67 minutes ago Dimitar Berbatov sends mental health rallying cry as LiveScore launch Premier League campaign

After hanging up his boots six years ago, the silky Bulgarian is now backing a new campaign that encourages fans to take ‘Extra Added Time’ for their mental health

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82 minutes ago Six people are dead after a suspected mass methanol poisoning at a backpacker party town. What went wrong in Laos?

As authorities detain a hostel owner in Vang Vieng, expert says the recent deaths are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’Vang Vieng is an unlikely party hub.Surrounded by striking limestone mountains and caves in central Laos, it morphed from a small farming town to a hedonistic party hub in the early 2000s. Enticed by boozy tubing experiences, throngs of twentysomething backpackers cemented its spot on south-east Asia’s famed backpacker trail. Continue reading...

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86 minutes ago Jury convicts two men for smuggling of family who froze crossing Canadian border

Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, and Steve Shand, 50, were part of operation bringing increasing numbers of Indians into USTwo men have been convicted by a Minnesota jury of charges related to human smuggling for participating in a scheme that led to the deaths of an Indian family who froze while trying to cross the Canada-US border during a 2022 blizzard, according to a prosecution spokesperson.Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, an Indian national whom prosecutors say went by the alias “Dirty Harry”, and Steve Shand, 50, an American from Florida, were part of a sophisticated illegal operation that has been bringing increasing numbers of Indians into the US, prosecutors said. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Young Wrexham fan battling cancer receives surprise call from Rob McElhenney after player visit

Archie White got to speak to Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenney during an unexpected visit from striker Ollie Palmer

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2 hours ago Developing countries urged to reject ‘bad deal’ as Cop29 climate talks falter

Talk grows of a walkout from poor countries in response to ‘unacceptable’ and ‘insulting’ finance proposalDeveloping countries were being urged by civil society groups to reject “a bad deal” at the UN climate talks on Friday night, after rich nations refused to increase an “insulting” offer of finance to help them tackle the climate crisis.The stage is set for a bitter row on Saturday over how much money poor countries should receive from the governments of the rich world, which have offered $250bn a year by 2035 to help the poor shift to a low-carbon economy and adapt to the impacts of extreme weather. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Will Rowlands backs Wales to break out of ‘brutal situation’ in Springboks clash

Warren Gatland’s men face a colossal task against the world champions in Cardiff.

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2 hours ago Glasgow chef dies after suddenly collapsing at recycling centre leaving family 'broken'

A GoFundMe has been launched following the death of chef Colin James Barron in hopes to raise money for his funeral and help financially support his wife and her three kids.

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3 hours ago 'Idyllic': How you could own a stunning farm with grazing deer overlooking 'Scotland's only lake'

The farm, which sits on 446 hectares, overlooks Scotland’s only lake

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3 hours ago Benjamin Netanyahu is a wanted man – and he has only himself to blame | Jonathan Freedland

A strategy of starvation would always be indefensible. After this week’s ICC decision, he risks turning Israel into a pariah stateThanks to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, which once dreamed of being a light unto the nations, has taken a step closer to becoming a leper among the nations. The Israeli prime minister and the defence minister he sacked a fortnight ago, Yoav Gallant, are now wanted men, the subject of arrest warrants issued on Thursday by the international criminal court (ICC), accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. From now on, some 124 countries are effectively closed to them: if Netanyahu or Gallant set foot in any member state of the ICC – which includes Britain and most of Europe – they face the risk of arrest. The UK government has already said it...

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3 hours ago Dunblane care worker named as top of the crop as she picks up national prize

Ashleigh Robertson has been recognised for her dedicated to residents at the care home in the town.

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