47 m. ago Welsh councils warn of massive council tax rises or 13,000 job losses

Filling a gap from Welsh Government funding could see 20% rises in council tax, they have warned

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51 m. ago Chicago TV journalist’s arrest in Ice raid ‘alarming and horrifying’, lawyers say

Attorneys for Debbie Brockman, released with no charges, deny agent’s claim she ‘threw objects’ at border patrol carAttorneys representing a producer for Chicago’s WGN television station who was temporarily detained by federal agents last week in Chicago, say the incident “should be alarming and horrifying to every person in this country”.Debbie Brockman, a US citizen and a WGN employee, was arrested on Friday by federal agents during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) operation in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. Videos from the scene show Brockman being forced to the ground by two agents before she is handcuffed and put in a van. Continue reading...

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83 m. ago D’Angelo dead at 51: R&B legend dies ‘after secret cancer battle’

The legendary singer died in his NYC home on October 14 from pancreatic cancer, it has been reported

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86 m. ago Elderly woman in NYC is killed by a solar panel that flew off a building in storms and hit her in the head

The city received at least 264 reports of downed trees during the nor’easter

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1 hour ago Judge accuses Homeland Security of bullying states into accepting conditions to get FEMA money

A federal judge in Rhode Island has accused the Trump administration of trying to “bully” states into accepting conditions that require them to cooperate on immigration enforcement actions to get disaster funding after he ruled those actions were unconstitutional

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3 h. ago Judge considers application to halt Soldier F trial over Bloody Sunday murders

Defence barrister Mark Mulholland KC has said there is no case to answer because crucial evidence is ‘unreliable’.

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3 h. ago Diane Keaton remembered by her final director: ‘Cameramen dissolved into puddles at her feet’

In 2023, Diane Keaton shot her last film, the comedy Summer Camp. Its director remembers her energy, fearlessness and effortless authenticity on setDiane Keaton had been an icon since before I was even born; who was I to direct her? To fill her head with my dialogue? To give her a note, suggesting: “It might be even funnier if you tried ”?And yet, as she towered over me in sky-high Gucci platform booties, she never made me feel even one inch less tall as I guided her through what would wind up being her final film. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Big Brother star slams 'sly' housemates after learning rude nickname

Big Brother fans are in for another drama-filled episode as tensions continue to rise in the ITV reality show

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4 h. ago Fendi names Maria Grazia Chiuri as creative director of Italian fashion house

Fendi has named Maria Grazia Chiuri as its new creative director after Silvia Venturini Fendi stepped aside to become honorary president

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4 h. ago Republican in New York’s mayor race: eccentric street vigilante who could secure Mamdani’s win

Curtis Sliwa is unlikely to run the overwhelmingly Democratic city. But his willingness to defy Trump and billionaires could leave a big impactWith less than a month to go, the race to be New York City’s mayor is continuing to fascinate and bemuse: and in an election that could have political ramifications across the country, it’s a beret-wearing, cat-loving vigilante who seems like he could have the final say.Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the crime-fighting group the Guardian Angels and the Republican candidate to run the largest US city, has little chance of winning the election in November. But his presence may be the thing that helps confirm Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist, as New York’s next mayor. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Evidence against Soldier F ‘simply doesn’t stack up’, Bloody Sunday trial told

The former paratrooper has been accused of the murder of two men during the events in 1972.

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5 h. ago Trump to present Charlie Kirk’s Presidential Medal of Freedom to his widow

Erika Kirk to be handed highest civilian honor on late husband’s behalf at White House ceremony

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5 h. ago World economy resilient amid Trump tariffs but outlook looks ‘dim’, says IMF

UK and global GDP growth forecasts upgraded for this year but immigration controls could have negative impact Business live – latest updatesThe global economy has shown “unexpected resilience” in the face of Donald Trump’s tariffs, but the full impact is yet to be felt, and outlook for growth remains “dim”, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.As policymakers gather in Washington for its annual meetings, the IMF has upgraded its forecast for global GDP growth this year to 3.2%, from 3% at its last update in July. Next year’s global forecast is unchanged, at 3.1%. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Vodafone reveals cause of massive outage that hit thousands of phones and home internet networks in London

The telecoms giant apologised for the outage, which it said was linked to a ‘non-malicious software issue’

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6 h. ago Harry Wilson wants ‘massive’ home advantage for Wales in World Cup play

The Dragons’ final game at home to North Macedonia is set to decide second spot in the group.

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6 h. ago Takeaways from the AP investigation into ICE's use of a full

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations

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8 h. ago Hegseth sends home overweight National Guard troops after viral photo

Photos showed seemingly overweight members of the Texas National Guard arriving in Chicago as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — despite Hegseth’s longstanding campaign against ‘fat troops’

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10 h. ago Is Vodafone still down as users continue to report issues after massive outage?

Some Brits say their services have come back to life while others say their connection is still "absolutely honking"

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10 h. ago Finding My Way by Malala Yousafzai review – growing up in public

Clambering up bell towers, dancing the night away and falling in love – how ‘saint’ Malala forged a new identityLying in her Birmingham hospital bed in the weeks after she’d been shot in the head by a Taliban assassin, 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai used to imagine the conversation she would have with Taliban leadership. “If they would just sit down with me I could reason with them and convince them to end their reign of misogyny and violence,” she writes in her new memoir.Malala kept a notebook by her bed, filled with rhetorical strategies and talking points – the names of journalists who might be able to broker a meeting with the Taliban, the Qur’an verses she could cite to show that girls do have a right to education in Islam, the things she could say to establish her own credentials as a God-fearing Muslim. Of course, that conversation never happened. Much later, after the fall of Afghanistan in 2021, it made her wince to recall her naive be...

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11 h. ago 'Punters are getting stuck into her' – Jason Heavey's Tuesday racing tips

The Daily Star Chief Tipster has singled out a filly who has alerady been the subject of strong support in the market, while a Billy Loughnane ridden outsider could outrun his odds at Lingfield

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