1 hour ago Pep Guardiola could force Man City's hand over Kyle Walker in January transfer window

Kyle Walker wants to leave Manchester City in the January transfer window, but the honesty of his manager Pep Guardiola may have undermined the possibility of that happening

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8 hours ago Three London students in 'danger to health' cold and mouldy flat win £20,000 rent back from landlord

A residential property tribunal ruled in their favour after they sought a rent repayment order in the row over a £1.2 million flat near Hyde Park in west London

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6 hours ago Greta Gerwig’s Narnia adaptation lands historic deal ahead of Netflix release

Director’s forthcoming adaptation of C.S. Lewis book series will be released in 2026

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6 hours ago LA's Olympic venues were spared by wildfires, but the city's rebuild could impact the Games' runup

The deadly wildfires that have ravaged sections of Los Angeles left an indelible imprint on the region's landscape and psyche

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99 minutes ago Private schools face Chinese buyouts as experts warn Labour's VAT raid could force colleges to accept foreign money to stay open

Following Labour's VAT raid on school fees, Chinese investors are circling a host of independent schools across the UK, seeing them as potential investment opportunities.

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7 hours ago Strictly Come Dancing’s Amy Dowden reveals how she’s changed after sudden show exit

Professional dancer Amy Dowden has revealed she 'feels like Amy again' following her Strictly Come Dancing set back as she was forced out of the show due to an injury

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8 hours ago Traditional camembert makers win landmark legal battle against major manufacturers

Factories mass producing the staple cheese have been barred from labelling their products as ‘made in Normandy’

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9 hours ago Sir Jim Ratcliffe could be forced to sell the one Manchester United player he doesn't want to

Manchester United find themselves in desperate times but one shining light remains unblemished at Old Trafford

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6 hours ago Big fire at California battery plant prompts evacuations amid toxic smoke

Blaze erupts at one of world’s largest battery storage plants in Monterey county, leading to highway and school closuresA large fire burning on Friday at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in northern California is sending up flames of toxic smoke, leading to the evacuation of 1,700 people and the closure of a major highway.The blaze in Moss Landing started on Thursday. Fire crews were not engaging with the fire but were waiting for it to burn out on its own, the Mercury News reported. Continue reading...

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16 hours ago No Dylan but loads of Coldplay! What the songs with a billion streams on Spotify tell us about music taste today

Spotify’s Billions Club tracks the world’s most popular songs, but dozens of greats are nowhere to be found. From TikTok to TV soundtracks, we explore the forces shaping pop’s new canonIn 2011, Jacob Rubeck and Nick Rattigan were living in a basement in Reno, Nevada, and thinking about starting a band. One afternoon, Rubeck came up with a frisky Strokes-like guitar riff, Rattigan whipped up the melody and lyrics and Surf Curse’s Freaks was born. “We wrote the song in like 30 minutes,” the singer says.A catchy song about alienation and longing, Freaks was released in 2013 and became a raucous highlight of their live shows but didn’t trouble the wider world until 2021, when it was discovered, out of the blue, by TikTok users. Its Spotify streams kept going up and up and up, until last March it passed a remarkable milestone. Unlike Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd or Prince, Surf Curse can claim membership of Spotify’s Billions Club, the running playlist of every song to have a...

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4 hours ago Sadiq Khan admits concern developers are 'landbanking' London's green belt

The mayor warned against developers eyeing up land that ‘for decades has been the lungs for residents in this great city of ours’

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9 hours ago Home Alone mansion sells for $5.5 million after landing on market seven months earlier at a lower price

The iconic Home Alone mansion in Chicago has officially sold for more than the asking price after first being put on the market only seven months earlier for $5.25 million.

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7 hours ago Landlords warn rents will rise ‘fairly significantly’ in response to Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill

The government’s Renters’ Rights Bill will bring in measures landlords will need to ‘price in’ to rents charged, claims an industry figure

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6 hours ago Donald Trump forced into INDOORS inauguration over dangerous weather conditions

Donald Trump has been robbed of a huge swearing-in ceremony after his inauguration was moved indoors due to dangerously freezing temperatures

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11 hours ago Pictured: Landlord who rented out tiny room in her £800,000 London flat for £1,350 a month

Alice Bowmer posted the listing with the hopes of finding someone to fill her bedroom in her flat in Hampstead Heath, north London.

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8 hours ago Missing Aberdeen sisters latest: Police reveal eerie final text sent to landlady at same time as last sighting

Police Scotland continue major search for triplets Eliza and Henrietta Huszti as family issue desperate plea saying ‘all we want is for them to be found’

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7 hours ago Ryanair flight 'forced to abort landing after GPS jammed' close to Russian border

A Ryanair flight was diverted after its GPS jammed while it was heading towards the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius - an area in which Estonia and Finland have claimed Russia has placed jamming equipment

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11 hours ago Pictured: Landlord blasted for renting out tiny room in her £800,000 London flat for £1,350 a month

Alice Bowmer posted the listing with the hopes of finding someone to fill her bedroom in her flat in Hampstead Heath, north London.

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8 hours ago New sighting of missing Aberdeen twin sisters as huge CCTV twist uncovered by police

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti have been missing for 10 days after abruptly leaving their flat in Aberdeen and texting their landlady to say they wouldn't be returning

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7 hours ago Ryanair stops flights to two Spanish destinations in blow for sunseekers

Ryanair has announced that it has cut 12 routes in Spain, leading to a loss of around 800,000 sears as it calls out an airport operator for its 'excessive airport charges'

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9 hours ago US supreme court cites TikTok’s relationship with ‘foreign adversary’ in upholding sale

The supreme court has allowed to go into effect a law that will force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell its US business by Sunday, or face a banUS supreme court issues ruling upholding nationwide ban on TikTokCan Donald Trump circumvent a TikTok ban?Justice Neil Gorsuch expressed reservations about the TikTok sale-or-ban billThough Gorsuch voted to uphold the law, he did not express total certainty in it.There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, means of engagement, and source of community. But Congress has determined that divestiture is necessary to address its well-supported national security concerns regarding TikTok’s data collection practices and relationship with a foreign adversary. For the foregoing reasons, we conclude that the challenged provisions do not violate petitioners’ first amendment rights. Continue reading...

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8 hours ago Ryanair flight from Luton is forced to abort landing after airliner's GPS signal is 'jammed' near the Russian border

The flight, which left from London Luton Airport was bound for Lithuanian capital Vilnius and had begun its descent when the captain decided to divert to Warsaw, Poland 400 miles away.

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10 hours ago Entire 12,000 North Korean troops sent to fight for Putin 'are set to be killed or wounded within three months'

All 12,000 troops sent by North Korea to bolster Vladimir Putin's dwindling forces may be killed or wounded in the next three months, analysts have claimed. 

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8 hours ago Ryanair flight forced to abort landing after GPS ‘jammed’ near Nato border with Russia

The Ryanair flight from the UK was forced to abort its landing and divert to Poland following mysterious interference just as it was about to touch down in Lithuania

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11 hours ago Pub closures in Scotland accelerating as landlords 'battling to stay afloat' due to financial pressures

EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners have called for the SNP Government to recognise the vital community role played by pubs as increasing numbers close their doors for good.

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8 hours ago Delta Force Season 2 release time – here's exactly when Season Starfall starts

The Delta Force open beta on PC continues with Season Starfall that kicks off on Saturday, January 18 – here's everything you need to know.

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11 hours ago Fire at one of the world's largest battery plants in California forces evacuations

Hundreds of people have been ordered to evacuate and part of Highway 1 in Northern California has been closed due to a major fire at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants

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9 hours ago Biden claims Equal Rights Amendment is ‘law of the land’ after decades

Biden’s statement has no legal force and a White House official said courts would have to decide whether the amendment is a valid part of America’s constitution

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11 hours ago Kristi Noem hearing delay could cause security concerns for Super Bowl and Mardi Gras, governor says

South Dakota Governor needs to be in place as soon as possible to oversee safety arrangments for New Orleans events in wake of New Year’s Day terror attack, Jeff Landry argues

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10 hours ago What is Lemon8? The TikTok alternative gaining popularity that may also face a ban

If a ban comes into force, TikTok’s 170 million U.S. users could turn to its sister app Lemon8

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11 hours ago Jack Draper v Aleksandar Vukic LIVE: Australian Open latest score as British No 1 forces fifth set

Draper takes on Australian favourite Aleksandar Vukic after Novak Djokovic defeated Tomas Machac despite taking a medical timeout

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10 hours ago North Korea troops fighting for Putin ‘could all be dead or wounded by April’ as casualties mount

North Korean troops have suffered thousands of casualties in Russia’s Kursk region, according to Ukrainian estimates

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12 hours ago Missing twin sisters' mystery 2am text message to landlord before vanishing in Aberdeen

A text message was sent from Henrietta Huszti's mobile phone to their landlady at 2.12am on January 7, from the area of Victoria Bridge, indicating she and Eliza would not be returning to the flat

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11 hours ago ‘A nice little cameo that Judi Dench hasn’t got her paws on’: Joan Plowright’s screen career blossomed with age | Peter Bradshaw

Her film breakthrough in 1960’s The Entertainer was a harbinger of the calmness and strength she brought as a distinguished character actor – and as her lovable self in Nothing Like a DameJoan Plowright dies aged 95Michael Billington: Plowright was a dynamic forceJoan Plowright: a life in picturesOne of Joan Plowright’s greatest screen performances came towards the very end of her career: a gloriously subtle, lovable appearance on Roger Michell’s documentary Nothing Likea Dame from 2018, with four great dames of the British acting profession – Plowright, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Maggie Smith – assembling like Marvel superheroes at the country home that Plowright shared with her late husband Laurence Olivier to drink tea and swap uproarious anecdotes and sharp observations about the acting profession and the sexism they and their younger colleagues continue to face.The then 89-year-old Plowright, despite her failing health and eyesight, exchanges affectionate badinage with the o...

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12 hours ago Dumfries and Galloway parents fear small and rural schools being 'set up to fail' by council

Parent councils across the region are joining forces to safeguard the futures of their schools as the local authority aims to reconfigure the schools estate.

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11 hours ago BBC Radio change could force hundreds of thousands of Brits to get smart meters

A BBC radio service is being axed and could impact people unknowingly relying on the longwave signals it sends out

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12 hours ago Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by Ukraine

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is bidding farewell to the forces and personnel he's led through a tumultuous term

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11 hours ago One of largest ever carnivores to walk Earth pieced together after being blown up in WW2

The newly ID'd dinosaur, Tameryraptor markgrafi, or 'thief from the beloved land', roamed Egypt 95 million years ago, and was one of the largest known carnivores of all time

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13 hours ago England star, 30, forced into shock early retirement after years of injury problems

Anthony Watson has had to retire on medical grounds at the age of 30 with the England and Leicester Tigers wing dealing with constant injury problems in recent years

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12 hours ago Navalny’s lawyers jailed as Putin’s crackdown on dissent reaches new heights

Alexei Navalny’s lawyers have been accused by Russian authorities of passing him information while he was in prison

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13 hours ago Fearing raids, barred from aid: LA immigrants doubly vulnerable amid fires

Non-profits rush to assist undocumented immigrants who face deportation threat on top of displacement and job lossAngelica Salas has been shellshocked by the past week.The immigrants’ advocate had to flee the Eaton fire as it rushed toward Altadena and Pasadena. But even as she and her family were evacuating their home and checking in on friends and neighbors, Salas was scrambling to organize emergency aid for the hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrant families that her organization serves. Continue reading...

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13 hours ago Keir Starmer vows 'closer collaboration' with Poland on visit TODAY ahead of Donald Trump's return to White House

The Prime Minister has said that it is 'time to take our partnership to the next level' and that 'closer collaboration' with allies such as Poland will 'protect the UK's national security'.

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15 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Naomi Osaka forced to retire with abdominal injury against Belinda Bencic

The 27-year-old lost a tight first set and was then unable to continue

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13 hours ago This Morning's Alison Hammond yells 'this is a daytime show' as guest starts to 'strip'

This Morning presenter Alison Hammond was left red-faced as she was forced to stop one guest from stripping off completely during an interview on the ITV show.

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15 hours ago Sacked rogue officers could be reinstated and owed backpay if Met Police loses legal challenge, chief warns

Officers facing allegations of domestic abuse and sex attacks could be allowed to return to the Met if the force loses a legal battle over vetting

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13 hours ago This Morning's Alison Hammond intervenes as male stripper begins to undress on air

This Morning presenter Alison Hammond was forced to stop a male stripper from going too far during a live segment on Friday's show.

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15 hours ago NATO fighter jets scrambled as Putin kamikaze drones hit port by Romanian border

Footage showed a dramatic explosion believed to be at a port on the Ukrainian side of the River Danube which forms the frontier with Romania.

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14 hours ago Penny Lancaster forced to change appearance after comment from 'anxious' King Charles

The former lingerie model loomed over King Charles III when visited his estate at Dumfries House to launch the 35th anniversary celebrations of his charity

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16 hours ago Moss Landing fire: One of the world’s largest battery factories ablaze

Concerns have grown about the air quality near California’s Moss Landing Power Plant after last night’s fire

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