10 minutes ago Beauticians caught trying to smuggle £6,500 of drugs into Creamfields festival are spared jail after telling judge friends 'pressured' into acting as mules

Erin Hobdell, 21, and Kira McNicol (pictured), 23 had travelled 230 miles from their homes in Scotland to attend Creamfields festival in Runcorn, Cheshire in 2022.

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12 minutes ago Netflix fans devastated as beloved series with whopping 96% Rotten Tomatoes score is AXED despite rave reviews

Netflix has left fans devastated by scrapping a beloved series after just one season - despite a string of rave reviews.

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16 minutes ago Ding Liren v Gukesh Dommaraju: World Chess Championship 2024 Game 1 – live updates

Ding and Gukesh face off for $2.5m in SingaporeExplainer: all your pre-match questions, answeredBluesky Bryan at @BryanAGraham or email himOur Leonard Barden has filed his final dispatch ahead of today’s opening game. Barden, who’s written the Guardian’s chess column every week since September 1955, doesn’t divert from the general consensus in his assessment of the match.The preliminaries are nearly over: who will win? I expect Gukesh to be cautious in the first few games, then to probe and push hard in the middle of the match. Ding’s 2024 form has been so wretched that it is difficult to see how he can keep his title. A 7.5-4.5 margin for Gukesh looks about right. Continue reading...

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26 minutes ago Scream star Melissa Barrera on new film 'Your Monster', taking on British audiences & plans to visit Scotland

Scream and Abigail star Melissa Barrera chats to Graham Falk ahead of the UK release of her highly-anticipated new film ‘Your Monster’ this week.

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27 minutes ago Wicked: Cinemas impose a “no singing” rule at select screenings as sing

The audience participation at a cinema screening is similar to the situation Taylor Swift’s film was ‘embroiled’ in

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35 minutes ago Chaos at Tenerife airport with thousands affected amid calls for urgent action

Leaders from Ashotel, the Hotel and Aparthotel Association of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, have raised the alarm about the severe congestion at passport control in Tenerife South Airport

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35 minutes ago AD FEATURE: How ScotRail is on track to help older people this Christmas

Thanks to ScotRail's partnership with Age Scotland, you can help give support to older people across Scotland when you travel by train

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35 minutes ago Scotland's latest Storm Bert wind warning as 70mph gales bring more disruption

Scots are being urged to stay safe after the storm brought chaos over the weekend.

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52 minutes ago Scottish Premiership Team of the Week: Celtic trio, Rangers MVP, 91% man and the man mountain

Who were the best players in the Scottish Premiership this weekend?

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58 minutes ago Shanahan MacInnes: Body found on remote Scottish island in search for missing hairdresser, 28

Shanahan MacInnes, 28, disappeared at around 1.30am on Friday in the area of Balivanich on the Isle of Benbecula, in the Outer Hebrides, before her body was found two days later

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