34 m. ago Christine Baranski says Stellan Skarsgård ‘hated’ Mamma Mia! filming experience

‘The camera would usually avoid him,’ the actor said

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59 m. ago Pope Leo XIV’s first speech in full as new pontiff declares ‘evil will not prevail’

Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to Pope Francis and thanked cardinals who elected him after two days of voting

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1 hour ago Keir Starmer can’t build a stronger European partnership by stealth. He has to declare it aloud | Rafael Behr

Britain has ‘reset’ relations with the EU, but with Farage ascendant again, our politics must be cured of the Brexit virusNot much about Britain’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union is settled, but Keir Starmer can justifiably claim it has been “reset”. That word was artfully chosen before last year’s election to dress low aspiration as high diplomacy. There are 10 days of negotiation before the summit in London, where a new UK-EU partnership is due to be unveiled. It will be more outline than substance. But there is progress in the very fact that Britain’s ruling party sees Brussels as a partner, not a parasite.Old-guard Eurosceptics will, of course, denounce any deal as a betrayal of Brexit. If there are plans for a time-limited, youth exchange visa, it will be decried as a return to free movement by the back door. If there is agreement to align regulations so that goods can more efficiently cross borders and the European court of justice is involved in adjudicating ...

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1 hour ago Lonely hilltop hospital run by 300 medieval monks to get anti

Vandals targeted the hilltop site where monks dispensed herbal and plant medicine from the 12th Century.

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2 h. ago More criminals could be tagged instead of jailed but prisons minister insists he's not 'soft on crime'

Lord James Timpson said the UK is “addicted” to sentencing and punishment and that “so many” prisoners “shouldn’t be there” but he insists he is not "soft on crime"

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3 h. ago Lorry plunge from M90 bridge sparks urgent safety review as driver fights for life

The 38-year-old HGV driver is said to be in a critical condition after the cab and trailer plummeted onto the A912.

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3 h. ago Gardeners told 3 major flowers will blossom early after record temperatures

The Met Office says that April's unusually sunny and dry weather conditions has led to a major shift in plant growth cycles - with some flowering earlier than expected

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4 h. ago Pilot dies and passenger fighting for his life after aircraft crashes in Scottish field

Police Scotland have confirmed the male pilot died at the scene and a second male has been rushed to hospital in critical condition. An investigation into the crash has been launched

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4 h. ago Martin Lews warns drivers to make crucial check to avoid costly test drive mistake

Martin Lewis has issued an important warning to anyone planning to test drive a car - and it's something many drivers may not be aware of

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5 h. ago Trump news at a glance: military to immediately remove trans troops and use medical records to oust more

Buoyed by supreme court ruling, Pentagon will remove as many as 1,000 service members. Key US politics stories from Thursday 8 May at a glance“No More Trans @ DoD,” Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, posted after the supreme court allowed the Trump administration’s ousting of transgender troops to go forward. As of Thursday, the orders have been issued to identify and involuntarily force trans people out of service.Department officials have said it is difficult to determine exactly how many transgender service members there are, but medical records will show those who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, show symptoms or are being treated. Those troops would then be forced out. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago US to begin immediate removal of up to 1,000 trans military members

Pentagon will give other trans service members 30 days to self-identify while it enforces recently approved banThe Pentagon is removing the 1,000 members of the military who openly identify as trans, and giving those who have yet to openly-identify as transgender 30 days to remove themselves, according to a new directive issued Thursday.The memo is fueled by Tuesday’s supreme court decision allowing the Trump administration to enforce a ban on trans military members. The defense department has said it will follow up by going through medical records to identify others who haven’t come forward. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Madonna accidentally reveals weird $23K item in bathroom of her mansion that only the very rich have

Madonna revealed an interesting medical device in the bathroom of her opulent $40M home. 

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6 h. ago The fake fat jab kits cooked up by criminal gangs: How to tell if your weight loss drugs are counterfeit as police launch crackdown on rise in illicit medication

The popularity of weight loss treatments has seen UK demand outstrip supply, giving criminal groups an opportunity to release their own counterfeit versions.

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8 h. ago How a ‘simple selfie’ could be used to predict life expectancy

Academics say AI could be used in cancer treatment alongside vital signs, lab results and medical imaging

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9 h. ago Spain suffers another blackout as tens of thousands hit with outages in Canary Islands

Authorities have urged locals to remain calm and avoid overwhelming emergency services

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11 h. ago Liam and Noel Gallagher hit by strict health warning ahead of Oasis reunion shows

Exclusive: Liam and Noel Gallagher have both undergone strict medicals “like an astronaut going into space” ahead of the tour prompting much-needed changes

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11 h. ago What will the new Pope be like? He’s chosen to be called Leo: that’s no accident | Catherine Pepinster

Popes who take that name tend to be progressive reformers. If Trump and JD Vance think they have an ally in the Vatican, I think not Catherine Pepinster is a former editor of The TabletWhat’s in a name? When it comes to a pope – everything. The white smoke from the Sistine Chapel earlier this evening told the world that a new pope to succeed Francis had been elected – and for the first time the pontiff is an American.But if Donald Trump and his Catholic convert Veep, JD Vance, are ready to cheer, then they should think again. Cardinal Robert Prevost has chosen the name Leo XIV – and if you’re a papal Leo, you tend to be a reformer at the progressive end of Catholicism. That Prevost has decided to become Leo XIV will make Catholics think immediately of the last Leo – Leo XIII – and his 1891 encyclical or teaching document, Rerum Novarum, which outlined workers’ rights to a fair wage, safe working conditions and the rights of workers to belong to trade unions. If Pope Francis was the ...

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13 h. ago Paul Pierce says he's walking 20 miles to work in a robe as punishment for guaranteeing Celtics win

Former Celtics great Paul Pierce was so confident in his team in Game 2 against the Knicks, he said he’d walk to work, “in my robe, bare feet,” if they lost for a second straight game in the second-round series

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13 h. ago Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Ábrego García case

Lawyers say they’re ‘still in dark’ about government’s efforts to free the man who was wrongly deported to El SalvadorThe Trump administration is invoking the “state secrets privilege ” in an apparent attempt to avoid answering a judge’s questions about its erroneous deportation of Kilmar Ábrego García to El Salvador.US district judge Paula Xinis disclosed the government’s position in a two-page order on Wednesday. She set a Monday deadline for attorneys to file briefs on the issue and how it could affect Ábrego García’s case. Xinis also scheduled a 16 May hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, to address the matter. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Canada medical mystery takes twist as study finds no evidence of brain illness

Researchers link suspected cases in New Brunswick to known diseases, suggesting ‘misdiagnosis and misinformation’A new peer-reviewed scientific study has found no evidence of a mystery brain disease in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, suggesting instead a troubling combination of “misdiagnosis and misinformation”.The research comes as the Maritime province prepares its own assessment of more than 220 suspected cases in the hope of giving families some answers to a medical mystery that has gripped the region for years. Continue reading...

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