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52 minutes ago Taylor Swift sparks coloured tights trend during NFL football game appearance

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Air ambulance flight crashed near Roosevelt Mall about 30 seconds after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, potentially killing six

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43 minutes ago Steven Gerrard's huge Saudi earnings, Jordan Henderson disappointment, sacking statement

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19 hours ago Strictly's Katya Jones takes in the sights of Leeds with best pal Aimee Fuller and live tour stars after sparking fears she could quit the BBC show

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Prince Andrew could face an FBI investigation as Kash Patell, who set to be head of the intelligence agency promises 'to do everything' to uncover those linked to the Royal's friend Jeffrey Epstein. 

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72 minutes ago Ruth Langsford breaks silence on ‘difficult and painful’ split from Eamonn Holmes

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19 hours ago This Morning's Alison Hammond sprints off set to be with son as she's replaced live on air

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88 minutes ago Linda Nolan's funeral: Celebrities gather to bid final farewell following tragic death after 20

Linda Nolan's former brother-in-law Shane Richie cut a sombre figure as he arrived for her funeral in Blackpool on Saturday.

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76 minutes ago Lily Collins and husband Charlie McDowell announce birth of their first child

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89 minutes ago Is THIS Britain's unluckiest holidaymaker? Dad could have his legs AMPUTATED after catching horror disease on family holiday

Jeff Zvonova, 44, spent a week in Bulgaria with his wife Jelena and youngest son Andrew as they took a break from their busy schedules, but the holiday quickly became a nightmare.

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82 minutes ago WWE Royal Rumble 2025: UK start time, live stream, TV details and confirmed match card

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23 hours ago The NINE things you can do to instantly make your home more sellable and attractive to buyers... by one of Britain's top property experts

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23 hours ago Alison Hammond 'wants to take a whole year off of TV' after brutal backlash to new BBC travel show with teenage son

The TV star, 49, has confessed that she wants to find time in the next ten years travelling the world.

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25 hours ago Strictly Come Dancing star rushed to hospital amid health scare as they reveal there's 'no cure'

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94 minutes ago BBC star shares prostate diagnosis after 'demanding' a test from the NHS

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24 hours ago Wayne Lineker's iconic O Beach club coming to UK for first time at surprising location

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7 hours ago Man United make late £45m transfer decision as Marcus Rashford 'personal request' granted

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1 hour ago 7 best indie games released in January 2025 – small treats to kick off the year in style

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26 hours ago Dancing on Ice 2025 star reveals she had miscarriage during time on show

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1 hour ago It's clear Britain can't survive without immigration. Now Labour must convince voters | Simon Jenkins

Yet more evidence shows that we will only rely on it more as time goes on. It’s time to debate it without toxic rhetoricBritain needs immigrants. According to the Office for National Statistics this week, Britain’s “indigenous” population in the 2030s will be static and ageing. Growth in population will be buoyed only by immigrants, their number predicted to rise by 5 million over the next seven years. Thank goodness, surely, for them.As this debate lurches back into public discourse, it is cursed by the ease with which xenophobia delivers political gain. The fact is that Britons have turned massively in favour of immigration over the past half century. In the 1950s and 1960s, roughly 80%-90% wanted it to stop. Then the inflow was under 250,000 a year and Enoch Powell could forecast “rivers of blood”. Net migration was below zero.Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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8 hours ago Huge £11bn plan could see 30 new UK train stations with journey times slashed

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1 hour ago 'I’ve saved lives and predicted deaths – my psychic powers even found me a husband'

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

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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’

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

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10 hours ago ANDREW NEIL: Will we EVER escape the malevolent shadow of Covid? It wrecked Britain's work ethic, added a trillion to our national debt, crippled the NHS

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3 hours ago Boxing Tonight: TV channels, live streams, ring walk start times and fight cards

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2 hours ago Lauryn Goodman 'vows to make drastic change' as ex Kyle Walker announces shock Italy move

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2 hours ago Inside Linda Nolan's final days from sad fear over new symptom to sister's brave act

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25 hours ago Jamie Oliver's 'most delicious' pasta recipe needs just five ingredients

Jamie Oliver has shared a delicious pasta recipe on TikTok that requires just five ingredients, and it's the perfect meal to whip up when you're short on time

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14 hours ago Snap! Labour is accused of wasteful spending and hypocrisy after spending £500,000 on vanity photographers

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2 hours ago DC plane crash latest: Black box from army Black Hawk helicopter recovered from wreckage as victims named

None of the 67 passengers and crew are believed to have survived

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2 hours ago A Complete Unknown: how charity shop and Etsy finds completed iconic Dylan look

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26 hours ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Janette Manrara fans 'need to know' after 'I do not' admission on live tour

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2 hours ago Matt Grimes and partner release personal statements after shock Swansea City exit

The former Swans' captain had just bought a new house in Swansea with his family, and just weeks later he signed for Coventry City in a big money deal

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3 hours ago Lily Collins and husband Charlie McDowell welcome baby girl via surrogate and reveal name

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30 hours ago South Africa and Malaysia to launch campaign to protect international justice

Formation of Hague Group comes amid challenges to ICJ and ICC rulingsSouth Africa and Malaysia will launch a campaign to protect and uphold the rulings of the international court of justice (ICJ) and the international criminal court (ICC) in the face of what they describe as defiance of ICJ orders and attempts by US Congress to hit the ICC through the use of sanctions.The aim of the nine-nation Hague Group – which includes Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Senegal and Namibia - is to defend the institutions and rulings of the international legal order. Continue reading...

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17 hours ago Jessica Alba makes first red carpet appearance after Cash Warren split confirmed

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

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2 hours ago Is THIS Britain's unluckiest holidaymaker: Dad could have his legs AMPUTATED after catching horror disease on family holiday

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3 hours ago How to watch WWE Royal Rumble 2025: Live stream and confirmed match card for tonight

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34 hours ago Investigators recover black boxes from doomed American Airlines Flight 5342 as they hunt for answers: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Sixty passengers, four crew, and three US Army personnel are believed to be dead after the collision 400ft over the Potomac River in Washington DC.

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17 hours ago Prince Andrew faces £1million bill for urgent works to crumbling mansion

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Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea are all moving to try and get late deals over the line with the likes of Mathys Tel and Alejandro Garnacho potentially heading to pastures new

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2 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Rafah crossing opens as Hamas releases three more Israeli hostages

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3 hours ago Linda Nolan funeral updates: Celebs and TV stars to pay tribute as fans line streets

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35 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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18 hours ago Is current account switching boom driven by cash carrots on offer from banks

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7 hours ago How to watch the boxing tonight: TV channel, live stream, ringwalk details and fight cards

Adam Azim is looking to take the next step as he faces former world champion Sergey Lipinets on Saturday in what is the biggest fight of his career so far

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2 hours ago Dimitri van den Bergh reveals darts injury hell after coffee table incident

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3 hours ago WWE Royal Rumble 2025: Start time tonight , live stream and confirmed match card

The road to WrestleMania officially begins this weekend

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18 hours ago Marks & Spencer launch versatile £45 cotton skater dress perfect for any casual occasion

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Unbeaten 22-year-old super-lightweight fighter Adam Azim returns to the ring on Saturday, looking to announce himself as one for the future when he takes on challenger Sergey Lipinets in London

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2 hours ago Linda Nolan made selfless funeral decision before death to save sisters' agony

Pop star Linda Nolan, 65, died following a long journey with secondary breast cancer on January 15. Today her family and friends will say a final goodbye at her funeral

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3 hours ago Champneys Forest Mere review: Is it worth booking for Valentine's and Mother's Day?

Our head of beauty Zoe went on a mother-daughter weekend escape to Champneys' Forest Mere spa hotel in search of wellness. But did it live up to expectations?

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19 hours ago State pensioners told exact date they will get extra payments in bank account

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Premier League clubs out to secure huge deals before deadline

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ITV Coronation Street fans have been left open-mouthed after hearing actress Charlotte Jordan, who plays Daisy Midgeley, speak in her real accent for the first time

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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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19 hours ago Manchester City to face Real Madrid in playoff, Brighton reject £75m Mitoma bid: football – live

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Two hostages freed on Saturday, with another expected to be released from different locationHere are images coming in of people in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square watching a screen broadcasting news footage of this morning’s hostage releases.The Guardian’s Peter Beaumont is reporting on these latest hostage releases. Continue reading...

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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 LBMA says it’s working with COMEX on U.S. gold price premium, insists London stocks and liquidity are strong

LBMA says it’s working with COMEX on U.S. gold price premium, insists London stocks and liquidity are strong  Kitco NEWS

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15 hours ago France vs Wales LIVE rugby: Six Nations score and updates from opening match of 2025 championship

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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3 hours ago Washington plane crash: Black box recovered from Black Hawk helicopter as 41 bodies pulled from Potomac river

Questions grow about air safety in the US capital as Donald Trump says Black Hawk chopper was 'flying too high' at time of collision

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3 hours ago In Trump’s fantasy politics, he can accomplish anything – but reality will prevail | Andy Beckett

His second term seems to represent an unassailable victory for conservative white men – but soon he’ll be another incumbent in an anti-incumbent worldWhy exactly is Donald Trump’s new presidency so disorienting? So far, explanations have tended to focus on its manic pace, contempt for political conventions and blatant subversion of supposedly one of the world’s most robust democracies.But all these elements were also present in his first presidency. Meanwhile, other features of both his terms, such as his cult of personality, scapegoating of immigrants and accusation that liberal elites have caused national decline, are standard practice for hard-right strongmen, and have been for at least a century.Andy Beckett is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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20 hours ago Inside Coleen and Wayne Rooney's £20m mansion with football pitch and luxury cinema

Coleen Rooney has given fans a rare glimpse inside her £20million Cheshire mansion, which she shares with her footballer husband Wayne and their four sons

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17 hours ago France vs Wales LIVE: Six Nations 2025 match stream, latest score and rugby updates today

Six Nations kicks off tonight in Paris

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3 hours ago Some games are bigger than others so pressure is on Ireland and England

Visitors can forge a winning new identity under Maro Itoje but the experienced Irish remain marginal favouritesEvery Six Nations fixture is a grand occasion but some games are bigger than others. Ireland and England both know how crucial today’s Dublin eliminator will be in terms of establishing early championship momentum. Listening to the upbeat pre-match tone of the visitors’ new captain, Maro Itoje – “I think we have a team that’s ready to write our own stories” – this also feels like a pivotal moment for Steve Borthwick’s whole England project.A lot has already been said and written since last March’s corresponding match when Marcus Smith drilled a last-gasp drop-goal through the sticks amid ecstatic Twickenham scenes reminiscent of Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally. England have subsequently played eight Test matches and lost six, beating only Japan twice. The majority of those losses have been tight but close doesn’t win any cigars at the elite level. Continue reading...

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