41 minutes ago How do we introduce assisted dying? Experts and politicians hope someone else has the answer | Gaby Hinsliff

Such a profound social change needs consensus and leadership. Those tasked with seeing this through are offering neither There is something about the sound of Prof Sir Chris Whitty’s voice that inexorably takes me back. Whenever he speaks it’s hard not to think about R numbers and social distancing, masks and variants. His was the judgment we learned to trust in the days when the only certainty was that thousands were going to die; his the not-quite-inscrutable face we studied for clues that some politician had just said something stupid. For those reasons and more, I would very much like to know what the chief medical officer thinks about assisted dying for terminally ill people. But when he came before the committee scrutinising this most sensitive of issues on Wednesday, he wouldn’t say.Whitty answered all questions posed about the proposed new law, including how accurately doctors can predict that someone has only six months left. (Not entirely, though he explained that they’re ...

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14 hours ago Get ready for take off! Moment tourists are blown into the sea after standing behind jet to get the perfect shot at 'world's scariest airport'

Dubbed one of the 'scariest' runways in the world due to its proximity to the sea, the airport in the Caribbean island of St Marteen is a hotspot for aviation enthusiasts.

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20 hours ago Tom Kerridge faces backlash for new £59 'rip off' beef 'beast board' dish at his Chelsea and Marlow restaurants

The celebrity chef, 51, from Salisbury, has revealed that The Butcher's Tap and Grill is launching a 'delicious board of beef focused dishes' from February.

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33 minutes ago How to fight fascism with the Raccoons of the Resistance! Bring your own refreshments | First Dog on the Moon

The Simple Sabotage Field Manual is going viral! All the kids are reading itSign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...

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72 minutes ago Harrowing CCTV shows moment stabbed teen flees his killers after park attack in broad daylight

Haunting CCTV shows the final moments of a teenager's life as he fled two thugs who stabbed him in a park in broad daylight to steal his phone.

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4 hours ago AP PHOTOS: The moment to restore broken baby Jesus figurines has come in Mexico

It might cost more to repair them than to buy new ones. But baby Jesus figurines have such sentimental value in families that every January an area in downtown Mexico City is full of people with the broken religious sculptures looking for a workshop for hands, legs, nose, eyes, eyelashes or fingers.

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17 hours ago NASA astronauts are 'harassed by 125ft aliens with wings who peek into space shuttles'

Self-proclaimed UFO expert Chris Bledsoe has spoken out about the moment that 'angelic beings' were looking into the space shuttle and smiling at NASA astronauts

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1 hour ago Big knickers, bad decisions and old bats: Renée Zellweger on the return of Bridget Jones

Nearly 25 years after the first film, the actor, her co-stars and the writer Helen Fielding discuss the ultimate singleton, love and loss – and why Bridget Jones is the female James BondMark Darcy is dead. Bridget Jones fans have been grieving since 2013, when Helen Fielding’s third novel, Mad About the Boy, was published sans Bridget’s hot human-rights lawyer husband. The outcry made front page news (as did the copies that were accidentally printed with 40 pages from David Jason’s memoir). People could not believe that romcom’s favourite reindeer-jumper-wearing dish, who proved that – ding dong! – nice men do kiss like that, was no more.“Someone ran out of the pub shouting: ‘You’ve murdered Colin Firth!’” Fielding says over a video call, tulips arranged on a huge wooden table in the background, as well they should in a boho-posh Primrose Hill kitchen. “I just want to point out that he is fictional. Colin Firth is not dead.” Continue reading...

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20 hours ago Driving with a cold could see motorists being hit with hefty £2500 fine

New research has revealed that many drivers do not feel that there is any need for concern if they drive when feeling unwell.

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13 hours ago Manchester United undroppable scores again as Man City face Arsenal double

Man United Women and Manchester Citt Women will be hoping to build on positive result this coming weekend.

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5 hours ago Armed inmate fled from open prison before using makeshift weapon to force nurse into driving him to cash machine

An armed convict escaped from Standford Hill open prison in Kent before using a makeshift weapon to force a nurse to drive him to a cash machine, reports say. 

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16 hours ago I have entered ‘nanna mode’ – bring me all your movies and shows about older women | Rebecca Shaw

I lost my grandmother a couple of years ago. My grief’s sharpness has worn down, and I’m ready to lean into the soft landing of older ladiesI recently had a realisation about myself: I have entered “nanna mode”. This does not mean I’m knitting, drinking enough cups of tea to kill Paddington Bear, or showing the ceiling instead of my face on video calls – nonetheless, I have become steeped in Nanna.I’ve always had a soft spot for older ladies (and ladies of all ages). But I had this lightbulb moment while watching Matlock, a reboot of an 80s TV show starring Kathy Bates as a lawyer in her 70s coming out of retirement – and getting up to shenanigans. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Premier League must avoid NFL punishments but Everton booking raises questions

Tim Robinson booked Iliman Ndiaye after the Everton midfielder flapped his arms in front of Brighton fans following his winning penalty at the Amex Stadium last weekend

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18 hours ago Gruesome moment MMA legend removes his EYE during interview with UFC star

Early in his fighting career, Magomedov suffered an injury that went untreated and reportedly left him with just 60% vision in his right eye, something Bisping knows all too well.

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5 hours ago Ukraine war briefing: elderly couples among nine killed in Russian drone attack

Thirteen people wounded, including eight-year-old girl, in Sumy apartment block attack. Sweden pledges $1.2bn in Ukraine military aid, its biggest pledge yet. What we know on day 1,073See all our Ukraine war coverageA Russian drone attack on a residential block killed nine people including three elderly couples in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy, officials said on Thursday. Images distributed by the emergency services showed a gaping hole in the facade of the long block of flats and rescue workers digging through debris for survivors. “This is a terrible tragedy, a terrible Russian crime. It is very important that the world does not pause in putting pressure on Russia for this terror,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on social media. National Police later said the search operation had been completed after 19 hours, with rescuers finding nine bodies in the ruins, while 13 people were wounded. Among the dead were three couples – men and women between the ages of 61 and 74 – Ukr...

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25 hours ago Video shows horrifying moment plane explodes in midair collision near Washington DC

A plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members crashed into the Potomac River in the US shortly after 9pm local time at the Ronald Reagan National Airport

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6 hours ago David Attenborough cameraman GORDON BUCHANAN relives the moment he walked with a pack of wild wolves

In 2014, for the BBC series Snow Wolf Family And Me, I travelled by helicopter to Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic.

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7 hours ago Our young daughters are finally home after being held hostage by Hamas while paraded as battered and bloodied

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: For a moment, imagine you are Agam Berger's mother, Meirav. Nearly five hundred days ago, her then 19-year-old daughter was captured by Hamas.

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7 hours ago Tom Selleck celebrates his 80th birthday with wife Jillie, 67, after lonely drive

Tom Selleck was seen celebrating his 80th birthday by indulging in a fancy dinner with his family and close friends in Thousand Oaks on Wednesday.

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9 hours ago New captain Maro Itoje says England ‘ready to go’ as they target Ireland upset

England will take on the reigning Six Nations champions in Dublin this weekend.

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8 hours ago Manchester United ease into last 16 as Dalot and Mainoo see off Steaua

On 68 minutes Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho combined for the Manchester United second that sealed passage into the last 16: over went a delivery from the No 17 and there was Mainoo to finish coolly.For two young talents who are on the market for the right price here was a satisfying moment that showed Ruben Amorim what can be harnessed if each are retained beyond Monday’s deadline. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago Elusive leader of Hamas's armed wing unit is KILLED along with his deputy 'in combat', the terror group reveals

Mohammed Deif was widely seen as the second-ranking Hamas commander in Gaza, behind Yahya Sinwar who was also killed in an airstrike last year.

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8 hours ago From Godard to Coppola, Van Sant to Anger, Marianne Faithfull was a dazzling magnet for film

The music star was also an electrifying screen presence, from The Girl on a Motorcycle to Marie AntoinetteMarianne Faithfull, singular icon of British pop, dies aged 78Marianne Faithfull was a towering artist, not just the muse she was painted asOn the screen and also in life, Marianne Faithfull experienced something similar to her contemporary Anita Pallenberg – the condescension of being treated like an icon or a muse. Maybe her very real success in music ruled her out of a serious acting career in the eyes of some, but Faithfull for a while occupied the epicentre of the late-60s pop culture zeitgeist, for an intense flashbulb moment she found herself in the overlapping worlds of music, movies and the explodingly important world of celebrity itself.The famous photograph of her in 1967 on a couch between Alain Delon and Mick Jagger absolutely captures her magnetism: Delon is entranced by her, Jagger (her boyfriend) is jealous, looking grumpily down: she and Delon were starring toge...

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10 hours ago Plane crash: Radar footage shows moment American Airlines plane crashed with chopper

Footage of an air traffic radar screen shows the American Airlines flight making a routine landing when the US military Black Hawk suddenly moves into its path - leading to the deadly crash

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9 hours ago David Beckham is modelling in his pants again. Will he not think of his fellow middle

His bronzed torso is ridiculously ripped – and will, once again, cause a shift in the acceptable minimum standards for the male physiqueSo much for the dad bod. David Beckham, who turns 50 this year, has released pictures of himself modelling his new bodywear collection for Hugo Boss. Bodywear, if you’re unfamiliar with the term, appears to mean underwear. In the corresponding ad clip, Beckham returns home for the day in his vintage Aston Martin, Bond-style, but he can’t wait to rip off his sharp suit and slouch around in a leather armchair in nothing but his tighty-whities. He has set the bar very high for middle-aged dads who like to relax by sitting around drinking in their pants, Homer Simpson-style. If you feel at all self-conscious about your soft, squishy, beer-induced centre, Beckham’s new line of smalls will not help.In recent years, the dad bod seemed to be on the verge of widespread public acceptance, even cautious celebration, and a lot of us were congratulating ourselve...

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11 hours ago Moment police catch man in Manchester hotel room with girl, 14, after disturbing 999 call

Officers swooped in on the pervert at a hotel in Manchester after being tipped off by a concerned member of staff

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11 hours ago Miriam Margoyles 'will never forgive herself' for devastating incident when she was young

Comedian and actress Miriam Margoyles said, 'I will never forgive myself' as she recalled a moment of 'frustration and rage' while looking after her beloved mum following a stroke

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12 hours ago Yvette Cooper dodges on when the number of Channel migrant crossings will come down under Labour's plan

The Home Secretary has unveiled proposed new laws to crack down on people smuggling gangs, as part of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.

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11 hours ago Marianne Faithfull was a towering artist, not just the muse she was painted as

The late singer made her share of bad decisions – but someone this artistically adventurous and unafraid was never going to have an ordinary life• News: Marianne Faithfull, singular icon of British pop, dies aged 78It is difficult to think of a moment in pop history less receptive to a 1960s icon relaunching their career than in 1979. At that point, British rock and pop resolutely inhabited a world shaped by punk: it was the year of 2-Tone and Tubeway Army’s Are ‘Friends’ Electric?, of Ian Dury at No 1 and Blondie releasing the bestselling album of the year. And it was a central tenet of punk that the 1960s and their attendant “culture freaks” were, as Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren put it: “fucking disgusting vampiric the most narcissistic generation there has ever been,” and that the decade’s famous names should no longer be afforded the kind of awed reverence they had enjoyed for most of the 70s. “No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones,” as the Clash had sung.And yet Marian...

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12 hours ago Heartbreaking moment people break down and leave flowers at Boston skating club of Washington plane crash victims

Loved ones of six Washington plane crash victims were pictured on Thursday in heartbreaking scenes as they visited the skating club which they belonged to.

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12 hours ago Manchester Chinese New Year 2025: Dragon parade, road closures and Chinatown events this weekend

This weekend, thousands are expected to head to Manchester City Centre to celebrate the Year of the Snake

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13 hours ago Kate Middleton hints at sweet activity she does with her 'kiddies' Charlotte, George and Louis during sweet moment with young girl

Kate managed to squeeze in plenty of sweet moments with the children, including one moment with Lottie, nine, whose sibling is being treated at the hospice.

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12 hours ago Bridget Jones may be 'problematic' but she's just as relatable in 2025

The perma-dieting, toxic man-loving heroine of Helen Fielding’s books is easily written off as a product of her time. Claudia Cockerell on why she’s more relevant than ever

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13 hours ago Influencer who sparked mass invasion of Italian ski resort says she will DOUBLE the 10,000 visitors this weekend

TikTok star Rita de Crescenzo has promoted the ski resort on her page, inviting her 1.7million TikTok followers to visit the area, and tour companies have capitalised on the popularity of her posts.

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12 hours ago ‘I’ve used this LED face mask for four months and it’s the best thing to happen to my skin’

The dual mask works to treat the face and neck but it doesn’t come cheap

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14 hours ago Figure skater saved from horror American Airlines plane crash thanks to his dog

Jon Maravilla was set to be on Flight 5342, which crashed Wednesday night (January 29) after a midair collision with a Black Hawk helicopter, but was forced to drive instead due to his oversized hound

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13 hours ago From balabonnets to hoods – what’s behind the trend for grownup bonnets?

No longer the preserve of newborns, the bonnet is having its own catwalk moment this season. But is their cosy revival driven purely by practicality, or something deeper?Hej! Greetings from Copenhagen. I am in the Danish capital for fashion week, now regularly referred to as the “fifth fashion week” after New York, London, Milan and Paris – such is its influence in the industry and beyond.While some of the catwalk trends have divided opinion (not everyone is down for a ballet flat/sneaker hybrid) on the streets, one item gets a firm yes: the bonnet. Yes, the head covering typically associated with newborns has been seen on everyone from the street-style set outside shows to the Danes queueing at bakeries for their morning buns. It’s not just in Denmark, either. The accessory is thriving and bumping beanies off the headgear charts in London and New York. One TikTok user summed it up: “Brat summer, bonnet winter”. Continue reading...

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14 hours ago Brits given urgent 'stay home, wear mask' warning as cases of infections rise

The UKHSA is encouraging people with symptoms of flu and hMPV to take these precautions

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14 hours ago Princess Kate says 'would you like me to' in sweet moment with little girl she met on poignant royal visit

The Princess of Wales visited Ty Hafan children's hospice near Cardiff on one of her first public engagements since her cancer diagnosis.

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14 hours ago Tearful mugshot of schoolgirl, 15, who organised brutal murder of father and horror stabbing of his son in row over dog

Gary Belfield, 40, died after being stabbed 11 times with a knife and screwdriver when two masked raiders entered his home in Elliot Drive, Felling.

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14 hours ago The Masked Singer fans 'work out' Latitude headliner 'is The Bear' as line

Music fans reckon they have figured out who The Bear from The Masked Singer is, and say the disguised star is going to headline Latitude Festival later this year

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14 hours ago Eerie radar footage shows moment American Airlines plane collided with chopper killing 67

Devastating air traffic control radar footage captured the moment the doomed American Airlines flight collided with a US Army helicopter, killing everyone on board.

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15 hours ago The 'romantic' Scottish island cabin you can book for Valentine's Day getaway

At the moment, a wooden cabin on the Isle of Skye that has been described by guests as "romantic" and "really special" can be booked for a Valentine's Day getaway.

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14 hours ago ‘America’s gulag’: Trump’s Guantánamo ploy tars migrants as terrorists

The president wants to detain thousands of people at a site that is notorious for its secrecy and history of abuseIt has been denounced as “America’s gulag”: a secretive, abuse-ridden Caribbean prison camp for terror suspects that Donald Rumsfeld once said contained “the worst of the worst”.“All of us have scars in our souls, deformities, from living at Guantánamo,” a former Yemeni inmate recalled of his time at the notorious military detention facility in south-east Cuba. Continue reading...

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16 hours ago ITV Masked Singer's Wolf 'unveiled' as Coronation Street star after fan spots major clue

The Masked Singer UK viewers are convinced they've worked out Wolf's identity after spotting a major clue linked to one iconic Coronation Street star.

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15 hours ago Dramatic moment Sean Hannity reveals 'off the record' texts about jet crash from congressman

This is the moment that Sean Hannity read a congressman's 'off the record' text revealing details about the tragic American Airlines plane and US Army helicopter crash.

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16 hours ago Shell still reviewing moving listing away from London but not a live discussion

Oil company Shell says is still mulling moving its stock market listing from London to New York but that it wasn't a “live discussion” at the moment

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15 hours ago One final act of terror for hostages: Hamas thugs push freed Israeli captives including 80

Gadi Moses, 80, and Arbel Yehud, 29, were handed over to the Red Cross Thursday, along with five Thai hostages, following over a year spent in captivity.

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16 hours ago I’m a mum who feels like the most boring fool on Earth. How do I find ‘interesting me’ again? | Leading questions

You’re allowed to want to feel like yourself again, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Sometimes things have to change outside us for things to change insideRead more Leading questionsI’m 36 and a mother to two beautiful hyperactive boys, six and two. I feel like the most boring fool on earth. I have no friends who I can talk to. Social interaction is limited to small talk day to day – at work, with neighbours etc. I am unable to hold any meaningful conversation unless it revolves around kids, their shenanigans and how tired parents always are.My husband goes out with colleagues every week but I am rarely invited anywhere and I don’t think I want to be. I get terrified whenever I am. I’m sure that I add no value to any moment. I feel dejected and sad almost all the time. I can’t even read a book fully any more; I feel I don’t have any headspace left after attending to the boys all day. My husband holds an upper management position therefore he makes more money than me and...

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17 hours ago Shocking moment police catch paedophile in hotel room with young teenage girl after harrowing 999 call

Cops caught the pervert at a hotel in Manchester after being tipped off by a member of staff, who called 999. The bust comes amid a worrying rise in paedophiles raping children in hotels.

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