8 hours ago Paul Merson lost tooth eating on Soccer Saturday and was told to preserve it in milk

Football presenter Paul Merson thought he lost a tooth while munching on a baguette and so he popped it in milk to preserve the root - but he didn't need to for one reason

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10 hours ago Barry Keoghan visits Bulgaria alongside Foreign Secretary David Lammy to launch Children's Care campaign across the globe as actor aims to 'improve the system'

The duo made childcare reform 'a priority' during their visit - as they are set to lead a campaign together that advocates for a family-based care, with Barry stressing 'no child should be left behind'.

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89 minutes ago What stunned Pep Guardiola told Txiki Begiristain when Erling Haaland Man City mega deal was brokered

Erling Haaland contract news left Pep Guardiola speechless

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18 hours ago Hilarious moment Paula Badosa offers boyfriend Stefanos Tsitsipas her racquet while he told her to CALM DOWN during Australian Open clash

Tennis power couple Stefanos Tsitsipas and Paula Badosa shared a hilarious courtside exchange at the Australian Open as Badosa risked unravelling in her third round contest.

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2 hours ago Three easy diet changes to make now to protect against world's deadliest disease

A nutritionist revealed some simple changes you can make to your diet to lower your risk for cardiovascular disease, that kills 175,000 people in the UK every year.

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8 hours ago Locals blast 'the Prince and the starlet': Furious Montecito residents describe Harry and Meghan as the 'most entitled, disingenuous people on the planet'

One local told Vanity Fair : 'I still think they're the most entitled, disingenuous people on the planet,' the Montecitan says.

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12 hours ago BBC The Traitors' star Alex Oleksy will return to care home job after brush with TV fame

Scots care home manager Alex Oleksy, who was a favourite to win, was voted off the show on Thursday night.

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4 hours ago David Lynch was working on new show before his death, says Netflix CEO

Ted Sarandos said the proposed show was ‘filled with mystery and risks’

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18 hours ago Eddie Hearn delivers Tyson Fury retirement ultimatum as Anthony Joshua fight plan revived

Eddie Hearn has told Tyson Fury that he will have to come out of retirement in the next few weeks if a summer bout against Anthony Joshua is to be agreed.

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7 hours ago Urgent Spain holiday warning as Brit tourist hotspot faces 'deadly wildfires like LA'

Spain has been highlighted as one country facing 'dire' risk of wildfires like those that have ravaged LA in recent days, with a warning issued to British citizens travelling overseas

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8 hours ago Woman who impulsively got face tattoo told she ''ruined her face' but 'regrets nothing'

Alitia Thoburn, 20, from Bristol, has always been passionate about tattoos since she was eight years old, and had her face inked on impulse by her tattoo artist fiancé

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5 hours ago Revealed: The terrible events that have befallen French woman after she was duped into handing over £700,000 to fake AI Brad Pitt scammer

Paris-based lawyer Laurène Hanna, told how her client has been branded 'dumb', 'naïve' and 'stupid' - and been harassed so mercilessly online that she's deleted social media.

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8 hours ago Woman who impulsively got face tattoo told she 'ruined her face' but 'regrets nothing'

Alitia Thoburn, 20, from Bristol, has always been passionate about tattoos since she was eight years old, and had her face inked on impulse by her tattoo artist fiancé

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11 hours ago Cowboy builders who left intensive care nurse's home with no back wall and other customers' properties ruined after pocketing £150,000 for 'shoddy' jobs are jailed

Brothers Nicky, 31 and Kyle Middleton, 39 undertook shoddy and uncomplete work that led to their clients winding up almost £125,000 out of pocket.

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10 hours ago Shock NHS hospitals probe finds deaths of 56 babies may have been preventable

Two maternity units at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals are rated 'good' by England's healthcare regulator - but a BBC investigation reveals poor care may have contributed to 27 stillbirths, 29 neonatal deaths and two maternal deaths

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10 hours ago Obama pushed Chuck Schumer to convince Biden to drop out, citing his own ‘frigid relationship’ with the president

‘You may be a better one,’ the former president told the Democratic Senate leader while urging him to speak to Biden about dropping out.

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15 hours ago Rogue builders left customers almost £125,000 out of pocket with shoddy work

Nicky, 31, and Kyle Middleton, 29, were the directors of N&K Kitchens Ltd, and left an intensive care nurse's house looking like a building site and open to the elements.

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10 hours ago Los Angeles after the fires: ‘You can only live in a disaster zone for so long’

The city is pushing to rebuild areas devasted by wildfires. But the costs and the mounting risks of future disasters are hard to overcome

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10 hours ago Lindsey Vonn’s ‘impossible’ comeback roars on with 2026 Olympics in frame

She’s past 40 with a knee made of titanium, but Lindsey Vonn’s comeback is already bucking expectations and crackling with the promise of a fifth Olympic GamesThere’s no denying the nervous apprehension that rippled through the ski racing world after Lindsey Vonn announced her shock comeback in November. She’d walked away nearly six years earlier due to a battered right knee worn down by a string of gruesome crashes and multiple surgeries, no longer able to endure the punishing demands of the circuit. Now she was proposing a return on the wrong side of 40 with a knee made of titanium to a high-risk sport where no woman has ever won any top-flight race past 34 years old.But a funny thing happened on the way to Vonn’s humiliation. In the two months since her unretirement, she’s finished 14th in a super-G at St Moritz, before improving to sixth and fourth in her next two races at St Anton. Incredibly, she says she feels healthier now than when she called time on her extraordinary caree...

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21 hours ago I earn £110,000 a year but HMRC hasn't contacted me about a tax return

I understand people now only have to do a tax return if they earn more than £150,000. Can I avoid doing one, or will I risk a fine?

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10 hours ago $10.24 a day to risk their lives – and a lot of pride: incarcerated LA firefighters speak out

People serving out their prison terms as firefighters form an integral part of the response to the devastating LA wildfiresEmbers were raining down, the flames were as tall as telephone poles and nearby palm trees were rapidly igniting as Sal Almanza and his firefighting crew arrived at the Los Angeles blazes.“I’ve never seen anything burn so quick,” said Almanza, 42, recounting the first day of the Eaton fire near Pasadena, California. “Our captains have to make the hard decisions: get yourselves killed or let the house burn.” His eyes welled up recounting the properties devoured as his crew had no choice but to retreat: “I was just so sad and emotional, because there was nothing we could do.” Continue reading...

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11 hours ago TikTok CEO 'thankfully for President Trump's help' as he breaks silence on SCOTUS ruling

The Supreme Court upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company over the risk to national security posed by its ties to China

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24 hours ago Food and 9 other things likely to be more expensive this year despite inflation fall

10 common items and services are likely to continue rising in price over the new few months

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12 hours ago EU asks X for internal documents about algorithms as it steps up investigation

Musk’s company has been accused of manipulating systems to give far-right posts and politicians greater visibilityThe European Commission has asked X to hand over internal documents about its algorithms, as it steps up its investigation into whether Elon Musk’s social media platform has breached EU rules on content moderation.The EU’s executive branch told the company it wanted to see internal documentation about its “recommender system”, which makes content suggestions to users, and any recent changes made to it, by 15 February. Continue reading...

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12 hours ago Trump inauguration to move indoors amid frigid temperatures in Washington – live

President-elect says festivities scheduled for his inauguration day will be held indoors – including the traditional paradeDonald Trump told CNN that he will decide what to do with TikTok once he takes office, after the supreme court upheld legislation that will ban it on Sunday unless its Chinese owner sells its US operations.“It ultimately goes up to me, so you’re going to see what I’m going to do,” Trump said in an interview with the network. Asked if he would try to reverse the ban, should it go into effect, Trump said: “Congress has given me the decision, so I’ll be making the decision.”It is not clear that the Act itself directly regulates protected expressive activity, or conduct with an expressive component. Indeed, the Act does not regulate the creator petitioners at all Petitioners, for their part, have not identified any case in which this Court has treated a regulation of corporate control as a direct regulation of expressive activity or semi-expressive conduct We hesita...

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28 hours ago Revealed: 'Broke stay at home mum' Helen Flanagan's £1m home yards from a bus stop... after she told judge she can't lose her driving licence because it's so remote

Helen Flanagan claimed she is 'really struggling financially' and cannot even afford a £10 taxi to take her son to nursery, but was banned from driving at Wirral Magistrates' Court.

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13 hours ago Man who 'murdered' daughter, 14, claimed he "must be world's unluckiest man" after 'accidentally throwing knife'

Simon Vickers, 50, is accused of murdering Scarlett Vickers, 14, at their home in Darlington, Co Durham, on July 5 last year. The girl bled to death with an 11cm deep chest wound.

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13 hours ago London's Guy’s Hospital among first to prescribe Wegovy weight loss jabs on the NHS

London’s Guy’s Hospital is among first NHS hospitals to prescribe weight loss drug

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14 hours ago Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok if it's not sold by its Chinese parent company

The Supreme Court has upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company, holding the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the U.S. A sale does not appear imminent

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13 hours ago TikTok ban live updates: Trump says he’ll make app decision when in office after supreme court ruling

US supreme court cites TikTok’s relationship with ‘foreign adversary’ China in upholding sale-or-ban lawUS supreme court issues ruling upholding nationwide ban on TikTokCan Donald Trump circumvent a TikTok ban?Donald Trump told CNN that he will decide what to do with TikTok once he takes office, after the supreme court upheld legislation that will ban it on Sunday unless its Chinese owner sells its US operations.“It ultimately goes up to me, so you’re going to see what I’m going to do,” Trump said in an interview with the network. Asked if he would try to reverse the ban, should it go into effect, Trump said: “Congress has given me the decision, so I’ll be making the decision.”It is not clear that the Act itself directly regulates protected expressive activity, or conduct with an expressive component. Indeed, the Act does not regulate the creator petitioners at all Petitioners, for their part, have not identified any case in which this Court has treated a regulation of corporate con...

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15 hours ago Bowel cancer symptoms: signs to look out for as new study reveals a glass of milk a day may reduce risk

A new study has found it may reduce the risk by 17% 🥛

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13 hours ago I'm A Celeb star Myleene Klass told King Charles 'I abhor' after 'bumping into' him

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star and TV presenter Myleene Klass has opened up about the last time she saw King Charles, after she joked about something with him

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15 hours ago Jack Draper goes the distance again to beat Vukic and set up Alcaraz clash

British No 1 triumphs 6-4, 2-6, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8)Player reaches Australian Open last 16 for first timeThroughout the early days of Jack Draper’s young career, questions around his physical preparedness for his chosen sport followed him wherever he went. As he continually struggled with injuries and endurance issues alike, Draper never failed to hear from those who believe he did not work hard enough, carry himself with sufficient professionalism or care enough about his craft.Those days are over. Finito. For the third straight day in Melbourne Park, despite his stunted preparation and the rust that caked his game, Draper has somehow found a way to drag himself across the finishing line of yet another frantic five-set match he seemed destined to lose, drawing on his endless reserves of grit and heart in the process. Continue reading...

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13 hours ago ‘Not second screen enough’: is Netflix deliberately dumbing down TV so people can watch while scrolling?

Streaming insiders have claimed they’re being made to rewrite scripts for viewers who use their phones while watching. Is this the end of prestige TV? Or pure fiction?Be honest: how much attention do you pay when you watch TV? If you’re familiar with the ritual of half-watching a series or film – Netflix on in the background while you check out what your arch enemy has just posted on Instagram, say – it may surprise you to hear that Netflix doesn’t just know you engage in this obscene behaviour. It actually wants you to carry on.The streamer was in the news recently thanks to an excellent piece by Will Tavlin in n+1, which reminded readers of the platform’s microgenre of “casual viewing”: TV shows and movies designed to be watched while doing something else. One paragraph in particular incited a great deal of frustration. Tavlin claimed that Netflix have told various screenwriters to have their protagonists “announce what they’re doing so that viewers who have this program on in the...

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15 hours ago Missed chances to probe patient safety during Letby attack spree, inquiry told

Professor Sir Stephen Powis, national medical director for NHS England, gave evidence to the Thirlwall Inquiry on Friday.

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14 hours ago Elizabeth Warren urges Trump to beef up ethics rules as Musk takes key role

Exclusive: Democrat writes to transition co-chairs calling for steps to avert scandals involving administration officialsThe Massachusetts Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren has called on Donald Trump to institute new ethics rules to guard against scandals involving appointees such as Elon Musk, the SpaceX, Tesla and X owner who will jointly lead an effort to slash federal spending after the new administration takes power on Monday.Trump “can and should top” Joe Biden’s ethics standards for government officials, Warren told Trump’s transition co-chairs in a letter exclusively obtained by the Guardian. Continue reading...

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15 hours ago After the ceasefire, Gazans face a different kind of war. But we’re still clinging to hope | Al

Thousands of Palestinians are homeless, their houses reduced to rubble. It could take decades to rebuild their livesAl-Meqdad Jamil Meqdad is a writer and researcher from Gaza working in humanitarian and community workThe ceasefire news came suddenly, with an agreement we had heard before, surrounded by bureaucracy, hope and death. People all around me in Gaza – on buses, on donkey carts, in cars, on the street and in the markets – are describing it as a “war after the war”.The ceasefire is not the end of suffering. It is the beginning of everything else. It is an opportunity for people in northern Gaza, Rafah and elsewhere to mourn their loved ones who were killed and their destroyed homes. It is an opportunity to cry for those who have held back their tears for more than 15 months. We were told we could return to our homes, but those homes now lie in rubble. Most of them were levelled to the ground; some were left standing but are uninhabitable.Al-Meqdad Jamil Meqdad is a writer a...

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15 hours ago I live too far away from my boyfriend and our relationship is suffering | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

Periods of physical separation are common in most relationships and it takes effort – but you can have the best of both worlds• Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a problem sent in by a readerMy boyfriend and I are both in our early twenties and have been together for almost a year. In the past two months we have committed to a long-distance relationship.When we are together everything is perfect; I truly feel like we have something special. However, we both struggle with communicating over text/calls and this can cause our relationship to stagnate. We are only able to meet every month or so as we live in different cities and both lead very busy lives. This situation is causing me tremendous anxiety – so much so that it could irrevocably affect our relationship – especially as there is no clear date as to when we’ll be able to live in the same area again. Continue reading...

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15 hours ago Trump’s policies risk stoking inflation and preventing rate cuts, IMF warns

Taking drive for deregulation too far could push the US on to a ‘dangerous boom-bust path’, fund cautions

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17 hours ago Zuckerberg is quite the champion of the underrepresented – so long as you’re conservative and live in Texas | Joseph Harker

The Meta boss has ditched his diversity scheme and moved his moderation team. Is he jealous of the attention Musk is getting?Joseph Harker is the Guardian’s senior editor, diversity and developmentWas it just for the PR? That’s what many who care about fairness in the workplace have been asking since Meta, headed by Mark Zuckerberg, announced the scrapping of all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) schemes within the organisation. Days earlier, fast food giant McDonald’s made a similar announcement. Last year, the car manufacturer Ford and Walmart – the largest private employer in the US – also rolled back their diversity programmes.So what’s going on? For years, and especially after the Black Lives Matter summer of 2020, these huge corporations have been saying that diversity is a good thing – that it keeps them in touch with their consumers and thereby strengthens the business, as well as being the morally right thing to do.Joseph Harker is the Guardian’s senior editor, diversit...

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16 hours ago Rep. Jasmine Crockett received creepy phone call from Republican staffer after Rep. Nancy Mace ‘threatened violence’

EXCLUSIVE: ‘I do need to take it seriously, because violence has become a very real thing in this chamber,’ Crockett told The Independent

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18 hours ago My wife asked me an 'innocent' question about our sex life. Now I fear I'm a cuckold without realising it

I love my wife and don't want to mess up what we have, but I can't help feeling uneasy about what she just told me.

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16 hours ago Chilling 7 words Ryan Wellings' new girlfriend 'uses to justify staying with Kiena Dawes abuser'

The new girlfriend of jailed abuser Ryan Wellings, 30, reportedly told her friends 'there are two sides to every story' after they warned her about his behaviour

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19 hours ago Latest on new cycling and walking path across Gower common as councillor says it has support

Swansea Council has put forward a new set of plans for a 2.1km route to Bishopston after a previous scheme was turned down by a Welsh Government-appointed planning inspector

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16 hours ago Stockport council told 'look residents in eyes and apologise' after claim blocked grids caused flooding

The council has come under fire over grid and gully cleaning.

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20 hours ago A billionaire, his controversial mansion and the ancient discovery that could derail it all

Soho House boss told mansion could be on site of Iron Age hillfort

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16 hours ago Man accused of stabbing daughter told police ‘I must be unluckiest man in world’

Simon Vickers denies both the murder and the manslaughter of his daughter Scarlett, in the kitchen of their home in Darlington.

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20 hours ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Nadiya Bychkova told 'she's your twin' after 'special' moment with rarely

The Strictly Come Dancing star is a proud mum to daughter Mila

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17 hours ago Danger to life UK wildfires could last 7 days sparking evacuations, Government warns as Los Angeles fires burn

The alarm was raised about the growing risk of wildfires as the planet warms

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21 hours ago UK TikTokers say goodbye to US followers as ban looms: ‘It’s a really beautiful community’

British content creators, who may lose a big chunk of their audiences, say they see the app as a gateway to AmericansIf TikTok disappears from the US, it won’t just be its 170 million American users who will lose out.British TikTokers and business owners have told the Guardian they will also lose a sizeable chunk of their audiences after a ban. The video app has become a key gateway to Americans for the UK’s online video creators, who make a living from accruing views and making sponsored content deals. With the ban scheduled to go into effect on Sunday, a US-sized hole will appear in the global userbase. Continue reading...

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17 hours ago Revealed: Paul Danan died in luxury apartment with pool and gym where he had been staying to try and get clean from drugs

Neighbours told how an ambulance was called to the flat near Bristol on Wednesday evening - but paramedics could not save the star.

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