27 minutes ago Brexit: Majority of Londoners back rejoining the European Union, new poll findings suggest

68% of Londoners also say Brexit has been more of a failure, with 9% describing it as more of a success

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9 hours ago Strictly's Janette Manrara seems to be in high spirits as she's seen for the first time since Wynne Evans withdrew from the live tour after making an inappropriate sexual jibe towards her

The professional dancer and It Takes Two host, 41, has yet to address the scandal, despite Wynne, 53, withdrawing from the Strictly live tour and apologising for his 'inappropriate actions.'

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12 hours ago IPL billionaires and Birmingham City owners win auction for Hundred teams

Mumbai Indians owners pay £60m for Oval InvinciblesKnighthead Capital take stake in Birmingham PhoenixEnglish cricket’s landmark Hundred sale produced an eventful first day as the Ambanis, India’s richest family, and Knighthead Capital, owners of Birmingham City, secured the right to buy 49% stakes in Oval Invincibles and Birmingham Phoenix respectively.The Guardian has learned that Knighthead’s offer of about £40m for 49% of the Phoenix prevailed in a sealed-bids auction over that of private equity firm CVC Capital Partners. CVC had earlier lost out to Reliance Industries Ltd, owners of Mumbai Indians, in a three-way auction for the equivalent stake in Oval Invincibles. Continue reading...

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19 hours ago Sweden's PM admits 'we've lost control' as man who burned Koran is assassinated during live stream

Iraqi refugee, Salwan Momika, 38, repeatedly burned the Koran in 2023, sparking outrage in Muslim countries.

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52 minutes ago Billy Crystal says 'I fell to my knees' as he wears clothes he fled LA wildfire in for FireAid

Billy Crystal was just one of the Hollywood stars that lost their homes in the wildfire that swept through Los Angeles, and he opened up about the devastation during the FireAid concert

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19 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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2 hours ago ‘We were inspired, recharged and nourished by nature’: readers’ favourite wellness trips

From mindful waking in the Yorkshire Dales to a Buddhist retreat in Japan, our tipsters have found inner peace and rejuvenation all over the worldWith Eryri national park (Snowdonia) on the doorstep and guided wild swims available, north Wales’ Tawelu Retreats offers options to explore the outdoors or go full hibernation with the retreat’s yoga classes and meditations, plus a sauna and hot tub. The chef cooked up filling, comforting veggie food and gorgeous chai and hot chocolate. Even getting lost running up the Welsh fells and nearly missing my hot shells massage didn’t trouble my stress levels. It’s women only, four days from £650. Laura King Continue reading...

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20 hours ago More BBC Strictly chaos as second star pulls out of live tour after Wynne Evans scandal

A second Strictly Come Dancing professional has been forced to pull out of the tour just days after Wynne Evans was axed following his inappropriate sexual joke.

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12 hours ago Dragon's Den woman who 'lost all fear' after cancer fight gets £50k and Trinny Woodall backing

47-year-old Laura Harnett, who is the founder of Seep, managed to convince guest judge Trinny Woodall to make her first and only investment during Dragons' Den

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27 hours ago Shotts boss praises players after making league leaders Clydebank fight for narrow win

The Bonny lost 1-0 at Holm Park and John McKeown was impressed by his side's display against the Premier leaders

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97 minutes ago Father who lost skater son, 16, and wife in DC plane crash fights back tears in heartbreaking footage

After Doug Lane's son, Spencer Lane, and his wife, Christine Lane, tragically died aboard the flight that crashed in Washington DC, he has revealed his child's ice-skating journey. 

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31 hours ago Wynne Evans' friends 'insist talk of his career ending is "premature" and defend his inappropriate jokes as "schoolboy comedy"' while his Strictly co

The opera singer, 53, has been embroiled in controversy after he was caught on film by The Mail on Sunday this month making a vile sexual comment about one of the show's female hosts

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2 hours ago Readers' Letters: Budget agreement shows parties at Holyrood are too cosy

Other political parties failing to go against the SNP’s budget riles a reader

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18 hours ago Uniqlo's 'amazing' £13 handbag fits everything you could need for an 'entire holiday'

The compact but spacious £12.90 round shoulder bag can fit clothes and toiletries - and looks gorgeous with any outfit

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6 hours ago Washington DC plane crash live: flight data and cockpit voice recorders recovered, officials say

National Transportation Safety Board announces recorders are now at a lab for evaluation; operation to recover bodies continuesFull report: cockpit voice and flight data recorders recoveredVictims: world champion Russian pair and US skaters were onboard crashed planeVisual guide – how did the DC plane crash unfold?What caused this tragic aviation disaster is not yet known, but the National Transportation Safety Board investigators has said it will have a preliminary report within 30 days.Despite the lack of clarity, newly inaugurated US president Donald Trump has accused his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden of lowering hiring standards and suggested the Federal Aviation Administration’s diversity push could have weakened its capabilities. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Thug who held knife against his elderly aunt's throat claimed he was only trying to find his violent dad

James McCafferty, 28, alleged his dad had stabbed him on a previous occasion and he lost the plot when no one would tell him where he was.

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20 hours ago European Central Bank cuts interest rates to support growth as eurozone economy stagnates

Live coverage of business, economics and financial news as ECB cuts main interest rate by 0.25 percentage points in effort to support growthIt was a flash reading on the Eurozone economy, so we don’t have the details on what the drivers were. But it’s clear that it was a weak end to 2024.But the European Central Bank might be able to spur a bit of economic growth in the eurozone with looser monetary policy.This marks a weak end to last year, following positive growth in the first three quarters of 2024. As a result, first estimates suggest that the currency bloc as a whole grew by 0.7% in 2024. Declining activity in Germany – the Eurozone’s largest economy – has weighed on the bloc’s growth, with German GDP contracting by 0.2% on the quarter. This suggests Germany has now seen annual declines in activity for two consecutive years.In 2025, further loosening of monetary conditions is expected to provide a modest uptick in activity for both Germany and the Eurozone, with growth expecte...

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8 hours ago Staying active before you hit 50 could stave off dementia in later life, study shows

A healthy body really could mean a healthy mind. For a study suggests that staying active before you hit the age of 50 could have stave off dementia in later life.

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9 hours ago Calorie counts on menus may be harming those with eating disorders, study finds

Seeing calorie labels reinforced disordered eating beliefs, the study suggested

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21 hours ago IT worker wins payout for unfair dismissal after suing her British bosses because they wouldn't let her work from home in rural Pakistan

Software developer Tehmina Akhtar suggested she work remotely from a rural area near the city of Lahore, saying she was too anxious to fly back to the UK alone following a two-year career break.

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10 hours ago Washington plane crash: Air traffic control tower 'understaffed' during deadly collision, FAA report finds

Shock report revealed after Donald Trump suggests diversity hiring to blame for tragedy which left 67 dead

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9 hours ago UK marks five years since Brexit amid calls to rejoin and claims of ‘betrayal’

Polling suggests that, five years on, a majority of the public thinks leaving the EU was a mistake.

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10 hours ago Wynne Evans 'hit with two more claims of inappropriate language' after Strictly axe

Strictly Come Dancing star Wynne Evans, who was recently axed from the live tour, was reportedly hit with more claims

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11 hours ago Wynne Evans comes under MORE fire as he faces fresh allegations of 'inappropriate' language

Earlier this week, the opera singer, 53, stepped down from the tour after coming under fire for making a vile remark aimed at Janette Manrara.

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11 hours ago NFL says it will look into allegations by massage therapists about Justin Tucker's behavior

An NFL spokesman says the league will look into allegations that Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker behaved inappropriately toward massage therapists at four spas and wellness centers in the Baltimore area

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11 hours ago As a human rights lawyer, I fight against discrimination in all its forms. Witnessing the recent anti

In the face of those who refuse to see our humanity, I choose to imagine that we are humane enough to believe in theirsMy grandmother, Holocaust survivor Olga Horak OAM, passed away in August 2024 just days after her 98th birthday. Just one week before, she attended her great-granddaughter’s Jewish day school to share her remarkable story of survival with the Year 6 students. Her parting message was simple: “Never forget. Don’t hate”. Although she could no longer stand up straight, in her decades-long commitment to Holocaust education as a volunteer at the Sydney Jewish Museum, she was indefatigable until the end.When she died, we lost an empire of knowledge. Just as we do whenever we lose a survivor. Her strength of character, her disarming candour, her twinkly eyes, her testimony and her light have secreted themselves in the hearts of the thousands of people she touched, like little mirrors reflecting flashes of her life. A giant photo mosaic. Continue reading...

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11 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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11 hours ago American Airlines CEO under fire for 'lack of respect' with outfit during briefing about DC plane crash

Robert Isom issued a heartfelt message to family members whose loved ones were onboard the passenger flight that crashed with a military helicopter at Reagan International Airport.

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12 hours ago Meghann Fahy Gets Cozy with Boyfriend Leo Woodall Before Bridget Jones London Premiere Afterparty

Meghann Fahy Gets Cozy with Boyfriend Leo Woodall Before Bridget Jones London Premiere Afterparty  PEOPLE

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11 hours ago Washington plane crash LIVE: Trump suggests diversity hiring to blame as FAA report says air traffic control 'not normal'

US president confirms no survivors as rescuers search Potomac River after American Airlines flight collides with Black Hawk helicopter

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13 hours ago Woman sent videos of herself farting to her boyfriend's ex and 'found it hilarious'

The 25-year-old woman was sentenced to a 12-month community order following the inappropriate videos, the sending of which she was said not to have realised was a criminal offence

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12 hours ago Anguished face of former Olympics star Nancy Kerrigan, whose skating club lost six members to DC plane crash

'It's a shock. I was watching all night (on television) and when you find out you know some of the people on the plane it is an even bigger blow,' she said through her tears.

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14 hours ago 12 of the best romantic Airbnbs in the UK for cosy Valentine’s celebrations and couple’s trips

From remote cabins to off-grid retreats, find the perfect Airbnb this Valentine’s Day for a romantic getaway

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12 hours ago Washington DC plane crash live: staffing at Reagan airport air traffic control reportedly ‘not normal’ at time of collision

Internal preliminary safety report suggests staffing was lower than it should be for ‘time of day and volume of traffic’, New York Times reportsOfficials say no survivors expected in DC plane crashFirst known victims include figure-skating championsVisual guide – how did the DC plane crash unfold?Multiple media including the New York Times, Reuters and CNN are saying the Black Hawk helicopter was carrying three soldiers. No senior army officials were onboard, they reported, citing US defence officials.Multiple sources are now saying that about 60 people were onboard the American Airlines plane that collided with the helicopter. Continue reading...

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15 hours ago Reform UK surges AHEAD of the Tories with Nigel Farage's outfit now just three points behind Labour as support for Britain's two main parties slumps to a fresh low, new polling shows

The research by Survation found Nigel Farage 's party were backed by 24 per cent of voters, which was up four percentage points from a survey last month.

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12 hours ago Plane crash report suggests air traffic control tower staffing 'not normal' at time

“We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation.”

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16 hours ago Queen Letizia of Spain wraps up warm in an elegant coat and a bright green blazer as she visits a cancer association in Madrid

The fashion-forward royal, 52, wore a thick black coat to stave off the winter chill as she arrived to the Spanish Association Against Cancer headquarters in Madrid.

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12 hours ago Marianne Faithfull dies aged 78: Mick Jagger leads tributes to 'wonderful' singer, actress and sixties icon

Faithfull’s hits included As Tears Go By, which was written by former boyfriend Sir Mick

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16 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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13 hours ago Marianne Faithfull dies aged 78: Tributes pour in for singer and actress as she passes away 'peacefully'

Faithfull’s hits included As Tears Go By, which was written by former boyfriend Sir Mick Jagger

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17 hours ago Woman smashed cereal bowl on partner's head and caused serious laceration

Izabela Meteva, 31, attacked her boyfriend at their home in Newport and had become 'abusive' in the relationship

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13 hours ago Washington plane crash LIVE: Trump suggests diversity hiring to blame as FAA safety report says 'air traffic control understaffed'

US president confirms no survivors as rescuers search Potomac River after American Airlines flight collides with Black Hawk helicopter

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20 hours ago Local bank branch closing? Why 350 shared banking hubs could be the perfect solution

Our cities, towns and villages have lost thousands of local bank branches in the past decade - but what happens when it all goes a bit Pete Tong?

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14 hours ago Ravens kicker Justin Tucker denies claims of sexual misconduct towards massage therapists

NFL star accused of ‘really degrading’ behaviorLawyers for Tucker say claims are ‘utterly baseless’Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker has denied allegations accusing him of sexually inappropriate behavior towards massage therapists.The Baltimore Banner spoke to six massage therapists at four spas and wellness centers around the Baltimore area. The accusations include claims that Tucker exposed his genitals, brushed some of the therapists with his penis and left ejaculate on treatment tables. Two spas allegedly banned Tucker from returning. One therapist who spoke to the Banner described Tucker’s alleged behaviour as “really degrading”. Another said that “I can’t watch sports anymore. I see his face everywhere.” Continue reading...

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21 hours ago Strictly's Jamie Borthwick, Jowita Przystal, and Katya Jones lead weary stars as they arrive in Leeds for next tour show after Wynne Evans withdrew over X

It comes just after Wynne Evans withdrew from the show and apologised for his 'inappropriate actions'.

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14 hours ago Man City star sends warning to Real Madrid and Bayern Munich before Champions League draw

Manuel Akanji has insisted Manchester City have not lost their European aura as they gear up for a clash with either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich

Events

21 hours ago Minister: Fake news to suggest women’s health hubs face cuts or closure

A target to ensure every region in England has a women’s health hub has not been renewed in NHS planning guidance.

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14 hours ago Donald Trump slammed after suggesting diversity hires to blame for Washington plane crash

Aviation expert warns Trump presented theories about midair crash between a passenger plane and an army helicopter ‘based on no evidence at all’

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21 hours ago Craig Revel Horwood takes catty swipe at Ola Jordan after she claims he's lost his 'sparkle' on Strictly

The judge even suggested a potential replacement for him on the panel of the BBC dance competition

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14 hours ago Marianne Faithfull dies aged 78: Singer and actress passes away 'peacefully' in London

Faithfull’s hits included As Tears Go By, which was written by former boyfriend Sir Mick Jagger

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