69 m. ago Glastonbury 2025: the 1975, Neil Young and Olivia Rodrigo to headline

Charli xcx, the Prodigy and Loyle Carner will headline the Other stage, with first-time sets from Alanis Morissette, Doechii and En VogueThis year’s Glastonbury set will feature two first-time headliners in the British pop-rock group the 1975 and the US pop-punk songwriter Olivia Rodrigo.The band, led by Matty Healy, will top the Friday night billing on the Pyramid stage. Rodrigo will perform on Sunday. In 2022, the Drivers License singer performed on the Other stage, a set that boasted a guest spot from Lily Allen and an excoriation of the US supreme court following the overturning of Roe v Wade a day earlier. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Asylum seeker raped girl, 15, in town centre after spotting her alone, court hears

A 29-year-old asylum seeker from Afghanistan raped a 15-year-old schoolgirl after spotting her alone in Falkirk city centre, a court has heard.

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11 h. ago Pentagon official condemned over tweet about Jewish victim lynched by Georgia mob

Kingsley Wilson disputed innocence of Leo Frank, widely agreed to have been wrongly convicted of girl’s 1913 murderThe Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has condemned a past social media post by Pentagon spokesperson Kingsley Wilson that disputed the innocence of Leo Frank, a Jewish businessman whom most historians agree was wrongfully convicted of killing a 13-year-old factory worker and lynched in 1915 during a wave of antisemitism in the US.“Leo Frank raped & murdered a 13-year-old girl. He also tried to frame a Black man for his crime,” Wilson wrote on X in response to an August 2024 tweet by the ADL marking the 109th anniversary of Frank’s lynching. “The ADL turned off the comments because they want to gaslight you.” Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Powerful US storms create blizzard conditions and threaten to spawn more tornadoes

Powerful storms that killed two people in Mississippi and ripped roofs from buildings in a small Oklahoma town are charging across the nation, threatening more communities in the central to eastern United States with wide-ranging weather

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19 h. ago Failed asylum seeker who punched man unconscious turns up for sentencing wearing designer clothes, £180 Nike trainers and carrying two iPhones

Hamza Amri, 29, arrived in Britain two years ago and was sent to live on the Bibby Stockholm in Dorset on an £9.10 a week allowance.

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32 h. ago Controversial sauna at centre of public nudity row can stay open, say town hall chiefs

The Hot Tottie sauna in Luss opened last year on the banks of Loch Lomond and quickly became a go-to spot for visitors, many from neighbouring towns such as Balloch or Dumbarton.

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39 h. ago Man 'raped girl, 15, in alleyway near Bournemouth beach after sexually assaulting her friend who ran to get help', court hears

Antony Demetriades, 24, lured the bikini wearing girl and her teenage friend into an alleyway behind the Oceanarium attraction after they had spent the day sunbathing on the beach, it was heard.

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41 h. ago The new £600k entrance that will make Greater Manchester town centre 'more welcoming'

A £600k grant will fund finishing touches on a 'beautifying' scheme.

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47 h. ago Books from Perthshire library being taken to landfill to due to drop in demand

Valuable space in the community centre - where the town's independently run library is housed - was being taken up by books

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62 h. ago Hamilton town centre transformation and Chatelherault bridge funded in South Lanarkshire budget

The projects among the first to be supported through the authority's new £55 million Building Back fund

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3 d. ago Police 'increasingly concerned' for missing man who vanished wearing pyjamas

Imran is from Fallowfield but is thought to have travelled towards Bury town centre

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3 d. ago In Pontypool, I saw the looming threat of Nigel Farage – and how Labour is playing into his hands | John Harris

Instead of bowing to rightwing populism, Starmer should take it on by rebuilding towns – and giving people the jobs and homes they craveThe south Welsh town of Pontypool doesn’t quite suggest a crucial political frontline. The town centre is full of imposing 19th- and 20th-century buildings that were created in a spirit of pride and optimism but have long since lain empty; local people talk about the shadow of the old iron and coal industries, and the fact that precious little ever came along to take their place. On the Monday afternoon I visited, the most forlorn sight was a huge mural of a local rugby crowd, lovingly sprayed on the exterior of a former discount store: a two-dimensional throng, put there to “inspire people to remember what Pontypool could be like as a thriving community”.Despite appearances, a significant watershed moment happened here recently. Like so much of south Wales, Pontypool has long been seen as a loyal Labour redoubt – but on 13 February, Reform UK gaine...

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5 d. ago Netflix's Toxic Town starring Outlander and Trainspotting stars tells heartbreaking story

A Netflix drama centred around a town's toxic waste scandal has quickly become the streaming service's most popular TV show.

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6 d. ago Huge fall in UK work visas as asylum seeker applications rocket to record level, Home Office data shows

A total of 108,138 people applied for asylum in Britain in 2024, the highest number for any 12-month period since current records began

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6 d. ago Little girl 'raped by uncle just before sixth birthday while mum watched,' court hears

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A 27-year-old woman has told a court how she endured 14 years of sexual abuse by her own family which she says began when she was little more than a toddler

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6 d. ago Little girl 'raped by uncle just before sixth birthday while mum watched'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A 27-year-old woman has told a court how she endured 14 years of sexual abuse by her own family which she says began when she was little more than a toddler

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6 d. ago Intoxicated man found in Wishaw town centre caught with knife

David MacAulay, 43, was jailed for 14 months at Hamilton Sheriff Court this week.

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6 d. ago Girl raped by uncle before sixth birthday while mum stood and watched, jury told

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: The woman has told court she lived with her grandfather, grandmother, aunt, uncle and mother at the time and that she always shared a bed with her mother

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6 d. ago Sharp fall in work visas as asylum seeker applications rocket to record level, Home Office data shows

A total of 108,138 people applied for asylum in Britain in 2024, the highest number for any 12-month period since current records began

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6 d. ago Outrage as two ‘Wolf Pack’ rapists use legal loophole to reduce sentences

Five men were convicted over the gang rape of a girl at the San Fermin bull-running festival in Pamplona in 2016

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