52 minutes ago The next Declan Rice? West Ham youngsters who could save club millions in the transfer market in 2025

Big things are expected for this crop of talented youngsters

Economics

57 minutes ago Is Cindy leaving EastEnders? Michelle Collins character exposed in affair reveal

EastEnders' Cindy Beale, played by actress Michelle Collins, could be forced out of Walford after her affair was exposed in dramatic fashion on Christmas Day on the BBC soap

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64 minutes ago Brit police force offers £20k reward to find remains of woman murdered by partner

The Met is renewing its reward of up to £20,000 for help finding the remains of a murdered woman, as her family face their second Christmas without her.

Events

2 hours ago ‘I have to be here. My family understands’: Christmas on the frontline with Ukraine’s drone brigade

In the forests near Kharkiv, Askold Krushelnycky speaks to soldiers spending Christmas fighting a hi-tech battle against Vladimir Putin’s forces

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2 hours ago Shocking moment youths chase each other with machetes outside college in front of terrified bystanders

The chaotic scenes were captured near Sandwell College, in West Bromwich, West Midlands.

Events

3 hours ago Police force slammed insensitive 'feet dangling out of attic' Christmas message

Wiltshire Police left Facebook users gob-smacked after the force posted an ill thought-out post to wish the local community Merry Christmas while urging struggling people to contact the Samaritans

Events

3 hours ago Early Christmas Morning Tragedy As Driver Jumps Sidewalk in London’s West End, Plowing Into Crowd of Pedestrians

Early Christmas Morning Tragedy As Driver Jumps Sidewalk in London’s West End, Plowing Into Crowd of Pedestrians  TheTravel

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5 hours ago Looking back on landmarks of US Black history from an era of erasure – in pictures

A new book offers US students a way to learn about Black history through images amid a campaign to roll back diversity and inclusion programsAmid an aggressive campaign to roll back diversity and inclusion programs, which could bring a more forceful implementation of the banning of African American history in some public schools, a new book seeks to do the opposite.Picturing Black History: Photographs and Stories That Changed the World, released last month, offers American students an alternative way of learning about Black history through images. “Photography allows us to see a representation of what people might already discuss in a classroom, in terms of repression and violence, but also in terms of other elements of Black joy and imagination,” said Damarius Johnson, a co-author of the book and the former managing editor of the Picturing Black History initiative. Along with his co-authors, Nicholas B Breyfogle, Steven Conn and Daniela Edmeier, Johnson sees the book as “really val...

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6 hours ago Pep Guardiola forcing Man City stars to SLEEP at training ground on Christmas night

Manchester City are in the midst of a wretched run of form and, in a bid to arrest their slide, manager Pep Guardiola is in no mood for festive cheer

Politics

8 hours ago Bilderberg Group changes itself for the modern world – and return of Trump

Once the apex of conspiracy theories, the influential group signals a shift by naming ex-Nato chief as new co-chairThe former head of Nato, Jens Stoltenberg, has been named the new co-chair of the influential Bilderberg Group, which convenes a yearly transatlantic policy conference and has long been the subject of conspiracy theories around the extent of its power to shape global events.After a turbulent decade at the helm of the alliance’s military, Stoltenberg now takes over at its pre-eminent discussion forum: a fiercely private four-day event frequented by prime minsters, EU commissioners, bank bosses, corporate CEOs and intelligence chiefs. Continue reading...

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