17 hours ago Marcus Rashford loan transfer silence broken by Aston Villa boss Unai Emery

Aston Villa appear to be leading the way when it comes to Marcus Rashford's next move, and Villa boss Unai Emery was asked about the Manchester United man on Saturday

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55 minutes ago Fabrizio Romano's net worth and earnings, Man Utd deal, phone calls per day, lack of sleep

As the Premier League transfer window prepares to slam shut on Monday evening, we've taken a look at the life of one of the most popular transfer experts in the modern game

Economics

93 minutes ago UK wind turbine bursts into flames filling sky with plume of smoke in shocking photos

A fire has broken out at a UK wind turbine today (Sunday, February 2) with crews rushing to extinguish the blaze. No injuries have been reported, an official statement has confirmed

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28 hours ago ‘The image is a call to honour our roots’: Reginald Kofi Boateng’s best phone photo

Exploring themes of identity, heritage and individuality, the Ghanaian photographer used surreal colours to add a dreamlike qualityReginald Kofi Boateng had spent his morning scouting the perfect location and gathering props. “The day was steeped with intention,” says Boateng, who comes from Koforidua, in eastern Ghana and now lives in Dansoman, in the capital, Accra.“Dansoman is a sprawling estate and a place of contrasts,” he says. “Stories are waiting to be uncovered in its bustling streets and quiet corners. This setting became the perfect backdrop to explore themes of identity, heritage and individuality.” Continue reading...

Culture

22 hours ago AI is not just powerful. What’s really worrying is that DeepSeek has made it cheap, too | John Naughton

The AI startup has upended the industry by developing a model that costs much less to produce – and is available free to a universe of tinkerersNothing cheers up a tech columnist more than the sight of $600bn being wiped off the market cap of an overvalued tech giant in a single day. And yet last Monday that’s what happened to Nvidia, the leading maker of electronic picks and shovels for the AI gold rush. It was the biggest one-day slump for any company in history, and it was not alone – shares of companies in semiconductor, power and infrastructure industries exposed to AI collectively shed more than $1tn in value on the same day.The proximate cause of this chaos was the news that a Chinese tech startup of whom few had hitherto heard had released DeepSeek R1, a powerful AI assistant that was much cheaper to train and operate than the dominant models of the US tech giants – and yet was comparable in competence to OpenAI’s o1 “reasoning” model. Just to illustrate the difference: R1 w...

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8 hours ago Amazon is offering massive £450 discount on 'solid' Google Pixel 8 Pro mobile

Amazon is offering huge 45% discount on the mobile phone that incorporates Google AI for cutting-edge photo and video features

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22 hours ago UK town hall engulfed in flames with smoke seen for miles as crews tackle blaze

A huge fire has broken out at Maghull Town Hall in Merseyside where witnesses have reported seeing flames rippling from its roof as smoke billows into the sky.

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26 hours ago Bear encounters gone wrong – daughter eaten alive on phone to mum and circus mauling

Grisly bear encounters leading to death and near-fatal injuries have made headlines around the world - here are some of the most horrific tales of human vs beast

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22 hours ago Ellen DeGeneres clashes with Cotswolds neighbours over extension ‘breach’ at £15m home

DeGeneres has been accused of increasing flood risk and disturbing Roman ruins with modifications to her property

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25 hours ago Maghull town hall fire: Major blaze as building up in flames with smoke seen for miles

A major fire has broken out at Maghull Town Hall in Merseyside where witnesses have reported seeing flames coming from its roof as smoke billows into the sky

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32 hours ago How long do I spend on my phone every day? That depends the Edith Pritchett cartoon

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25 hours ago 'A girl in Pilates stopped to ask for my perfume– it's these £5 laundry scent boosters'

Our head of shopping was stopped in her Pilates class by a woman wanting to know the name of her perfume, but the scent was from a cheap box of 'incredible' in-wash scent boosters

Economics

36 hours ago I was 46, fit and healthy and felt completely normal. How could I have a rare and aggressive liver cancer with an abysmal survival rate, asks royal commentator KATIE NICHOLL

It was Valentine's Day when my world turned upside down. I was on a half-term break in Suffolk with my children. We were pottering around with my parents when my phone rang.

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

The Western Gateway Partnership's Rail Deal, which would be partly funded by central government, would also see half a dozen stations upgraded across the south west of England and south Wales

Economics

36 hours ago Clean fridges with one £3.62 item that stops fingerprints once and for all

Your fridge door will be streak-free and gleaming with this one incredibly cheap and common item that dissolves stains and doesn't damage surfaces

Economics