1 hour ago ‘Very retaliatory’: the federal workers caught up in Trump’s DEI purge

Employees condemn ‘unprecedented and scary’ effort to push out those who had worked on diversity programsJeremy Wood thought he was safe from the shuttering of federal government diversity initiatives that he expected to start as soon as Donald Trump was sworn in.A Raleigh, North Carolina-based career civil servant in the US agriculture department, Wood had been among those tasked with implementing policies ordered by Joe Biden to curtail discrimination on the basis of race, sexual orientation and gender identity in the federal government. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Irish sex tourist, 44, arrested in Colombian hotel room 'paying £31 to have sex with a child'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A 44-year-old man from Ireland was arrested in Colombia after police burst in on him at his hotel in Medellin, Colombia, and allegedly caught him with a 15-year-old girl

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4 hours ago Paul Danan revealed he bought a £10,000 car in rehab as he opened up about overcoming shopping addiction in poignant final interview

Shortly before his untimely death, Paul spoke to the Outlet Ten Discussions Podcast , where he opened up about battling a shopping addiction.

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27 hours ago Fan 'had head stomped on' as chaos erupted in brawl during Aston Villa vs Celtic

Aston Villa's Champions League clash against Celtic was marred by violence from fans, with West Midlands Police announcing it had made a total of 21 arrests - 19 of those being Celtic supporters

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19 minutes ago Young woman who miraculously survived the Laos alcohol poisoning debacle that killed six backpackers reveals the horror symptoms she suffered after downing six shots

A survivor of the deadly methanol poisoning at a Laos backpacker hotel has opened up about the harrowing ordeal which killed six international tourists, including two Aussies.

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19 hours ago Haunting final photos inside doomed DC plane reveal young ice skating sisters and their parents

Everly Livingston, 14, and her younger sister Alydia, 11, were beaming as they headed back to the capital after an ice-skating development camp in Kansas, alongside their parents Donna and Peter.

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27 hours ago Moment BMW driver smashes friend's car into pedestrian sending him catapulting into backseat

This is the moment a BMW driver smashed his friend's car into pedestrian sending him catapulting into backseat.

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2 hours ago As a surgeon in Gaza, I witnessed hell visited on children. It shames me that Britain played a part in it | Nizam Mamode

I saw them killed by sniper fire and drones. Why doesn’t Labour condemn it? Why do arms keep flowing in Israel’s direction?I had never imagined, when working as a professor of transplant surgery at a large teaching hospital in London, that one day I would find myself operating on an eight-year-old child who was bleeding to death, only to be told by the scrub nurse that there were no more gauze swabs available. But I found myself in that situation last August while operating at Nasser hospital in Gaza as a volunteer with Medical Aid for Palestinians (Map). Reduced to scooping out the blood with my hands, I felt an overwhelming wave of nausea – I was anxious that the child would not survive. Luckily she did, although many others did not.Having retired from the NHS, I decided to go to Gaza because it had become clear that there was a desperate need for surgical help, and I had the skills to contribute. Life as a transplant surgeon in London had been tough but hugely rewarding, and as a...

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16 hours ago AI tools used for child sexual abuse images targeted in Home Office crackdown

UK will be first country to bring in tough new laws to tackle the technology behind the creation of abusive material Britain is to become the first country to introduce laws tackling the use of AI tools to produce child sexual abuse images, amid warnings from law enforcement agencies of an ­alarming proliferation in such use of the technology.In an attempt to close a legal ­loophole that has been a major ­concern for police and online safety campaigners, it will become illegal to possess, create or distribute AI tools designed to generate child sexual abuse material. Continue reading...

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12 hours ago Cocaine dealer who 'thought he was untouchable' ordered to pay back £4,000

Harry Cook, 29, denied a sporty Seat car containing the coke was his - but he had been caught on CCTV driving the vehicle into a hotel car park where officers found it

Economics

29 minutes ago Love Island star's car crashes into London bus with toddler daughter in passenger seat

Love Island star Shaughna Phillips has shared terrifying photo to Instagram after she and daughter Lucia were involved in a bus collision

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3 hours ago Baghdad's newly opened skate park offers safe space Iraqi youth have longed for

Car bombs and militant attacks no longer a daily concern in the streets of Baghdad, many young Iraqis say their opportunities remain limited

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12 hours ago Drug dealer had Valentino trainers and Louis Vuitton bags but now has to pay back £17k

Marcell Bridgeman, 24, spent £170,000 on six kilos of cocaine which he sold on for profit. But his possessions and cash were seized by police when they executed a warrant

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53 minutes ago DC plane crash latest: Army identifies third pilot taking part in 'doomsday' training as black box recovered

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

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3 hours ago Kyren Wilson’s growing net worth, wife’s illness, car collection and partying past

Kyren Wilson is enjoying another spectacular period in snooker, but 'The Warrior' has had to endure his fair share of challenges away from the table

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13 hours ago Care providers set to descend on Westminster next month to demand Government plug '£2billion funding shortfall' following Autumn Budget

Nearly 3,000 in the sector united for the first time to warn that Labour 's policies had left adult social care on the brink of collapse and in need of at least £2 billion in immediate aid.

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55 minutes ago Five people arrested after double 'stabbing' leaves two young men injured

A police cordon was in place on a residential street in Stockport on Sunday morning

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3 hours ago Wrecking ball: Trump’s war on ‘woke’ marks US society’s plunge into ‘dark times’

President’s ‘culture war’ crusade targets DEI and LGBTQ+ rights in bid to spread rightwing agenda, experts sayDonald Trump didn’t need to wait for the black box flight recorder. He knew what caused the mid-air collision of a passenger plane and army helicopter that killed 67 people. Or he thought he did.“They actually came out with a directive – ‘too white’,” the US president told reporters on Thursday, seeking to blame former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden for including Black and Latino people in the federal workforce. “We want the people that are competent.” Continue reading...

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21 hours ago Gladiators star Bionic promoting firm accused of deceptively marketing products to kids

US firm Ghost has been reported to regulators by the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health and ad watchdog TINA.org

Economics

58 minutes ago Philadelphia plane crash: Nurses threw party for patient, 6, hours before she died in air disaster

The child, who nurses had “grown incredibly close to”, was flying home to Mexico with her mother when the medical transport plane crashed near Roosevelt Mall in Northeast Philadelphia on Friday evening.

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3 hours ago Katie Price 'never wanted my baby, just attention' fumes Carl Woods after IVF documentary

Car salesman and former Love Island star Carl Woods has lifted the lid on the IVF journey he and ex-fiance Katie Price embarked on in 2023 - and says that he didn't leave her as she couldn't get pregnant

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21 hours ago We're selling our wonderful £21 million family castle after 700 years and 28 generations

Many can identify with the immense relief that accompanies downsizing later in life.

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1 hour ago American Airlines plane black box gives conflicting information after deadly crash

In a news conference, officials from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that data from the jet’s flight recorder showed its altitude as 325ft, plus or minus 25ft, when the crash happened on Wednesday night.

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3 hours ago Kyren Wilson’s partying past, car collection from mega net worth and wife who suffered stroke

Kyren Wilson has enjoyed a successful career in snooker, with the Englishman winning numerous titles and amassing a fortune in the process, but his family has been through a lot

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28 hours ago Barclays customers 'embarrassed' after outage means they can't pay for groceries

A payday system crash has left customers unable to pay for things like their shopping

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2 hours ago DC plane crash latest: US army identifies third pilot taking part in 'doomsday' training as black box recovered

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

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8 hours ago UK scientist wins prize for invention that could help avert ‘phosphogeddon’

Phosphate, key to food production, is choking waterways, but a new sponge-like material returns it to the soil for cropsIt is one of the least appreciated substances on the planet and its misuse is now threatening to unleash environmental mayhem. Phosphorus is a key component of fertilisers that have become vital in providing food for the world. But at the same time, the spread of these phosphorus compounds – known as phosphates – into rivers, lakes and streams is spreading algal blooms that are killing fish stocks and marine life on a huge scale.It is a striking mismatch that is now being tackled by a project of remarkable simplicity. The company Rookwood Operations, based in Wells, Somerset, has launched a product that enables phosphates to be extracted from problem areas and then reused on farmland. Continue reading...

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29 hours ago Inside the city spending £406m a year on crime: How Bradford's poorest streets have been taken over by drug dealing, violence and sex workers

The brutal truth of life on the streets of a crime-ridden city was revealed as locals told of a grim reality where drug dealers run amok and police pass 'every minute'.

Economics

2 hours ago Woman left looking like she had been 'attacked by a shark' and warned her leg might have to be amputated after mobility scooter malfunction

Sonia Woodward, now 63, was on holiday with her husband Alan and her father Cyril Harwood in Tenerife back in 2015 when the horror crash occurred.

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8 hours ago Noah Chilvers feels transfer vindication as Rangers showdown follows Ross County gamble

Midfielder Chilvers joined Ross County from Colchester United last summer on a three-year deal

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31 hours ago The fabulous Stockport pizza spot tucked behind an industrial estate and car dealership

Wedged between a used car dealership, a Maserati garage and aquarium superstore, lies Crust MCR is a self-styled Italian kitchen serving up fresh Neapolitan pizzas

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2 hours ago Day of the Jackal icon Edward Fox leads town rebellion over 'criminally bad' plans to modernise listed Victorian railway station

British actor Edward Fox, 87, has taken aim at Network Rail who want to build a modern ramped bridge onto the Grade II listed Victorian station in Wareham, Dorset.

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8 hours ago Inside the Motherwell dressing room after Stuart Kettlewell's surprise departure as 'bad run' narrative binned

The exit came as a massive shock to Harry Paton and his teammates as they prepare for their clash with Celtic

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31 hours ago Car tax hikes coming in April that 75% of Britons are unaware of: Some drivers pummelled by £2,745 increase

We detail the three main updates to car tax that will hammer the wallets of the nation's drivers from 1 April 2025.

Economics

2 hours ago Exonerated environmental defenders to face murder retrial in El Salvador

Critics decry ‘politically motivated’ decision to revisit civil war-era charges against leaders of anti-mining campaignFive Salvadorian environmental defenders who were exonerated of bogus civil war charges will face retrial this week amid growing evidence of political interference.Miguel Ángel Gámez, Alejandro Laínez García, Pedro Antonio Rivas Laínez, Antonio Pacheco and Saúl Agustín Rivas Ortega, were acquitted in October over the alleged killing of an army informant in 1989. The court in Cabañas in northern El Salvador ruled that the state had failed to prove a crime had taken place, or that the defendants, former leftwing guerrilla fighters, were linked to any wrongdoing. Continue reading...

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9 hours ago NSW minister apologises after asking chauffeur to drive 446km for Australia Day weekend lunch

Transport minister Jo Haylen admits ‘I made the wrong decision’ after ministerial car booked out for 13 hours for Hunter Valley lunch at wineryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW transport minister, Jo Haylen, has apologised after using her ministerial driver to chauffeur her and some friends to and from a three-hour private lunch on the Australia Day weekend – at a cost of $750.“I made the wrong decision,” Haylen said on Sunday when apologising and confirming she would repay the money for the 13-hour, 446km trip to the Hunter Valley.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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37 hours ago Bank of England 'trusted less by women as they feel inflation first', study finds

They tend to do the weekly food shop so notice rising prices sooner, it showed. A lack of understanding of monetary policy and lower financial confidence also dented women's trust in the Bank.

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2 hours ago Who was flying the American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter before Washington DC crash?

Officials have recovered 40 bodies from the wreckage after American Airlines flight collided with Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac

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17 hours ago Car tax hikes coming in April that 'majority of Britons don’t know about’

Changes are expected to raise £400million per annum for the Treasury

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2 hours ago Woman is 'raped' in park in early hours of the morning as police launch urgent investigation

The shocking incident occurred in Raphael Park in Romford, East London, and the area has since been cordoned off.

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17 hours ago Christian blogger mom who scammed thousands with bogus cancer story is back in the spotlight

‘[S]he’s an actor,’ retired police detective Jose Martinez says in Episode 1 of Scamanda. ‘She’s in that character 24/7’

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2 hours ago Martin Lewis warns Ryanair passengers about £55 fine after major change – how to avoid

Ryanair is making a change to their check-in policy that could see holidaymakers hit with a £55 charge - Martin Lewis has issued an urgent warning to all passengers

Events

18 hours ago Omar Marmoush rides the rhythm to set the tempo for Guardiola’s new beat

The Egyptian adds another gear to Manchester City’s shift to more direct play with a short-passing game as backup Everything is new. Everything is different. Omar Marmoush steps off the plane at Manchester Airport and what greets him is a kind of sensory overload. He peers through blacked-out windows of his chauffeured car at the city he now calls home. “What are the names of the supermarkets?” he asks. “Tesco,” comes the reply. “Asda. Sainsbury’s. Aldi.”On the pitch, it’s a similar story. “He has something special,” Erling Haaland confirms after a dynamic debut against Chelsea last Saturday night. “He’s going to be a fantastic player for us. It’s about getting to know him as soon as possible, because there are so many important games coming.” Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Watch live scene of Philadelphia plane crash site as victims of Learjet55 tragedy named

Watch a live scene of the Philadelphia plane crash site on Sunday (2 February) as victims of Learjet55 tragedy are named.

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19 hours ago Settled, industrious, essential: it’s time we saw immigration as a British success story | Martha Gill

New arrivals are set to push the population to 72.5 million but the numbers matter less than how well people fit in once hereLast week some startling numbers hit the headlines. If the Office for National Statistics is correct, net migration will add five million people to these islands in the span of a decade. That will account for almost all population growth in that time, driving us up to 72.5 million by 2032.Is it good news or bad? Many commentators reacted with alarm: there is already a great deal of strain on housing, education and health services. But others like the idea. They point out that birthrates are falling across the world, and that Britain, like other countries, is due to get increasingly decrepit with time. We will eventually have to live off the life force of skilled young people from overseas, over whom everyone else will be competing. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago DEAR JANE: I thought something I did to my son as a baby made me a good parent. Now I'm terrified it'll ruin his adult life

Dear Jane, My son just turned 17 and I'm starting to get very worried about a bad habit he has developed... which I think might be my fault.

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19 hours ago More and more tourists are being attacked by dingoes on Queensland’s K’gari. Can it be stopped?

Four people, including a toddler, have been attacked on the island in recent weeks and there’s still no plan to tackle the issueFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFour people were reportedly attacked by dingoes in separate encounters on the same Australian island in recent weeks – including a toddler who was flown to hospital after being bitten on the leg.And this is just the latest spate of violent dingo-human interactions on the popular tourist island of K’gari, which last year saw a pack of three rush and bite a woman who was jogging along a beach, saw a dingo shot and killed with a spear gun and several others put down after attacking people. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Zelensky accuses Russia of bombing its own people after 'evil' missile strike on boarding school in Ukraine

Four people were killed and 84 wounded victims had to be rescued from the rubble of the destroyed building in Sudzha. Four of the injured were in a serious condition.

Events

21 hours ago Trump administration slams Selena Gomez in new video after sobbing over deportations

The video featured three mothers of those who were allegedly killed by undocumented people

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2 hours ago Man taken to hospital after being trapped under bus after Kilmarnock crash

Emergency services descended on the town centre yesterday evening.

Events

22 hours ago Emotional moment Israeli hostage is back in mother's arms after 15 months of captivity

Yarden Bibas was one of three Israeli hostages freed by Hamas today but his wife Shiri and sons Ariel, five, and Kfir, two, were not by his side – their captors claim they were killed in an Israeli airstrike

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3 hours ago Extreme content Southport killer viewed remains online, Yvette Cooper warns

Violent videos which the Government has asked tech bosses to remove are still available to view.

Events

22 hours ago Breaking Bad writer says studio executive told them to remove Saul Goodman entirely

Bob Odenkirk’s fan-favourite character was eventually given his own acclaimed spin-off

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3 hours ago Two police officers arrested in fraud probe into data breach security payments

The police’s Anti-Corruption Unit have been investigating alleged offences

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23 hours ago Man questioned over Conor McGregor voyeurism complaint denies involvement

The 20-year-old man voluntarily attended police interview in relation to the alleged incident in Rostrevor, Co Down last November.

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3 hours ago Killer 'with shoe fetish' may be freed from prison as victim's daughter issues plea

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: Christopher Farrow, who was jailed in 2000 for the brutal murder of Wendy Speakes, has been granted a parole hearing scheduled for later this month

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