71 minutes ago Australian Open 2025: Kyrgios stunned by Fearnley; Osaka and Djokovic through – live

Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne ParkBurrage wins; Draper survives; Tomljanović’s revengeAny thoughts? Share them with John 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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97 minutes ago Ricky Gervais fans joke his Hampstead mansion has 'hospital vibes' as he shares look inside £14.5m home

Fans said it looked like a ‘psych ward’ and compared it to a horror movie set

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3 hours ago 'Strange': Andy Murray's coaching debut survives scare as Novak Djokovic pushed by WhatsApp mimic wildcard

Serb takes down talented American to advance in Melbourne

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91 minutes ago Mississippi cop suspended for killing three in crash while chasing suspect

No one has said what led the police officer to start chasing the SUV

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77 minutes ago King Charles to travel to Poland to mark 80th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz

King Charles will travel to Poland to join other dignitaries and Holocaust survivors invited to a service commemorating the milestone.

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2 hours ago Father, 50, wins £1.9million payout after 800kg steel pallet crushed his leg in horror workplace accident

Father-of-two Wayne Hatton has won a £1.9million payout after a 800kg steel pallet crushed his leg in a horror workplace accident.

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23 hours ago Tamworth vs Tottenham LIVE: FA Cup result and final score as Spurs survive major scare against non

Tamworth 0-3 Tottenham (after extra time): The non-league side were close to a major upset before the eight-time winners saved themselves from embarrassment

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1 hour ago Family pays tribute to Leicester City owner as helicopter crash inquest opens

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was remembered for his ‘kind spirit’ and ‘commitment’ to Leicester City during the inquest into his death.

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2 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Kyrgios stunned by Fearnley; Osaka v Garcia, Djokovic through – live

Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne ParkBurrage wins; Draper survives; Tomljanović’s revengeAny thoughts? Share them with Daniel 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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3 hours ago Takeaway worker who laundered £5billion in Bitcoin must pay back £3million

Jian Wen, 43, moved to the UK in 2007 and lived modestly for years before taking a job at a Chinese takeaway in Abbey Wood and becoming a 'butler' for a 'diamond and antiques dealer'

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1 hour ago Mum's horror as one of her breasts grows to 'extreme' 7lb size after fertility treatment

WARNING: This article contains before and after surgery images

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3 hours ago Schoolboy, 10, told he 'may never walk again' after going to bed with sore neck

Harry Goulden was told he may never walk again after waking up paralysed, but three months on and the youngster has returned to football training after a miraculous recovery

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5 hours ago PS Plus Extra January 2025 predictions – AAA megahit tipped for free release

PS5 owners have big expectations for the Extra and Premium PS Plus games for January 2025, with best-seller Hogwarts Legacy and Star Wars: Jedi Survivor among them

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1 hour ago Soldier is critically injured after slipping and impaling himself through the head with his bayonet while guarding Swedish royals

A Swedish soldier has critically injured himself after slipping and impaling himself through the head with his own bayonet while guarding the country's royalty. 

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7 hours ago Speeches by politicians banned at 80th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation

Director of the memorial says he wants the focus to be on the last survivors of the Nazi concentration campMonarchs, presidents and prime ministers are expected among the attenders at a commemoration event for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz later this month, but none of them will be let near a microphone.In a first for a “round” anniversary of the liberation, the Auschwitz museum has banned all speeches by politicians at the event on 27 January, which will mark 80 years since the day Soviet troops liberated the camp in 1945. Only Auschwitz survivors will speak, in what is likely to be the last big commemoration when many are still alive and healthy enough to travel. Continue reading...

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17 hours ago How to protect YOUR money from an economic meltdown: JEFF PRESTRIDGE on what you need to do NOW

Are the wheels coming off Rachel Reeves's 'wagon'? Political allegiance may determine your answer to this question, but financial markets are adamant in their opinion.

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2 hours ago Tributes to Leicester City's 'adored' billionaire owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha as inquest opens into helicopter fireball tragedy that killed pilot and four passengers

An inquest into the deaths of five people who died in a helicopter crash outside Leicester City's stadium - including the club's billionaire owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha - began this morning.

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12 hours ago Stakeholders at Oakland's Jack London Square speak on what's being done to keep business afloat

Stakeholders at Oakland's Jack London Square speak on what's being done to keep business afloat  MSN

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26 hours ago WW2 heroes reduced to skin and bone in Japan's horrific POW camps: Harrowing pictures reveal ordeal of Brit troops... and the fearsome devices used to torture them

Heinous images depict the horror hundreds of starving prisoners suffered, with some wearing false legs having undergone amputations, often brought about from being tortured.

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2 hours ago Road rage horror as Toyota Prius and Ford Fiesta drivers get out to scrap on the road

The two men were at a set of traffic lights when they got into an altercation that turned violent - leading to them grappling on the ground as a woman gets out of one of the cars to intervene

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24 hours ago Being a parent means you’re never quite your own person again, but that self

Parents must frequently say ‘no’ to their own wants and needs to serve their child’s long-term flourishing – and growth into a wonderful adultRead more in our Making sense of it seriesI believe power trips and parenting should never mix, so I freaked out when the early childhood nurse told me that to my baby boy, I was a “goddess”. She meant he was dependent on me for everything, so I had to be everything to him, come what may. But the life divine didn’t come easily to me: my boy didn’t sleep much, so I didn’t either.A decade on, I’ve seen the light. The nurse was right all along: parenting is a God gig. You don’t need to be a believer for something miraculous to happen when you become a parent: you go about becoming the god you don’t believe in, and your child’s personal guarantee that the world is a welcoming place. Continue reading...

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36 hours ago How to protect YOUR money from Rachel Reeves's economic meltdown: Finance guru JEFF PRESTRIDGE talks to Britain's top experts to reveal what you need to do NOW

Are the wheels coming off Rachel Reeves's 'wagon'? Political allegiance may determine your answer to this question, but financial markets are adamant in their opinion.

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3 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Kyrgios stunned by Fearnley; Djokovic battles through – live

Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne ParkBurrage wins; Draper survives; Tomljanović’s revengeAny thoughts? Share them with Daniel 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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24 hours ago Being a parent means you’re never quite your own person again – but that self

Parents must frequently say no to their own wants and needs to help their child flourish – and grow into a wonderful adultRead more in our Making sense of it seriesI believe power trips and parenting should never mix, so I freaked out when the early childhood nurse told me that to my baby boy, I was a “goddess”. She meant he was dependent on me for everything, so I had to be everything to him, come what may. But the life divine didn’t come easily to me: my boy didn’t sleep much, so I didn’t either.A decade on, I’ve seen the light. The nurse was right all along: parenting is a God gig. You don’t need to be a believer for something miraculous to happen when you become a parent: you go about becoming the god you don’t believe in, and your child’s personal guarantee that the world is a welcoming place. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago LA fires horror in full from toxic water to deadly air and twist that could destroy whole city

The Los Angeles wildfire death toll has risen to 24 with hundreds of thousands forced to evacuate and swathes of homes destroyed. And in a cruel twist, more tragedy is to come

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25 hours ago Alive in the Merciful Country by AL Kennedy review – peace of mind meets a monster from the past

This provocative novel contains two narratives: the memoir of an activist starting a new life and the violent manifesto of a spy cop who knew herAnna McCormick, as many people did, is discovering that the first pandemic lockdown is playing havoc with time. Becalmed in her deliberately fortress-like London home with her young adult son Paul, she is simultaneously under pressure – teaching primary school children on Zoom, maintaining her stockpile of tinned goods, attempting to communicate with her mother’s care home – and forced into unnatural, unwanted inaction. As a survivor of domestic abuse, and several other threats to her safety and sanity, she is aware of the immense prize – a sanctuary, a job, meaningful relationships – she has secured, but also of its precariousness. Amid these conditions of unbidden contemplation, she begins to write a sort of memoir.So too does Buster, the shape-shifting, monstrous undercover cop who once infiltrated the OrKestrA, the “merry little band of...

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4 hours ago ‘Game changer’ immunotherapy drug could lead to increased survival rates for bladder cancer patients

Patients who received the drug durvalumab had significantly less risk of cancer returning, the study found

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26 hours ago Body language expert reveals key difference between Meghan Markle and Prince Harry as they serve food to LA wildfire victims

Meghan Markle was 'practical' yet 'emotional' as she and Prince Harry visited survivors of the Los Angeles wildfires, a body language expert has claimed.  

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4 hours ago Once a site of horror, a tiny Caribbean island could become a Garifuna shrine

Thousands died on Baliceaux in the 1790s as the British almost wiped out the descendants of Africans and Indigenous Kalinagos. Now the island is for saleArriving in Baliceaux, it is hard to imagine that this private island in St Vincent and the Grenadines was once the site of one of history’s worst genocides perpetrated by the British government.Shrouded in mystery, folklore and historical intrigue, with fishermen reporting sightings of skeletons in the surrounding ocean as coastal erosion drags old burial grounds into the sea, the island, which is barely a mile long, remains undeveloped and uninhabited. It is now the focus of a campaign to honour the thousands who died and were buried there more than 200 years ago. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Woman in critical condition after A465 crash as man suspected of drink and drug driving

Police are appealing for information following the crash and have asked for anyone with relevant dashcam footage or who saw the collision to get in touch

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4 hours ago Man killed and woman in hospital after major crash on busy Scottish country road

The collision has killed a 75-year-old man, with a woman in a serious condition

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5 hours ago Model, 37, dies after horror fall from apartment building balcony in Bali

Tributes have poured in for Australian model and DJ Courtney Mills, who has died at the age of 37 after suffering critical injuries in a balcony fall in Kuta, Bali.

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6 hours ago Investigations after horror plane crash at UK airport cancelled several flights

The ATR 72 aircraft, operated by Emerald Airlines for Aer Lingus, suffered an emergency incident on the afternoon of December 22

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7 hours ago Inquest into Leicester City helicopter fireball crash that killed club's Thai billionaire owner and four others is set to open

The jury inquest, which will begin at Leicester Coroners' Court sitting at Leicester City Hall, is expected to hear tributes to each of the victims on Monday.

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8 hours ago M61 LIVE updates as two lanes shut after 'substantial' spillage following crash

Emergency works are due to take place

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11 hours ago Inside Harry and Meghan's LA fire 'crisis plan' from survival kits to 'plans to flee'

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have opened up their home to those in need as the LA wildfires continue to spread, but the couple are also said to be preparing to evacuate

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14 hours ago Two people dead and two rushed to hospital after car crash in Somerset

The two-car collision happened on the A361 near Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, at around 3.50pm on Sunday.

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14 hours ago ‘Increased survival rates’ for bladder cancer patients given immunotherapy drug

Experts said Durvalumab could be a ‘game changer’.

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