71 minutes ago Vitamin and mineral supplements taken by millions could increase risk of heart disease

Researchers say that most people are wasting their money on the pills as they provide no protection against illness.

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87 minutes ago London man who stabbed student and then wrote rap verse about it jailed

William Osaseri’s frenzied attack on victim left him in a coma for six weeks and with life-changing brain injury

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90 minutes ago Minister Jess Phillips says people in bars should intervene if a woman has her drink spiked

Jess Phillips said she had done so 'many times' and urged the public to follow her example to tackle an epidemic of drink drugging on nights out.

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92 minutes ago ‘I feel guilty and angry’: the captain turned campaigner trying to keep cruise ships at bay

After spending most of his life on commercial vessels, Guillaume Picard is now fighting to keep these vast liners out of the French port of MarseilleFew people know the sea better than Guillaume Picard. He grew up on a boat moored in the port of Hyères in southern France after his parents left 1960s Paris. His first job was on a sailing boat. Then he spent 30 years in the merchant navy before becoming a commercial captain, ferrying tourists and containers across the Mediterranean for more than two decades.Now aged 65, his grey hair in a ponytail, it is with no small note of sadness that he says, increasingly, it is the land that calls him. “To be completely honest, I want to go to sea less and less,” he says. “I go hiking a lot in the mountains with my wife, and we’ve found an environme...

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97 minutes ago Man who drugged his wife in mass rape case should be jailed for 20 years, French prosecutors say

Case, which drew public outrage, nears its completion after three months of hearing in Avignon

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1 hour ago Black Friday strike: Amazon workers in UK and US to walk out on busiest shopping day of the year

Organisers call for retail giant to ‘end age of abuse’ by improving workers’ rights, increase sustainability and paying more taxes

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1 hour ago Jaguar will slash UK dealer network by around 75% as part of radical EV rebrand

Jaguar will cut its showrooms from 80 to around 20 by 2026, as it looks to target the wealthiest parts of the country with its upcoming range of premium EVs.

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2 hours ago Government launches ‘new and improved’ task force to cut aviation emissions

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh pledged to work with industry to make the UK ‘a global leader in sustainable travel’.

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2 hours ago Worrying parallels between Ariana Grande and her idol Audrey Hepburn: Wicked star is turning into a clone of the actress

Among the hectic Wicked press tour it has been Ariana Grande's increasingly slender frame that has become a big conversation among some of her fans.

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