40 m. ago Why we should be worried about Tony Blair's bromance with a tech tycoon who says every scrap of information about you should be stored on one giant database... that HE'D just love to own

Striding down the quayside wearing a tailored suit and £800 suede loafers, Tony Blair cut quite the figure as he prepared to board the superyacht Musashi during his lavish holiday.

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3 h. ago Penalty verdict and Hojlund demand as Manchester United rescue draw at Everton

United came away from their final trip to Goodison Park with a point

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4 h. ago Joseph Parker drops Martin Bakole in round 2 to retain WBO heavyweight title as short notice opponent blown away

North Lanarkshire based Bakole accepted the fight at 48 hours notice in Saudi Arabia after Daniel Dubois pulled out with illness

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4 h. ago Kylie Minogue receives top honour in Melbourne after wowing crowds on Tension tour

Kylie Minogue has received a commemorative star recognising her phenomenal  success entertaining crowds at Melbourne Park.

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4 h. ago LORD ASHCROFT: Starmer is so out of touch with ordinary people... they think he'll holiday on a super

When asked where Sir Keir Starmer would holiday, a recent focus group said Mauritius or the Maldives, or a yacht in the Caribbean as Labour already feels out of touch to many voters.

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4 h. ago Justin Bieber has heated confrontation with paparazzi while out with wife Hailey in Los Angeles

Justin Bieber and wife Hailey put on a united front in Paris on Saturday while enjoying a shopping trip in the City of Lights.

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4 h. ago Boy, 9, dies on family holiday after horror boat trip as parents given heartbreaking update

Mattia Cossettini, nine, died because of a haemorrhage resulting from a cerebral aneurysm while he was visiting Marsa Alam, Egypt, with his family, an autopsy has determined

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5 h. ago Donald Trump 'secretly recruited as KGB spy nearly 40 years ago on Moscow trip'

Former Kazakh intelligence chief Alnur Mussayev made the claims.

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6 h. ago Justin Bieber and wife Hailey put on a united front in Paris after his hostile confrontation with paparazzi

Justin Bieber and wife Hailey put on a united front in Paris on Saturday while enjoying a shopping trip in the City of Lights.

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6 h. ago Marco Asensio doubles up to steer Aston Villa to win over Chelsea

Unai Emery recently graded Aston Villa’s season as a seven out of 10 at best, acknowledging while their progress in Europe has been eye-catching, they needed to kick-start their Premier League campaign. Just as it seemed they would extend their winless run to six matches, the Chelsea goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen made a mess of a routine save, inadvertently giving Villa the leg-up they had been looking for, allowing Marco Asensio’s side-foot volley from Marcus Rashford’s cross after a short corner to slip through his gloves. Rashford’s half-time arrival proved inspired given he also laid the ball on for Asensio to cancel out Enzo Fernández’s opener.Thousands of Villa fans had spent the previous 24 hours plotting their second trip to Brugge in four months but for all of its pluses the Champions League has undoubtedly damaged their league form. Unai Emery has highlighted as much, unable to hide his mixed feelings on their season so far. Villa won six points from a possible 24 after midwe...

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7 h. ago Fatboy Slim: ‘I was in the same class as Keir Starmer – he’s one up on me now’

The electronic producer and DJ Norman Cook talks about learning the violin with Keir Starmer, his love for his label maker and crossing swords with MobyGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailYou did violin lessons with Keir Starmer when you were a child. Who was better at violin?I can’t actually remember the violin lessons. But I was in the same class at school as Keir for five years, so I remember him well. He must have been better at the violin than me, because I did it for about one term. My parents could take no more noise, so I would say Keir was better. It is quite weird when one day you see someone on the telly and go, “Oh look, it is Keir Starmer from 4B.” I think he’s one up on me by becoming prime minister.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Donald Trump 'secretly recruited as KGB agent' on trip to build Moscow hotel in 1987

It has been claimed that when Donald Trump travelled to Moscow for the first time back in 1987, as a 40-year-old real estate developer, he was recruited as a KGB agent

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8 h. ago Police appeal after van driver flees scene of tram crash that left girl dead

The collision occurred at 9.56am on Saturday between a van and a tram in Manchester City Centre on Mosley Street.

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9 h. ago Texas measles outbreak grows to 90 cases, worst level in 30 years

Epicenter of latest outbreak had one of state’s highest immunization exemption rates for 2023-24 school yearThe measles outbreak in Texas has grown to at least 90 cases, reaching historic levels, according to officials.Since late January, 90 cases of measles have been identified in the South Plains region, the state’s department of state health services (DSHS) reported Friday. At least 16 patients have been hospitalized as a result. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago 11 of the best pictures as hundreds of musicians protest Cardiff University cuts

Cardiff University announced last month that it could axe 400 academic jobs as well as shutting the school of nursing, music and modern foreign languages as the university contends with a deficit of £31m

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9 h. ago House builder supports West Lothian School Bank with bumper donation

Miller Homes’ donation to The School Bank West Lothian will go towards providing schools with “camp clothing packs” to ensure that every child has a chance to fully participate in school camp trips.

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9 h. ago West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen delivers major blow to Arsenal’s title hopes

So it turns out Arsenal should have signed a striker. Fourteen months after they last put a major dent in Arsenal’s title aspirations, a goal from Jarrod Bowen secured West Ham’s second successive Premier League away win over their north London rivals as Mikel Arteta’s side saw their hopes of maintaining the pressure on leaders Liverpool evaporate.To compound Arteta’s misery, substitute Myles Lewis-Skelly was shown a straight red card in the second half as Arsenal – who had toiled with Mikel Merino again filling in as a makeshift attacker – struggled to find an equaliser against a defence that would have done Graham Potter’s predecessor, David Moyes, proud. Yet while this was a welcome triumph for Potter, it also laid bare the deficiencies in Arsenal’s squad caused by so many injuries to forward players that has made their task of overhauling Arne Slot’s side almost impossible. A first defeat in 15 games – a run that had stretched back to the start of November – almost leaves them n...

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9 h. ago My boiler has broken and I’m finding solace in a slice (or several) of toast | Rachel Cooke

There are whole chapters in cookbooks dedicated to it and now an endless variety of new things to spread on top, including butters with a waiting listMy subject today is toast, which is much on my mind right now, a buttery ticker tape that calls me constantly to the kitchen. Our boiler has packed up, the new one won’t be installed for a week, and though it’s only the central heating that’s down (the cooker’s fine), the freezing cold has turned me into a toast monster. It’s all I want, a feeling I haven’t had since I was a student and living in a house that was so badly insulated, we sometimes had to break the ice on the water in the loo. How many loaves can a person get through in a week? Come back to me in a few days for an answer. I’ll give you a tour of my chilblains at the same time.What is amazing about toast is the way it has lately become so pimped. This started a few years ago: I first noticed it in Moro Easy by Sam and Sam Clark, a cookbook that came out in 2022 and whose o...

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9 h. ago Solicitors' watchdog reopens investigation into MP Jonathan Reynolds over past claims

The Stalybridge and Hyde MP has been accused of misrepresenting his legal career

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9 h. ago Opera stars of the future shine brightly in London Competition Finals

Opera stars of the future shine brightly in London Competition Finals  New York Classical Review

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