12 minutes ago Diane Abbott accuses Starmer of ‘peddling benefit scrounger myth’ as Labour vows new crackdown

Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall says young people who refuse jobs or training will lose payments as prime minister warns of ‘bulging’ cost of welfare

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37 minutes ago London revellers dealt blow as Winter Wonderland closes due to Storm Bert's dangerous winds

Three of London’s top attractions forced to close as Met Office wind warning persists

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38 minutes ago Warning over beautiful plant that's illegal to grow outside your garden

The Himalayan Balsam is a non-native weed from the Himalayas and probably due to its attractive buds was introduced to the UK as a garden plant in 1839 - but it is very invasive

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56 minutes ago Andy Murray coaching Novak Djokovic makes sense after Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer comment

Andy Murray bid an emotional farewell to tennis at the Paris Olympics in the summer but will return as legendary rival Novak Djokovic's coach for the Australian Open

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67 minutes ago Kyle Walker sends Premier League title message to Liverpool as Man City star fears 'walk over'

Kyle Walker was guilty of some poor defending in Manchester City's 4-0 thrashing by Tottenham and after the game he warned his team-mates they could not repeat the same performance against Liverpool

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68 minutes ago Marcus Rashford delivered Manchester United ultimatum amid 'pivotal moment' with Ruben Amorim

Rashford's form has dipped across the last couple of seasons and he has been sent a warning by a former United coach

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79 minutes ago Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec score perfect 40 on Strictly Come Dancing

The 26-year-old reality star - who is best known for appearing on 'Love Island' in 2022 but worked as a dancer before she found fame - is currently taking part in the BBC Latin and ballroom show alongside professional Aljaz, 34, and on Saturday (23.11.24) night, they became the first to score the maximum of 10 points from each of the judges this series.

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96 minutes ago Storm Bert latest updates: Danger to life warnings and homes submerged as nearly 400 areas hit by flood risk

Severe disruption as Storm Bert brings torrential rains and winds to UK

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96 minutes ago Southampton vs Liverpool LIVE! Premier League match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

Reds bid to open up eight point lead at the top if they take full advantage of latest Man City slip-up

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98 minutes ago ‘I am nothing if not persistent’: Lesley Imgart, winner of our graphic short story prize 2024

It was fifth time lucky for Imgart in this year’s Observer/Faber award for emerging cartoonists, with her spellbinding tale about the life of a young witchRead winner Lesley Imgart’s Witch Way? hereRead runner-up Elly Bazigos’s LANSA Flight 508 hereSpeaking to the winner of the annual Observer/Faber graphic short story prize is always a highlight of my year, but this time around the experience was especially lovely. Lesley Imgart, whose brilliant broomstick-ridden story Witch Way? we publish today, has entered the competition five times in the past six years, and when she talks to me from her home in Edinburgh, she still sounds amazed finally to have triumphed. “It’s unbelievable,” she says. “It was this thing I just did every year I keep forgetting I’ve won, and then 15 minutes later, ...

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