80 minutes ago Barcelona, Dani Olmo and Laporta revel in ‘superbeating’ of Real Madrid | Sid Lowe

Super Cup victory in Saudi Arabia helps club and president to try and push results and player registration saga asideJoan Laporta arrived at the King Abdullah stadium in Jeddah performing an up-yours and shouting at the “shameless sons of bitches” there, and left again three nights later with the Spanish Super Cup. These had been some weeks and this was some way to end them, only this never truly ends. Debated in parliament, a question of state occupying everyone, Barcelona’s president could not escape the spotlight; now, late on Sunday, 12 days into the new year and 12 days on from that deadline, nor did he want to. So on the pitch, surrounded by confetti, cameras right in front of him and players right behind – Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor included – he stepped centre-stage again, this time taking the trophy, all triumphant.At the end of the Super Cup, the Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez had whispered to Luka Modric “we had to lose a final some time, no?” and the Croatian agree...

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8 hours ago FTSE 100 Live 13 January: Sterling in new fall, Brent Crude rise fuels inflation fears

The economic storm facing Chancellor Rachel Reeves showed few signs of easing today after the pound lost further ground against the dollar.

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2 hours ago Pension schemes 'can cope' with Pound's fall and UK borrowing cost rise as it's no Truss 'mini

Sterling fell to a fresh 14-month low on Monday

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3 hours ago Nine players Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham have been linked with in January transfer window

Wrexham have money to spend during the January transfer window and have been linked with a wide range of players as they look to potentially bolster their League One promotion push

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23 minutes ago Horrifying last words of British child star killed in Los Angeles wildfires revealed

Former child star Rory Callum Sykes has tragically died in the Los Angeles wildfires, and his heartbroken mum Shelley has revealed his devastating final moments

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26 hours ago Dancing on Ice's Chelsee Healey mortified by training blunder ahead of ITV show

EXCLUSIVE: Hollyoaks star Chelsee Healey has revealed she suffered a rather embarrassing moment during one of her training sessions with pro partner Brendyn Hatfield

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9 hours ago Moment Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket launch to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX called off

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket launch was called off on Monday, 13 January, after “a few anomalies” during the mission countdown.

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3 hours ago Foreigners left stunned as American mom reveals astronomical hospital bill after giving birth

Janice Hernandez, a first-time mother, claimed in a recent TikTok video that she was billed over $700,000 before insurance for her daughter's nearly two-month stay in the NICU.

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2 hours ago Moment two men wrestled on floor in 'road rage row' as cars queue at junction near Heathrow Airport

In the footage, a tailback of cars can be seen at a junction near Heathrow Airport on the A30 on Sunday.

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2 hours ago Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell: Rise and fall of Scotland's political power couple

Sturgeon and Murrell spent nearly a decade as a powerful force at the heart of Scottish politics.

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20 hours ago California fires live: LA fire chief says ‘we are ready’ ahead of ‘critical fire weather’ and heavy winds forecast

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3 hours ago Shoppers hail £64 air fryer as 'just as good' as Ninja and it'll save you £116

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43 hours ago Moment Conor McGregor WRESTLES opponent to the floor in an amateur football game

UFC superstar Conor McGregor took his work in the octagon to the football pitch, while playing for his pub's football team on Saturday.

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70 minutes ago British child star Rory Callum Sykes killed in LA wildfires devastating last words revealed

British-born Rory Callum Sykes lost his life on January 8 aged just 32, and his mother Shelley revealed the final moments she shared with him as she tried to save him from the Palisades fires

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28 hours ago Moment newly qualified driver 'showing off' to female passenger ploughs into oncoming car

Shocking footage shows the newly-qualified motorist collide with a red Jaguar near Newcastle Emlyn in West Wales at a sharp right-hand bend.

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3 hours ago Mortgage rates 'edge up' from some lenders as Government borrowing costs soar and Pound falls

But they are not rising as sharply as after Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s 2022 ‘mini-Budget’

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23 hours ago California fires live: Governor Newsom suspends environmental laws to allow rebuilding in fire zones

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7 hours ago Starmer AI speech LIVE: PM claims £14bn tech plan can ‘save lives’ and make UK an ‘AI superpower’

The pound is under further pressure as Government borrowing costs continued to push to multi-decade highs

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70 minutes ago Devastating last words of Brit child star Rory Callum Sykes killed in LA wildfires

British-born Rory Callum Sykes lost his life on January 8 aged just 32, and his mother Shelley revealed the final moments she shared with him as she tried to save him from the Palisades fires

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34 hours ago HMPV virus infected 28,000 people in the US last year alone, worrying research reveals

The 'mystery virus' has sparked fears of another devastating pandemic due to videos of patients being treated in overwhelmed Chinese hospitals circulating on social media

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3 hours ago UK politics live: Reeves urged to call urgent meeting with banks as economy decline prompts austerity fears

The pound is under further pressure as Government borrowing costs continued to push to multi-decade highs

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30 hours ago Horrifying moment Czech restaurant turns into fireball inferno after gas cyclinder exploded

This is the horrific moment a Czech restaurant was consumed by a fireball inferno after a gas cylinder exploded, leaving six people dead. 

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10 hours ago Markets pummel UK AGAIN as businesses blame Labour: Ministers warned of 'ruthless' spending curbs as borrowing costs rise and Pound slides against dollar

The government's borrowing costs rose further in early trading, while the Pound lost more ground against the dollar.

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2 hours ago Moment Kiena Dawes's abuser swigs Prosecco while singing about being charged with manslaughter after she took her own life

Kiena Dawes, 23, wrote 'I was murdered' in her harrowing suicide note before she died on a railway track in Lancashire.

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3 hours ago Inside 'world's most crowded island' where residents 'have just 10 square metres each'

The tiny Santa Cruz de Islote in Colombia is the most densely populated island on earth, and even though it doesn't look it at first glance, the lack of space is clear from the moment you arrive

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41 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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2 hours ago Hollywood actress dies in LA wildfires as she 'waited to find a husband'

Dalyce Curry, who was known as Momma D to her family, was found in the rubble of her home in Altadena after the Eaton Fire tore through the region, it was confirmed on Sunday

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3 hours ago President of the United States and king of gaffes: the best and worst moments from Joe Biden

Falling asleep, tripping over and getting lost on stage – there is no PR moment the outgoing president’s behaviour can’t ruin. As he prepares to step down, Maddy Mussen rounds up his worst clangers and best moments

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2 hours ago Married property developer is spared jail for sexually assaulting woman after world famous yacht regatta in 'power play' he claimed was 'message to her boyfriend'

Developer Samuel Walsh, 45, attacked the woman in an Isle of White pub as a 'message to her boyfriend', just moments after being introduced to her, a court heard.

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5 hours ago UK politics live: Starmer backs Reeves over economy as he launches plan to make Britain ‘AI superpower’

The pound is under further pressure as Government borrowing costs continued to push to multi-decade highs

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3 hours ago Council tax rise of 4.5% looms for Bridgend as report warns of end to meals

A report has also warned of teacher redundancies, and a review of home to school transport as the council works out its budget for the year ahead

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5 hours ago Nicola Sturgeon & Peter Murrell: The rise and fall of the SNP's former power couple

Nicola Sturgeon announced her split from husband Peter Murrell on Instagram

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3 hours ago Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua 'booked at Wembley' before Gypsy King's shock retirement

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6 hours ago Masked Singer star Macy Gray became an 'a***hole' after sudden rise to fame

The Masked Singer star Macy Gray went viral after storming off the ITV show over the weekend - but that was not the first time she made headlines with her behaviour

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4 hours ago 'Awkward' moment between Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger during legendary performance

Bob Dylan was joined on stage by The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger back in 1998, with the pair performing Dylan's iconic track 'Like a Rolling Stone' together

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7 hours ago Joshua Zirkzee sent message over 'awful' Man Utd jeers – 'we all deserved to get booed'

Harry Maguire has told Joshua Zirkzee that Manchester United fans will get players through dark moments, even though he's gone through tough times at Old Trafford himself

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4 hours ago Shocking moment woman is attacked by a capybara while swimming in a lake

Video shows how a paddle with the huge rodent took a sinister turn when it launched itself at the swimmer and attacked at a lake in northern Colombia

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7 hours ago 'Most common mistake' people make when losing weight and how to avoid it

Adopting a healthier lifestyle often means improving your eating habits - but there's one crucial error that could stall your progress

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4 hours ago Moment pregnant Kiena Dawes sobs to cops after violent fiancé threatens to take baby away

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Kiena Dawes took her own life after a campaign of abuse by ex-fiancé Ryan Wellings, who has today been found not guilty of her manslaughter

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7 hours ago Adrien Brody recalls ‘embarrassing’ moment he realised film role had been cut at premiere

‘It was such a harrowing experience for me,’ actor said

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4 hours ago Moment vile abuser swigs Prosecco while singing about manslaughter charge after Kiena Dawes took her own life and blamed him in suicide note

Kiena Dawes, 23, wrote 'I was murdered' in her harrowing suicide note before she died on a railway track in Lancashire.

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8 hours ago Starmer AI speech live: PM unveils ‘golden age’ of major reforms as downcast economy bites

The pound is under further pressure as Government borrowing costs continued to push to multi-decade highs

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4 hours ago Heartwarming moment dog owner breaks down in tears after finding pet that went missing for five days in LA wildfires

A dog owner broke down in tears, screaming for joy through the streets of the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles on Sunday (12 January) as the pair were reunited after their home was destroyed in the Palisades Fire.

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8 hours ago Rachel Roddy’s recipe for pisarei, or leftover bread pasta | A kitchen in Rome

A thrifty and delicious way to use leftover bread to make a gnocchi-like pastaJust like the other three bowls on the top shelf, the wooden salad bowl is full. However, unlike the other bowls, with their pick’n’mix of clothes pegs, coins, aspirin, Ikea pencils, cables, wet wipes, sunglasses, business cards, Kinder Surprise figures and Sellotape chewed by the dog, the salad bowl is a holding (or dumping) place for just one thing: bread crusts. In Italian, the crust of a loaf of bread is sometimes referred to as il culo or culetto, meaning bottom or little bottom, making this a bowl of bottoms.Its position on the highest shelf, plus the depth of the bowl, means I can’t be reminded of what’s inside until there are enough crusts that they start rising, like brown icebergs, above the rim. Then follows a period of days (or weeks) during which I keep seeing those tips, and reminding myself to do something with them, but don’t, so they continue to rise, and when the morning sun hits the shel...

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5 hours ago Kiena Dawes' tragic final hours: Heartbreaking moment mother dropped her baby off at a friend's house before taking her own life following years of abuse at the hands of her boyfriend

Kiena Dawes, from Fleetwood in Lancashire, had written a suicide note saying, 'Ryan Wellings killed me', before leaving their nine-month-old daughter with a friend.

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8 hours ago Tom Hanks hopes Here will teach people ‘the importance of being in the moment’

The actor also spoke about being reunited with Forrest Gump co-star Robin Wright, screenwriter Eric Roth and director Robert Zemeckis.

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6 hours ago Moment killer dad flees 'revenge hit and run' before son's chilling five

Martin and Shaun Breeze fled the scene of the hit and run, which saw them plough their van into 60-year-old Brian Darby before driving off with the van's crumpled bonnet

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9 hours ago How 'bland babies' took over social media: Instagram mums are refusing to let their children play with colourful toys and won't even dress them in bright clothes

The rise of social media has introduced yet another odd trend - the banishment of colour.

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6 hours ago Mapped: Flood warnings and alerts amid fears of deluge as temperatures finally rise

A drastic temperature change could see parts of England flooded due to snow melting

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9 hours ago China's HMPV spreads to more countries as UK cases rise amid NHS overwhelm concerns

The human metapneumovirus (HMPV) has seen a significant surge in China, with the outbreak now spreading further afield.

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7 hours ago The Masked Singer's Macy Gray became 'massive a***hole' after hidden health battle

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9 hours ago China's HMPV outbreak spreads to more countries as UK cases rise amid NHS concerns

The human metapneumovirus (HMPV) has seen a significant surge in China, with the outbreak now spreading further afield.

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7 hours ago Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell: Key moments from their marriage and subsequent investigation

Sturgeon announced that the 14-year marriage was ending on Monday morning.

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10 hours ago UK politics live: Treasury calls for ‘ruthless spending cuts’ as Reeves contends with fresh economy blow

The pound is under further pressure as Government borrowing costs continued to push to multi-decade highs

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7 hours ago Moment puppy rescued after falling down 60ft well and 'crying for three days for help'

Eldad Hagar, of Hope For Paws, has shared a dramatic transformation of a puppy that he found trapped inside a well near California, US. Previous rescue attempts had failed

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10 hours ago Donald Trump isn’t even in office yet and silly season has already begun | Sidney Blumenthal

He wants to seize the Panama Canal, Canada and Greenland. And now wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of AmericaDonald Trump’s silly season has already caused irreparable damage to United States national security. Despite not yet holding office for a minute, Trump has made it plain that in his second term the U.S. will be an unreliable partner swayed by his personal whim, that he has no respect for historic alliances and that he has contempt for the rule-based international order that the U.S. has led since the end of World War II to prevent the reemergence of catastrophic great power collisions.Beginning with his “Merry Christmas to all” tweet that he wanted to seize the Panama Canal, Canada and Greenland, Trump has not relented in his absurd claims, extended to renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. His disdain for the sovereignty of independent nations—two of them NATO allies and Panama a fellow member of the Organization of American States—has undermined the cr...

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7 hours ago Moment two Just Stop Oil activists sprayed orange paint over Charles Darwin's marble headstone in Westminster Abbey in protest over 1.5C warming limit

Worshippers and tourists watched on as Alyson Lee, 66, and Di Bligh, 77, began defacing the memorial in Westminster Abbey at 10am.

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