9 m. ago Christian musician, who sang the national anthem for Trump at 2022 rally, is facing felony child pornography charges

Sheptock was arrested while he was ministering at a nearby women’s prison

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10 m. ago UK weather map: Where Storm Benjamin is set to bring 75mph winds and heavy rain this week

Met Office issues three yellow weather warnings as heavy downpours and strong gales to lash across UK

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13 m. ago Teacher banned from classroom after telling pupil ‘imagine this was your mum’ in lesson about honour killings

Mr Lloyd will be unable to teach in any school, sixth form or children’s home across England

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24 m. ago 'My cats won't eat their food unless I do one bizarre thing to them first'

A man has joked that he can't hire a cat-sitter because of the bizarre ritual his two cats demand he does before they'll eat the food he gives them - no matter how hungry they are

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28 m. ago ‘HotGirlsForCuomo’ website leads to list of allegations against Cuomo after influencer failed to buy domain in time for launch

Site intended to support independent candidate for New York City mayor redirected after conservative activist behind it is beaten in race to acquire address

Economics

31 m. ago JLR cyber attack 'most financially damaging ever to hit the UK'

The car manufacturing giant was forced to stop production for five weeks

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32 m. ago The City must be protected from the malign threat posed by cyber crime

City of London Police coordinates the national response against fraud

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42 m. ago US leaders are erasing Black history. That threatens our future | Stacey Abrams and Esosa Osa

DEI is being used as a smokescreen to roll back progress and consolidate power. The goal is to rewrite our nation’s storyDemocracy flourishes when Black Americans advance. The evidence is clear: birthright citizenship, constitutional due process, anti-discrimination laws from education to housing to employment and equitable small business investments, are all byproducts of the systemic corrections known today as DEI. Yet, in recent years, DEI has been used as a smokescreen by cynical politicians and activists to roll back progress and consolidate power. Across classrooms, museums, boardrooms and federal agencies, the key pathways to opportunity and success are under attack through a coordinated disinformation campaign of erasure, distortion and suppression.The impact of these tactics is concrete and undeniable. Since the start of this year, Onyx Impact’s research has found, 306,000 Black women have lost their jobs and $3.4bn in grant programs investing in Black communities has been ...

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44 m. ago Glowing Danny Rohl CV heightens Rangers pressure but he's a better bet than Russell Martin after one sitting

History tells you that foreign coaches rarely work at the Old Firm but this one comes armed with admirers

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45 m. ago Real Living Wage: thousands to get pay boost with 2025 national Living Wage rate increase across UK and London

More than 16,000 employers have now signed up to pay staff the new rate 💷

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50 m. ago Labour's plan to cut cash Isas is a tax raid by another name, says Shadow Chancellor MEL STRIDE

The Chancellor is considering slashing the tax-free limit on cash Isas - a move that would hit millions of careful savers across Britain.

Economics

55 m. ago Suspected fake Labubu toys removed from shops in Renfrewshire amid crackdown

Trading Standards officers acted to remove approximately 150 imitation products from retail premises across area.

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57 m. ago Stockport to host huge Christmas celebration with 50 free shows and more than 200 performers

The festivities will spread across Merseyway Shopping Centre, Suffragette Square, The Underbanks, Market Place, Redrock and Warren Street

Culture

63 m. ago The play that changed my life: ‘Waiting for Godot revealed that less is more – it made me fearless’

A school production of Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece, with Nigel Planer in the cast, provided a lesson in forgetting about failureUntil I was 12 I was in the French school system, where theatre was Molière, Corneille, Racine. Going to the theatre meant The Sound of Music or My Fair Lady. Then it was decided I would switch to school in England. So, at 13, I arrived at Westminster school. It was 1968, and the world opened up.I went to see a school production of Waiting for Godot in French in a small room with a little stage, and I was sitting at the back. Musically, I was pretty sophisticated – I already knew about all the psychedelic music that had been happening. I’d seen the Mothers of Invention. I’d seen lots and lots and lots. But I didn’t know there was stuff like this. I suddenly became aware that, just like in music, there was a whole new world out there. Continue reading...

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64 m. ago Drivers warned of an 'unlimited fine or imprisonment' if seen in 1 costume this Halloween

Drivers are being warned to avoid a common Halloween costume that could land them in hot water with the authorities and result in a hefty fine and possibly imprisonment.

Events

73 m. ago Bob Vylan on not feeling at home in the UK: ‘I’m in it but not of it’

The Bob Vylan frontman says seeing rallies like 'Unite the Kingdom', a march organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson - whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon - makes him feel ostracised by his own country.

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85 m. ago The Spin | The Shane Warne effect: why some cricketers are loved by fans of their fiercest rivals

Rivalries are hard and real in cricket but the game’s capacity for fluctuating, compelling narratives creates heroes out of foesAt the most famous cricket ground in the world, inside the sport’s most revered pavilion, there is a lifesize painting of a man who terrorised English cricket for 15 years. Across the manicured green turf at Lord’s, inside cricket’s most iconic media centre, the main commentary box is named after this generational tormentor. About 84 miles away, at the Rose Bowl near Southampton, an entire stand bears his name.English cricket has every reason to hate Shane Warne. In 36 Ashes Tests he bagged 195 wickets at an average of 23.25. From his opening ball of the century at Old Trafford in 1993 to his final bow in Sydney in 2007, he seemed to operate on a different plane. This peroxided devil ruined summers and deepened cold, bitter winters, yet he became an English national treasure, the perfect reminder that cricket, above all else, is something that should be enj...

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88 m. ago ‘Why are you gay?’: Elon Musk’s homophobic slur escalates feud with Trump cabinet member

The SpaceX boss posted a series of posts on X in response to remarks made by Sean Duffy about the timeline for getting humans back to the moon

Politics

98 m. ago Full list of Morrisons closures as 103 cafes, florists and pharmacies axed

The list includes 17 of its smaller Morrisons Daily convenience stores as part of a major restructure, as well as more than 50 cafes, 13 florists, four pharmacies and 18 Market Kitchens

Politics

1 hour ago Inside the illegal eel trade: is there a way to stop Europe’s biggest wildlife crime before it’s too late?

Interviews with experts and key players across four countries reveal why efforts to stop the multibillion-euro trafficking industry have failed – and how to save the endangered fishBy 10am on the midsummer Day of the Ox, the city of Narita smells of charcoal and sugar. The cobbled road is thronged with visitors lining up to buy grilled eel, a traditional delicacy believed to cool the body and keep spirits up in the humid weather.“We’ll be so sad if it becomes extinct and we can’t eat eel any more,” says a customer sitting on the tatami-mat floor in Kawatoyo, a popular restaurant specialising in grilled eel, which has been operating for more than 115 years.Kabayaki-style eel, grilled with tare sauce, served at Kawatoyo restaurant in Narita. Photograph: Toru Hanai Continue reading...

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