62 m. ago Lando Norris: ‘You don’t have to have a killer instinct to be world champion’

McLaren driver is determined to succeed as a nice guy in F1 but don’t mistake his kindness for a lack of fightHis credentials as a potential Formula One world champion have been questioned but Lando Norris is unperturbed. With an almost startling level of honesty, highly unusual in the sport, the British driver has considered conventional wisdom and its implications and rejected it. That he wants to win is in no doubt but he will not allow his sense of self to be subsumed at the altar of success at all costs.“I feel like there is a very prescribed version of how people say a world champion needs to be – overly aggressive,” he says in his McLaren team’s hospitality on a chilly day in Suzuka before this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. “I want to win a championship. I’d rather just be a good person and try to do well. I’ll do whatever I can to win a championship but maybe I won’t sacrifice in my life as much as some others, in terms of who I am as a person and have the ‘fuck you’ mental...

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1 hour ago De Bruyne’s perfectly timed departure marks tipping point in Guardiola era | Jonathan Liew

The City midfielder made his teammates look like geniuses and once more he is making just the right move at just the right momentNot for the first time, Kevin De Bruyne read the situation to perfection. Not for the first time, he spotted the right play just a little earlier than everyone else. And of course this was always his gift: not simply to pick the right option but to do it faster than anyone else, buying him those crucial fractions of a second when everything else was in flux and only he in stillness.And of course this was not the only respect in which De Bruyne understood the game of football better than most. As a struggling teenager in the Genk academy, he noticed the way the club abruptly stopped paying for a foster family to house him, and then quietly resumed when he started banging in goals for the second team. Cast adrift at Chelsea, he noticed how he was ignored while first-team players were lavished with attention and bespoke coaching. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Tornadoes will become more frequent in coming weeks. Here's what to know if your home is destroyed

An average of 1,200 tornadoes hit yearly, and the United States will probably get more killer supercells spawning tornadoes and hail as the world warms

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3 h. ago A high school teacher offered teenager $2,000 to kill her husband, authorities allege

‘This particular teacher was attempting to groom this young person into committing murder,’ a Columbus police spokesperson said

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3 h. ago The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s tariff ultimatum: tribute for access to America’s empire | Editorial

As the White House retools US imperialism with import duties, others must resist dependency – deepening regional ties and reducing exposure to chokepointsWhen Donald Trump stood before union auto workers in the Rose Garden he declared “Liberation Day”, promising to stand up for Main Street. Whether that pledge will be fulfilled is moot. He will declare victory either way. What the US president offered was not just an economic programme, but an imperial one.Mr Trump’s logic, if it exists, lies in the 397-page report on “foreign trade barriers” he brandished on Wednesday. Its message is brutally simple: you may sell your goods to Walmart shoppers, but only if you let US cloud services hoover up your data, US media flood your screens and US tech monopolies operate on their terms – not yours. TikTok is the test case for Trump’s platform nationalism: only US firms may mine data, reap profits and rule the digital empire. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Russell Brand statement in full following rape and sexual assault charges

Russell Brand has issued a video statement to fans in which he denied committing rape - commenting after the Metropolitan Police announced he had been charged with rape and sexual assault

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3 h. ago Russell Brand claims 'dark intelligence is at work' hours before rape charge

Comedian and actor Russell Brand, who has been charged with rape, indecent assault and sexual assault, has claimed culture is being used to "spell bind" and "distract" people

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3 h. ago Russell Brand breaks silence with new statement after rape and sexual assault charges

The comedian and actor denied the allegations against him telling his followers he was 'never a rapist'

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3 h. ago Russell Brand breaks his silence as he is charged with rape and sexual assaults against four women over six years

Actor and comedian Russell Brand has spoken out after being charged today charged with rape, sexual assault against four women, stating he has 'never been a rapist'.

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3 h. ago How Bear Grylls helped baptise Russell Brand in the Thames when comic converted to Christianity after allegations came to light

When Russell Brand was baptised in the Thames last April, he said it was 'an opportunity to leave the past behind'. His friend, the TV adventurer Bear Grylls, who was on hand to assist.

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3 h. ago Russell Brand police statement in full as comedian is charged with rape and sexual assault

Russell Brand has been charged with a number of sexual offences including rape, the Metropolitan Police Service said today

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3 h. ago Russell Brand claims 'I am not a rapist' as he breaks silence after charges

Actor and comedian Russell Brand has taken to social media to release a video following the news that he has been charged by Metropolitan Police after an investigation was launched in 2023

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3 h. ago Russell Brand breaks silence after rape and sexual assault charges

Russell Brand has spoken out after being charged with rape and sexual assault. He has previously denied accusations against him, and said all his sexual relationships were “absolutely always consensual”

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4 h. ago Inside Russell Brand's marriage to wife Laura Gallacher: Pair met through her Sky Sports star sister Kirsty and dated when she was 19

Brand recalled the first fling years later on, saying: 'We went out with each other, we loved each other very much, but I thought the world was an amusement park made out of orgasms.'

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4 h. ago The White Lotus star Aimee Lee Wood reveals 'stressful' detail about season 3 finale

The actress plays Chelsea, the girlfriend of Rick Hatchett (Walter Goggins) in the hit HBO drama

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4 h. ago Pc spared jail for leaking details of mass shooting and high

Pc Sam Hill shared information concerning the Keysham shootings in which five people were shot dead by gunman Jake Davison, 22

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4 h. ago Mel Gibson's gun rights restored by US Justice Department following domestic violence conviction

Gibson lost the right to own firearms following his no contest plea to a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery against his former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva in 2011

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4 h. ago Who is Russell Brand’s wife, Laura Gallacher? Comedian charged with rape and sexual assault

The comedian remarried in 2017, and he shared his thoughts about former wife Katy Perry just hours before the charges were made public

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4 h. ago Convicted killer Taylor Schabusiness tackled after she lunges at attorney in court

The convicted killer, who is serving a life sentence for decapitating her lover, was back in court for allegedly attacking a prison guard

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4 h. ago Russell Brand reveals why his marriage to Katy Perry ended and praises his 'beloved' wife Laura in post just a day before he was charged with rape

Brand, 49, who is believed to living in the US, was today charged with five sex offences against four different women alleged to have taken place between 1999 and 2005.

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