2 h. ago Pictured: Northern Irish boy, four, who was found dead in Tenerife swimming pool on family holiday

Edward James Watson Massey, from Co Down, was found found unresponsive on Thursday May 22 in a pool in San Miguel de Abona, a popular holiday spot in the south of the island.

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5 h. ago Irish Government to draft bill to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements

Ireland’s deputy premier Simon Harris received Cabinet approval to draft the law on Tuesday.

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8 h. ago Lewis Pugh warns we must protect sharks as he completes swim to mark Jaws’ 50th

The British endurance swimmer has finished a 60-mile swim around Martha’s Vineyard, a shark hotspot where the Hollywood blockbuster was filmed.

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9 h. ago What are the 15 most wanted 90s & 00s singles to look out for in charity shops, according to Discogs?

15 classic CD singles you bought back in the day that Discogs users are still after

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10 h. ago Capital investor makes critical £200 million funding pledge to Scottish businesses

“Our new commitment builds on a strong foundation and is focused on unlocking even more opportunities for Scottish scale-ups to thrive” – Paddy Graham, BGF

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11 h. ago 'I ended up tingling and vomiting every 30 minutes after waterfall swim'

Isabelle says she has been left traumatised by the experience that left her hospitalised and on an IV drip

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12 h. ago Poundland makes huge change to loyalty scheme 'as 200 stores could close'

It comes after Pepco Group, the owner of Poundland, announced it was going to sell the discount chain - with reports suggesting 200 stores could close

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12 h. ago The Breakdown | A flashback to following the 2001 Lions’ enthralling tour of Australia

After a taste of the atmosphere during a post-university year travelling I was hooked and the memories will last a lifetimeJune 2001. I’m on an overnight Greyhound bus from Cairns to Townsville. A typical post-university year travelling in Australia and New Zealand has taken an unwelcome turn after an equally typical relationship breakup.Initially there had been no plans to follow that year’s British & Irish Lions tour, even though I had been enthralled by the classic encounter against the Springboks four years before. With my newfound freedom it seemed logical to head south, a couple of hundred miles down the coast, to see the legendary tourists in action. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Saltburn star Barry Keoghan opens up about his drugs battle saying 'I'm an addict'

The Irish actor, who also found acclaim in films such as The Banshees if Inisherin opposite Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, spoke about his own drugs experiences as well as the loss of his family members as a result of their own addictions.

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12 h. ago Northeast Activity Weekend invites families to discover STEM together

Scottish charity, TechFest, welcomes families with children of all ages, to their Activity Weekend Festival, running May 31st to 1st of June.

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12 h. ago Scott McTominay swigs whisky, smokes fags and drinks Tennent's Super as McFratm steals show at Napoli title party

Over 200,000 Napoli fans lined the streets on Monday to watch their heroes parade their fourth Scudetto triumph

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13 h. ago Gary Lineker sends parting shot just hours after leaving the BBC with pro

Taking to Instagram , the former England footballer shared a verse by Irish-Indian poet Nikita Gill about a Palestinian health worker who this week lost nine of her ten children in a single Israeli airstrike.

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13 h. ago Pierce Brosnan defends Irish accent in MobLand after viewers brand it ‘utterly ridiculous’

The Irish actor has been ridiculed for his vocal performance as gangster boss Conrad Harrigan

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14 h. ago British holidaymaker attacked by shark during morning swim ‘thought she would die’

Rachel Smith had emergency surgery and hopes to regain full movement in 18 months time

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14 h. ago Edinburgh winter festivals worth almost £200 million to city – report

The events drew more than 2.8 million visitors

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16 h. ago Brave mum who beat cancer completes her first Race for Life for charity

Ann Binks, from Salsburgh, joined her brother Paul McKenna and Asda Coatbridge colleague Marie Miller as she took on the 5k course at Glasgow Green to collect vital funds for Cancer Research UK.

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17 h. ago AP PHOTOS: More than 200 Ukrainian POWs have died in Russian prisons. This is one soldier's story

“Everything will be all right.”

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18 h. ago Takeaways from AP report on Ukrainian POWs dying in Russian prisons

More than 200 Ukrainian POWs have died in Russian prisons since Moscow’s full-scale invasion three years ago

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18 h. ago More than 200 Ukrainian POWs have died in Russian prisons. This is one soldier's story

More than 200 Ukrainian POWs have died in Russian prisons since Moscow's full-scale invasion three years ago

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18 h. ago ‘I just want security’: fear remains for Syrian massacre survivors awaiting justice

Relatives of those killed in March attacks on Alawite towns worry perpetrators are still at large as investigation draws outHaider* hid in the attic as gunmen rifled through his cousins’ belongings. “Is anyone upstairs? Don’t come down or I will kill you!” yelled a masked man wearing military fatigues. Haider waited in silence for an hour before fleeing his cousins’ house in the village of al-Sanobar on Syria’s coast.He emerged to find his home ablaze and 11 members of his family shot dead, including his 22-year-old brother and 16-year-old cousin. His family were some of the more than 200 al-Sanobar residents killed in sectarian massacres in north-west Syria on 7 March which mostly targeted members of the minority Alawite religion, a sect of Islam. Continue reading...

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