63 minutes ago Double tragedy for father whose sister was murdered by 'obsessed' flatmate before horror house fire started by e

A grief-stricken father, Scott Peden, recalls the heartbreaking moment he awoke to find his wife and his two children had been killed in a blaze sparked by an e-bike explosion. 

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67 minutes ago Ukraine releases footage of North Korean troops being wiped out by kamikaze drones in latest disaster for Kim Jong Un's forces sent to help Putin

Harrowing video showed the drones circling troops as they scrambled to get away in an open field in Kurshchina, in Russia's Kursk oblast

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71 minutes ago Supermarket Christmas 2024 opening hours in Scotland for Tesco, Sainsbury's, Aldi, Lidl, and more

This helpful guide covers major UK retailers to help you schedule your Christmas and Boxing Day grocery shops with ease.

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77 minutes ago Spain’s socialist leader has defied expectations. Are there lessons for Starmer?

Pedro Sánchez has remained a rare bulwark of social democracy in an increasingly right-leaning continentAs Labour’s electoral honeymoon slips into distant-memory territory and Keir Starmer attempts to reboot his premiership, the party and its leader might find a southward glance instructive.For the past six years, the Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE), led by the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has defied expectations by remaining in power during some of the most turbulent times in recent Spanish and European history, making it a rare bulwark of social democracy in an increasingly right-leaning continent. Continue reading...

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78 minutes ago Robbie Williams reveals plans to resit GCSEs after feeling 'stupid' all his life

Singer Robbie Williams, who is gearing up for the release of his biopic, revealed his hopes to resit his GCSEs and 'prove a few people wrong'

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92 minutes ago Squid Game season 2 release date and cast as Netflix confirms show's future

Season two of Squid Game will be released at the end of the year and it has already been renewed for a third and final season as South Korean stars hail the show as a phenomenon

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1 hour ago Locals win fight to save mysterious, medieval Spanish chapel from oblivion

Home to vivid 16th-century frescoes, the Ermita de San Jorge is on the brink of being saved from centuries of decayA mysterious, dilapidated and exquisitely painted Spanish chapel into which knights on horseback may have ridden centuries ago to receive a wet and most unusual blessing could be on the verge of salvation after a decades-long campaign by local heritage groups.No one knows much about the crumbling and semi-subterranean Ermita de San Jorge, which sits in a hollow 7 miles (12km) from the city of Cáceres in Extremadura, south-west Spain. Local experts believe it may have been built in the 14th century close to the defensive line erected to guard against possible Muslim incursions after the Christian reconquest, while the only definitively recorded date in its first centuries comes courtesy of Juan de Ribera who decorated the inside of the chapel with vivid biblical frescoes in 1565. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Michael Penix Jr’s sterling debut gives Atlanta sorely needed hope. What took so long?

The Atlanta rookie finally took over for Kirk Cousins and showed the Falcons what they have been missing for almost two months: a legitimate starting quarterbackIt only took one drive to see the difference. The Falcons smoked the Giants 34-7 on Sunday behind a commanding performance from their rookie quarterback Michael Penix Jr.It was Penix’s first start after the team ejected on the Kirk Cousins experience, with the Falcons expected to release the veteran this offseason. On the sideline, Cousins stood with his helmet on, looking like a dejected figure. On the field, Penix threw lasers, showing the Falcons what they have been missing for almost two months: a legitimate starting quarterback. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Supermarket Boxing Day 2024 opening hours for Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, Asda and more

Here is a handy guide on when you can pop to your local supermarket for post-Christmas essentials on Boxing Day this year.

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1 hour ago Middle East crisis live: Israel orders closure of one of last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza

Head of Kamal Adwan hospital says it is ‘next to impossible’ to obey shut down order due to lack of ambulances to evacuate patientsThe UN agency for Palestinian Refugees, Unrwa, has been planning all year for winter in Gaza, but the aid it was able to get into the territory is “not even close to being enough for people,” Louise Wateridge, an agency spokesperson, said as many of the near 2 million Palestinians displaced by Israel’s war struggle to protect themselves from the wind, cold and rain.Unrwa distributed 6,000 tents over the past four weeks in northern Gaza but was unable to get them to other parts of the Strip, including areas where there has been fighting. About 22,000 tents have been stuck in Jordan and 600,000 blankets and 33 truckloads of mattresses have been sitting in Egypt since the summer because the agency doesn’t have Israeli approval or a safe route to bring them into Gaza and because it had to prioritise desperately needed food aid, Wateridge said.In the early ho...

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