago Graham Potter offers Mohammed Kudus verdict as new West Ham boss forced to change

Graham Potter saw West Ham fall to defeat against Aston Villa in his first match in charge of the Irons having led the FA Cup clash for much of the match and is already facing injury issues

Politics

42 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).

Society

32 hours ago Coronation Street star Simon Gregson cuts a solitary figure as he's seen for the first time since it was revealed he 'could be forced to sell home if he doesn't pay back £250K loan'

The Coronation Street actor, 50, wrapped up warm in a thick padded jacket and gloves after snow fell in the region over night.

Economics

2 hours ago 'Coward' driver ignored years of warnings and ruined three young lives during trip to McDonald's

The dad left his victims with injuries including a bleed on the brain after ploughing his Mercedes into an Audi at 70mph

Events

10 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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33 hours ago Are you eligible for a Cold Weather Payment? Check to see if YOU can claim £25 as icy blast grips Britain

As a bitter Arctic freeze engulfs Britain, with some communities bracing for heavy snow and -20C temperatures, payments have been triggered in a total of 51 postcode areas.

Economics

3 hours ago Mystery virus warning as India health officials issue probe into sudden hair loss infection

A mysterious virus is being investigated by health officials as Indian scientists warn residents to be vigilant against the infection which is causing sudden hair loss in those affected

Events

11 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

33 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...

Economics

4 hours ago Why Rangers are not sacking Philippe Clement as Patrick Stewart addresses 'deep

Ibrox CEO gives backing to under-fire head coach

Events

11 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...

Politics

33 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...

Economics

4 hours ago Dancing On Ice star Ferne McCann fires ominous warning to fellow celebs

EXCLUSIVE Ferne McCann is going to give her Dancing on Ice appearance everything she's got, revealing she is determined to win her season - 'I never do anything in halves'

Events

12 hours ago Marcus Rashford Man United transfer: Barcelona issue, Amorin stance, loan move, agent meeting

Latest Manchester United transfer news as Marcus Rashford faces a potential move away from Old Trafford

Politics

36 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

4 hours ago Vibrators could be 'weaponised' to maim users by hackers, tech boffins warn

A vibrator or sex toy linked to an app could become an unexpected weapon capable of maiming and injuring, if hackers tap into the device while in use and up the toy's tempo

Events

12 hours ago Kate Middleton to issue Royal Warrants to honour iconic British brands

Warrant issued to companies favoured by the royal family

Politics

41 hours ago Who is right about ‘Maganomics’: bearish economists or bullish investors?

Equity market optimism about president-elect’s impact contrasts with warnings over hit to GDP growth

Economics

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

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

Events

13 hours ago ‘I don’t like being revered’: Brian Eno on art, AI, and why he hates talking about David Bowie

He’s worked with some of the biggest names in music, but his latest book claims there’s an artist in all of us. Brian Eno and co-author Bette Adriaanse discuss the myth of genius, and how to really unlock your creativityBrian Eno’s studio in Notting Hill is tucked away at the end of a cobbled mews, its facade a quarter of the normal size. The effect is like a kind of fairy-door, and as you enter, it opens on to a vast light-filled room with a spiral staircase at the centre. On one side, Eno, in a purple shirt, is hovering silently over a table top making marks on something. On the other, his latest collaborator, the Dutch artist and writer Bette Adriaanse, busies herself with the same task (they’re signing copies of their new book about art). An airy piano melody wafts over the scene: entering it feels like exhaling.It does for me, anyway. I’ve been anxious about this interview, not least because of a warning from Eno’s assistant to avoid talking about his musical history, which he ...

Politics

46 hours ago Inside Scotland's £2.3million shooting gallery for addicts to inject  their heroin in comfort

A £2.3million 'shooting gallery' where drug-users can inject their own heroin and cocaine will fuel addiction and overdose deaths, it was warned yesterday.

Economics

13 hours ago Ruben Amorim sent Mikel Arteta message as Man Utd boss is told he's right

Ruben Amorim is currently trying to turn the tide for Manchester United, but a Premier League legend has warned him that it won't be an overnight feat - drawing comparisons to Mikel Arteta and Arsenal

Politics

46 hours ago Bitcoin miner refused access to landfill site to retrieve £598m hard drive, judge rules

James Howells has been fighting Newport council after his former partner accidentally took the hard drive to the rubbish tip in 2013

Economics

5 hours ago Police warning letter to farmers over Welsh port blockade dubbed 'scare tactic'

Holyhead port is currently closed following damage from Storm Darragh, in December, but is expected to partially reopen next week

Events

14 hours ago Callum Simpson: ‘Lily would want me to carry on I know I made her proud through my boxing’

Before the defence of his British and Commonwealth belts, the 28-year-old reflects on the tragic death of his sister“I’ve heard her voice in training sometimes,” Callum Simpson says quietly as looks up in his apartment in Dewsbury and remembers his sister Lily-Rae who, just over four months ago, died tragically following an accident on a quad bike at the age of 19. “I hear her when the sessions are hard, especially during running sessions, and her voice will say: ‘Just keep going, keep pushing.’”West Yorkshire looks beautiful on a bitterly cold yet sunlit morning. A new year has just begun, and there is still snow on the ground, but the same raw pain churns though Simpson. The 28-year-old boxer is a composed and impressive man who will defend his British and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles against Steed Woodall in Sheffield on Saturday night. It is likely to be a difficult test against a determined domestic rival who has lost only two of 22 bouts – particularly as Simpson and...

Politics

46 hours ago Greggs and Greene King among firms backing drive to get offenders into work

Leaders from major employers will be among those to sit on new employment councils in regions across England and Wales.

Economics

5 hours ago Los Angeles wildfires force new evacuations as 13 people missing and 22 arrested

Fire chiefs warned of a ‘significant flare-up’ on the blaze's eastern edge, with flames now moving northeast

Events

17 hours ago Weather maps show 10 UK cities set to be battered by more snow this month

The UK is set to see milder weather move in over the weekend but weather maps show parts of the country will see another Arctic blast later in the month with more snow

Politics

6 hours ago Woman ‘suicidal’ after taking same antidepressants as Thomas Kingston issues warning over side effects

Coroner and MPs raise concerns as almost 200 alerts made in decade to regulator over deaths linked to drugs

Events

22 hours ago Amid rush to net zero, boss of gas giant Centrica reveals shivering Britain has only a week's worth of reserves left, so... are we heading for energy blackouts?

Ed Miliband's 'obsession' with wind and solar power leaves Britain at risk of blackouts, a former energy secretary warned last night as UK gas reserves fell to 'concerningly low' levels.

Politics

6 hours ago Hundreds of cars block gritters near Peak District beauty spot as drivers warned 'do not add to the problem'

Drivers have been warned

Events

22 hours ago West Ham: Roy Keane issues brutal assessment of 'odd group' after Graham Potter appointment

The Manchester United legend isn’t convinced Graham Potter and West Ham are a good fit

Politics

7 hours ago UK weather warnings as NINE ultra rare 'amber' health alerts issued in

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has extended its ultra rare cold 'amber' health alerts for all of England until Tuesday - it comes following the coldest January night in 15 years

Events

23 hours ago California Dems worry Trump will make fire aid political again: ’Such a wild card’

‘Even if we nominally secure some of these things, the money won’t flow until Trump is president,’ California Democrat warns

Politics

8 hours ago LA fires: Terrifying moment weatherman's live forecast interrupted by urgent phone warning

Fox News 11 chief meteorologist Adam Kreuger was left puzzled after alarms from people's phones started blaring with evacuation orders in the broadcaster's west LA studio

Events

24 hours ago Delta Air Lines emergency forces passenger evacuation on inflatable slides

A Delta Air Lines flight had to be abandoned by its hundreds of passengers using inflatable slides after an issue with the engine stopped the plane taking off in the US

Politics

8 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

26 hours ago 200 passengers forced to evacuate Delta plane on emergency slides due to engine issues

’On takeoff, something went wrong and [an] engine caught fire,’ one passenger told CNN.

Politics

8 hours ago 'Living Nostradamus' issues chilling 2025 warning as LA wildfires prediction comes true

Self-professed psychic Athos Salomé, dubbed Living Nostradamus, has issued a chilling warning for 2025 as it emerges he predicted the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles back in 2023

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