57 m. ago JK Rowling blasts Sturgeon memoirs as a 'shameless denial of reality and hard facts' in scathing review

Author JK Rowling has penned a scathing review of Nicola Sturgeon 's hotly anticipated memoirs on the day it was officially launched.

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79 m. ago Thousands of users’ personal data — including their IDs — were leaked from a popular male revenge dating app

A widely downloaded new app invites men to review the women they’ve dated, and asks for photo ID to verify their identity. What could possibly go wrong?

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86 m. ago Christine McGuinness comes to 'intense' realisation days before Celebs Go Dating exit

It was another day of paradise for the celebrity's on the Celebs Go Dating Ibiza getaway, but it didn't seem as if Christine McGuinness was having as much fun as the others

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1 hour ago Teens arrested after boy, 17, horrifically injured in Wigan machete attack

The incident happened at around 5:30pm on Wednesday on a street in Wigan and left the young victim 'bleeding heavily' with potentially life-changing injuries to his hand

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2 h. ago King Charles to make 'important' speech to entire nation at this exact time tomorrow

King Charles will address the nation from 7.30am tomorrow morning to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, in a special message to the nation, Realms and Commonwealth

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2 h. ago VJ Day 80: Remembering the brothers who died as Prisoners of War

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, historian Geoff Pugh has tracked down the graves of every person called Pugh who died in WW2 and WW1 including two brothers who were Japanese Prisoner of War.

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2 h. ago Thousands of users’ personal data — like their IDs — were leaked from a popular male revenge dating app

A widely downloaded new app invites men to review the women they’ve dated, and asks for photo ID to verify their identity. What could possibly go wrong?

Politics

2 h. ago Charity which asked children as young as five to write Valentine's Day cards for asylum seekers is reported to watchdog

Schools of Sanctuary, a small refugee-sector charity, launched the programme in primary schools across Britain last year. Sir Gavin Williamson has since asked for them to be investigated.

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2 h. ago Shirtless Justin Bieber looks dazed at nightclub partying with controversial rapper amid fan concern

The 31-year-old pop star - who previously got sober in 2014 - clutched a bottle of Clase Azul México tequila in the middle of a packed crowd at West Hollywood hotspot Zouk on Wednesday night

Society

3 h. ago Countries urged to ‘hold the line’ in Geneva plastics treaty negotiations

Talks continue amid warnings from environmental groups over being ‘sold out’ without meaningful or legally binding measuresTalks between nations to hammer out a plastics treaty to end plastic pollution continued behind closed doors in Geneva on Thursday, the final day of negotiations, as civil society groups urged countries to “hold the line” to secure a strong agreement.With time running out to seal a deal between 184 countries, environmental groups expressed concern that frontline communities, Indigenous people and others suffering the worst impacts of the world’s growing plastic crisis were being “sold out” in an effort to secure a treaty, without meaningful or legally binding measures that would address the scale of the problem, “at any cost”. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago iPad Mini with next day delivery now under £30 in rare online deal

Shoppers happy to opt for an older iPad model can save big on this iPad Mini.

Economics

4 h. ago Iconic Scottish spot with breathtaking hike named among UK's best panoramic views

CEWE and photographer Bella Falk ranked the UK’s best panoramic views, with an iconic spot on Isle of Skye fifth.

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4 h. ago King Charles to address nation on 80th anniversary of VJ Day tomorrow morning

The monarch has recorded a special message to the Nation, Realms and Commonwealth, to make the occasion.

Politics

4 h. ago Republican doesn’t wear seatbelt in DC ‘because of carjacking’ despite data showing decline

Senator echoes Trump’s claims about crime in Washington DC, disputing statistics showing a drop in car thefts and other violationsUS politics live – latest updatesA Republican senator said that he doesn’t wear a seatbelt when he’s driving in Washington DC so he can act more swiftly if he gets carjacked, adding further fuel to repeated rhetoric by the Trump administration that crime is on the rise in the US – despite statistics indicating otherwise.Markwayne Mullin told Fox News on Wednesday that he avoids buckling up, violating local traffic ordinances, so he can “exit in a hurry”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Trump’s DC takeover is a move of staggering hypocrisy | Rebecca Solnit

Donald Trump is concocting a drama in DC because he would like us to really stop talking about the Epstein filesThe most violent day in the history of Washington DC, leaving aside the War of 1812, was 6 January 2021, and the instigator was Donald J Trump, who this week has endeavored to seize control of the nation’s capital, after reports that a former employee of the “department of government efficiency” (Doge) was assaulted in the city.In a sense the new event echoes the old; both are illegitimate power grabs made on the basis of lies. In 2021 it was a lie about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election; in the summer of 2025 it’s lies about crime levels. Reliable sources – including the Biden Department of Justice in January – have noted that violent crime there is at a 30-year low. Five people died as a result of that 2021 attack on Congress, and dozens of law enforcement officers were injured, some gravely, by the mob Trump incited. On his first day in office in 2025 he par...

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4 h. ago Transfer news LIVE: Eze chooses Arsenal; Man Utd get Baleba boost; Isak to Liverpool; Donnarumma latest

Plenty of movement in the transfer window with just a day until the Premier League relaunches

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4 h. ago Farm worker 'beats colleague to death and 'eats his brain' on first day in the job'

The brutal killing took place on August 12 at Fazenda Baixinha, a rural property in Ilheus, in the far south of the Brazilian state of Bahia.

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5 h. ago Sacrifices of VJ Day heroes ‘shall never be forgotten’, King Charles says

King Charles will be speaking ahead of the 80th anniversary of VJ Day on August 15

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5 h. ago King to tell nation sacrifices of VJ Day heroes ‘shall never be forgotten’

VJ Day on August 15 marks the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender to the Allies following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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5 h. ago Boden drops 'smart but not fussy' day dress in trendy autumn hue by £52

"The best dress ever. Love the colour, the fabric, so stretchy and comfortable"

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