50 minutes ago Western civilisation 'is about to collapse for one reason and it's not WW3', expert says

An American author and expert claims that the end of Western civilisation is more likely to be due to the erosion of "free thought" and the rise of cancel culture, and less likely to be global war

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13 hours ago Bette Midler shares heartbreaking clip of family singing hymn in ruins of home they lost to LA fires

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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1 hour ago Alexander Isak deal done, Kylian Mbappe signs – Liverpool's dream transfers under Elon Musk

News of Elon Musk's interest in a Liverpool takeover has sparked speculation of what transfers could be possible under the ownership of the SpaceX founder - and the sky is the limit

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14 hours ago Rangers fans in disbelief over Clement's final desperate plea as Monaco boss – the deja vu claim in full

The beleaguered Belgian earned a vote of confidence but punters can't stomach any more

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30 minutes ago Fury as California Governor Newsom claims 'he doesn't know how LA wildfires happened' and appears to throw LA Mayor Bass under the bus for not giving him 'straight answers'

Gavin Newsom has been accused of 'passing the buck' in his latest attempts to defend his response to the devastating 'Palisade Fire' which continues to rage.

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27 hours ago Battersea Power Station’s magical Light Festival will return at the end of January – here’s everything you need to know

Battersea Power Station’s magical Light Festival will return at the end of January – here’s everything you need to know  Time Out London

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76 minutes ago Robbie Williams responds as Better Man song is disqualified from Oscars race

Track had been shortlisted but was subsequently disqualified

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19 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 hours ago Our wedding videographer charged us £600... and then did a runner: How 'fraudster' faces police probe over leaving dozens of couples at the altar

Detectives are looking at a significant number of claims made against Sarah Stanton, who runs Wallflower Weddings.

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30 hours ago 'I refused to say sorry to Arsenal over my comments – it cost me Gunners transfer'

Troy Deeney claims he received a phone call from Arsenal about a potential transfer after he was relegated with Watford - but the striker refused to apologise for a controversial remark

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35 minutes ago SAS Rogue Heroes: What's true and what's false? From Paddy Mayne smashing up a Cairo restaurant to unit's founder trying to flee prison, historian gives his verdict

The new series of BBC drama SAS Rogue Heroes has drawn both praise and criticism for its all-action depiction of the wartime exploits of Britain's most elite troops.

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13 hours ago ITV Ant and Dec's Limitless Win fans spot 'error' in TV quiz question on show

Ant and Dec's Limitless Win fans were left baffled by a question on Saturday night's show as they claimed there was an 'error' in one of the general knowledge questions

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2 hours ago UK snow maps turn purple as huge Arctic blast bears down on millions of Brits

According to WXCharts, their weather map turns purple on Friday 24 January from 6am and more snow looks set to hit the Scottish Highlands before moving down to Edinburgh and Inverness

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23 hours ago Billionaire investor says Americans face 'rude awakening' if they follow Warren Buffett's advice

A billionaire investor has claimed Americans are in for a 'rude awakening' if they follow one of Warren Buffett's most popular pieces of advice. 

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66 minutes ago 'My house exploded in LA Fires and I watched it all happen on my Ring doorbell'

Evan Brau, 52, was left devastated after the brutal wildfires claimed his home in the Pacific Palisades as he was forced to watch the home he lived in with his wife and two children go up in smoke

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26 hours ago Footage shows what cop whose 'brakes had locked up' was actually doing in patrol car

The Florida cop initially claimed his drove into another car because his breaks had locked up – however bodycam footage revealed he was 'multitasking' at the time of the collision

Culture

2 hours ago ‘What’s going on in Bob Dylan’s head’: Mr Tambourine Man lyrics up for auction

Rare drafts of one of Dylan’s best known songs found in journalist’s archive could fetch up to $1 million as part of wider legacy saleIn March 1964, the rock journalist Al Aronowitz awoke to find Bob Dylan asleep on his sofa and the lyrics to Mr Tambourine Man crumpled up in his rubbish bin.The 22-year-old Dylan had spent the night writing and rewriting his new song on a portable typewriter at Aronowitz’s home in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, before chucking away the early drafts and stretching out on his friend’s couch. Continue reading...

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24 hours ago Save 50% on Murad skin repair set worth £133 in the LookFantastic sale

In need of some skincare recovery after the festive season? You're in luck as LookFantastic has slashed the price of Murad's Revive + Repair set by 50% in their January sale

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2 hours ago Simon Cowell begs 'those who can help, to help' in message of support to Los Angeles residents after devastating inferno burns 37,000 acres of land and claims 16 lives

Residents have been encouraged to evacuate their homes and strict water saving rules have been imposed as a result of the inferno.

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4 hours 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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28 hours ago Thousands of households can get free cost of living cash worth up to £225

The City of Doncaster Council is offering cost of living support to people who are on a low-income or claiming certain Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits

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5 hours ago Burns Night celebrations in Edinburgh fall flat after festival is hit by funding problems

New event honouring ‘The Bard’ was launched in Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns in 2019.

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4 hours ago ‘I like to break the rules’: Björk on comedy, darkness and the most flamboyant tour of her career

The musician describes herself as many things: artist, introvert, activist, Scorpio, matriarch, punk, joker, optimist We step inside the multiverse of the incomparable BjörkBjörk is in Paris, and her laptop camera isn’t working. The laptop is eight years old, she explains, and she doesn’t want to replace it, for environmental reasons. “But let’s just say I haven’t exactly been crying about the fact that it doesn’t work.” She is a black square on my computer screen, which feels quite un-Björk-like, somehow, and yet also very Björk-like, too. Even without the visuals, she is instantly familiar. She jokes, she teases, her answers unravel slowly as she weighs up every side of a response, pin-balling between as many angles as she can find.She says she has always felt a bit weird about video calls anyway. “Even when they started, I would find more distance in talking to loved ones, because it’s sort of fake. You see people, but it’s not real. You’re not getting the presence. So maybe it’s...

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33 hours ago Charity launches handy PIP tool to help people make successful claims up to £737

The Turn2us PIP Helper aims to cut through the confusion of the PIP application process, with step-by-step guidance, award estimations, mental wellbeing resources, and essential information

Economics

7 hours ago DWP benefit warning for pensioners as payments to stop from April this year

Tax credits are being scrapped, with claimants being sent letters telling them to move over to either Universal Credit or Pension Credit, and countless claimants have already been cut off from their benefits after missing crucial deadlines

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

The world-famous conductor, now 70, on family life in Berlin, why music keeps you young and the bleak outlook for the arts in BritainThe instruction was straightforward: “10.30am at home. Coffee and croissants.” Since timing, at least in part, is a conductor’s priority, a visitor feels the pressure – especially with the siren call of coffee – to be prompt. Simon Rattle lives on the edge of Grunewald, the expanse of forest and lakes to the west of Berlin, a haven for the prosperous who built villas there at the end of the 19th century, and a green lung for all Berliners today. I arrive a few minutes early – long enough to take issue with Christopher Isherwood who, in his Berlin Stories, complained about the “expensive ugliness” of the properties here, ranging from “the eccentric-rococo folly to the cubist flat-roofed steel-and-glass box”. Gables and turrets turn suburban houses into small castles, a reminder of Germany’s romantic folklore past. Fairy lights – we meet shortly before C...

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8 hours ago LA fires: Weather service warns of 'extreme fire growth' as winds threaten further devastation into next week

Fire warnings will continue for days as winds threaten to fan the wildfires destroying parts of Los Angeles, which have claimed the lives of at least 11 while 13 others are missing

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5 hours ago The legendary 2005 albums: From Madonna and Kanye West to Bloc Party and Hard

What came out 20 years ago is more relevant than ever, according to the charts - so let’s get contemporarily nostalgic

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9 hours ago Ukraine war briefing: Ukraine ‘captures two North Korean soldiers in Russia’

Pair being interrogated in Kyiv, with intelligence agency SBU saying one had fake Russian military ID; Russia claims control of village near PokrovskSee all our Ukraine coverageUkraine said it was interrogating two North Korean soldiers after capturing the pair in Russia’s Kursk region – the first time it has announced the capture of North Korean soldiers alive since their entry into the war last year. The president, Volodymyr Zelensyy, said on X on Saturday the soldiers were captured by Ukraine’s special forces and were being interrogated by the SBU domestic intelligence agency in Kyiv. The SBU released a video showing the two men in hospital bunks, one with bandaged hands and the other with a bandaged jaw. It said their questioning was being done in Korean with the help of South Korea’s NIS intelligence agency. Neither Russia nor North Korea immediately reacted to the announcement.The SBU said the two captured North Korean men had told interrogators they were experienced army sold...

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7 hours ago Nigel Farage front and centre, 40 Senedd seats and sweeping changes. Reform UK's bold claims to rule Wales

Their Welsh spokesman said they will be a credible party of government in Wales

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11 hours ago When Maya Jama dumped Stormzy they claimed they had simply 'grown apart'. But now insiders say the truth could be more humiliating for Britain's 'King of Rap'

When Maya Jama dumped her rapper boyfriend, Stormzy, fans were left heartbroken that music's golden couple had split - but insiders suggest there was another reason than simply 'growing apart'.

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9 hours ago Politicians quibbling as LA burns: Gavin Newsom’s latest beef with Trump

California governor calls president-elect’s claim that water is being withheld from southern California ‘delusional’Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic governor, appeared briefly to put his long-running feud with Donald Trump to one side on Friday, when he invited the president-elect to Los Angeles to survey devastation from the wildfires and meet with first responders, firefighters and the “Americans” affected.“In the spirit of this great country, we must not politicize human tragedy or spread disinformation from the sidelines,” Newsom wrote in a letter to Trump on Friday. “Hundreds of thousands of Americans – displaced from their homes and fearful for the future – deserve to see all of us working in their best interests to ensure a fast recovery and rebuild.” Continue reading...

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11 hours ago Alleged Albanian people smuggler claims he shouldn't be deported from the UK due to 'overcrowded Belgian jails'

Adriatik Hysenlika is facing extradition from the UK after being handed a ten-year prison sentence for raking in at least £1million as the head of a trafficking gang.

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10 hours ago Labour must stop handing millions to Pakistan as country blocks removal of child sex abusers from Britain, former immigration minister claims

Robert Jenrick (left) has called for the financial aid to stop and for a visa ban to be implemented until the country cooperates with the deportation of citizens living in the UK such as Adil Khan (bottom right)

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13 hours ago TOWIE star Liam 'Gatsby' Blackwell forced to evacuate twice trying to escape LA wildfires

Towie star Liam 'Gatsby' Blackwell has been updating fans as he has moved around LA while trying to avoid the deadly fires that have claimed at least 10 lives and destroyed thousands of homes

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11 hours ago Minister's controversial academies reforms accused of being 'betrayal of Blair's legacy' in part of 'plot to succeed Keir Starmer'

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson faced claims her controversial school academy reforms are an attempt to play down her Blairite reputation and curry favour of Left-wing Labour MPs.

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14 hours ago Dennis Quaid grows emotional after being evacuated amid LA fires and reveals his agent lost both his homes

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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11 hours ago Laurie Anderson says artificial intelligence spells ‘the end of the world’

The artist and musician said you ‘can impersonate anyone’ with the technology.

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15 hours ago Coronation Street's Sam Aston breaks silence on soap future as cast hit with multiple exits

Coronation Street star Sam Aston - who plays Chesney Brown on the ITV soap - has discussed the recent mass exodus of characters and his own future ahead of Dancing On Ice

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11 hours ago Ruben Amorim urged to brutally axe Man Utd star who spoke out over 'leaders' claim

Manchester United have endured a rollercoaster season under Erik ten Hag and then Ruben Amorim and the Red Devils boss has been told to stop playing one star in particular

Politics

17 hours ago Straw Bear Festival returns in colourful fashion to streets of Whittlesea

The annual tradition saw Morris dancers donning colourful feathered hats and bright green and yellow attire.

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12 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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18 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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13 hours ago Elon Musk and Dominic Cummings 'in plot to sabotage UK politics': Former No 10 adviser is helping orchestrate Tesla billionaire's attacks on Keir Starmer, government sources claim

Boris Johnson's former No 10 adviser is planning a new 'StartUp Party' which he hopes will smash the traditional Westminster system and is understood to be communicating with Mr Musk on WhatsApp.

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19 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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13 hours ago Marcus Rashford must decide his future after Serie A side make offer for the Man Utd star

Marcus Rashford claims he is ready for a "new challenge" after falling out with Ruben Amorim at Manchester United and has received several offers from abroad

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19 hours ago The medicine cabinet staples that turn TOXIC after three months: Everyone has them... but now top pharmacists tell how they can ruin your health

Here is your guide to which of your old products you could still safely use even if they are getting a little dusty - and what you absolutely must throw out.

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13 hours ago Woman who made sex tape claims against Premier League star breaks silence

A Premier League footballer was arrested in the middle of a training session with his club after being accused of making a sex tape without consent and the alleged victim has now spoken out

Politics

19 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

Events

13 hours ago Greg Taylor earns SOS to replace Rangers favourite as Celtic contract claim rubbished

The 27-year-old is out of contract in June and is free to talk to other clubs

Politics

20 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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15 hours ago The school which launched the Reeves sisters into politics would fail under Labour reforms, claim Tories

Tories claim improvements to the school which educated two of Keir Starmer’s cabinet ministers would not have been allowed by Labour’s education reforms

Politics

21 hours ago There is no Kyogo error for Celtic as talisman reminds the world who he is after transfer drama

The champions were made to work for the three points in the Highlands but it was a comfortable scoreline in the end

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