58 m. ago Taylor Swift bundles up in a $6.4k coat for girls' night out at members

The pop star, 35, showcased her legs in sheer black tights paired with an expensive  $6,400 Louis Vuitton coat for the outing.

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96 m. ago Trump addresses affordability crisis and attacks immigrants in meandering, bigotry

In Pennsylvania, US president attacks Ilhan Omar and Jasmine Crockett and makes multiple false claims, including that ‘prices are way down’A federal judge in New York has granted the justice department’s request to unseal grand jury documents in the sex-trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell – the companion and accomplice of the late sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein. It comes after the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Donald Trump signed last month.The legislation requires the Department of Justice to release the full tranche of records related to disgraced financier, in a searchable format by 19 December. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Albanese is taking away social media for children but hanging out mistletoe for AI. It’s magical thinking | Peter Lewis

The PM won big by convincing us we could avoid the madness of Donald Trump’s new world order but Labor’s feeble AI plan embeds Australia deeply in its orbitGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastI’m blaming Santa. As 2025 reaches its inevitable endgame, I can’t help thinking we have all become gullible children enthralled by the promise of tech cornucopia, refusing to see the folds in our logic because deep down we don’t want to break the magic.While the federal government prepares to take the toys off the children with its world-first social media ban, it is hanging out the stockings for the self-same tech overlords to fill with new goodies via its light-touch National AI Plan. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Arne Slot admits ‘it’s been emotional’ as he opens up on Mo Salah returning to Liverpool team after huge Inter win

ARNE SLOT opened about Mo Salah returning to the Liverpool team after his gamble to leave the outcast star at home paid off. Victory over Inter Milan eased the pressure on Slot thanks to Dominik Szoboszlai’s late penalty winner when the midfielder smashed home an 88th minute spot-kick following Alessandro Bastoni’s shirt pull on Florian...

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3 h. ago Chilling 'brain rot' warning as kids up until 5am on TikTok and YouTube

Around a fifth of the time children aged eight to 14 spend on YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok and WhatsApp is between the hours of 9pm and 5am, the media watchdog has found

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3 h. ago Keir Starmer's plan to save Britain's children from three major dangers

PM Keir Starmer has vowed to tackle a crisis of young people struggling with 'unprecedented levels of isolation' with the launch of a landmark youth strategy on Wednesday

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3 h. ago Welsh Government makes major announcement on free school meals

Councils will get an extra £8m to give all primary children, regardless of income, free lunch each day. The extra cash is to cover rising costs and adds 20p per meal

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3 h. ago Thousands of asylum claims unresolved after three years, damning spending watchdog analysis finds

Ballooning backlog of asylum appeals is fuelled by shortage of immigration judges and lack of legal aid, national audit office finds

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3 h. ago Federal agents use pepper spray on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown

Federal agents have used pepper spray to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis

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4 h. ago Urgent energy drink warning after man suffers a stroke when he guzzles triple the safe limit

ENERGY drinks can cause a stroke, warn doctors who treated a man who nearly died after guzzling eight a day. Medics at Nottingham University Hospitals said the unnamed patient in his 50s has been left with permanent nerve damage in his left hand and foot. Under-16s are already banned from buying super high caffeine drinks...

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4 h. ago Gwyneth Paltrow tells Jacob Elordi her daughter Apple, 21, 'is in love with' him... and gets a cheeky reply

She shares two children with her ex-husband Chris Martin of Coldplay fame - a 21-year-old daughter called Apple and a 19-year-old son called Moses.

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4 h. ago Maya Jama wows in tartan jacket and black mini dress as she returns to The Masked Singer for Christmas special

TV star Maya Jama brings plaid tidings as she returns to The Masked Singer. The 31-year-old wore a black and orange tartan jacket over a black dress for the Christmas special. Maya returned to the panel alongside Davina McCall, Mo Gilligan and Jonathan Ross — with children’s TV puppet Basil Brush appearing as a special...

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4 h. ago Children left in tears and 'thousands' of revellers turned away after tech giant 'hijacked' festive event for private party

Arm Holdings, a software design company worth more than £100billion, reportedly paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to hire out Cambridge Christmas market for its staff on Saturday.

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5 h. ago Charlotte Crosby puts wedding on hold and admits fiancé struggled with TV show

Geordie Shores star Charlotte Crosby has put her wedding on hold and confessed she 'did not think' about fiance Jake Ankers when making her new TV show Geordie Stories: Charlotte Mam of Two

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5 h. ago Vogue Williams shares the emotional moment she reunites with her three children after I'm A Celebrity stint: 'My heart hurt with how much I missed our babies'

The TV presenter, 40, left fans in tears as she shared the moment she reunited with her three children after her I'm a Celebrity stint.

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5 h. ago Officers at Texas immigration detention facility accused of beatings and sexual abuse

Civil rights coalition calls for immediate closure of camp, where more than 2,700 detainees are being heldOfficers at the large immigration detention camp located at the Fort Bliss army base in Texas are allegedly mistreating detainees, with accusations including beatings, sexual abuse and clandestine deportations of non-Mexican nationals into Mexico, according to a coalition of local and national US civil rights organizations.In a 19-page letter, addressed to senior government officials at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and Fort Bliss military command, the coalition accuses officers at the immigration detention facility on the base, called Camp East Montana, of being “in violation of agency policies and standards, as well as statutory and constitutional protections”. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Charlotte Crosby reveals her 2026 wedding ISN'T happening and admits her fiancé Jake Ankers was left hurt by her relationship confessions on TV

Charlotte Crosby has revealed that her wedding which was originally planned for 2026 is not happening anymore over money woes.

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5 h. ago Dame Barbara Windsor's widower Scott Mitchell admits he was 'really hurt' by backlash when he started a relationship with EastEnders star Tanya Franks

The actor's agent, 62, went public with their relationship last year, having grown close while campaigning together for dementia awareness following Barbara's diagnosis with Alzheimer's.

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5 h. ago Stuff stockings with shares not presents: The investments that will net your children or grandchildren a small fortune when they hit 18

While young people will be overjoyed to unwrap their dream gift this Christmas, it's usually only a matter of time before the presents end up forgotten.

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5 h. ago UN chief calls on Yemen's Houthi rebels to free all UN detainees

The United Nations chief is calling on Yemen’s Houthi rebels not to prosecute detained U.N. personnel and to work “in good faith” to immediately release all detained staff from the U.N. and foreign agencies and missions

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