78 minutes ago Woman startled as Bolt cab driver arrives with 'Fake Taxi' number plate

Gloria Rose visited Prague for a weekend getaway and was left startled after she realised her cab driver turned up with a 'Fake Taxi' number plate - but there's more to it than you think

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8 hours ago Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem pledges to 'get dirtbags out of here' as she visits Texas

Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem pledged to “get the dirtbags out of here” as she paid a visit to the Texas and Mexico border.

Society

26 hours ago Justin Baldoni claims Blake Lively 'plotted with NYT for months' in amended $400 million defamation action

Justin Baldoni has filed an amended version of his $400 million defamation suit accusing Blake Lively of giving The New York Times advance access to her sexual harassment complaint.

Economics

5 hours ago The 1% Club fans slam final question for being 'the easiest ever' after it sends a string of contestants home

The ITV show sees 100 hopefuls answer questions that were put to the public, with the percentage who got it right determining its difficulty in each round.

Sport

1 hour ago 'World's hottest scientist' left dripping with blood after shock snake bite

In a graphic video shared to her Instagram feed, Rosie Moore can be seen covered in blood after an unlikely predator made a surprise attack upon the gorgeous ecologist

Events

5 hours ago Is Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's bitter feud set to be the most tangled in showbiz history? A look at everything that's happened so far from on

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's legal battle has exploded since the actress accused him of sexual harassment and a campaign to 'destroy' her reputation after their film, It Ends With Us. 

Culture

9 hours ago I got two brain tumours and skin cancer twice before I was 18 years old due to a rare genetic disorder

Ruby-Jo Sneed (pictured) discovered she had a rare genetic chromosome deletion after undergoing genetic testing aged 12 due to her family's history of tumours.

Science

2 hours ago The Simpsons is experiencing an issue that it has only faced once before

The Simpsons is the longest-running sitcom in the history of the United States and is now in its 36th season but the gap between its last episode and next is reaching unprecedented levels.

Politics

9 hours ago Justin Baldoni shares handwritten notes from It Ends With Us intimacy coordinator after publishing explosive new website telling 'his side' of Blake Lively lawsuit

Justin Baldoni has shared his alleged handwritten notes from a meeting with an intimacy coordinator for It Ends With Us amid Blake Lively's sexual harassment allegations.

Society

27 hours ago Revealed: Golden Balls star who committed biggest betrayal in TV history by 'stealing' £100k lives in quaint country home while rival is mired in debt

Sarah Mooney was the cold-hearted contestant who provided one of the most iconic moments in TV game show history - when she dramatically 'stole' £100,000 to leave a fellow player visibly devastated.

Economics

33 hours ago The 10 most unbelievable transfers in Scottish football history as Jefte to Chelsea the latest eyebrow raiser

Some of them actually happened and some of them were links to some of the biggest names in the game we still talk about

Sport

2 hours ago Four university students killed in horror crash 'on way home from night out' are named by police as horrified witnesses claim smash was so violent 'officers couldn't make out what make the car was'

Four university students in their 20s killed in a horror crash in Colchester, Essex, on Saturday on their way home from a night out have been named by police.

Events

28 hours ago Saturday Night review – frenetic if safe comedy dramatisation of the US TV show’s first episode

Reliving the chaotic 90 minutes running up to launch of Saturday Night Live in 1975, Jason Reitman’s film delivers infectious energy minus the requisite edgeThe behind-the-scenes drama, the high-stakes potential for disaster, the tussling egos, the promise of cultural impact or risk of ignominy: it’s not surprising that live television holds an enduring fascination for film-makers. For the most part, however, it has been news events and weighty current affairs programmes that get the big screen treatment, in films such as Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon, George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck, and the excellent forthcoming September 5, by Tim Fehlbaum.Jason Reitman’s latest picture, Saturday Night, argues that comedy can make history too, particularly if, as in the case of the very first edition of Saturday Night Live, the cast are fighting, the green room is awash with cocaine, the studio heads are threatening to pull the plug, and there’s a llama backstage and nobody can remember why...

Culture

2 hours ago The most memorable Grammy moments: From JLo in THAT Versace dress to Lady Gaga hatching from an egg and Jay

While fans look forward to the glittering ceremony in Los Angeles , California , it's the event's penchant for shocking moments and crazy antics that really gets people talking.

Politics

9 hours ago Wynne Evans 'hires top lawyers' after Strictly tour exit over crude sexual comment

Welsh opera singer Wynne Evans was recently dropped from the Strictly Come Dancing live tour after being caught making a crude sexual remark to co-star Janette Manrara

Society

28 hours ago Incredible UK castle on sale for 1st time in 700 years – but it'll cost you £21m

Ripley Castle near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, is on the market for the first time in the family's 700-year history, but interested buyers will have to fork out £21million and potentially compete with the likes of Donald Trump

Economics

4 hours ago ‘We won’t be able to return to our house’: the struggle to recover from LA wildfires

People who have lost homes feel an overwhelming sense of uncertainty as impact on their lives becomes clearerWhen Marcus Beer and Shawna Dawson Beer first returned to their charred Altadena home, they were in shock. Visiting the Los Angeles neighbourhood for the second time last weekend, they fully comprehended the destruction.“It very quickly felt like a graveyard,” Shawna said. When they arrived, the couple said someone had tied pink ribbons with black polka dots on trees and buildings on their street, which floated in the breeze and looked pretty. “I thought it was a solidarity thing, and thought, ‘Oh, isn’t that really nice’,” Marcus said. “But we found out it meant the cadaver dogs had gone by and no bodies had been found on the property.” Continue reading...

Events

9 hours ago Meet the 'devious' Zoom tutor accused of gaslighting doting parents and a young blind woman to pocket thousands of pounds... as 'victims' across Britain demand help

EXCLUSIVE: 'Scumbag' Louise Handley, 51, (pictured) from Derby, has been accused of taking doting parents' hard-earned money over a period of around ten years.

Society

30 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

4 hours ago Gay couple who preyed on schoolboy and gave him £50 'so he wouldn't talk about sexual abuse' are jailed after camping out in the woods in bid to avoid nationwide manhunt

A gay couple who preyed on a schoolboy in a two-month period in Berkshire have been jailed after camping out in the woods in order to avoid the nationwide manhunt for them.

Events

4 hours ago Fox Exec ‘tried to stick his tongue down my throat,’ says former host in lawsuit

A former Fox Sports reporter and anchor has filed a lawsuit against the network and executive vice president for content Charlie Dixon

Politics

10 hours ago Wynne Evans 'hires top lawyers' after 'loss of earnings' from Strictly Tour axe

Welsh opera star and BBC Wales presented Wynne Evans was dropped from the Strictly Come Dancing live tour after being caught making an offensive sexual remark to Janette Manrara in Birmingham

Society

4 hours ago Four people killed in horror crash were 'university students returning home from night out' as it's claimed the smash was so violent police 'couldn't tell what make the car was'

Four people killed in a horror crash are believed to be university students in their 20s who were returning home from a night out in Colchester on Saturday.

Events

5 hours ago Giant pod of over 1,500 dolphins spotted ‘having a big party’ off California coast

Risso’s dolphins usually travel in pods of 10 to 30 animals

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20 hours ago Justin Baldoni publishes explosive new website telling 'his side' of Blake Lively lawsuit

Justin Baldoni has launched his own website dedicated to defending himself against his It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively's claims that he sexually harassed her.

Society

4 hours ago Will Beyoncé finally get Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards? How each of the nominees could make history if they win the coveted accolade tonight

The 2025 Grammy Awards album of the year win will make history- no matter who walks away with the accolade. The ceremony, which takes place at the Crypto.com Arena, in Los Angeles, on Sunday night

Events

6 hours ago Trump wants to undo diversity programs. Some agencies react by scrubbing US history and culture

Donald Trump’s efforts to undo diversity, equity and inclusion efforts throughout the federal government have had a trickle-down effect far beyond formal DEI programs

Politics

21 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...

Society

5 hours ago 'My husband risked his life and our marriage to become a cyborg – it made life hell'

A woman has shared how her husband put his life and their marriage at risk because he was desperate to transform himself a cyborg and wanted nothing more than 'to become technology'

Events

6 hours ago Top Labour minister scrambles to defend Keir Starmer amid claims by his OWN allies that he's 'an HR manager, not a leader' who's 'not driving the train' and 'can't even run a bath'

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper insisted Sir Keir has a 'real determination to change the country' as she was quizzed about claims made in a new book.

Politics

23 hours ago I quit my Big Tech job after being horrified by online child abuse I saw. Now I hunt pedophiles

It started five years ago. Roo Powell was working at a tech company and wanted to expose just how many predators lurk online, looking for kids to target.

Society

5 hours 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.

Events

6 hours ago Nathan Aspinall supports Cameron Menzies as Scots darts ace told he's 'putting too much emotion in'

Premier League star Aspinall has opened up on his own struggles and is determined to help pal Menzies with his performances

Politics

28 hours ago I thought nothing of the bruises on my wife's legs until she came home from a night out and made a drunken 'confession': SAUCY SECRETS

My husband recently told me about a sexual fantasy of his. At first I laughed it off, thinking he was joking, but he keeps bringing it up and I don't know what to do.

Society

7 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.

Events

6 hours ago Luis Rubiales to go on trial in Spain over Jenni Hermoso kiss at World Cup

Spanish football federation’s former president is accused of sexual assault and coercion over incident in 2023Spain’s former football chief Luis Rubiales will go on trial in Madrid on Monday over the unsolicited kiss he planted on the World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso, a gesture that stunned millions of TV viewers and unleashed a backlash against sexism in sport.Rubiales, 47, is accused of sexual assault as well as coercion after allegations that he tried to force Hermoso, 34, into publicly declaring that the kiss, which occurred as she celebrated her team’s victory in the 2023 World Cup in Australia, was consensual. Continue reading...

Politics

30 hours ago With home prices and mortgage rates high, many families find the American dream out of reach

With home prices high, American families are grappling with the prospect that homeownership might remain out of reach for them for a long time

Society

7 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.

Events

6 hours 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...

Politics

31 hours ago A man stalked a professor for six years. Then he used AI chatbots to lure strangers to her home

James Florence, 36, agreed to plead guilty after using victim’s information to guide chatbots in impersonationA man from Massachusetts has agreed to plead guilty to a seven-year cyberstalking campaign that included using artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to impersonate a university professor and invite men online to her home address for sex.James Florence, 36, used platforms such as Crushon.ai and JanitorAI, which allow users to design their own chatbots and direct them how to respond to other users during chats, including in sexually suggestive and explicit ways, according to court documents seen by the Guardian. The victim’s identity has been kept confidential by law enforcement officials. Continue reading...

Society

8 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

7 hours ago ‘The best screen Thatcher yet?’: the art (and craft) of playing the former PM

Harriet Walter’s acclaimed portrayal is the latest of many screen versions. So how do you create the Thatcher persona?Harriet Walter has become the ­latest in a line of actors, from Meryl Streep and Gillian Anderson to Fenella Woolgar and Jennifer Saunders, to accept the challenge of becoming Margaret Thatcher on screen. How do you play a woman who, 45 years on from her ascension, exists almost as a national caricature?Walter plays the part in Brian and Maggie, Channel 4’s two-part drama tracing Thatcher’s relationship with Labour MP turned journalist Brian Walden, which culminated in a fraught TV interview in October 1989, as Thatcher’s fortune began to fail. The series, written by Sherwood creator James Graham, directed by Stephen Frears and co-starring Steve Coogan, digs into the former prime minister’s private persona. Continue reading...

Politics

8 hours ago Justin Baldoni shares texts from Ryan Reynolds amid Blake Lively legal drama

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have asked a judge to dismiss Justin Baldoni's defamation lawsuit after Blake sued her It Ends With Us co-star for sexual harassment

Events

7 hours ago You’re Cordially Invited review – Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon are the draw in wildly uneven wedding comedy

Two weddings, one double booking and a series of cliches are the order of the day in Nicholas Stoller’s Bride Wars-lite comedyAny film combining the comedy talents of Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon is unlikely to be entirely terrible. That said, the wildly uneven wedding clash comedy You’re Cordially Invited is certainly in the vicinity of terrible on numerous occasions. Ferrell plays Jim, the smothering, widowed dad of Jenni (Geraldine Viswanathan); Witherspoon is Margot, the overprotective older sister of Neve, played by Meredith Hagner. When, due to an administrative snafu, Jenni’s and Neve’s weddings are double booked at the same venue, Jim and Margot are determined that their loved ones will still get their day to remember, no matter the cost to the rival party or to personal dignity. Wedding catastrophe cliches abound (cakes, hair and frocks take the brunt of the physical comedy). Ferrell’s crocodile wrestling scene notwithstanding, this just feels like a Bride Wars rip-of...

Politics

8 hours ago Disabled woman blocked from kitchen for 11 months after 'callous' Southwark Council delays

The unnamed tenant was prevented from accessing the room while she waited for her kitchen doorway to be widened

Events

8 hours ago American tries UK driving test and is left 'in tears' over big difference

Lisa Dollan, an American woman living in the UK, shared a video on TikTok detailing how different her US driving test was to her examination here in Britain

Politics

8 hours ago Fighting for justice doesn’t have to be a big dramatic act. It can be small | Rebecca Solnit

But it’s important to not limit our sense of what resistance looks likeAll those lists and instructions and editorials on how to resist authoritarianism and stand up for human rights, the rule of law and climate are good, and I both wholly support them and want to veer off from their recommendations here. Yes, everyone with any capacity to do so should join things, call politicians, support the groups and campaigns protecting the above. But it’s important to not limit our sense of what resistance looks like to these versions of doing something. In addition to these formal, structured ways of defending what you believe in, there are ways of doing so woven into everyday life and our conversations and communications.Each of us needs to stand on principle, loudly, whenever, wherever we can. Used strategically, our voices can do a lot to preserve anti-authoritarian worldviews about facts, science, history, rights, justice and inclusion. In this moment, it matters to just be a person who,...

Events

9 hours ago A pub was getting rave reviews. Then a hygiene inspection uncovered the chef's past

A catastrophic food hygiene inspection led to revelations about the history of the Crown's chef David James

Politics

9 hours ago AI tools have put child sexual abuse ‘on steroids’, Home Secretary warns

The Home Office said fake images are being used to blackmail children and force them to livestream further abuse.

Events

9 hours ago Inside The Apprentice star Margaret Mountford's life from BBC exit to 'cat faeces' illness and unexpected new career

The Apprentice star Lord Sugar’s right-hand woman may now be Baroness Karren Brady but in the show’s early days, it used to be no nonsense Margaret Mountford

Politics

9 hours ago Home Secretary's fury over refusal to remove violent videos viewed by Southport killer

Yvette Cooper said it is "frankly disgraceful" that tech companies have failed to comply

Events

10 hours ago 'My boyfriend keeps making same comment about his ex – I'm so embarrassed'

A woman asked for advice after feeling "embarrassed" by her partner's comments about his ex girlfriend and the mother of his kids. So what do you make of the situation?

Politics

9 hours ago Furious Yvette Cooper slams 'disgraceful' social media sites for STILL failing to delete violent videos viewed by killer Axel Rudakubana just before evil Southport murders

In the wake of Axel Rudakubana's sentencing, the Government reminded tech firms of their 'moral responsibility' to act on violent content on their platforms.

Events

13 hours ago Sunday with Felicity Montagu: ‘Allotment shed etiquette is very important’

For the Beyond Paradise actor, happy Sundays are all about the plotWhat’s an average Sunday? I share an allotment with my friend, which is wonderful. We grow turnips, parsnips and tromboncinos, which are in the squash family and a bit phallic. It’s a really peaceful thing to do and it calms me.Is it hard to get an allotment? You have to go on a waiting list. One of my big regrets is that I didn’t do it with my kids. Now they’re grown up, they look at me as if I’m a mad woman when I say I’m going down to the allotment. But it’s full of young couples with young children, digging.Is there allotment envy? Yes. There’s always someone better than you. There’s a lady who does French squashes in the most extraordinary shapes, and someone else who has a magical bottomless pit of potatoes. My friend Caroline sorts out our logistics. She’s always getting gets me to build structures and hang nets to stop the birds eating all the cavolo nero.Have you got a shed? We share a shed. There’s a lot of...

Politics

9 hours ago Fire relief, Quincy Jones tributes and new talent energize the 50th annual pre

Music mogul Clive Davis has held his annual, star-studded pre-Grammys gala at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California

Events

13 hours ago 'My boyfriend keeps giving his ex uncomfortable compliment – I hate it'

A woman was left questioning her relationship with the man she'd been seeing after he kept showering his ex in compliments while on dates with her – and people have urged her to leave

Politics

9 hours ago Man arrested after Nando's worker struck in face with plate at east London restaurant

Distressing footage shows the young woman serving a table at the Stratford restaurant when a man suddenly strikes her in the face

Events

17 hours ago Do you REALLY know the man you're falling in love with? A dating expert reveals the 15 'make

A master matchmaker has listed the crucial questions every woman should ask to determine if their partner is 'the one'.

Politics

9 hours ago Most horrific monkey attacks – genitals 'torn apart', eyes eaten and toilet mauling

From gouged out eyes that were eaten, fully disfigured faces, bitten arms and abducted and mauled children - these are some of the most horrific monkey attacks in history

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