42 minutes ago What are we paying senior royals for, if not to show up at presidential funerals? | Catherine Bennett

Perhaps grandma’s grudge against Jimmy Carter explains why Edward, 14th in line, was sentThat legendary boozer the late queen mother liked to entertain her guests with an “anti-toast”, in which she drank to people she disliked. One day the names ill-wished were “Tony Benn, Idi Amin and Jimmy Carter”. The benign US president featured in the same list as a mass murderer because, she explained, “he is the only man, since my dear husband died, to have had the effrontery to kiss me on the lips”.This alleged offence was enough for the queen mother to want it remembered, and not as an innocent accident. She believed it was her misfortune, her biographer William Shawcross wrote, to remind middle-aged men of their mothers; she recognised “the glazed look that came over their faces”, and thought this had made Carter reach in for his kiss. “I took a sharp step backwards. Not quite far enough.” So Carter could hardly help becoming aware of the accusation, which “distressed” him. Continue readin...

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43 minutes ago Five sunny destinations for January travel – including hotspot with £17.99 flights

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2 hours ago Football stadiums that never were including stunning Liverpool and Chelsea concept designs

These stunning grounds unfortunately never saw the light of day, including a strange Liverpool and Everton hybrid stadium, and Chelsea’s grand Battersea Power Station design

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42 minutes ago A Second Act by Dr Matt Morgan review – what nearly dying can teach us about living

In this sequel to his bestseller, Critical, the intensive care doctor draws lessons on the joys of a ‘second life’ from the experiences of patients who have flatlined and been revived“We have two lives,” Dr Matt Morgan writes, before clarifying: “The second begins when you realise you have [only] one.” Sometimes, as the case studies in this book detail, this realisation comes more suddenly and profoundly than most of us can imagine. For more than 20 years, Morgan has been a specialist doctor in intensive care, labouring at the extreme margins of life. Just occasionally, in his day-to-day education in human mortality, he has witnessed what might, in other traditions, be thought of as supernatural events: people whose vital signs have flatlined, but who have returned to tell the tale. The stories in this book – a sequel to his bestselling Critical – are his accounts of those impossible second acts, and his reflections on what we can learn from those lucky few who have experienced both...

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8 hours ago She was shunned for Donald Trump's inauguration 2017...but now fashion giants are begging to dress Melania on her husband's big day

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42 minutes ago At home with Simon Rattle: ‘There are still things I feel are beyond me’

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19 hours ago LA declares health emergency following raging wildfires as at least 60,000 homes left without power: Live Updates

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11 hours ago James Rodríguez is a player out of time who brings his best to international stage | Jonathan Wilson

The 2024 Golden Boot winner flopped at Everton and faded away at Real Madrid but is still a maestro for ColombiaOn Monday, Rayo Vallecano released James Rodríguez on a free transfer. It hadn’t been much of a stay. In four and a half months at the club, he managed 136 minutes of league football. Only once did he start in La Liga. Rodríguez is 33 now. Since he left Everton in 2021, he has started just 37 league games and scored only 10 goals. This is the sixth season in a row in which he has been released on a free transfer as he has drifted from Real Madrid to the team currently 12th in the table, via Qatar, Greece and Brazil. The sense is of a waning career nearing its end.And yet in those three and a half years since his last game for Everton, Rodríguez has played 32 times for Colombia. While at Rayo, he has played 374 international minutes. True, he doesn’t often last a full game, but there are few other indications of decline. As Colombia reached the final of last year’s Copa Amé...

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6 hours ago Marcus Rashford sent warning shot over dream move as Barcelona boss puts foot down

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9 hours ago India headteacher forces 100 'humiliated' schoolgirls to remove shirts after 'Pen Day' celebration

Around 100 schoolgirls at a school in Dhanbad, India, were ordered to remove their uniform tops after their pen day celebrations, when friends write on their outfits

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42 minutes ago Elon Musk and the new world order: the hijacking of the global conversation

How can we publicly debate policy in the face of the rising – and polarising – influence of the X owner and others whose only aim is to serve themselvesHow should we as a society interact with one another, debate, come to decisions? What impels politicians to focus and act on one thing and not another?The Athenians had the Agora, where (male, slave-owning) citizens gathered to debate and decide the issues of the day. In the early 20th century, John Reith envisioned the BBC, in a most patrician way, as a space where the nation could come together to enhance the (supposedly) British values of democracy, reasonableness and debate. Continue reading...

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20 hours ago Health emergency declared across LA as at least 60,000 homes left without power: Live Updates

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18 hours ago 'I forked out £10k for weight loss surgery but was left throwing up lumps of flesh'

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6 hours ago Woman arrested on suspicion of murder after man in his 60s is found dead in his home on New Year's Day

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The Masked Singer fans are convinced they know who is behind the Pufferfish costume after making their voices heard online.

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43 minutes ago 'I'm a fitness instructor – here are the top 3 workout myths I'm here to bust'

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21 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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20 hours ago Truth about £4.25m Omaze dream mansion: It's the most spectacular house lottery prize EVER. But don't believe everything you see... we expose the serious catches (including the insane running cost)

In just a few weeks a £4.25million Grade II-listed Queen Anne mansion could be yours if you enter the latest Omaze property prize sweepstake. The Mail visited to see if it's as idyllic as it appears.

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8 hours ago Khloe Kardashian calls Los Angeles mayor ‘a joke’ amid ongoing wildfires

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14 hours ago Photos of two Coronation Street legends on their real life wedding day

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29 hours ago The tiny Welsh village where royals lived and thrived, but now its astounding beach is deserted

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

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9 hours ago Lisa Marie Presley's heartbreaking addiction battle taking '80 opioid pills a day'

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21 hours ago Jeremy Kyle ‘to return to ITV’ – five years after axing of controversial show

Contentious host will star in an episode of ‘Kate Garraway’s Life Stories’

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57 minutes ago Sunday with Jo Malone: ‘I’m always wearing four or five different fragrances’

The perfumer and her husband enjoy life in Dubai, with its silk shops, water workouts, large lunches and friends who are like familyUp early? I’m not the earliest of risers, but I live in Dubai and can walk to the beach for sunrise at 6.30am. Other than people, I miss nothing about home – my husband Gary and I feel as if we’re living our senior gap year.Sunday breakfast? A green juice and a red juice but, if I’m hungover, it’s eggs Benedict. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago Sarah Beeny's life from tragic loss and cancer diagnosis to unique tradition with husband

Channel 4 property expert Sarah Beeny has been a fixture on screens for decades, but has faced her fair share of tragedy and heartache in her personal life

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1 hour ago From the Beatles to biologics – how Liverpool became a life science hotspot

The city has a long history with tropical medicine and is now home to one of the largest biotech clusters in EuropeTucked away in the village of Leasowe, near Moreton on the Wirral peninsula west of Liverpool, the US pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) is building a new £35m glass-clad laboratory building.It is part of a growing life sciences cluster in and around Liverpool, one of the largest in Europe, and a leader in vaccine development and manufacture, as well as infectious disease research projects in the UK. Continue reading...

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11 hours ago Police update in search for missing twin sisters last seen on CCTV near river at 2am

Twin sisters from Hungary vanished on Tuesday morning near Victoria Bridge, Aberdeen, and police say that the River Dee remains the focus of their ongoing investigation

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1 hour ago I saw a food guru to cure my daughter’s food phobias – here’s what happened next

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12 hours ago Jennifer Lopez 'cancels work commitments' amid LA wildfires to focus on her community

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1 hour ago I spent 14 days in a coma fighting for my life and now Hearts punters are in line for something special

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12 hours ago Brooke Shields was in shock after doctor carried out intimate operation without her consent

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3 hours ago Last minute snags on delayed MV Glen Sannox but official launch will go ahead

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12 hours ago Marcus Rashford in limbo as transfer bombshell threatens dream Barcelona move

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford is continuing to attract interest from some of Europe's biggest clubs as he gears up to leave Old Trafford on loan this month

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13 hours 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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6 hours ago Harry Potter behind the scenes, by the stunt double who was left paralysed for life

David Holmes may not be a household name but most of us will have seen him whizzing around on a broomstick as Harry Potters stunt double. Now paralysed he is finally telling his side of the story.

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13 hours ago Sir Rod Stewart's whirlwind love life from Bond Girl and supermodels to policewoman

Rod Stewart has had a complicated love life, with three marriages, several affairs and eight children - including his lookalike daughter, who he only met when she was 18

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6 hours ago ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: Why I won't discard my keeper of memories

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13 hours ago Jennifer Lopez 'cancels all media appearances' amid LA fires so she can 'focus on supporting the community'

Beginning this Tuesday, the area was struck by its worst windstorms in over a decade, fueling fires that have destroyed thousands of structures and claimed at least 11 lives over the course of the week.

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7 hours ago Will Kate be the Baftas' comeback of the year? Princess of Wales set to return to royal working life with show

Insiders at the awards are 'pulling out all the stops' to ensure the ceremony marks the Princess of Wales's return to the red carpet following her cancer diagnosis and treatment last year

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

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

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8 hours ago Trump is trying to seal the border while his czar ‘tempers’ expectations for mass deportations

Trump has pledged to close the border and begin deportations on ‘day one’ — but it’s unclear how

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14 hours ago Dennis Quaid emotionally reveals ‘many of his friends have lost’ their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires

Billy Crystal, Adam Brody, Paris Hilton, and Miles Teller are among the list of A-listers who’ve lost their homes in the fires

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8 hours ago Woman born with two vaginas says fan's bath request was wildest she's ever had

Annie Charlotte was born with two vaginas, two cervixes and two uteruses – and has shared the wildest requests she's ever received from fans, including requests for bathwater

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14 hours ago Friend of British hiker missing in Italy voices ‘acceptance’ as search continues

Joe Stone says authorities ‘trying everything’ to find Aziz Ziriat after body of Sam Harris discovered on WednesdayA close friend of a British hiker who has been missing in the Dolomites since New Year’s Day has said “there is an acceptance that it won’t be good news” as search efforts continued.Sam Harris, 35, and Aziz Ziriat, 36, from London, last sent messages home on 1 January and the pair did not check in to their flight home on 6 January. Friends and relatives have travelled to Italy. Continue reading...

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9 hours ago BBC Casualty fans say the same thing within minutes as new paramedic arrives

The BBC show welcomed a new student paramedic to the Holby team on Saturday but was instantly met with a terrifying ordeal

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14 hours ago Train stations become hotbed for crime with 25 horror offences every day in UK

British Transport Police data shows the 10 worst-hit train stations had 9,376 crimes in the last financial year, including 3,831 serious offences such as sex attacks and robberies

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10 hours ago Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick feud rumours furiously slammed by A Simple Favor director

A rumour emerged that A Simple Favor 2 had been cancelled due to 'tensions' between lead stars Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick - but director Paul Feig has provided a defiant update

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14 hours ago Jeremy Clarkson hits out at claims celebrity lives ‘don’t matter’ in California wildfires

‘It doesn’t matter how much money you have, it always hurts,’ said the presenter

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10 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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15 hours ago Mystery as South Korean jet's TWO black boxes stopped recording four minutes before aircraft crashed and killed 179 passengers and crew

Investigators previously said the flight data and cockpit voice recorders were key to finding out the cause of the crash that killed all but two of the 181 people on board.

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11 hours ago European football: Harry Kane back with penalty winner for Bayern Munich

His 15th league goal of season keeps Bayern clear at topIn Serie A, Atalanta miss chance to go level with NapoliHarry Kane netted a penalty to give Bayern Munich a 1-0 victory at Borussia Mönchengladbach in their first Bundesliga match after the winter break, keeping them four points clear of second-placed Bayer Leverkusen.The England captain sent Gladbach keeper Moritz Nicolas the wrong way in the 68th minute to break the deadlock and bag his 15th league goal this season to maintain his status as the Bundesliga’s top scorer. Continue reading...

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15 hours ago Vicky Pattison and Ercan Ramadan under fire as wedding post 'glamorises smoking'

Vicky Pattison's husband, Ercan Ramadan, shared a video from the couple's wedding day, which 'glamorised' smoking, according to an advertising watchdog

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