67 minutes ago Michael van Gerwen speaks out on PDC darts rule change after ‘what is the point’ comments

The PDC announced changes to their European Tour events earlier this month, and 2025 World Championship finalist Michael van Gerwen has had his say on the criticised alterations

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13 hours ago Heartbreaking last words of American Airlines pilot Jonathan Campos revealed by family

Jonathan Campos' uncle choked back tears as he spoke about the last conversation he had with his nephew just hours before America's deadliest aviation disaster since 9/11

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76 minutes ago Barclays IT glitch locks customers out of accounts for almost 24 hours

Outage comes on HMRC’s deadline day for settling self-assessment tax returns and a pay day for many workersA serious IT glitch has left some Barclays customers locked out of their accounts throughout the night and almost 24 hours on from the bank’s initial outage.Barclays has apologised to customers and said it was “currently facing intermittent errors” with its payment system. “We’re working to fix this as quickly as possible,” it said. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Manchester United release clear Alejandro Garnacho message after late transfer drama

Manchester United transfer news as Alejandro Garnacho future comes under the microscope once more following impressive European display

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36 minutes ago NATO scrambles warplanes as Putin strikes hit across Ukraine hours after Trump says he is talking to Russia about ending war

The wave of attacks by Vladimir Putin - which led to power cuts in multiple regions - came soon after Donald Trump announced in the Oval Office that his administration was actively talking to Moscow.

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13 hours ago Astronaut stuck on International Space Station for months just broke the record for total spacewalk time by a woman

Sunita Williams reached a record of 62 hours and six minutes during her ninth spacewalk

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31 hours ago Terminally ill teen left in hospital corridor for 14 hours wakes from coma

The 18-year-old, who suffers from Cerebral Palsy and Scoliosis, was told there were no beds available and placed in the hallway as he writhed around in pain.

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2 hours ago Mark Steel: ‘At 16, I thought I’d help transform the world into a socialist arena of peace and justice. I’m not sure we’ve managed it’

The comedian on liberating a budgie, stealing carrier bags, and his recent brush with deathBorn in Kent, Mark Steel, 64, began his radio career in 1992 with the satirical show The Mark Steel Solution. From 1999 to 2002, he presented The Mark Steel Lectures on Radio 4, which was nominated for a Bafta when it transferred to television. He has made 13 series of Mark Steel’s in Town for Radio 4, and his podcast is What the F*** Is Going On?. On 12 February, he begins a tour of The Leopard in My House and publishes an accompanying book. He lives in London and has two children. His partner is the comedian Shaparak Khorsandi.What is your earliest memory? When I was three years old, my mum and dad took the budgie cage out into the garden to clean it and I thought: “I’m going to open the door to see what happens.” Obviously what happened was the budgie flew out of the cage. I remember thinking: “Blimey, I’ve gone and done it now”, which sort of set the tone for the rest of my life. Continue ...

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20 hours ago The Greater Manchester hotel on site of former nightclub named one of the best wedding venues in the UK

'It’s an honour to be recognised'

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13 hours ago Keir Starmer's summer of flying around the world cost taxpayers almost £700,000, new data reveals

Transparency data published by the Cabinet Office shows the total price tag for the trips was £697,198, putting the cost per hour at more than £11,000.

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12 hours ago Wales issue triple injury update after France defeat as player devastated

Wales lost two players to injury in the opening half an hour in Paris and Gatland admits the outlook is 'not brilliant'

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86 minutes ago The forgotten reality show with killer ratings that ended in every bride's worst nightmare and sparked waves of complaints

The two-hour episode, hosted by Jay Fox, hit our screens on US network Fox way back in 2000.

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3 hours ago Daniel Levy, Spurs’ Pelé of debt structuring, may yet be vindicated | Barney Ronay

Under-fire owner has transformed Tottenham into a fully self-sustaining entity. The alternatives are hardly more palatableThere was a tender moment at the end of Tottenham’s win against Elfsborg on Thursday night as Ange Postecoglou walked out on to the pitch looking a little haunted and jittery, a strange kind of light in his eyes. It took a few seconds to work out what was up. The reason for this was he was happy. Here was a man remembering how to smile, willing his face into the right kind of shape, searching for the muscle memory.It was also a nice moment. The recent run of Bad Ange stuff, the Ange who does interviews like a policeman standing too close to you in a tiny lift, has been painful to watch. The Premier League is brutal. It will stretch you thin. And it has been rough with Postecoglou, who came with no comparable experience, who is 59 years old, and has had the air of a man finding the end of his reach, radiating sadness from every rain-sodden panel of his quilted coa...

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17 hours ago Silicon Valley billionaires splurge £144m on London Spirit in Hundred auction

Winning bid for 49% stake values London Spirit at £295mWelsh Fire stake sold for reported £35m to tech entrepreneurThe Hundred is set to deliver an eye-watering windfall for English cricket that exceeds all projections after a Silicon Valley consortium featuring the chief executives of Microsoft and Google claimed a 49% share in London Spirit for £144m.It was the first of two sales to take place on Friday afternoon, with a 49% stake in Cardiff-based Welsh Fire later sold for a reported £35m. The England and Wales Cricket Board has now raised around £279m after similar stakes in Oval Invincibles (£60m) and Birmingham Phoenix (£40m) were claimed 24 hours earlier. Continue reading...

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18 hours ago Father recalls 'darkest hours of his life' after being told to say final goodbyes to his baby boy during emergency open

Joe Silver, 32, who lives in Harrogate with his wife of five years, Charlotte, also 32, said their first and only child, Billy, was not breathing when he was born four weeks prematurely.

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88 minutes ago Fire investigation team at scene after synagogue blaze as probe begins

Firefighters have now left - after 14 hours - with new images showing the scale of the damage

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3 hours ago Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for celeriac and lentil gratin | The new vegan

A creamy, savoury gratin that’s so much more than the sum of its partsA few years ago, my recipe tester Hannah rang me to rave about a celeriac and lentil gratin she’d made from Jenny Chandler’s book Pulse. I made it, then Hugh, my husband, made it, and then the friends we’d cooked it for also made it. Conclusion: people love it. Staring at a gnarly celeriac, some tins of tomatoes and lentils, plus a couple of handfuls of cashews, you’d never imagine they’d create something so moreish. But that’s the strength of great knowhow (Jenny’s) and the transformative power of time and heat on even the most simple of ingredients. Continue reading...

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19 hours ago Shoppers rush to buy waterproof coat that ‘keeps them so dry’ even after hours in the rain

The Dryrobe has been designed to keep you warm and dry no matter what the weather's doing, with Amazon shoppers racing to get their hands on one for the winter weather

Economics

25 hours ago Champions League and Europa League playoff draws, transfer news: football – live

European playoff draws due to begin at 11am (GMT)Ten things to look out for this weekend | Mail SimonChelsea have joined the race to sign the Brighton & Hove Albion striker Evan Ferguson. Brighton are willing to sell or loan the Republic of Ireland international, who has been the subject of interest from Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Bournemouth, Everton Tottenham and West Ham.Champions League and Europa League draws will be happening over the next couple of hours: the Champions League goes first, at 12pm CET/11am GMT, with the Europa League an hour later. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Small UK businesses complain of being caught unawares by EU ‘red tape’

New safety regulations have led SMEs to stop sales to bloc and Northern Ireland while they work out how to complySmall businesses are warning they have had to pause selling their products in the European Union and Northern Ireland since mid-December while they work out how to comply with new EU product safety regulations that caught many of them unawares.Skye Weavers, a small family business on the Isle of Skye, says it has missed out on sales of its scarves, shawls and blankets to customers in both markets after halting internet orders from those locations because of the rule change. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago 'I ditched my LG tumble dryer for a dehumidifier that costs 10p an hour to run'

Tech expert Harriet took a leaf out of consumer guru Martin Lewis' book to help cut her laundry costs, discovering dehumidifiers are a staple for condensation and mould but they serve another game-changing purpose

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21 hours ago Stunning Mediterranean island just 3 hours and £62 return flight from UK perfect for winter sun

The destination is a favourite amongst British holidaymakers and it's not hard to see why - it's within easy reach and is an English-speaking nation

Economics

26 hours ago Celtic Champions League draw LIVE as Alan Shearer raves about the Bhoys ahead of Bayern or Real Madrid clash

The Hoops go into the hat in Nyon with two superpowers of European football lying in wait

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6 hours ago A passenger jet had to abort a landing at Reagan National Airport just 24 hours before fatal crash due to a helicopter

Investigators have recovered black box data recorders from plane and helicopter involved in crash

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23 hours ago Fire breaks out at new £38m Swansea city centre flagship building on site of former Oceana nightclub

The fire took place at the 71/72 Kingsway building, a major new high-tech office development which was originally meant to be completed last year

Economics

29 hours ago Rangers total Europa League prize money after clinching last 16 place as the grateful eight lands UEFA bonus

European football comes with plenty of glamour - and plenty of prizemoney, with the Gers already pocketing a decent wedge

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6 hours ago A passenger jet had to abort a landing at Reagan National Airport just 24 hours before fatal crash due to helicopter dangers

Investigators have recovered black box data recorders from plane and helicopter involved in crash

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7 hours ago People get stuck in this car park for hours and there's not much anyone can do about it

Shoppers have reported hours of gridlock trying to get out of St David's car park in Cardiff with people swearing and others saying they'll never park there again

Politics

27 hours ago 'I hurt people with a metal bar and then charge them £90 for the pleasure'

Rick Howarth, 40, says clients fly from as far away as the UAE for his hour-long sessions

Economics

12 hours ago Trump drops European Union tariff bombshell as astonishing new front opens up in global trade war

On the eve of new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, President Trump said he would 'absolutely' slap them on the European Union as well. It was not immediately clear when.

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10 hours ago Trump admits tariffs may cause ‘disruption’ as Canada, Mexico, China come into effect: Live

Further tariffs being considered for European Union and for energy, metals, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductor sectors

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17 hours ago GoFundMe appeals raise half a million dollars in under 24 hours for DC plane crash victims' families

As of Friday, the fundraiser hub had almost totaled half a million dollars for victims of the DC plane crash

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11 hours ago McDonald's settles lawsuit over Latino scholarship program by opening door to non

McDonald’s said Friday it is changing a scholarship program for Latino students after it was sued by a group that opposes affirmative action

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19 hours ago Priest about to head on cruise found dead after locals hear terrifying screams

Richard Gross, 80, from Massachusetts, US, was tragically killed just hours after arriving to his holiday apartment in Spain. Locals recalled how they heard his terrifying screams

Events

13 hours ago Trump admits tariffs may cause ‘disruption’ as Canada, Mexico, China to be hit tomorrow: Live

Further tariffs being considered for European Union and for energy, metals, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductor sectors

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23 hours ago Man went for late night McDonald's run but ended up in jail for 16 weeks instead

Ethan Marshall, 31, was arrested after he crashed his car while leaving a branch of the fast food chain in Broughton, Flintshire, and has been jailed for 16 weeks

Events

17 hours ago UK weather maps show 36 hours of snow as far south as London and Sussex

UK weather maps show 36 hours of snow as far south as London and Sussex  Express

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23 hours ago Woman injects black widow spider venom to 'get high' and nearly dies in hospital

A 37 year old woman in California injected a crushed up black widow spider to see if she could get high from it, and she was admitted to the emergency room a few hours later

Events

18 hours ago Inside Marianne Faithfull's transformation from 'virginal schoolgirl' to reluctant pin

Marianne Faithfull, who died this week, only acknowledged the beauty that saw her charm three Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix in her later years.

Politics

23 hours ago Javier Tebas warns football world not to overlook threat of A22 Super League

La Liga president: lack of awareness may aid ‘elitist’ idea‘What they’re looking for is to generate instability’The president of La Liga, Javier Tebas, has warned that football cannot afford to overlook the threat posed by A22, whose latest proposal for a European Super League was unveiled in December.Uefa is currently considering how to respond after A22 launched plans for a Unify League, which follows two previous failed concepts. One option is to authorise the plan and let clubs decide whether to jump ship from the Champions League and other existing continental tournaments. There is little evidence A22 could spark a meaningful breakaway despite holding talks with a number of clubs, but Tebas is concerned that a lack of understanding may help an “elitist” idea gain traction. Continue reading...

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18 hours ago England lose series after India win fourth T20 amid substitution controversy

India 181-9; England 166; India win by 15 runsConcussion replacement Harshit Rana takes key wicketsAn appetising decider at the Wankhede on Sunday seemed likely. The hosts were 12 for three, stunned by a triple-wicket maiden by Saqib Mahmood, Jos Buttler finally on the right end of the toss. Three and a bit hours later the series belonged to India, England 3-1 down with one to play, a tinge of substitute controversy in there, too.The saviours with the bat were Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube, the pair hitting 53 apiece to set an imposing target of 182. Dube was conked on the helmet during his knock, prompting a concussion replacement, with Harshit Rana coming in for his Twenty20 international debut. With Rana a far more significant bowling threat, this was hardly a like-for-like replacement, as the playing conditions demand. Continue reading...

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24 hours ago When are the next train strikes? Avanti West Coast walkouts to run until summer

On strike days about one train in four is running, during limited hours, between London Euston, the West Midlands and northwest England

Events

18 hours ago Beethoven and Marie Curie compete with birds to appear on new euro notes

European Central Bank picks two themes for redesign submissions – ‘iconic personalities’ or rivers and birdsHe was a master of notes, and now the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven could be one of the faces of the redesigned euro, the first time the EU currency’s banknotes have been revamped.In a process that started in 2021 and has already involved a public inquiry and two multidisciplinary advisory groups, the European Central Bank (ECB) has selected two themes for the redesign. Continue reading...

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25 hours ago Cops hunt two women after female revellers attacked outside UK city centre nightclub

Two women in their 20s were assaulted in two separate incidents at the Be At One bar on Victoria Street, Nottingham, on December 7. Police are now hunting for two women

Events

19 hours ago Celtic and Rangers prize money for reaching European knockout stages and impact on Scottish coefficient

Millions banked but coefficient remains on cliff-edge

Politics

25 hours ago David Tennant mocked for 'looking like all three Top Gear presenters combined' as he transforms for scandalous new ITV drama

The former Doctor Who star, 53, will star in The Hack which is is a seven-part drama which tells the story of the phone hacking scandal that led to the closure of the UK's best-selling newspaper.

Events

19 hours ago Waterproof dryrobe that keeps wearers dry even after hours in the rain is this season's must

Amazon shoppers have been racing to snap up a top-rated Dryrobe after it got rave reviews for keeping them ‘completely dry’ even after they spent ‘hours in heavy rain’

Politics

26 hours ago I tried a 'selection box' full of luxury £5 beauty goodies that's transformed bath time

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

Events

20 hours ago Europe live: German parliament debates draft law aimed at controlling migration as Merz seeks to distance himself from AfD

Greens and SPD earlier refused to support the Influx Limitation Act amid fierce criticism from Merkel over Merz’s cooperation with far-right AfDin BerlinThe Bundestag debate has been delayed for half an hour on request of the CDU, thought to be to do with misgivings within the party over the debate, not least due to large numbers of protesters outside the CDU headquarters in Berlin. Continue reading...

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33 hours ago All my hours of exercise have taught me one thing: Men should be banned from gyms, writes OLIVIA DEAN

It's the end of January at last. Of those who made New Years resolutions to get fit, only the stragglers remain on the treadmill.

Events

21 hours ago 'I'm a single mum and went from 60 hour weeks to globetrotting with my son'

A single mother, who used to work 50 to 60 hour weeks just 14 days after a C-section, now makes six figures and travels the world with her son — including to destinations such as Bali, Thailand and Dubai

Politics

34 hours ago American Airlines plane crashed in DC just 24 hours after eerily similar near

Republic Airways Flight 4514 had to back out touching down and make a second approach after a helicopter appeared near its flight path.

Events

21 hours ago Royal princess kept baby news under wraps by using one unlikely tactic

It was revealed that another princess had welcomed a child just hours after Princess Beatrice revealed her baby news - and this royal's news was especially surprising as she'd not previously announced the impending arrival

Politics

34 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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23 hours ago Europe live: deadlock in German parliament over draft law aimed at controlling migration

Greens and SPD refusing to support the Influx Limitation Act amid fierce criticism from Merkel over Merz’s cooperation with far-right AfDin BerlinThe Bundestag debate has been delayed for half an hour on request of the CDU, thought to be to do with misgivings within the party over the debate, not least due to large numbers of protesters outside the CDU headquarters in Berlin. Continue reading...

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