39 m. ago £1m fine after Welsh woman killed putting her head out of train window

Bethan Roper, who was 28, died while returning home to Wales on a train with friends from a day out shopping in Bath. She placed her head outside a window and was struck by an overhanging tree branch while the train

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1 hour ago M1 closure LIVE: Major UK motorway shuts after tanker flips in crash

Northamptonshire Police rushed to the M1 northbound following a crash between a car and a tanker. The incident has caused the motorway to close in one direction

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2 h. ago EFL footballer, 21, slapped with long ban and fine on his birthday after lodging 252 bets

AFC Wimbledon star Osman Foyo has been handed a ban for being found guilty of lodging an eye-watering number of bets with the EFL club having spoken out in response to the FA

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2 h. ago How bold Vingegaard decision to race Pogacar gives cycling’s biggest rivalry new edge

The European Championships could see Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel open a new chapter in a rivalry for the ages, while the women’s race sets up an intriguing tactical battle between the peloton’s heavy-hitters

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2 h. ago Predator linked to terror group who raped Scots schoolgirls dies behind bars

Harry Canning was jailed for nine years in 2021 after being convicted convicted of attacks carried out in Fife and Perth between 2010 and 2017.

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2 h. ago Singapore GP tends to produce chaos – Max Verstappen knows that better than most

Verstappen has not triumphed before at Marina Bay – but this time, drama on track could play into his hands

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2 h. ago There are plenty of ways to humanely control British borders. So why isn’t Keir Starmer using them? | Enver Solomon

Labour’s incoherent asylum policies are vilifying refugees. A better and more compassionate route is possibleJust 24 hours after he described providing asylum as the “mark of a decent, compassionate country”, Keir Starmer said the UK had been too “generous” towards refugees, and announced a plan to end what he described as the asylum “golden ticket,” which allows people to resettle their families in Britain. For a refugee who has pulled the body of their child from the rubble of their bombed-out home, or made a perilous journey alone as a young adult having lost their family, it certainly doesn’t feel this way.The government believes that to deter refugees from crossing the Channel in small boats, it must restrict their ability to reunite in Britain with their immediate family. It must also make it impossible for them to achieve settled status if they have ever claimed benefits or received a criminal record.Enver Solomon is chief executive of the Refugee Council Continue reading...

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2 h. ago From cage to screen: The Smashing Machine and Mark Kerr’s second act with The Rock

Mark Kerr’s rise and fall was captured in a cult MMA documentary. Now Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has brought his story to Hollywood with A24’s The Smashing MachineIt started with an affirming nod of heads between two tough guys at a Santa Monica Gold’s Gym in the summer of 1997. One-time Olympic wrestling contender Mark Kerr was training for his first Ultimate Fighting Championship fight, having dominated in a three-fight, one-night tournament in Brazil two months earlier. Dwayne “Rocky Maivia” Johnson, a former NFL prospect sidelined with a knee injury suffered during his second year with the WWE, approached him.“Can I take you to lunch?” Johnson asked Kerr, who obliged him at the Firehouse restaurant in Santa Monica. The conversation inevitably drifted to mixed martial arts, as Johnson peppered the 1992 NCAA champion with pointed questions about the unregulated sport. MMA was gaining popularity in Japan, where multiple promotions hired pro wrestlers for “crossover” fights. Continue...

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3 h. ago ‘The most aesthetic line’: how Kilian Jornet climbed the 73 highest US mountains in 31 days

The mountain-running legend has just completed States of Elevation, scaling every fourteener in the contiguous US in a single month, powered only by his legsAs I waited for the sun to crest over Colorado’s Front Range, adjacent to the sprawl of Denver–Boulder–Fort Collins, a west wind gusted, sending a shiver down my spine. With temperatures around freezing on a rocky ledge at 13,700ft, I searched for reprieve on the lee side of a boulder. I could see the city lights in the distance, but was more concerned with two headlamps approaching quickly, a few hundred feet below.Between us lay a slab of coarse granite, known as the Cables Route. It’s the most direct way to the summit of Longs Peak, but is less travelled because it’s rated a class 5 rock climb and often carries a river of verglas – black ice – running down it, which climbers must navigate. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Fred Olsen launches 2027 programme from Liverpool including Northern Lights cruises

Set sail for somewhere chilly, exotic, or something in between with one of these three new Fred. Olsen cruises departing from Liverpool in 2027.

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4 h. ago Just one in five young adults in favour of pension triple lock

Just one in five young people are in support of the triple lock as fresh data reveals the mechanism is driving a wedge between generations.

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5 h. ago Swearing, booing and spitting: is crowd behaviour out of control?

As Ryder Cup fans throw beer at players’ wives, we investigate if fans’ conduct has got worse or changed little since ancient Athens when Plato bemoaned the mobThe abuse hurled at Europe’s golfers in the Ryder Cup elicited gasps and dismay on both sides of the Atlantic. The crowd at the Bethpage Black course in New York graduated from boos and heckles to homophobic slurs and insults aimed at players’ wives. The first-tee master of ceremonies set the tone by leading a chant of “fuck you, Rory!”, putting Rory McIlroy firmly in the crosshairs – along with his wife, who was hit with a beer cup.After initially playing it down, American golf officials apologised and said some fan behaviour had “crossed the line”, but the affair has left a nagging sense of unease. What if the line has in fact moved? What if accepted codes of crowd behaviour have changed? Continue reading...

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5 h. ago It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot

Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economiesI was lucky. Last week, I was cycling downhill when I hit a pothole. The front wheel folded into an infinity symbol. I went over the handlebars and, with no time to put my hands out, landed on my face. My helmet and glasses took most of the impact. I emerged, remarkably, with just a few cuts and bruises.My glasses were banjaxed, my bike needed major repairs and my clothes were torn. Altogether, that pothole has cost me about £450. Again, I’m lucky – I can afford it. But the point is this: fixing a pothole costs us between £45 and £90. Not fixing it costs us far more. God knows how many other people have pranged their bikes or wrecked their car tyres in the same hole. Between us, we may have paid hundreds of times the cost of its repair. If people have suffered significant injuries, so must the NHS. One of my correspondents tells me: “I’m thre...

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5 h. ago Meera Sodha’s recipe for breakfast burrito with chipotle tofu and pinto beans | Meera Sodha recipes

A breakfast (or lunch, or brunch) all-in-one tortilla treatImagine a world full of all-in-one options. One type of lightbulb! A single charger for all the gadgets! One battery size! One remote control! One type of Tupperware! Universal buttons! One insurance policy for life, death and everything in between! One pan lid for all the pans! Wouldn’t that be great? That’s what the burrito, with its multiple ingredients swaddled in tortilla, promises. Except that I haven’t always loved the heft of them and the way the flavours merge too readily. So I’ve written my own recipe. For me, this is the one. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Arsenal vs West Ham Premier League prediction, odds and betting offer

Mikel Arteta goes into this match with the best win percentage in Arsenal's history while West Ham begin life under their new manager Nuno Espirito Santo

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6 h. ago Chelsea vs Liverpool Premier League prediction, odds and betting offer

The Blues will be looking to bounce back after their defeat to Brighton while the Reds have been riding their luck of late in the Premier League

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6 h. ago Man United vs Sunderland Premier League prediction, odds and betting offer

Ruben Amorim's will be under tight surveillance this weekend as the head coach's future remains in doubt

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6 h. ago Leeds United vs Tottenham Premier League prediction, odds and betting offer

Both sides will be keen to get back to winning ways in the Premier League when they go head-to-head at Elland Road

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8 h. ago 'World's best pasta sauce' is famously good — but I always change 1 thing

This famous tomato sauce recipe only needs three ingredients, but here's why one food scrap makes it even better.

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9 h. ago UK drivers spending too much on fuel should press 'hidden button' on dashboard

A 'hidden' button on your car's dashboard will keep you warmer, save you money and even make your cabin smell better, according to automotive experts

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