2 hours ago Key takeaways from Trump's energy secretary pick's confirmation hearing

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary, told senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday that he would promote all sources of American energy, while also acknowledging the burning of fossil fuels causes climate change

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9 hours ago Teacher's assistant accused of raping disabled student, 15, who has a mental age of nine

Christin Coble, 45, was arrested and booked into the Sandusky County Jail in Ohio on charges of rape on January 7, after police responded to a call over an alleged assault at a student's home

Society

4 hours ago Costco remains committed to DEI. Its CEO told a critic ‘I am not prepared to change’

The company believes DEI initiatives help its bottom line

Economics

8 hours ago Ruben Amorim told to build new Man Utd team around 'unique player' Erik ten Hag overlooked

Ruben Amorim is seeing the best of the 'outstanding' player now he has the confidence to wear the shirt without feeling the weight of it, says club legend Gary Pallister

Sport

40 minutes ago White mother accused of treating Black adopted kids as ‘slaves’ said they liked being kept in barn, trial told

Jeanne Whitefeather, 62, and Donald Ray Lantz, 61, are charged with human trafficking, child abuse and forced child labor

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24 hours ago One Direction fans booted from cinema after charity concert film 'cancelled at last minute'

Fans were told the 2013 documentary film would no longer be showing

Culture

21 hours ago You can be fat AND fit, obesity experts reveal as they say BMI needs to go: More than 15million Britons are 'wrongly labelled overweight' 

Huge numbers of the 17.6million Brits who have been told that they are overweight are in fact perfectly healthy, the scientists have revealed.

Science

5 hours ago TikTok reveals when it'll shut down app for Americans... here's what it means for you

TikTok plans to shut its app for US users Sunday, when a federal ban on the social media app could come into effect, inside sources have told Reuters. Here's what this would mean for users.

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10 hours ago Gut health expert's 'favourite' Aldi foods as shoppers hail 'amazing' finds

A full time gut health scientist has revealed his favourite foods from the leading supermarket.

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5 hours ago Office worker took £20,000 in sick pay after claiming she had HIV and cancer – but got found out

Emma Rorison told her insurance firm employers Domestic and General she was undergoing cancer treatment and also had HIV, falsifying letters from existing doctors to support her claims

Economics

11 hours ago Netflix fans told to watch 'one of the best slashers of the 90s' starring a young Joshua Jackson

The 1998 horror film has become a cult classic and is loved by fans of the genre - and it's available to watch on Netflix

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1 hour ago Two football yobs spared jail after sickening attack on disabled Raith Rovers fan

The pair were part of a mob that set upon the teen after Dunfermline played Raith Rovers last year.

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35 hours ago Thought UnitedHealthcare couldn’t get more awful? They’ve gone villain mode | Arwa Mahdawi

Killing people with paperwork instead of a gun doesn’t make you any less of a murdererAt this very moment Luigi Mangione, who is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare’s CEO last month, is sitting in a federal jail cell in Brooklyn. He’s got a barrage of court appearances scheduled and, once he has wound his way through the criminal justice system, he could be behind bars for the rest of his life.Which, of course, is as it should be. While there are a lot of reasons that many people find the 26-year-old alleged assassin sympathetic, you can’t just gun a CEO down outside a hotel in Manhattan and face no consequences for it. And Mangione, who is, by all accounts, an extremely smart guy with an Ivy League education, should really have known better. He should have known that if he wanted to murder someone – and get away with it – there were far more socially acceptable ways of doing so.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Government pushes ahead with legislation to protect free speech at universities

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson told MPs that academic freedom was ‘much more important than the wishes of some students not to be offended’.

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10 hours ago Horrified bride told she has cancer on wedding day despite doctor saying she was 'too fat'

Claire Boulton, 47, discovered she had cancer on her wedding day as the nurse called while she was sat in a salon, after saying she had felt unwell for several years before

Society

9 hours ago 'Why are Brits paying to surrender something that's already ours?': Kemi Badenoch skewers Keir Starmer over £9bn cost of 'dud' Chagos Islands deal

The Prime Minister was told to abandon his 'dud' deal to handover the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius, which will reportedly land taxpayers with a huge bill.

Economics

35 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal told new Vlahovic fee; Chelsea suffer Tel blow; Liverpool reject £70m bid

January window hotting up as Premier League sides eye big deals

Sport

1 hour ago Human smuggling gang face jail after Vietnamese woman crammed in car glovebox

The gang smuggled people into the UK and also provided fake documents made in a Greek forgery factory - their crimes were uncovered following an investigation by the Home Office’s Criminal and Financial Investigation team

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44 hours ago Medicating misery by doling out antidepressants is based on a myth: NHS psychiatrist PROFESSOR JOANNA MONCRIEFF reveals the shameful truth about Big Pharma

All mental health problems are overwhelmingly seen as conditions arising from a chemical imbalance which needs correcting with drugs just like other diseases. But what if I told you this idea is a myth?

Science

6 hours ago Ronnie O'Sullivan told he can't leave smashed cue in bin after furious outburst

Ronnie O'Sullivan let his frustrations get the better of him last week as he smashed his cue and left it in a bin at the Championship League before withdrawing from The Masters

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15 hours ago Man mortified after secret Tesco purchases exposed to wife in Clubcard app

A man has been busted by his wife after his sneaky supermarket snack habit was exposed on her mobile phone.

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9 hours ago Police hunting female shoplifting gang after £5,000 of perfume, jewellery and clothes stolen from posh shops including Jo Malone

The women are said to be operating in two separate groups and are not linked to one another but have made off with hundreds of pounds of luxury items.

Economics

36 hours ago Manchester United told Marcus Rashford transfer to Premier League club would 'not be simple'

Marcus Rashford is expected to leave Man United this month and the forward has been linked with West Ham.

Sport

2 hours ago South Carolina jail plagued by rapes, assaults and security shortfalls, a federal report says

Federal investigators have found in a report that a large South Carolina jail vastly underreports the violence behind its walls, lets dozens of inmates go unsupervised for long periods and lets crimes against prisoners go unpunished

Events

6 hours ago Linda Nolan told how sister Bernie tried to save her from beyond grave

Linda Nolan has tragically died aged 65 following a 20-year journey with breast cancer - 12 years after her beloved sister Bernie also died from the same cruel disease

Politics

25 hours ago Adopted Black children to testify against white parents accused of treating them as ‘slaves’, trial told

Donald Lantz and Jeanne Whitefeather are on trial for human trafficking, child abuse and forced child labor

Society

10 hours ago 'I work at Tesco – there's 'impeccable' new meal deal snack no one's talking about'

A Tesco worker has shared that the supermarket chain has made a big change to their Meal Deal as they've added one new snack option that has the power to transform your meal

Economics

37 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal told Vlahovic fee; Chelsea suffer Tel blow; Liverpool reject £70m bid; Man United

January window hotting up as Premier League sides eye big deals

Sport

2 hours ago People with Covid vaccine injuries not getting help they need, inquiry hears

Vaccine damage payment scheme ‘inadequate and inefficient,’ says Vaccine Injured spokespersonPeople who were severely harmed by Covid vaccines faced an “inadequate and inefficient” process for obtaining a government payout, with many rejected and others waiting years for a decision, the Covid inquiry has heard.The vaccine damage payment scheme offers a one-off sum of £120,000 to people who have such serious adverse reactions to the vaccines that they are at least 60% disabled. But people affected by vaccine injuries told the inquiry they did not get the help and financial support they deserved. Continue reading...

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8 hours ago Concerns flagged to CQC go months with no response because of backlogs, MPs told

The organisation’s new chief executive said staff have told him they believe a new IT system that was rolled out last spring is not fit for purpose.

Politics

31 hours ago M&S introduces new food item to help Britons improve their brain health

The UK supermarket released details of the new product in a new ITV documentary, Inside M&S at New Year.

Society

10 hours ago Stirling businesses urged to attend briefing sharing shoplifting intel on city streets

The briefing is being arranged by the Retailers Against Crime group and will include details on shoplifting suspects, trends and recent footage.

Economics

37 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal told Vlahovic fee; Chelsea target Bayern swap; Liverpool reject £70m bid

January window hotting up as Premier League sides eye big deals

Sport

2 hours ago American killed fellow Goldsmiths student ‘after she urged him to take an STI test after sex’, court told

Joshua Michals is accused of leaving partner and fellow student Zhe Wang to die in a ‘pool of blood’

Events

8 hours ago Ruben Amorim told Man Utd must get 'finished article' Alexander Isak after transfer mistake

Man Utd have been advised to explore a deal with Newcastle for striker Alexander Isak with Marcus Rashford going the other way to give the Red Devils a much-needed boost up front

Politics

35 hours ago ‘I’m alive’: man who uses wheelchair tells of New Orleans attack ordeal

Family of Jeremi Sensky, from Pittsburgh, suggests wheelchair may have acted as ‘boulder’ to help stop attackThe family of a man who was left paralyzed from the waist down by a 1999 car accident before being hit and badly wounded in the deadly New Year’s Day truck attack in New Orleans are reportedly wondering whether the 300lb wheelchair he uses may have had a role in helping halt the terror.Jeremi Sensky of the suburban Pittsburgh community of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, was in New Orleans to ring in 2025 with relatives at the time the attack occurred, he told KDKA’s The Marty Griffin Show. Sensky was on Bourbon Street when he was hit by a US army veteran inspired by Islamic State in an intentional ramming that killed 14 people and wounded about 30 others. Continue reading...

Society

13 hours ago Arsenal slammed for signing 'waste of money' as Mikel Arteta told £42m transfer a blunder

Arsenal splurged £42m on signing Italian left-back Riccardo Calafiori last summer but former midfielder Emmanuel Petit believes the Gunners should have spent the money elsewhere

Economics

38 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal told Vlahovic fee; Chelsea want Bayern swap; Liverpool reject £70m bid; Man United

January window hotting up as Premier League sides eye big deals

Sport

3 hours ago Semina Halliwell: Police insist they DID investigate 'sexual assault' of girl, 12 before suicide

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Semina Halliwell, 12, tragically took her life in 2021 after telling her mum she was raped by an older boy. Police officers told her inquest in Bootle, Merseyside, they properly followed up on the allegation

Events

9 hours ago Zuckerberg tells thousands of Meta staff he will cut them for being ‘low performers’

Meta boss reportedly told staff that the company was looking to ‘move out low-performers faster’.

Politics

26 hours ago Convicted criminal who acted as 'middle man' in sale of £30k Cartier watch stolen from Duke of Westminster's home is jailed for more than four years

Nathan Elliott, 31, claimed that he had bought the Cartier London Tank JC watch from a friend for £150 and 'thought it was a bargain', Chester Crown Court was told.

Economics

4 hours ago Eight facing jail over people smuggling after woman discovered in car glove box

Border Force officers found a Vietnamese woman hidden in a cramped compartment concealed behind the dashboard of a car in June 2022.

Events

10 hours ago Europe must take responsibility for its own security, says Polish minister

‘Very difficult time’ anticipated as Poland takes over EU presidency against backdrop of geopolitical uncertaintyEurope must “take responsibility” for its own security, Poland has told its fellow EU member states, as Warsaw takes over the rotating presidency of the bloc at a time of increasing geopolitical uncertainty.Poland has started its six-month presidency as Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House having promised to bring a negotiated end to Russia’s war in neighbouring Ukraine and threatened to seize Greenland using military force. Continue reading...

Politics

31 hours ago Aldi shoppers advised 'run, don't walk' for new winter warmers range priced from under £3

The supermarket has dropped five cold weather must-haves in its Specialbuys aisle - but they won't be around for long.

Economics

4 hours ago Mother may not have told police her husband was sexually abusing her 12

The husband is currently on trial after being convicted of rape, sexual assaults and ill-treatment of the girl - his step-daughter - over the course of several years.

Events

10 hours ago Greater Manchester supermarket announces temporary changes as part of big plans

There will be new opening hours for the next two months

Politics

4 hours ago Rachel Reeves warned not to target farmers for a second time as she searches for spending cuts

Labour told not to take money from flood defences and farm schemes in wake of inheritance tax raid in the Budget

Events

10 hours ago ‘The fight is existential’: Cameroon’s anglophone leaders lead a revolution from behind bars

Julius Ayuk Tabe and other ‘Ambazonian’ activists speak from a prison where they still call for an independent stateSisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe has already served seven years of his life sentence at the Yaoundé principal prison in Cameroon, but he is not ready to budge an inch in the political beliefs that landed him there. “The fight for homeland is existential and non-negotiable – being part of the struggle is a calling and not a vocation,” he tells the Guardian.The 59-year-old computer engineer and former president of a breakaway state is still fighting his revolution from jail. As Cameroon’s civil conflict festers, his quest remains the freeing of his anglophone community from what he sees as the shackles of a francophone Cameroonian state. Continue reading...

Politics

38 hours ago Private investigator reveals how husband was caught cheating after she took one look at his supermarket rewards account

Prviate investigator, Cassie, based in both Queensland and New South Wales, was hired to help unearth an unlikely trail of betrayal - shared on a video posted to TikTok on 8 January.

Economics

5 hours ago Old Etonian was trying to murder his former partner by throwing her down the well on the family estate, court hears

Douglas Clifton Brown is alleged to have launched a violent attack on Camilla Welby as they drove home from drinks at a friend's house before trying to drag her into a 'deep, disused well', jurors were told.

Events

11 hours ago Make 'carbon copy' of Heinz tomato soup as nation told to stock up on lunchtime favourite

The iconic dish has been described as a 'hug in a bowl'.

Politics

40 hours ago Mum, 33, defrauds her employer out of more than £10,000 but avoids going to jail

Rachel Vickers, 33, from Stockport, abused a 'position of trust' at Practical Publishing Ltd by dispatching 'circuit machines' to a fake customer

Economics

6 hours ago Detective who investigated rape allegation by schoolgirl, 12, before she killed herself tells inquest he can't remember if he told her he believed her

Semina Halliwell died in hospital on June 12 2021 after taking medication at her family home in Southport, Merseyside.

Events

11 hours ago Exactly how much your broadband and mobile bill will rise by this April

Telecom firms are being banned by Ofcom from linking mid-contract price rises to inflation - instead, customers must be told in 'pounds and pence' how much their bill will increase by

Politics

7 hours ago Murder accused ‘helped himself to cash from widow’s handbag’, court told

David Newton, now aged 70, denies murdering 86-year-old widow Una Crown at her home in Wisbech in 2013.

Events

11 hours ago Starmer says he will strive to prevent Gerry Adams receiving compensation

PM says he aims to stop former Sinn Féin leader claiming damages for his internment as ministers ditch Troubles lawUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters will look at “every conceivable way” to prevent Gerry Adams, the former Sinn Féin president, being able to receive compensation under government plans to ditch controversial laws dealing with the Troubles period, Keir Starmer has told MPs.Asked during prime minister’s questions about claims that Adams and 400 others interned during the Northern Ireland Troubles could get compensation from the British government, Starmer said he would strive to make sure this did not happen. Continue reading...

Politics

8 hours ago Fuel payment decision ‘direct consequence’ of Westminster move, court told

The Court of Session in Edinburgh is hearing a legal challenge aiming to reverse the removal of the universality of the payment.

Events

11 hours ago Desire to ‘meet every concern’ over HS2 causes extra costs and delays – adviser

Sir Joh Armitt told MPs a ‘private sector approach’ would have been to say ‘Sorry, I have not got any more money’.

Politics

10 hours ago John Swinney warns rise of Reform in Scotland 'must be confronted' as Nigel Farage's party climbs in polls

The First Minister told the Record he would never "cosy up" to Nigel Farage's party.

Events

14 hours ago Pep Guardiola reveals what he told Man City star Stefan Ortega in heated moment

Pep Guardiola was seen talking to Manchester City goalkeeper Stefan Ortega in typically animated fashion after watching his side surrender a two-goal lead at Brentford on Tuesday

Politics

10 hours ago Jet2 chaos as drunk passenger 'runs down aisle trying to expose himself after break

Jack Breheny, 32, from Burnage, told the court he was 'deeply ashamed' of his actions on the flight back from a week-long holiday his twin brother paid for to help him get over a tough break-up

Events

22 hours ago Chelsea told why late Reece James equaliser against Bournemouth 'should not have stood'

Frustrated Cherries boss Andoni Iraola laments failure to rule out Blues captain’s last-gasp free-kick

Politics

11 hours ago Zuckerberg warns he will cut ‘low performers’ as he looks to fire up to 5 percent of Meta staff

Meta boss reportedly told staff that the company was looking to ‘move out low-performers faster’.

Events

23 hours ago Nobody’s prefect! Republicans demand DEI out of ‘Miltary’ and miss typo in display at confirmation hearings

Trump’s defense secretary nominee Pete Hesgeth told hearing it is ‘not a time for equity’

Politics

11 hours ago Prison nurse who helped inmates smuggle in mobile phone for drug dealing and told lags to 'delete chats, lads' avoids jail term because her family 'needs her'

Kimberly Finn was an agency nurse at HMP Durham when she agreed to pass a package to an inmate so he could give it to another prisoner, who she went to school with.

Events

28 hours ago 80% of Americans with dementia don't know they have it... so would YOU spot the symptoms?

Researchers at the University of Michigan found that 80 percent of participants with suspected dementia had not been told they had the disease or showed early signs.

Politics

11 hours ago Gerry Adams ‘in line for compensation’ if Labour repeals Troubles legislation

Changes to Legacy Act could lift block on former Sinn Féin president receiving payout for unlawful internmentUK politics live – latest updatesThe former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams and 400 others interned during the Northern Ireland Troubles would be in line for compensation from the British government if Labour’s plan to ditch controversial laws dealing with the period goes ahead, it has been claimed.Jonathan Caine, a former government adviser to three Northern Ireland secretaries, has urged the government to rethink its planned repeal of the Legacy Act 2023. Lord Caine told BBC Northern Ireland that Labour’s decision was “political”. Continue reading...

Events

28 hours ago Sorcha Eastwood begins legal action over Andrew Tate social media posts

The Lagan Valley MP told the Commons last week that she was a ‘survivor of abuse’.

Politics

11 hours ago Evil paedophile who stabbed gran in attempt to abduct kids at Scots park dies in jail

Ryan Yates, who stabbed a gran in an attempt to abduct and rape her grandchildren, was caged for life in 2010.

Events