70 minutes ago Get Amazon's Echo Pop speaker for under £5 with this Black Friday shopping tip

Savvy shoppers can bag a big discount on an Amazon Echo Pop or Echo Dot speaker with this latest TopCashback deal which also includes Amazon's Fire TV Stick 4K

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2 hours ago Outlander star Sam Heughan donates thousands to Scots Hollywood stuntman after freak accident

The Scottish actor has donated £2,000 to Charlie Allan, who has performed in battle scenes in major Hollywood productions, to help pay for surgery after a horror fall.

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2 hours ago Kiran Rao on Lost Ladies journey to Oscars: ‘We stand on backs of women who came before us’

Director speaks to The Independent about her film which is India’s official entry for best international film at the 97th Academy Awards

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5 hours ago Donald Trump announces picks for labor and treasury departments, CDC and surgeon general in flurry of nominations – live

Scott Bessent, Russ Vought, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Sebastian Gorka and Dave Weldon among choices for key posts in second Trump administrationTrump picks hedge-fund investor Scott Bessent for treasury secretaryTrump selects key Project 2025 figure Russ Vought to head budget officeIn a new interview on Friday, Matt Gaetz revealed that he will not be returning to Congress next year.Speaking to conservative talk show host Charlie Kirk, Gaetz, who withdrew his attorney general nomination yesterday, said:“I’m still going to be in the fight, but it’s going to be from a new perch. I do not intend to join the 119th Congress,” CNN reports.“There are a number of fantastic Floridians who’ve stepped up to run for my seat, people who have inspired with their heroism, with their public service. And I’m ...

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7 hours ago FREDDY GRAY: Why Trump is looking to Britain as he plans to crack down on illegal migrants

FREDDY GRAY: Speak to anyone in Donald Trump 's orbit and the message is clear: fixing the border is paramount. And senior Team Trump members are looking at Britain, in particular, as a lesson.

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9 hours ago Donald Trump 'will put people in camps run by military', claims MSNBC host in rant

MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow let loose while speaking on a Sky News podcast, talking passionately about how Donald Trump's incoming government 'is really, really bad news for Ukraine'

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11 hours ago Elon Musk’s Neuralink is hiring to ramp up manufacturing for 'Fitbit in your skull'

Neuralink, which company received Food and Drug Administration clearance in May 2023 to launch human trials, has so far only implanted the device in two patients

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11 hours ago Putin says Russia will use experimental missile again after Ukraine strike

Ukrainian president calls testing of nuclear-capable weapon on his country’s territory an ‘international crime’Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVladimir Putin has vowed to launch more strikes using an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile as Ukraine decried the testing of the nuclear-capable weapon on its territory as an “international crime”.Speaking at a defence conference on Friday, Putin contested US claims that Russia possessed only a “handful” of the high-speed ballistic missiles, saying that the military had enough to continue to test them in “combat conditions”. Continue reading...

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12 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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