29 minutes ago Special Forces secrets exposed... by the Ministry of Defence! Veterans slam officials for printing shadowy force's tests in magazine feature

Veterans have been angered by the disclosing of precise details of the tests applicants must take to apply for the Special Air Service (SAS), the Special Boat Service (SBS) and other secretive units.

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8 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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2 hours ago Inside Hearts' January transfer dealings and the role played by Jamestown Analytics

Neil Critchley lifts lid on recruitment process

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17 hours ago What is the Class of 92? Former Manchester United stars behind Salford rise to League Two

Class of 92 own 60% of Salford between them after 2014 takeover

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81 minutes ago How taking a common painkiller could lead you to be more reckless, new research suggests

Scientists believe the dulling effect it has on pain has a similar impact on emotions and decision-making, leading those take the drug to throw caution to the wind.

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11 hours ago Three in hospital and cars burst into flames after s'erious' incident on Scottish road

Three people were taken to hospital after a serious road accident last night which saw two vehicles burst into flames.

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11 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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4 hours ago Rangers CEO lifts lid on January window plans, Hamza Igamane stance, why squad is good enough and club finances

Five takeaways from Patrick Stewart sitdown

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2 hours ago Brits are keeping warm during the bitterly cold snap – by sinking pints down the pub

Chilly Brits have been taking shelter from the bitterly cold snap by propping up bars up and down the country to warm up. They necked 150 million pints in the first 10 days

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11 hours ago Dozens of cars taken off road after ‘filling up with contaminated fuel’ at BP garage

Local fuel draining service called by over 40 affected drivers

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3 hours ago Emmerdale fans stunned as they had no idea this star was in EastEnders until now

Emmerdale's Joe Tate made a huge return to the village on Christmas Day, with actor Ned Porteous back in the role after previously starring in EastEnders

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11 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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3 hours ago Wrexham's Rob McElhenney's forced to flee LA home over wildfire threat

Wrexham AFC co-owner Rob McElhenney has taken to social media to reassure fans that his family is safe after the devastating wildfires that have swept through California

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17 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

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4 hours ago Eastenders star Rita Simons shows off ring as she confirms engagement to Ben Harlow

The actress, who is currently starring in Hollyoaks, has been in a relationship with Ben since 2020

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17 hours ago Top destination with ‘340 days of sunshine’ a year is only a £17 flight from Manchester Airport

Escape the January chill with this sunny city break destination, that's been dubbed the 'new Turkey'

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5 hours ago Shaughna Phillips reveals emotional battle and stressful period led to weight gain

Shaughna Phillips reveals her inspiring five-stone weight loss, driven by a health scare and the desire to be a better role model for her daughter. She reflects on the challenges of balancing motherhood with fitness goals.

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4 hours ago EastEnders Roxy Mitchell legend Rita Simons engaged after sweet private gesture

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Rita Simons, best known for her EastEnders character Roxy Mitchell, is engaged after a secret proposal from her partner Ben Harlow after "being together for a while"

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5 hours ago The Observer view: With Hollywood ablaze, ditching carbon targets would be an act of recklessness | Observer editorial

Legislation aimed at limiting the US’s role in global warming is likely to be an early target of Donald TrumpThe devastating wave of wildfires that has reduced thousands of Hollywood homes to ashes could not have afflicted the US at a more telling moment. Figures released last week revealed that for the first time the world overshot the 1.5C limit in global temperature rises that had been set as a desired upper figure by the Paris climate accord of 2015.It is clear that the floods that engulfed Valencia last year, along with the typhoons that ripped through the Philippines and the drought that afflicted the Amazon were all made more likely by this unwanted temperature rise, say scientists. From this perspective, Hollywood’s misery is just one of many examples of the destruction heaped upon the planet by our burning of fossil fuels and ever-rising emissions of greenhouse gases. Crucially, such disasters are only going to worsen until humanity abandons the widespread combustion of coa...

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5 hours ago Arne Slot shows his true colours as Accrington Stanley boss reveals chat

Liverpool defeated Accrington Stanley 4-0 at Anfield in the FA Cup but the Lancashire side were able to take away positives from the clash with boss John Doolan paying tribute to Arne Slot

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5 hours ago Spencer Pratt slams trolls calling him a 'rich celeb' after losing home in LA wildfires

The Hills villain Spencer Pratt has rounded on his critics after he and wife Heidi Montag lost their home and possessions in the ongoing Los Angeles wildfire disaster

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6 hours ago Gloom and pessimism take hold of Democrats as they look for new leaders

Questions about the viability of a female presidential candidate rise after a crushing presidential defeatDemocrats are harboring strong feelings of stress and gloom as the new year begins. And many are questioning whether their party’s commitment to diverse candidates – especially women – may lead to further political struggles as Donald Trump is sworn in for a second presidency on 20 January.A recent poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that a significant number of Democrats believe that it may be decades before the United States will get its first female president. Continue reading...

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6 hours 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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6 hours 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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6 hours 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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7 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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7 hours 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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7 hours ago EastEnders icon Rita Simons announces engagement to Ben Harlow as she flashes ring

EastEnders legend Rita Simons has announced that she is engaged to her partner of four years, Ben Harlow, after he recently popped the question.

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7 hours ago Iconic EastEnders villain looks unrecognisable as he takes on terrifying new role

One of the most iconic and vicious villains from EastEnders has been scaring fans all over again by playing a vicious new character in a crime drama that is currently streaming online

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7 hours ago Joe Biden got plenty right at home, but on the world stage he let himself be taken for a fool | Simon Tisdall

In another era, the outgoing president would have made a great cold war leader. Instead, his tenure was dogged by errors, naivety and overcautionIn a week when the US bade a sad farewell to Jimmy Carter, presidential legacies came under particular scrutiny. Yet few presidents are widely remembered beyond their lifetimes, their “historic” achievements even less so. In the 20th century, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D Roosevelt, John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon make the truly memorable list. Most of the rest are mere school-book names and dates.Joe Biden’s standing in this unprepossessing pantheon is now being assessed, as he prepares to depart the White House on 20 January. Like his 44 predecessors, he reportedly frets about his “place in history”. All presidents do this. It smacks of vanity. They give valedictory lectures, endow foundations, build libraries, write memoirs. They confuse fame with continuing relevance. Continue reading...

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8 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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8 hours ago Emmerdale's Joe Tate actor leaves soap fans 'floored' after they realise he was in EastEnders

Emmerdale fans have been left surprised after realising actor Ned Porteous, who plays Joe Tate on the ITV soap, was also in EastEnders playing a member of the Mitchell family eight years ago

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8 hours ago EastEnders star Patsy Palmer reveals heartbreak after Malibu home narrowly escapes LA wildfires

Soap star confirms family are safe as Malibu surrounded by flames

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8 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.

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8 hours ago Sudan’s military retakes a strategic city from RSF rebels, dealing them a major blow

Sudanese officials says the military and its allies had taken back the strategic city of Wad Medani more than a year after the Rapid Support Forces seized it

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8 hours ago How to watch 2025 NFL Playoffs in the UK as Wild Card Weekend schedule confirmed

The 2025 NFL Playoffs are underway and some of American football's biggest franchises will be fighting it out for a place in Super Bowl 59, which will take place on February 9

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8 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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8 hours ago 'Tampon Girl' unrecognisable years on from grim Tampax video that made her infamous

Giovanna Plowman, better known as the 'Tampon Girl', sent the internet into a frenzy back in January 2013 when she went viral in a video where she sucked her own used Tampax – she's now unrecognisable

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8 hours ago Patsy Palmer confirms her LA home is 'miraculously ok' 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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8 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

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9 hours ago Every British celebrity home destroyed in LA fires as Mark Owen's wife slams trolls

The California wildfires have claimed the homes of multiple celebrities, including Take That star Mark Owen and actor Sir Anthony Hopkins

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10 hours ago Gloom and pessimism take hold of Democrats as they prepare to elect party leader

Questions about the viability of a female presidential candidate also rise after a crushing presidential defeat Democrats are harboring strong feelings of stress and gloom as the new year begins. And many are questioning whether their party’s commitment to diverse candidates – especially women – may lead to further political struggles as Donald Trump is sworn in for a second presidency on 20 January.A recent poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that a significant number of Democrats believe that it may be decades before the United States will get its first female president. Continue reading...

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10 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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11 hours ago Ryan Giggs speaks out on Salford City role and reveals whether he will stay in dugout

Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs returned to the dugout with Salford City last year - but the Welshman doesn't how if the arrangement will be a long-term one

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10 hours ago EastEnders’ Patsy Palmer says it’s a miracle her home survived the LA wildfires

The fires have ravaged communities and thousands have fled their properties.

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11 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

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

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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11 hours ago A 'shipping container' newbuild and mansion with a 'waterslide' roof: Inside the Cornwall village turned into a 'ghost town' by Hollywood A

Residents of Mawgan Porth in Cornwall are complaining that their village has been taken over by celebrities building increasingly bizarre homes.

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11 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...

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