76 minutes ago Canada’s election is about to have an Elon Musk problem with Trudeau’s exit

The world’s richest man looks to move Canada to the right as the beleaguered prime minister prepares to departThe decision by the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, this week to resign as head of the Liberal party has set in motion a leadership race against the backdrop of a looming general election, which will be held amid political turmoil triggered by Donald Trump’s America First economic nationalism. It has also given Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, an opportunity to inject himself into yet another country’s political turmoil.Since Trudeau’s resignation on Monday, Musk has posted repeatedly about Canadian politics on X – the platform formerly known as Twitter he bought in 2022 for $44bn. He has praised clips of Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada’s Conservative party, while relishing in Trudeau’s downfall and engaging with rightwing Canadian influencers. Continue reading...

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23 hours ago Gatwick Airport CCTV image is released after family have luggage stolen containing house keys, bank cards, Apple gadgets and scuba gear

A family were preparing to depart on a long haul flight when the theft happened at the check-in area A in the South Terminal at London Gatwick.

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22 hours ago Michael Sheen praised for using his own money to fund new Welsh national theatre

Hollywood actor Michael Sheen impressed fans after he announced he's funding a new national theatre company for Wales after National Theatre Wales ceased to exist

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25 hours ago Netflix fans 'stay up all night' to watch 'utterly mesmerising' romcom dubbed 'the best comfort TV you can stream'

The small-screen adaptation of Robyn Carr's bestselling book series first launched in 2019 and follows midwife Melinda 'Mel' Monroe (Alexandra).

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6 hours ago LA fires death toll rises to 16 with firefighters bracing for strong winds as California weather conditions worsen

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.

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3 hours ago Clear skies and clear minds: Rams regroup in Arizona to prepare for playoff game vs. Vikings

Everything seemed pretty normal for the Los Angeles Rams during practice at their temporary home on a beautiful afternoon in suburban Phoenix

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29 hours ago The sinister story behind child TV star who featured in the iconic 1989 Accrington Stanley milk advert as clip resurfaces ahead of FA Cup tie against Liverpool

As Accrington Stanley prepare for their FA Cup third-round clash against Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday afternoon, memories of the iconic 1989 milk advert have resurfaced.

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25 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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27 hours ago Best EA FC 25 TOTY preparation – 4 ways to improve your chances of packing TOTY players

There's no way of guaranteeing yourself a TOTY player, but using these tips may just boost your chances of getting one in EA FC 25.

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7 hours ago The Wanted's Max George 'wrote a will' as he prepared for death in hospital bed

The Wanted star Max George has spoken for the first time about his "terrifying" health ordeal - as he feared he would die before an operation to fit a pacemaker

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5 hours ago ITV Dancing on Ice star 'suffers brutal blow' hours before show launch

As the Dancing on Ice 2025 stars prepare to take to the ice for the first time, one celebrity has already suffered an early blow.

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4 hours ago Maura Higgins reveals truth about Curtis Pritchard romance as he prepares to return to Love Island

The influencer, 34, and professional dancer, 28, first connected on the original series of Love Island back in 2019, where the pair ended up finishing in fourth place.

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38 hours ago Rachel Reeves prepares to slash billions of pounds of disability benefits to calm debts crisis

Downing Street is said to believe that significant reductions are needed in the welfare budget, namely from personal independence payments (PIP).

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30 hours ago How to watch Liverpool vs Accrington Stanley for FREE: TV channel and live stream for FA Cup today

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8 hours 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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24 hours ago Masked Singer's Davina McCall shows off new hair in glam photos after brain tumour op

The Masked Singer judge Davina McCall showed off her stunning transformation after stylist partner Michael Douglas gave her a makeover for the show

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5 hours ago The week in TV: Patience; 7/7: The London Bombings; Playing Nice; American Primeval – review

The week in TV: Patience; 7/7: The London Bombings; Playing Nice; American Primeval – review  The Guardian

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33 hours ago How to watch Liverpool vs Accrington Stanley FOR FREE: TV channel and live stream for FA Cup today

Reds are out to book a place in round four

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9 hours ago Forecast of gusty winds spells yet more bad news for LA as meteorologist warns: 'This is not looking good': 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.

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32 hours ago Antiques Roadshow guest’s jaw drops as she discovers huge value of late husband’s worldwide hit children’s book

An Antiques Roadshow guest couldn’t contain her surprise when she was informed just how much a copy of her late author husband’s book and accompanying scrapbook were worth.

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6 hours ago Solo traveller feels 'unsettled' after hotel receptionist commits one blunder

A female solo traveller shared her fear after the manager of the hotel she was staying in shared important information about her stay, making her feel rather unsettled

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10 hours ago Bible John author suffers DNA blow in bid to prove her theory on killer's identity

John Templeton was named as the possible killer of third victim Helen Puttock, in a book by Australian Jill Bavin-Mizzi.

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33 hours ago 'Cinematic classic' based on book 'you must read before you die' is on TV today

The 2005 drama is one of almost 20 adaptations of a beloved literary classic and boasts an 87% rating on Rotten Tomatoes

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9 hours ago Playing Nice cast: who are ITV cast members and where have you seen them before?

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15 hours ago Naomi Watts says she was told revealing that she'd hit the menopause at 36 would end her Hollywood career

Now, aged 56, British-born actress Naomi Watts has spoken of her experiences of menopause in a new book aimed at challenging the stigma older women face in Hollywood.

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10 hours ago Disney worker vanished after wife buried him in garden and blamed daughter, 7

Michael Shaver, 36, from Florida, was reported missing by a friend three years after he was last seen - his wife Laurie Shaver had told people he'd left her for another woman

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16 hours ago LA Times owner's stark message to voters as he attacks Democrat incompetence over deadly fires: 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.

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10 hours ago Former Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan shares cryptic post leaving fans speculating about her soap return

The former Coronation Street start left the cobbles in 2018 but has recently shared a nostalgic photo from her time on the ITV soap, which has left fans speculating about her potential return

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18 hours ago Max George wrote a will from his hospital bed as he feared he would die within hours

The Wanted singer Max George revealed he made a few preparations while staying in hospital. The star underwent surgery to have a pacemaker fitted

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12 hours ago Gavin Newsom issues stinging rebuke to Trump in desperate bid to shift attention as fire blame game intensifies: 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.

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18 hours ago Energy giant makes shock admission about Los Angeles fire as inferno is blasted by powerful winds towards Brentwood: 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.

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17 hours ago Pep Guardiola says Man City far from best in cup rout but welcomes morale boost

City ran out 8-0 winners over Salford to book their placed in the FA Cup fourth round.

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20 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.

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18 hours ago Coronation Street’s Sam Aston explains how Dancing on Ice impacts Chesney storyline

As Sam Aston prepares for the first Dancing on Ice show on Sunday, he reveals what this means for his Coronation Street character Chesney, and whether he will be returning to the cobbles

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22 hours ago Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott to awkwardly reunite on TV after shock split

Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott's post-breakup awkwardness is set to unfold on-screen as the ex-couple appear together in a pre-split segment on Michael McIntyre's Big Show.

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19 hours ago Love Island's Luca Bish shares mum's fears over second stint as he slams trolls

Luca Bish is heading back into the Love Island All Stars villa for a second chance at love after his split from Gemma Owen, the daughter of footballing legend Michael Owen

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23 hours ago The shocking picture that sums up LA's woeful fire response as fire chief turns on embattled mayor and inferno explodes: 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.

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19 hours ago Love Island's India Reynolds makes Botox confession ahead of villa return

India Reynolds is heading back into the Love Island villa as an All Star and is hoping to find The One this time around, as she opened up on how she is preparing for the villa

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26 hours ago Line of fire: LA mayor Karen Bass faces scrutiny as historic blazes devour city

Seething residents are questioning city’s preparedness, even as hurricane-force winds and climate crisis created unprecedented calamity conditionsAs a series of wildfires in the Los Angeles area grew into raging infernos, the city’s mayor, Karen Bass, was halfway around the world – part of the US delegation attending the inauguration of the new president of Ghana.By the time she returned home on Wednesday, the fires had seared through thousands of acres. They destroyed more than 10,000 structures and killed at least 11. And Bass was facing a barrage of questions and criticism – both from within LA, and outside. Continue reading...

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20 hours ago Majority of Britons believe Musk having negative impact on UK politics

More voters think tech tycoon’s comments on grooming gangs are unhelpful than those who back himMore than half of voters think Elon Musk is having a negative effect on British politics following his criticism of Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage, according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer.The South African-born billionaire has spent much of the past week using his social media platform X to attack Starmer and the Labour government for their opposition to another national inquiry into grooming gangs. He accused Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, of being a “rape genocide apologist” and falsely claimed Starmer was “deeply complicit in the mass rapes in exchange for votes”. Despite strong suggestions that Musk is preparing to make a large donation to Reform UK, he also recently tore into Nigel Farage, saying he was not up to the job of leading the party. Continue reading...

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28 hours ago David Moyes asks fans to back mission to ‘rebuild’ Everton after return as boss

The 61-year-old is understood to have signed a two-and-a-half-year contract to return as Toffees manager.

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21 hours ago ‘He is peddling stories’: Bob Woodward denies Republican’s claim he said Biden was corrupt

Washington Post reporter says he never made comments to James Comer published in the congressman’s new bookThe Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward forcefully denied making statements attributed to him by James Comer, the Republican chair of the powerful House oversight committee, in which Woodward supposedly said Joe Biden was financially corrupt.“The statements attributed to me in what is apparently his book are false,” Woodward said. “I made none of those statements he attributes to me. I repeat none, and not even in a paraphrased form.” Continue reading...

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31 hours ago Music icon who sang iconic tracks and inspired Jackson dies after 'surgery complications'

Sam Moore, one half of the iconic soul and RandB duo Sam and Dave, has died at the age of 85 with the legendary performer responsible for inspiring the likes of Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen

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21 hours 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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33 hours ago Sam Moore dead: Sam & Dave singer who influenced Bruce Springsteen dies aged 89

Sam Moore, who was the higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave, influenced musicians including Michael Jackson, Al Green and Bruce Springsteen, has passed away in Florida

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21 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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21 hours ago Manchester United squad vs Arsenal confirmed as Marcus Rashford selection hint dropped

Manchester United latest as the squad prepare for the FA Cup clash with Arsenal on Sunday

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21 hours ago Helen Flanagan sends fans wild as she teases a return to Coronation Street

A former Coronation Street star has fuelled speculation of a return to the show with a mysterious Instagram post featuring a throwback photo from their time on the cobbles

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23 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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