39 minutes ago Shocking moment vandal causes £200,000 of damage as he scratches 15 shopfronts in just one hour

North Herts police are yet to identify a suspect seen in CCTV footage appearing to vandalise shops in Hitchin in the early hours of Sunday, October 26

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55 minutes ago I’ve joined Bluesky and it feels like a breath of fresh air – in some ways | John Naughton

The flourishing new platform may be like Twitter once was. The problem is the limited algorithmic scope of all social mediaAs I write, there’s a window on my laptop screen that is providing a live view of a stampede. It’s logging the numbers of people joining the social network Bluesky. At the moment, the number of registered users is 20.5 million. By the time you read this there will be more than 30 million of them, judging by the rate that people are currently joining.The proximate cause of it is the role that Elon Musk, owner of X (née Twitter), played in the election of Donald Trump, when a significant proportion of the platform’s 200 million-plus users realised that they’d been had – that they had, in effect, been useful idiots for Musk on his path to the centre of political power....

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2 hours ago Jeremy Clarkson admits serious problem with Clarkson’s Farm after fiery Victoria Derbyshire clash

Days after Jeremy Clarkson clashed with Victoria Derbyshire live on BBC TV at the farmers' protest in central London, the TV star acknowledged an issue

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3 hours ago LIZ JONES'S DIARY: He hasn't texted me for four weeks. Has he given me an STD?

Candid, confessional, controversial

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3 hours ago England star admits moment left him with 'head all over the place' as Japan clash looms

Harlequins flanker Chandler Cunningham-South has come of age in 2024, breaking into Steve Borthwick's England team to become a regular fixture in the back row

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3 hours ago Meghan Markle's sister in tears as she breaks silence on royal rifts after family tragedy

Samantha Markle, 60, has spoken out in despair at the breakdown of her relationship with the Duchess of Sussex, and has warned Meghan that "it will be too late" to reconcile with her family

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3 hours ago Meghan Markle's sister left in tears as she breaks silence on Royal rifts after tragedy

Samantha Markle, who has been estranged from her sister Meghan for many years, has broken her silence on the Royal family and the "mocking" she says her sibling has done

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4 hours ago Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's secret 'drama' over Pippa Middleton's wedding

When they attended Pippa Middleton's wedding in 2017, Harry and Meghan couldn't sit next to each other due to a strict seating plan - and Meghan didn't attend the church service

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4 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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