97 minutes ago Australian Open 2025: Sinner, Swiatek and Gauff through, Kyrgios and Djokovic to come on day two – live

Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne ParkAny thoughts? Share them with Joey via emailAnother multi-deuce service game for Coco Gauff, but this time it goes Sofia Kenin’s way. We’re back on serve on RLA in a match already averaging seven minutes per game. Gauff has served five aces and four double faults in an erratic opening. Kenin is just keeping the ball in play and showing that resilience from the baseline that became her trademark five years ago.20-year-old American Alex Michelsen has taken the first set off 12th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, breaking the Greek’s serve in the 12th game. It would be no surprise if the 2023 finalist became the first major casualty of the tournament. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Inside Maura Higgins' millionaire lifestyle with a £1.5 million house, flash cars and lavish gifts for her parents

EXC: MailOnline can reveal that Maura is set to add to her vast empire as it can be revealed she will return to the US as host of the American version of the Love Island spin-off show, Aftersun.

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51 minutes ago Is it true pensions won't be increased by RPI inflation after 2030? STEVE WEBB replies

I understand that from 2030 CPIH (Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs) will be introduced which is less than the RPI.

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4 hours ago Painting LA pink! Fire retardant stains houses that still stand and everything around them in an attempt to slow the blazes that have killed at least 24 people

The spray, known as Phos-Chek, has been dropped from nine large planes and 20 water-dropping helicopters across the city to fight the fires that have been burning since Tuesday

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2 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Sinner in action as Swiatek eases through and Tsitsipas stunned on day two – live

Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne ParkAny thoughts? Share them with Joey via emailAnother multi-deuce service game for Coco Gauff, but this time it goes Sofia Kenin’s way. We’re back on serve on RLA in a match already averaging seven minutes per game. Gauff has served five aces and four double faults in an erratic opening. Kenin is just keeping the ball in play and showing that resilience from the baseline that became her trademark five years ago.20-year-old American Alex Michelsen has taken the first set off 12th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, breaking the Greek’s serve in the 12th game. It would be no surprise if the 2023 finalist became the first major casualty of the tournament. Continue reading...

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62 minutes ago 'I found a way to get a £600 treadmill perfect for any size house or flat for £99'

"This is a perfect treadmill for when you not got the space."

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6 hours ago Painting LA pink! Fire retardant stains houses that still stand and everything around them in an attempt to slow the blazes that have killed at least 16 people

The spray, known as Phos-Chek, has been dropped from nine large planes and 20 water-dropping helicopters across the city to fight the fires that have been burning since Tuesday

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4 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Sinner and Swiatek in action as Tsitsipas stunned on day two – live

Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne ParkAny thoughts? Share them with Joey via emailAnother multi-deuce service game for Coco Gauff, but this time it goes Sofia Kenin’s way. We’re back on serve on RLA in a match already averaging seven minutes per game. Gauff has served five aces and four double faults in an erratic opening. Kenin is just keeping the ball in play and showing that resilience from the baseline that became her trademark five years ago.20-year-old American Alex Michelsen has taken the first set off 12th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, breaking the Greek’s serve in the 12th game. It would be no surprise if the 2023 finalist became the first major casualty of the tournament. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago My £850k newbuild flat is riddled with cracked walls, leaks and collapsing ceilings

Daniel Bruce now fears his property in Agar Grove, Camden, is worthless just six years after he bought it - as he watches it fall apart in front of his eyes.

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6 hours ago LA officials warn of price gouging as those displaced by fire seek housing

County sheriff says anyone who tries to scam the thousands of people looking for accommodations will be prosecutedWildfires live updatesLos Angeles authorities are warning against scams and price gouging as thousands of displaced families seek new accommodations as a result of the wildfires that devastated whole neighborhoods and forced the evacuation of others.In a press conference on Sunday, Los Angeles county sheriff Robert Luna warned against “anyone taking advantage of anyone who’s been victimized already, whether it is burglary looting, or any other crime, whether it’s a scam of some kind that you’re conjuring up to make money off of the poor people that have been involved in this”. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Sinner and Swiatek in action, Gauff through on day two – live

Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne ParkAny thoughts? Share them with Jonathan via emailAnother multi-deuce service game for Coco Gauff, but this time it goes Sofia Kenin’s way. We’re back on serve on RLA in a match already averaging seven minutes per game. Gauff has served five aces and four double faults in an erratic opening. Kenin is just keeping the ball in play and showing that resilience from the baseline that became her trademark five years ago.20-year-old American Alex Michelsen has taken the first set off 12th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, breaking the Greek’s serve in the 12th game. It would be no surprise if the 2023 finalist became the first major casualty of the tournament. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Average house seller in 2024 ‘made £91,820 more than they originally paid’

Despite lower price gains last year, around nine in 10 households are estimated to have achieved more than they paid, property firm Hamptons said.

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11 hours ago Fractured Rangers' house of juxtapositions with fan rammies, protests and jeers amid an easy win

No ordinary afternoon at Ibrox as discontent taken up a notch

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5 hours ago JD Vance splits with Trump on major issue that could cause turmoil on their first day back in the White House

JD Vance has diverged from Donald Trump on pardoning January 6 rioters, advocating against clemency for those who committed violence while supporting pardons for peaceful protestors.

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16 hours ago I tried a posh £325 massage by a brand that Victoria Beckham loves... my body will never accept anything less again

Corinthia London's in-house 5-star spa recently launched a treatment in conjunction with beauty brand and Victoria Beckham favourite, Augustinus Bader

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12 hours ago LA fires could test Getty Center’s claim of being safest place to store artwork

Getty team says no current plans to move prominent pieces from center deemed ‘marvel of anti-fire engineering’It houses some of the richest treasures of the art world, such as Vincent van Gogh’s Irises, a popular Rembrandt and a priceless collection of paintings, portraits and other works spanning more than seven centuries.To protect them, the Getty Center in Los Angeles was built in 1997 as “a marvel of anti-fire engineering”, complete with fire-resistant stone and concrete, protected steel, and set in well-irrigated landscaping. Continue reading...

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30 hours ago Six household bills set to rise in the coming weeks including council tax and mobile phones

Households are set to be hit with a raft of price hikes in early 2025, including council tax, energy bills and mobile phone and broadband contracts

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15 hours ago The Shetland Way by Marianne Brown review – a daughter’s journey to the heart of the climate crisis

An environmental writer returns to her father’s home for his funeral in a family memoir that becomes an examination of Shetland’s crucial role in the energy landscapeAs with many nature-centric memoirs of recent years, Marianne Brown’s debut, The Shetland Way, begins with personal loss. It opens at the funeral of her father, Bill, on his home island of Shetland, a place she knows only in glimpses; her parents separated when she was two, and her relationship with her father was characterised by absence, “always promising something it would never deliver”. But her connection with the islands and her late father is forced into an accelerated intimacy; the funeral takes place in February 2020 as the pandemic spreads, and Brown finds herself unexpectedly spending the months of lockdown with her partner and young daughter in Shetland: “Confinement in a land that claimed half my genealogy, a history and culture of which I knew next to nothing about.”They stay in the house that Bill, a pott...

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12 hours ago Weather map reveals where temperatures are set to reach 12C as cold snap begins to ease

Comparatively milder weather arrived on Sunday, to even some of the coldest areas which have been under a blanket of snow and ice.

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31 hours ago Housekeeper's sick revenge on boss after being denied $500 Christmas bonus

A Florida housekeeper allegedly turned violent on Christmas Eve after being denied a $500 bonus, assaulting her 83-year-old employer and stealing checks, credit cards, and holiday gift.s

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17 hours ago Pep Guardiola fired Man City transfer warning as James McAtee and Phil Foden comparison made

Manchester City produced a superb attacking display to beat Salford City 8-0 in the FA Cup third round.

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13 hours ago The Guardian view on capital punishment: an upsurge in executions should concern us all | Editorial

The vast majority of countries have outlawed the death penalty. Yet the annual toll is growing – and Donald Trump wants to increase its useThe good news: Zimbabwe has just banned the death penalty. While it should remove an exemption clause, which might allow for capital punishment’s return were a state of emergency to be declared, the decision is another welcome step in the global journey towards abolition: 113 states have now banned executions.The bad news is that fewer countries have been killing more people in the last few years. Last May, Amnesty International recorded 1,153 executions in 2023, a 31% increase from the previous year and the highest level for almost a decade. (The figure is an underestimate since countries including China, believed to be the world’s largest executioner, do not publish data on the death penalty.) There was no letup in 2024. Iran reportedly executed more than 900 people. Saudi Arabia is believed to have killed another 330, compared with 172 in...

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18 hours ago Kwasi Kwarteng compares Rachel Reeves fleeing to China amid market turmoil to his own ill

The former Tory MP, who was in charge of the Treasury for just 38 days in 2022, said financial markets were confronting a 'nightmare' under Labour and Ms Reeves.

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17 hours 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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19 hours ago California fires live: around 35,000 LA homes and businesses without electricity as police issue warning over looters

LA Department of Water and Power says it is working to restore power; Los Angeles county sheriff says death toll expected to rise; police say looters posed as firefighters coming out of housesFull report: international crews arrive to battle raging wildfiresPoliticians quibbling as LA burns: Gavin Newsom’s latest beef with TrumpDetails emerge about the LA fire victimsAs is noted in our news report on the California wildfires, at least 20 arrests have been made for looting. Officials have imposed a mandatory curfew in evacuation zones as well as in the city of Santa Monica, which is next to Pacific Palisades.“Looting is an issue, the number of arrests is continuously growing,” Capt Mike Lorenz of the Los Angeles Police Department said yesterday. Continue reading...

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18 hours ago Boeing production in 2024 expected to be less than half of rival Airbus

US planemaker may have delivered 340 aircraft compared with 766 of European group, analysis suggestsBoeing is expected to confirm it made less than half of the aircraft of its rival Airbus in 2024, with analysts questioning whether the troubled US planemaker will be able to increase its rate of production as planned.The company is expected to report that it delivered only 340 aircraft to customers, when it publishes numbers on Tuesday, according to forecasts by Flight Plan. That is far below the 766 delivered by Airbus, Europe’s planemaking champion. Continue reading...

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21 hours 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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20 hours ago 'Best boots I've ever bought' Berghaus boots that are 'comfortable from the first wear' get 50% off

Shoppers have been going wild over these Berghaus boots for their longevity, comfort, and practicality. Right now, you can add a pair to your wardrobe for less as they're being axed to half-price

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21 hours ago Another crackdown on illegal streaming means you'll struggle to watch Sky TV for free

A seller of dodgy Fire TV Sticks has been handed a prison sentence after his operation was closed down

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21 hours ago Kyle Walker set to leave UK as Lauryn Goodman wants to follow suit and rent out lavish mansion

Manchester City star Kyle Walker told Pep he wants to leave the UK. His ex Lauryn Goodman could also follow suit, and has asked if she can rent out the lavish mansion he bought for her

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22 hours ago Another UK Fire Stick TV crackdown just made it harder to watch Sky TV for free

The crackdown on streaming content illegally continues to intensify with one seller of so-called 'dodgy' Fire TV Sticks feeling the full wrath of the law.

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21 hours ago Call the Midwife season 14 episode 2 cast including Downton Abbey and Ted Lasso stars

Call the Midwife is back on BBC One for episode two of the 14th season, with more drama at Nonnatus House

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29 hours ago LA fires: Airbnb provides free emergency housing for over 25,000 people impacted by wildfires

As thousands of people in California are forced to evacuate their homes Airbnb has teamed up with 211 LA to provide free temporary housing to anyone impacted by the devastating wildfires

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22 hours ago Notes on a sandal: why I’m a Birkenstock afficionado | Teo van den Broeke

As the brand sues rivals, arguing its designs are artefacts that transcend footwear, a devotee hails the 250-year-old, once humble corkbed shoesBirkenstock is suing several competitors for allegedly copying four of its most ­recognisable styles: the Arizona and Madrid sandals, the Gizeh flip-flop, and the Boston clog – a closed-toe design beloved by the likes of Kaia Gerber, Jason Momoa and Gigi Hadid, with sales in 2024 more than doubling the company’s average.Defending its litigious stance, the German brand, which has been crafting sandals in the Linz am Rhein region since the 18th century, claims its products transcend everyday footwear and should instead be considered pieces of “applied art” – wearable artefacts of historic craftsmanship deserving protection from imitators such as Tchibo, another German company, which is named in the lawsuit. Continue reading...

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23 hours ago Humiliation as Brexit bankroller Arron Banks refused US entry to own Donald Trump party

Brexit bankroller and Nigel Farage pal Arron Banks is unable to attend his own £150,000 party celebrating Donald Trump's return to the White House after being denied US entry

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24 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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25 hours ago UK government to crack down on MPs earning extra cash from media firms

Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nigel Farage are among those who have earned large sums from broadcasters, but a tightening of rules on MPs’ outside interests is being consideredMPs would no longer be able to rake in huge sums that can see them more than double their ­parliamentary ­salaries by signing contracts with media outlets, under plans being ­considered by ministers.The Observer has been told that ­talks on further ­tightening rules on MPs’ ­outside interests, ­including media contracts, will be started by leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell, at a hearing of the all-party standards committee on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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30 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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