60 m. ago Ofsted launches emergency inspection of Bristol school over fears it was 'intimidated' into cancelling local Jewish MP's visit

The watchdog said inspectors arrived at Bristol Brunel Academy this afternoon following reports Damien Egan was prevented from speaking to pupils.

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2 h. ago Canada cleared of US allegations they rigged skeleton qualifying for Winter Olympics

US athlete said she was deliberately deprived of pointsInvestigation says Canada acted within rulesCanada’s skeleton team have been cleared of allegations they rigged a qualifying event for the Winter Olympics and denied rival athletes from qualifying for next month’s Games.USA’s Katie Uhlaender, a five-time Winter Olympian in skeleton, accused the Canadian team of deliberately pulling four of its six athletes from a race in Lake Placid, New York, last weekend in order to make it harder for athletes from other countries to qualify. The reduced field meant fewer qualifying points were available and Uhlaender, who won the event, missed out on a place at this year’s Games, which will take place in Milan-Cortina, Italy. Uhlaender claims Joe Cecchini, the head coach of Canada’s skeleton team, told her he had come up with the scheme. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago I’m a travel expert. These will be the seven hottest destinations to visit in 2026

From South Korea to Kyrgyzstan, these are the countries tipped to be trendy next year

Science

3 h. ago ‘A group of people decided to kill me’: Michel Platini on Fifa, Uefa and the fight to clear his name

Former Uefa president – caught between moving on and settling scores – talks candidly about his downfall, Infantino and the snakepit of the game’s governance“There are millions and millions of romantics in football,” Michel Platini says. He has been asked whether, after a decade frozen out of the game, its lustre has vanished for him. “Millions who share the ideas that I have. But in the end, it’s big business.”It is an industry whose peaks Platini scaled before, in one of football’s biggest falls from grace, it spat him out. He maintains he would have become Fifa president if he had not been banned from football over an alleged unlawful payment made to him in 2011, when he was running Uefa, by Sepp Blatter. The scandal led to a criminal case but both men were acquitted for a second time, definitively so, by a Swiss appeals court last year. Nothing hangs over Platini any more, bar a conviction that he was cheated. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Ratcliffe and Glazer family visit Manchester United training ground to support Carrick

Executive meeting moved to meet with interim managerMartínez ‘didn’t want to play any more’ after knee injurySir Jim Ratcliffe and at least one of the Glazer family are at Manchester United’s training base on Thursday to support the interim manager, Michael Carrick, before Saturday’s derby with Manchester City.United were due to hold an executive committee meeting of senior management at a different location but this was moved to Carrington so that they could speak to Carrick before the first game of his second caretaker tenure. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Squirming teachers' union boss says he'll no longer call for pro

Daniel Kebede, the general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), said he 'certainly will not use phrases like that' while he remains in the role.

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4 h. ago Rod Stewart in Falkirk: Watch the music superstar visit a local pub after cheering on his beloved Celtic

It seems that the ‘Do You Think I’m Sexy’ singer enjoyed his post-match drinks.

Events

4 h. ago Police find 11 pipe bombs near popular footpaths and parkland in Canberra

Police say incident not being treated as terrorism

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4 h. ago Beautiful town 1 hour from Cardiff with hills, gorge and caves ‘doesn’t feel like UK’

A woman urged people to visit a pretty town that's one hour away from Cardiff – as she said it was a bucket list location that her whole family ended up falling in love with

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5 h. ago Dutch activist is 'barred from Britain' after criticising Sir Keir Starmer: Anti

Tommy Robinson supporter Eva Vlaardingerbroek shared online a Home Office message denying her an electronic travel authorisation (ETA).

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7 h. ago How did an entire colony of British settlers vanish from the shores of North America?

The United States will celebrate its 250th birthday this year, and the Daily Mail's Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things podcast is marking the occasion with a special three-part series.

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7 h. ago 'Bewitched' lake vanishes and then reappears an anyone can visit

'The Vanishing Lake' is a mysterious water body with a name that perfectly sums up its enigmatic nature — visitors are fascinated by its unique geology and haunting past.

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10 h. ago Michael Carrick's first Manchester United XI hinges on one big decision

Michael Carrick will oversee his first game back in charge of Manchester United on Saturday when Manchester City visit in the Premier League for a tantalising derby

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18 h. ago Chelsea v Arsenal live: Garnacho pulls one back after Sanchez’s error in Carabao Cup semi

Liam Rosenior takes charge of his first match at Stamford Bridge but will be without several key players for the visit of the Premier League leaders

Sport

20 h. ago Kari Lake defends blocking Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty from using US transmitter to broadcast into Iran

‘The fake news is in hyperdrive spreading lies right now about USAGM and RFE/RL broadcasting in Iran,’ Kari Lake declared in a Trumpian Facebook post this week.

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20 h. ago These are the best (or the least crowded) days to visit Disney World

Disney previously announced that, beginning after October 2026, single-day tickets, annual passes and certain renewals will see price increases

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21 h. ago The reasons your visa or ESTA to visit the US can be canceled that you might not know about

The Trump administration has boasted about revoking more than 100,000 visas since the current president took office

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21 h. ago Rachel Reeves wants North to ‘feel the benefits’ of rail scheme by ‘early 2030s’

The Chancellor spoke during a visit to a rail depot in Leeds.

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21 h. ago The 20 best villages in Scotland to visit in 2026 from the Borders to the Highlands

Here is a roundup of places to head this year for a staycation or day out.

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22 h. ago Larry the cat causes chaos during Polish president’s visit to Downing Street

Larry the cat tripped up a photographer as he exited Downing Street following Polish president Karol Nawrocki's meeting with Sir Keir Starmer on Tuesday, 13 January.

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