65 minutes ago Cop29 live: groups representing vulnerable nations walk out of meeting as fears grow over talks

Alliance of Small Island States and Least Developed Countries said they want a guaranteed 30% of climate finance, and then walked out of meetingMarching in silence with their arms crossed high, activists from around the world protested the draft deal at the Cop29 venue last night.“Pay up or shut up!” the campaign group Demand Climate Justice said in a post on social media. Continue reading...

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77 minutes ago British Airways steward suspended over 'heartless' social media posts about Liam Payne

A flight attendant has been suspended from British Airways after she allegedly shared sensitive information about Liam Payne's repatriation on social media

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79 minutes ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing star reveals 'traumatic' experience in UK seaside town

A Strictly Come Dancing contestant has revealed why their time in Blackpool, where the stars recently visited, was anything but enjoyable and they came home ‘traumatised’

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80 minutes ago ‘I couldn’t admit I was afraid’: biologist Tina Morris on her fight to save the bald eagle

America’s majestic national bird was close to extinction when Tina Morris, a young researcher, was asked to help bring three chicks to adulthood. First, she had to conquer a fear of heightsIt was a daunting task, with little likelihood of success. An adventurous but anxious graduate researcher without any experience of looking after birds was dispatched to the wilds of upstate New York to become a human eagle mother: feeding, teaching – and keeping alive – three helpless eagle chicks.Tina Morris was to camp alone beside their artificial nest, find them food, track them when they began to fly, keep them away from danger and rescue them if they got into trouble. If they survived to adulthood, northwest America would begin to be repopulated with its national bird, the bald eagle, a majesti...

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81 minutes ago Controlling thug is guilty of brutal sex murder of vulnerable mother who reported his violence to police repeatedly before he killed her

Paul Irwin, 50, faces a life prison sentence for killing Tiffany Render, 34, who bled to death inside his flat after he launched a ferocious sexual assault upon her on March 22 while high on cocaine.

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1 hour ago Ireland’s Justice Minister commends woman who won civil claim against McGregor

Nikita Hand accused the sportsman of raping her in a Dublin hotel in December 2018.

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1 hour ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Pete Wicks dealt fresh blow after 'petrified' admission

The reality star and podcast host will take part in week ten of the BBC One dance contest on Saturday night

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2 hours ago Transgender policewoman, 27, 'assaults two colleagues with a penis pump and seriously inures their genitals after offering them a threesome then drugging them' following night at notorious sex club

Judy S., 27, has been suspended since allegations emerged that she took two men home to her Berlin apartment to take drugs and have sex before assaulting them

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2 hours ago Signed Beatles photo and Sex Pistols lyrics go under the hammer for eye

The sheet had previously been displayed at Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame from 1996 to 2000, and was exhibited at London’s Hospital Exhibition in 2004 and Manchester’s Urbis exhibition.

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3 hours ago This is how we do it: ‘We did wonder whether sex at our advanced age would be difficult – but it’s been amazing’

Ella and Richard almost gave up on sex after she had health problems – but a clever solution helped them rediscover their intimacyHow do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyRichard was interested in having a sex life, so I decided to try it – and it turned out to be really amazing Continue reading...

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