7 minutes ago UK politics live: Double blow for Tories as MP defects to Reform and Farage’s party boosts membership

‘Today I have joined the party of the brave,’ former Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns said after being unveiled at a press conference in London.

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8 minutes ago Balloons to blow your mind! Crowds gather for this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in NYC with Spider

A century after the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the annual holiday tradition kicks off Thursday in New York City with new Spider-Man and Minnie Mouse balloons

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16 minutes ago Hangman who executed Nazi Adolf Eichmann dies: Prison guard was haunted by nightmares and struggled to even walk after the horrifying thing the death camp monster's body did when he died

Shalom Nagar oversaw the hanging of the war criminal after he was convicted over his role in organising the Holocaust, in which around six million Jews were murdered.

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25 minutes ago UK police investigate more than 5 people over alleged abuse by former Harrods boss Al Fayed

Britain’s biggest police force has launched an investigation into more than five people who may have assisted former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed carry out more than 100 alleged acts of sexual abuse

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29 minutes ago How Liz Hatton's surprising cancer symptom was first mistaken for anorexia...as 17 year

Liz Hatton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, suffered from a form cancer so rare is that just 12 cases are diagnosed in England each year, and it has no standard care treatment.

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34 minutes ago Smoking to cause more than 15,000 cancer cases in Wales over next five years

The Tobacco and Vape bill seeks to create the first smoke-free generation

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35 minutes ago How many Chalamets does it take to cheer a city up? The rise of the celebrity lookalike contest

As doppelgangers of Jeremy Allen White, Paul Mescal and Dev Patel compete across the country, organizers say contests bring wholesome fun to a negative news cycleWhen Miles Mitchell’s friends saw fliers scattered across New York City last month advertising a Timothée Chalamet lookalike competition, they urged the 21-year-old college senior from Staten Island to enter.Soon, Mitchell found himself at his local Goodwill store, purchasing an outfit resembling the one worn by Chalamet’s Willy Wonka character. Continue reading...

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35 minutes ago Heartburn sufferers to be screened by NHS to check it's not oesophageal cancer

Landmark NHS trial launched by Cambridge University scientists to check people's heartburn hasn't developed into oesophageal cancer - and how you can get checked

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38 minutes ago I'm A Celebrity chaos as medics rush in to help 'horrified' campmate in unaired scenes

The I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! contestant needed urgent medical attention when a trial took a turn for the worse, but the frightening moment was cut from the show

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39 minutes ago Five dead and flights cancelled as Seoul battered by heavy snowfall for second day

South Korea’s capital is facing unprecedented snowfall for the month of November, causing widespread chaos

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