67 m. ago Real Madrid suffer nightmare Arsenal preparation thanks to forgotten Liverpool star

Real Madrid are set to travel to the Emirates to take on Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie on Tuesday and Carlo Ancelotti's side have suffered nightmare preparation for the fixture

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4 h. ago Former MI6 Chief: Putin lacks rationality unless in a ‘permanent state of antagonism’

Former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger told The Independent’s Sam Kiley that Vladimir Putin lacks rationality unless in a “permanent state of antagonism,” offering Russia only “security.” This remark comes just months after the third anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

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4 h. ago Wrexham wins again and closes in on a third straight promotion under Hollywood owners

Wrexham looks to be closing in on a third straight promotion and a place in the second-tier Championship

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5 h. ago Blair tells Starmer NOT to hit back at Trump's tariffs as US stocks see biggest 2

Blair was speaking to students at King's College University in London on Friday, just days after President Trump unveiled major tariffs in possibly the biggest shake-up of world economics on record.

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6 h. ago Starmer under pressure from biggest backers to unpick Brexit after Trump tariffs

As Keir Starmer reflects on the ongoing turmoil of Trump’s tariffs trade unions, business groups, pro-EU campaigners and Labour MPs are trying to push him to negotiate much closer ties with the EU

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6 h. ago London hotels threaten to evict asylum seekers over unpaid Home Office contract

The threat comes as the number of migrants arriving on small boats over the last three months reached record levels

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6 h. ago Everton vs Arsenal LIVE: Premier League match stream, latest goal updates as Trossard scores

Premier League weekend kicks off at Goodison Park

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6 h. ago Russell Brand's fall from a Hollywood star married to one of the world's most famous popstars to an online conspiracy theorist now charged with string of sex crimes

The 50-year-old is believed to be in Florida having cut most of his ties with the Uk over the past 18 months ago and moved there with his wife Laura and their three children.

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6 h. ago Rangers vs Hibs LIVE score and goal updates from Premiership clash at Ibrox

Barry Ferguson's men are back at Ibrox against the in form Hibees who in the midst of a battle for third place behind the Gers

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6 h. ago Rangers 0 Hibs 0 LIVE score and goal updates from Premiership clash at Ibrox

Barry Ferguson's men are back at Ibrox against the in form Hibees who in the midst of a battle for third place behind the Gers

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7 h. ago Everton vs Arsenal LIVE: Premier League match stream, latest score and goal updates

Premier League weekend kicks off at Goodison Park

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7 h. ago Ronin the rat breaks world record in Cambodia by detecting more than 100 landmines

Ronin has uncovered 109 landmines and 15 items of unexploded ordnance since 2021

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7 h. ago What is up with car door handles these days? | Dave Schilling

Why is everything computerised, automated or impossible to turn off these days?I believe, deep in my soul, that car companies’ number one goal in life is to ruin the experience of driving. I don’t have any direct evidence of this conspiracy to rob us of the pleasure of the open road, other than the cacophony of beeps, blips, bloops and blops that greet us in the latest models. Oh, and the screens. Every year, they try to find a new place to glue a touchscreen in a car, like Pizza Hut hunting for more orifices to stuff cheese into one of their pies.Everything is computerized, automated or impossible to turn off. According to surveys of new-car buyers by the market research firm Strategic Vision, satisfaction with car controls plummeted by 23 percentage points in the last nine years. The whiz-bang gizmos foisted on the North American car buyer have devolved from the glorious, life-saving back-up camera to gesture controls that allow you to turn an invisible knob to crank up the volume...

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7 h. ago Musk may soon leave the White House, but his bromance with Trump will remain

Rather than an explosive split that many predicted, Musk instead appears set to keep close ties with Trump and retain influence on US politicsAfter months of exerting extraordinary power over the US government and becoming a mascot for Donald Trump’s new administration, the first signs that Elon Musk may shift away from his prominent role in the White House began to appear this week.Both Trump and JD Vance have stated in interviews over the past few days that Musk would eventually leave the administration and the “department of government efficiency” (Doge) that he founded, their most direct statements yet on his tenure. Politico also reported on Wednesday that Trump had told members of his inner circle that the Tesla CEO would be departing in the coming weeks, though Musk called the article “fake news”. Musk is a “special government employee”, a designation that technically carries a 130-day term that, depending on how the administration chooses to log those days, could run out at ...

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7 h. ago Patwa is not ‘broken English’: the African ties that bind US and Caribbean languages

Centuries later, Jamaican Patwa and US Gullah Creole retain many Africanisms adopted from enslaved peopleIllustrations by Alexis Chivir-ter TsegbaIn 2000, I won a writing competition that awakened me to the depth and variety of Caribbean languages. As the Jamaica finalist for the My Caribbean essay competition, I joined more than 20 children from the region to form the youth delegation of the 24th Caribbean Tourism Conference in Bridgetown, Barbados.I spent days with peers from islands that, until then, I did not know existed, such as the small but brilliant Sint Eustatius and Saba in the Leeward Islands. What I remember most are the simple greetings and phrases the other children and I taught one another in our different Creoles. Every child had an official language they wrote in to win their national competition – English, French, Dutch etc – but as soon as we were comfortable enough, we ditched those and shared as much as we could in our everyday tongues. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Grand National 2025: Sir Alex Ferguson's horse riding in big Aintree race

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has taken a strong interest in horse racing both during and after his time in football, and has had runners in the Grand National before

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8 h. ago Iran's currency falls to record low against the dollar as tensions run high

Iran’s rial currency traded at a record low against the U.S. dollar as the country returned to work after a long holiday

Events

8 h. ago Lando Norris shows true colours with reaction after Max Verstappen's shock Suzuka pole

Max Verstappen beat both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, breaking Sebastian Vettel's previous Suzuka lap record in the process

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8 h. ago ‘We can’t sit back and watch’: Former MI6 boss says Britain must get ready for war as Putin threatens Europe

Exclusive: As a Russia-Ukrainian ceasefire looks no closer, Sir Alex Younger tells The Independent how the UK is too detached from the threat posed by Putin – and that our ‘collective effort’ needs to change

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8 h. ago Voices: As former MI6 chief says the UK must be ready for war – should Britain bring back national service?

Have your say: As former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger warns Britain must revive national service to face global threats, the debate over military readiness intensifies

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