2 hours ago Scotland was 'subject rather than partner' in British Empire, according to Scots

A new poll conducted by YouGov has revealed Scottish attitudes to the British Empire, with Scots more likely to see the country as a victim rather than a participant.

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22 hours ago Strictly tour descends into chaos as yet another star pulls out of live shows

The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour has been thrown into chaos as yet another star pulls out of the scheduled UK shows, following the news that Wynne Evans will not be participating

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1 hour ago Aldi's Valentine's Day flowers 'look like Lego' but cost fraction of the price

People are telling Lego to 'move aside' as the Aldi flowers are proving popular with shoppers on a budget

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15 hours ago Man United transfer could finally get green light as agreement 'blocked'

Manchester United transfer news as Tyrell Malacia's short-term future could be resolved in the final days of the January transfer window

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2 hours ago John Swinney warns local authorities raising council tax by 10% is 'too high'

The First Minister said councils had been privately "welcoming" their budget funding from the Scottish Government and this was "better" than they had thought they would get.

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4 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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9 hours ago Inside Lidl's first pub: Drawings reveal the plans for a £410,000 bar in budget supermarket after it won planning battle with owner of local off

Drawings sent to planning officials reveal the £410,000 Lidl pub in Dundonald, Co Down, will have six seats next to the bar as well as tables and chairs around the room.

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22 hours ago Barcelona players hit out at plans for Women’s Supercopa in Saudi Arabia

‘To a country that doesn’t respect women? I don’t see it’RFEF in dicussions with Saudi Arabia over competitionFemale players in Spain have hit out at plans to take the women’s Supercopa to Saudi Arabia. The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has been in negotiations with the Saudis to extend their agreement to play the men’s Supercopa semi-finals and final away from Spain until at least 2034 and include the women’s competition too.However, Barcelona players have now criticised the plans. “Taking the Supercopa outside of Spain and to a country that doesn’t respect women? I don’t see it,” the midfielder Patri Guijarro said after their semi-final win over Atlético Madrid in this year’s edition. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds to ask federal court to drop Justin Baldoni's $400M suit amid legal battles

'The Lively-Reynolds Parties intend to move to dismiss Plaintiffs' complaint,' an attorney for the couple requested to Judge Lewis Liman in a letter.

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17 hours ago I’ve found the CeraVe deals worth buying, from cleansers to moisturisers

If you’re looking to supercharge your skincare, look no further than this budget-friendly yet effective brand

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11 hours ago ‘Epidemic’ of violence against women and girls in UK is getting worse – report

National Audit Office says government attempts to tackle misogynistic violence are hampered by poor coordinationAn “epidemic of violence against women and girls” in the UK is getting worse despite years of government promises and strategies, a highly critical report from Whitehall’s spending watchdog has said.The National Audit Office report comes four years after a major government response to violence against women and girls (VAWG) was launched after the murders of Sabina Nessa and Sarah Everard.The Home Office did not have “centrally coordinated funding” for VAWG, unlike that for the 2021 illegal drugs strategy, and had underspent on its own VAWG budget by an average of 15% between 2021-22 and 2023-24.There was no consistent definition for VAWG – the Home Office includes all victims, while police forces only include women and girls – which “made it difficult to measure progress in a consistent way”.While 78% of the commitments in the strategy had been met by July 2024, several we...

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6 hours ago Disability benefit claimants are waiting '10 times longer for calls to be answered'

The Public Accounts Committee concluded that disability benefit claimants, in particular, are receiving a subpar service, including lengthy processing times for their claims

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18 hours ago RFK Jr sought ‘Make America Healthy Again’ trademark for vaccine marketing

Trump’s health secretary pick transferred ownership of Maha slogan application to anti-vaccine ally Del BigtreeRobert F Kennedy Jr, the anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist nominated for US health secretary by Donald Trump, recently applied to trademark his own “Make America Healthy Again” slogan for use in marketing potential products including food supplements, vitamins, essential oils – and vaccines.Documentation filed with the Office of Government Ethics lists $100,000 earned from a “licensing agreement to use Maha brand marks”. Continue reading...

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13 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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6 hours ago ‘A neural fossil’: human ears try to move when listening, scientists say

Researchers found that muscles move to orient ears toward sound source in vestigial reactionWiggling your ears might be more of a pub party piece than a survival skill, but humans still try to prick up their ears when listening hard, researchers have found.Ear movement is crucial in many animals, not least in helping them focus their attention on particular noises and work out which direction they are coming from. Continue reading...

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20 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Aston Villa's Watkins stance revealed, Arsenal's £60m agreement, Duran medical booked

The transfer window is approaching its final week as clubs in the Premier League and across Europe seek to close out deals

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17 hours ago Girlfriend's last letter to 'love of my life' before he was killed by falling tree in Storm Éowyn

Kacper Dudek's girlfriend Molly, who was described as 'the most important love in his life', had written him a letter which was read in church during his funeral

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7 hours ago Nicola Sturgeon blasts Humza Yousaf over 'catastrophic' sacking of Greens from Scottish Government

Sturgeon did not spare her successor for ending an agreement she engineered.

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23 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal's Watkins bid faces £64m agreement as Liverpool star on the move

The transfer window is approaching its final week as clubs in the Premier League and across Europe seek to close out deals

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17 hours ago ‘Disrupt or be disrupted’ mainstream parties warned as voters turn to populists

Research shows voters losing faith in traditional centre-left and centre-right to deliver meaningful changeVoters in western democracies are turning away from mainstream political parties and towards populists because they are losing faith in their ability to implement meaningful change, a major report based on surveys of 12,000 voters has found.The popularity of traditional centre-left and centre-right parties across major democratic countries has plummeted from 73% in 2000 to 51% today, according to research by the Tony Blair Institute. Continue reading...

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9 hours ago Only woman at 'hacker event' sparks fierce debate after receiving anonymous note

A woman who attended a hackathon has divided the internet after revealing she was given a handwritten note at the event by one of the other participants.

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24 hours ago First Nations to fight for billions in treaty payments in Canadian court

Group in northern Ontario argues crown failed to honour agreement and capped annual payments in 1874 at $4A group of First Nations in Canada is turning to the courts in the hope of securing billions of dollars in compensation, after accusing the government of failing to engage in “meaningful negotiations” for money owed under a 175-year-old treaty.“The governments’ refusal to come to grips with their treaty obligations has continued 175 years of broken promises, lies and neglect,” Wilfred King, chief of Gull Bay First Nation, said in a statement announcing plans to seek compensation that is “just, liberal, generous and honourable”. Continue reading...

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17 hours ago ‘Disrupt or be disrupted’, mainstream parties warned as voters turn to populists

Research shows voters losing faith in traditional centre-left and centre-right to deliver meaningful changeVoters in western democracies are turning away from mainstream political parties and towards populists because they are losing faith in their ability to implement meaningful change, a major report based on surveys of 12,000 voters has found.The popularity of traditional centre-left and centre-right parties across major democratic countries has plummeted from 73% in 2000 to 51% today, according to research by the Tony Blair Institute. Continue reading...

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12 hours ago My boyfriend lost it at me because he thinks my cosy outfit is 'inappropriate' and 'suggestive'

A young woman has questioned if her outfit is 'inappropriate' following a comment her boyfriend made.

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25 hours ago Britain's oldest theme park is under threat as boss says Rachel Reeves' 'socialist' Labour budget has increased costs by £50,000 a year

Britain's oldest theme park is under threat as its costs continue to spiral, with the park's owner blaming Labour's 'socialist' budget last Autumn.

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18 hours ago Elliott warns White House is inflating crypto bubble that ‘could wreak havoc’

Supporting digital assets that could marginalise the dollar is ‘dangerous’, investor letter says

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16 hours ago Tulsi Gabbard grilled on Snowden, Assad and Putin in tense Senate hearing

Skeptical senators ruthlessly questioned Trump’s national intelligence director nominee ahead of confirmation voteUS politics live – latest updatesTulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s nominee for national intelligence director, refused to call the whistleblower Edward Snowden a “traitor” but sought to rein in her unorthodox views on foreign dictators and opposition to electronic surveillance during a tense confirmation hearing that could sink her nomination to oversee the country’s sprawling intelligence community.In a three-hour hearing before the Senate intelligence committee, Gabbard, a former congresswoman and member of the Hawaii army national guard, partially recanted her views that Russia was provoked into invading Ukraine, said she had “no love” for the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and denied meeting with Hezbollah representatives during a trip to Lebanon in 2017. Continue reading...

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19 hours ago Labour warned 'Trump and Musk will dictate how UK is run' if Reform win election

Nigel Farage's Reform UK has taken the lead in a recent voting intention poll and Mirror readers are concerned about what that means for the future of Labour and British politics.

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16 hours ago Mathys Tel sends cryptic message amid Man United transfer links and Tottenham 'agreement'

Bayern Munich winger Mathys Tel is expected to leave the club before the end of the January transfer window after failing to make an impact under Vincent Kompany

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21 hours ago Nearly 11 million people hit by post delays over Christmas, says Citizens Advice

'For far too long, letter delays and poor service have become business as usual at Royal Mail'

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16 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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28 hours ago Video shows horrifying moment American Airlines plane collides with US Army helicopter and crashes into Washington DC river

Warning: Some readers may find this footage distressing

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16 hours ago ‘Did they learn nothing?’: Auschwitz survivor to return German honour over AfD vote role

Albrecht Weinberg ‘horrified’ that MPs relied on far-right party to pass anti-immigration motionA 99-year-old Holocaust survivor has said he will return his federal order of merit to the German president in protest over MPs passing an anti-immigration motion in parliament with the support of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland.Albrecht Weinberg, whose parents were murdered in Auschwitz, told the Guardian he was “horrified” on learning that a proposal submitted by the conservative parties had relied on the anti-immigrant, xenophobic AfD to get it over the line. Continue reading...

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35 hours ago Almost 11 million people hit by post delays over Christmas – Citizens Advice

The worst-hit region for letter delays in the past month was the South East, with 27% of people not receiving post on time.

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17 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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17 hours ago Royal Mail to axe Saturday second class letter deliveries under Ofcom plans

The postal service could also see wider postal delivery targets cut

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17 hours ago 'I've had a baby at long last but now I’m struggling and feel overwhelmed'

Resident agony aunt Coleen Nolan has advice for a reader who tried for a long time to have a child but is finding the exhaustion hard to cope with and feels lonely

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18 hours ago Letters: Build a third runway? Heathrow should drop its shorthaul flights

Letters: Build a third runway? Heathrow should drop its shorthaul flights  The Independent

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18 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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19 hours ago Gartmore composer latest to support campaign against music tuition cuts

The £250,000 worth of cuts to the service have been floated by a £13million funding gap for this year's budget.

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21 hours ago Letter written by Mary Queen of Scots' six hours before execution to go on display in Scottish city

The letter is on the move as part of the National Library of Scotland’s centenary celebrations.

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21 hours ago Letter written by Mary Queen of Scots six hours before execution to go on display in Scottish city

The letter is on the move as part of the National Library of Scotland’s centenary celebrations.

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