Coronation Street star Claire Sweeney took to her Instagram to pay tribute to a 90s pop star as she reminded fans to 'treasure their friends'

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Ruud van Nistelrooy served Manchester United one of the most exciting young forwards on a silver platter – but then Liverpool came calling

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The new pension rates for 2024/25 have been confirmed and pensioners will see their payments increase from April. State pensioners will get a boost worth up to an extra £472 a year

Economics

After a winless 2024, Wales face a tall task of the opening night of the tournament as they take on favourites France in Paris

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The boyfriend of Anna Beatriz Pereira Alves, known by her stage name Anna Polly, has said 'if anyone is to blame, they will pay' after she was found dead after 'a threesome'

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‘Imagine explaining this to a Victorian child’ said one confused fan

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The Government is reportedly planning a shake-up of the licence fee, which could require more people to pay

Technology

When Bill Gates was nine, a therapist said he was 'retarded'. He wasn't bad at his lessons. It was his voice - he was squeaky.

Science

Pamela Nash has written to North Lanarkshire Council urging the authority to assess Cambusnethan Street after a man was knocked down on the road on Tuesday, January 21.

Transport

Fresh off the release of a new album called “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” The Weeknd has announced a massive North American stadium tour

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Londoners are paying to live in deserted schools, office blocks and an old cathedral to avoid ‘insane’ rents  CNN

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The city council pushed through the new rates this week

Economics

Brighton winger Benicio Baker-Boaitey is in advanced talks over a permanent switch to Millwall, who want to make the England Under-20 star their fifth January signing

Sport

Hollywood endings are pricey, even in England’s third division

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Sundance’s Free Leonard Peltier outlines the decades-long efforts to free the Indigenous activist from prison – up to the commutation of his sentence one week before the premiereOf all the documentaries at the Sundance film festival this year, perhaps none is as timely as Free Leonard Peltier, Jesse Short Bull and David France’s film on the Indigenous activist imprisoned for nearly half a century.Peltier, now 80 years old, is serving consecutive life sentences for the killing of two FBI agents during a shootout at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in 1975, though he has maintained his innocence. Activists, celebrities and liberation advocates such as Nelson Mandela have called for his release for decades, citing railroaded justice and evidence of prosecutorial misconduct; the FBI and law enforcement, meanwhile, have campaigned vociferously against any commutation of his sentence. Continue reading...

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The death of singer Marianne Faithfull at the age of 78 means the loss of "not just a fiercely unique talent, but the stored knowledge of a generation", Nick Cave has said

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LIVE UPDATES: Hopes are beginning to fade for 64 people on board the doomed American Airlines flight which crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night.

Society

The Traitors star made a rare appearance on Good Morning Britain this week - and fans flocked to donate to his chosen charity after hearing his story

Economics

The winning UK Millionaire Maker slip was purchased in the London Borough of Lambeth on September 3, last year - and its owner has until March 2 to claim their seven-figure jackpot.

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A disabled pilot has called President Trump’s suggestion that diversity and inclusion policies contributed to the Washington DC plane crash a "gut punch" to disabled people.

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The Human Authored online portal allows members to register their book and use a specially designed logo on covers and promotional materialsThe US body representing writers, the Authors Guild, has launched an online portal for members to confirm that their work “emanated from the human intellect” and not from artificial intelligence.The initiative, called Human Authored, will allow authors to log on to the portal and register their book. They will then be able to use a specially designed logo on book covers and promotional materials to show that their work has been created without AI. Continue reading...

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Medik8's Total Moisture Daily Facial Cream, £45, is a total game-changer for beauty editor Zoe Cripps, and one of the few products that she would genuinely pay for herself

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Interim boss Simon Easterby faces a key call at fly half, with Scotland and Italy also set to reveal their line-ups today

Society

Dr. Gianluca Grimalda was sacked from his role at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in 2023 after he refused, on principle, to fly back to Germany from Papua New Guinea.

Economics

The Brazilian has conquered the world of MMA, but is now eyeing up a potential move to boxing and is already calling out the big names at heavyweight

Sport

Marianne started her musical journey in 1964, recording 'As Tears Go By', a song penned by Rolling Stones stars Mick, Keith Richards, and their manager Andrew Loog Oldham.

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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...

Culture

Swansea City have officially parted company with skipper Matt Grimes, who has joined Championship rivals Coventry City

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Dad-of-two Callum John, whose children are aged two and six, turned the corner of his street to find plumes of smoke billowing from his home

Society

'It’s bad news for everyone if there aren’t enough council and school employees to keep neighbourhoods safe, care for vulnerable people and give pupils the education they need'

Economics

Have you been paying attention to the big (and small) stories in football, rugby, cricket, tennis, golf and NFL? Continue reading...

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Manchester United transfer latest with Marcus Rashford still in limbo at Old Trafford

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Red cards, penalties and offside calls under the microscope

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King Charles is on the hunt for a new member of staff

Society

While Scotland braces for blizzards this week, expected to plunge parts of the UK into -4C, the call of spring is growing louder, and outdoor clothing brand TOG24 is leading the way with its Wardrobe Refresh Challenge.

Economics

Dana White has slapped down UFC fighter Bryce Mitchell after he described Adolf Hitler as a 'good guy' and denied the Holocaust ever happened. 

Sport

Norovirus, also called the winter vomiting bug, is a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea

Events

Dog walkers are angry at restrictions which come in each summer

Politics

David Beckham fans went wild after he posted another sizzling picture on Wednesday - as they noticed a glaring detail about it.

Sport

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels are seizing control of areas within the DRC. This will only escalate unless western governments actAs if this world needs more bloodshed, here comes another major war knocking on the door of the crumbling international order. This week’s ferocious assault and capture of the largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by rebels backed by troops from its tiny neighbour, Rwanda, marks an escalation with far reaching consequences beyond Africa. It also exposes the complacency of western governments, who many Congolese accuse of paving the way for this crisis.The rebellion, known as the M23, has been snowballing since 2021. In recent months, M23 seized swathes of territory as it encircled Goma, a city nestled below a group of volcanoes facing the Rwandan border. This week, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, called for Rwanda to stop supporting M23 and to remove its troops from Congolese territory, adding that the conflict had ...

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The local Liberal Democrat group have called for an emergency meeting over Oldham's position in Places for Everyone.

Politics

The DWP said up to 880,000 pensioners are missing out on Pension Credit each year - which includes additional perks like Winter Fuel Payment

Economics

Gary Neville hasn't held back on his assessment of Arsenal supporters while comparing Mikel Arteta's side to the Manchester United team he played in under Sir Alex Ferguson

Sport

Nikki Serenity, 27, from St Louis, Missouri, US, only shaves twice a year and has been called a 'gorilla' by cruel trolls - but she's proud of her body hair and refuses to budge

Events

The Jordanian monarch, King Abdullah II, and his youngest child, Prince Hashem, celebrated their special days together on 30 January.

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Local authorities in England have been distributing £200 'hardship' payments to help households with living costs - and more areas are expected to roll out the scheme

Economics

Former Aston Villa star Gabby Agbonlahor has been left fuming after Arsenal's £60million bid for Ollie Watkins became public knowledge before Unai Emery's side took on Celtic in the Champions League

Sport

Model Sadie Frost has paid tribute to her friend Marianne Faithfull following her devastating death which was announced on Thursday night

Events

"Our incredible NHS staff and patients deserve better"

Politics

Water bills in Scotland will rise by 9.9 percent, adding an extra £3.68 per month for water and wastewater services from April 1

Economics

Europe's elite club competition is also one of the most lucrative for clubs with Celtic making millions

Sport

For 17 years Brendan Stevens led a small conservative Christian sect known as the Saints, disavowing birthdays, schooling and medicine – including the insulin that would have saved Elizabeth Struhs’ lifeThey said he was “appointed by God”. They called him “the pastor”, “the messenger” and “the healer”.For 17 years, Brendan Stevens led his small congregation known as the Saints, a religious sect thrust into the international spotlight this week after one of its flock, an eight-year-old diabetic named Elizabeth Struhs, died after members denied her life-saving insulin. Fourteen members of the Saints, including Elizabeth’s parents, her brother and Stevens, were this week convicted of her 2022 manslaughter in a Queensland court. Continue reading...

Events

Love Island star Nicole Samuel has opened up about her split from Ciaran Davies after the couple were forced to call time on their relationship shortly after leaving the villa

Politics

The Traitors favourite Alexander Dragonetti appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain this week. He spoke about his late brother as fans raised £60,000 for the Mencap charity in his honour

Economics

Mike Wainwright found guilty by Swiss court of paying more than €5mn in bribes in first conviction of commodity trader for corruption

Events

The Leaning Resource Centre manager had questioned Mr Biden's cognitive abilities and called him a 'dangerous man', an employment tribunal heard.

Politics

'Ring leader' Faris Kayani, 30, Saqib Mahmood, 28, Luc Williams, 24 "targeted" elderly people by calling them up and informing them they had been victims of fraud

Economics

South Wales Police's budget proposals have been release which would involve a £26 or 7.37% increase in the precept

Events

If China has done to Sam Altman what his OpenAI has been accused of doing to creatives, it would take a heart of stone not to laughI once saw an episode of America’s Dumbest Criminals where a man called the cops to report his car stolen, only for it to turn out he’d stolen it from someone else in the first place. I couldn’t help thinking of him this week while watching OpenAI’s Sam Altman wet his pants about the fact that a Chinese hedge fund might have made unauthorised use of his own chatbot models, including ChatGPT, to train their new little side project. This is the cheaper, more open, extremely share-price-slashing DeepSeek.As news of DeepSeek played havoc with the tech stock market, OpenAI pressed its hanky to its nose and released a statement: “We are aware of and reviewing indications that DeepSeek may have inappropriately distilled our models, and will share information as we know more,” this ran. “We take aggressive, proactive countermeasures to protect our technology.” O...

Politics

2023 saw the largest tax increase on alcohol in more than half a century, but consumers could see even more price increases as alcohol duty is set to rise yet again

Economics

A large 100ml bottle of the Oscar nominee's perfume is on offer at a cheaper price than you would pay for a smaller 50ml bottle.

Events

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT Bodycam footage shows Greater Manchester Police officers bursting in on a hotel room in which a pervert was with a 14-year-old schoolgirl

Politics

2023 saw the largest tax increase on alcohol in more than half a century, but consumers could see even more price increases as alcohol duty is set to rise yet again

Economics

Taking to X/ Twitter this week, the British Money Saving Expert said that the new payment option offers little protection.

Events

Cardiff Council said it has learnt lessons from the HMRC landfill tax dispute which will see it have to pay out £16m

Politics

Bankrupt Roman Catholic archdiocese replaced members at church-affiliated non-profit over $16m disputeThe archbishop of New Orleans’ bankrupt Roman Catholic archdiocese on Thursday abruptly fired and replaced top leaders at a church-affiliated food bank, with those dismissed saying it was because the non-profit refused to contribute to paying survivors of child sexual abuse by clergymen.The ousted members of Second Harvest’s board of directors say the changes “follow months of increasingly aggressive pressure placed on Second Harvest to contribute as much as $16m toward helping to resolve victims’ claims related to the church’s sexual abuse-related bankruptcy”, which has been pending since May 2020. Continue reading...

Economics

Dancing On Ice star Sir Steve Redgrave has paid tribute to the figure skaters who have been confirmed dead in the tragic plane crash in Washington DC this week.

Events

The actress, 35, took to Instagram on Thursday to share a photo of the pair from Phil's Hollywood Hall of Fame acceptance ceremony in 1999, when she was aged 10 as well as a more recent snap.

Politics

The Public Accounts Committee warned people claiming disability benefits are also getting 'unacceptably poor service' - waiting on average 10 times longer for calls to be answered

Economics

The tragedy happened in the village of West Bretton, near Wakefield.

Events

John Mulaney reportedly left crowds of A-listers giggling in shock when he made a jokey jab at the Sussexes at an LA event - and it turns out it's not the first time he's directed his quips at the royal couple.

Politics

For those not familiar with the name, Drax, near Selby in North Yorkshire, is fuelled by so-called 'biomass' - which is to say, wood pellets made from crushed trees.

Economics

John Hales was a legend in the horse racing game and close friend of Sir Alex Ferguson with Paul Nicholls confirming his death calling him a 'great man'

Events

Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Finlay Carson claims there are “several significant and serious challenges and criticism” of the process.

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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...

Economics

Ivor Forde, 74, was waiting at a roundabout when pensioner Brian Allen drove through a set of red lights in a powerful BMW 340 and ploughed into his car in King's Lynn, Norfolk.

Events

Trump’s better-known adversaries were expecting payback, but more intense vengeance felt by civil servantsFederal government workers have been left “shell-shocked” by the upheaval wrought by Donald Trump’s return to the presidency amid signs that he is bent on exacting revenge on a bureaucracy that he considers to be a “deep state” that previously thwarted and persecuted him.Since being restored to the White House on 20 January, the president has gone on a revenge spree against high-profile figures who previously served him but earned his enmity by slighting or criticising him in public. Continue reading...

Politics

The Australian ace produced magic at the Ally Pally with his perfect nine-dart leg in his loss to Luke Woodhouse.

Economics

Just a few days after a river search was called off, Police Scotland has confirmed that a body has been found in the water near where the twins were last seen over three weeks ago

Events

Five years after we left the EU, people are still paying the price. We’re ready to work with Westminster to forge closer bonds with EuropeJohn Swinney is the first minister of ScotlandThe pantomime season may be over, but when it comes to the government’s much-repeated claim to be pursuing economic growth above all else, the cry of “It’s behind you” is sounding ever louder. This classic panto joke works when everyone in the audience can see something clearly but the character on stage pretends not to. So it is with Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal and Rachel Reeves’s attempts to kickstart the economy. Reeves and Keir Starmer are ignoring what is blindingly obvious to everyone else: Brexit is a significant drag on Britain’s growth prospects. They know it’s true but refuse to acknowledge it and, more importantly, to do anything about it.There is, however, nothing comical about this situation. The hard Brexit negotiated by Johnson took the UK out of the EU, the single market and the customs...

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Former prime ministers Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown paid tribute to a “working class hero” at the funeral of Lord John Prescott.

Economics

It's the perfect payday treat for anyone who loves a relaxing bath

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