3 h. ago European football: Barcelona hammer Valencia, Barcola extends PSG’s perfect start

López, Raphinha and Lewandowski each score twiceEthan Mbappé, Kylian’s brother, scores Lille’s winnerBarcelona turned on the style in their first home game of the season on Sunday, with Fermín López, Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski each netting twice in a 6-0 thrashing of Valencia. The emphatic victory propelled Barcelona to second place in La Liga on 10 points, two points behind leaders Real Madrid. Valencia slumped to 15th position.López opened the scoring in the 29th minute with a strike from inside the box assisted by Ferran Torres but it was after the break that Barça ran amok. Raphinha made an immediate impact off the bench in the 58th minute, converting a cross from Marcus Rashford with a right-footed volley while López doubled his tally three minutes later with a shot from long-range, before Raphinha completed his double in the 66th minute. Lewandowski, introduced in the 68th minute, wrapped up the rout with two close-range strikes to complete a perfect afternoon for the Cat...

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10 h. ago Family leave UK with just one backpack each and live off £35 a day

The globetrotting parents got the "travel bug" after a trip to Australia ten years ago

Society

14 h. ago Woman leaves 'dream life' and husband after realising she's gay

Lauren Burgess, 39, believed she was living the perfect life after enjoying a four-year long marriage with partner, Matt, 42, and opening her own coffee shop.

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14 h. ago Epstein birthday book renews questions about links to rich and powerful men

Book compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell contains multiple innuendo-laden letters – including one from Donald TrumpAfter House Democrats released a scrapbook gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday, questions have emerged about whether the late child-sex trafficker’s proclivities were an open secret or, at the very least, rumored in the circle of powerful and rich people that surrounded him.Indeed, the so-called birthday book, which was compiled by Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, contains multiple letters that are laden with sexual innuendo – including one alleged missive from Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago European football: Juventus’s Vasilije Adzic snatches thrilling win over Inter

Harry Kane scores two as Bayern thrash HamburgKylian Mbappé helps 10-man Madrid win at SociedadJuventus snatched a dramatic 4-3 win at home to Inter, with Vasilije Adzic netting a stunning added-time winner in a game in which a Thuram brother scored for each side.Juventus took the lead in the 14th minute through Lloyd Kelly. Inter equalised on the half-hour mark with Hakan Calhanoglu’s strike but Juventus were back in front thanks to Kenan Yildiz eight minutes later. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Final texts man sent to wife before faking his own death for woman he met online

A man carried out an elaborate plan to fake his own death, allowing him to leave his wife, children, and life behind for an Eastern European woman whom he met online

Events

53 h. ago Table Top Dishwasher down 20% leaves plates 'spick and span' and is 'life

One happy customer said the dishwasher "does what it says on the tin and then washes the tin afterwards, too".

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59 h. ago Charles Dance, 78, claims BBC bosses are 'running scared' amid Gregg Wallace and Strictly scandals despite majority of people 'rarely watching' the publicly funded broadcaster

The Game Of Thrones actor, 78, who has appeared in numerous BBC shows including Bleak House and The Little Drummer Girl.

Economics

61 h. ago DWP sending final letters to thousands of UK households claiming benefits

Universal Credit has now replaced most older benefits, including Tax Credits, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance and Housing Benefit

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3 d. ago Aldi reveals 900 price cuts as it shares plans to open more stores

The supermarket says it has invested more than £300million in price cuts since the start of 2025, including fresh fruit and vegetables, bread, dairy and household essentials

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3 d. ago Inside EastEnders' Steve McFadden's life as NTAs win sparks fears he's leaving BBC soap

EastEnders legend Steve McFadden has played Phil Mitchell on the BBC One soap for 35 years and has won a number of awards for his portrayal of the Walford hardman

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4 d. ago Big Brother winner's life since leaving house including divorce, tragedy and new career

Pete Bennett won the seventh series and his life has been a rollercoaster since

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4 d. ago Ministers meet mortgage lenders to discuss plans to hand out bigger loans

Ministers are meeting mortgage lenders today to discuss plans to make it easier for people to get in the housing ladder, including by handing them bigger mortgages.

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5 d. ago White House denies that Trump wrote Epstein letter and calls investigation a Democrat ‘hoax’ – live

White House press secretary denies that president wrote Epstein a card that included the outline of a woman’s body for the sex trafficker’s 50th birthdayPhoto of novelty check suggests Epstein ‘sold’ Trump a womanJeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday book – in picturesMy colleague, Oliver Holmes, has been going through the Jeffrey Epstein 50th birthday album that House Democrats on the oversight committee released on Monday, after they subpoenaed Epstein’s estate.As Oliver notes, much of the book seems to be a collection of flattering and celebratory letters – often highly sexualised – from people who knew Epstein. They include photos of him embracing women in bikinis whose faces were redacted, and others showing scenes featuring wild animals having sex.Bill Clinton, who had left the US presidency a couple years before the publication of the book, is listed in the “friends” section.Peter Mandelson, the current UK ambassador to the United States, called Epstein his “best pal”. There are al...

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5 d. ago I Fought the Law finale leaves ITV viewers sobbing as real life Ann Ming makes cameo

The final episode of I Fought the Law aired on ITV and it left viewers emotional

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6 d. ago House committee releases image of entire Epstein birthday album, including letter signed by Trump – follow live

James Comer, the Republican chair of committee, scolded his Democratic colleagues of ‘cherry-picking documents’House Democrats share screenshot of apparent Trump birthday note to EpsteinIntent on vindication after spending four months in prison last year, Peter Navarro asked a federal appeals court on Sunday night to force Donald Trump’s justice department to explain why it would not defend his 2022 conviction for defying a January 6 committee subpoena.The request to the US court of appeals for the DC circuit is fraught for the department as it would have to confront the appearance that it quietly dropped the case in order to shield Navarro after he was tapped as a senior adviser to the president. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago West London housing development includes space for a new Overground railway station

West London housing development includes space for a new Overground railway station  ianVisits

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6 d. ago House committee releases image of apparent Trump birthday note and entire Epstein album

Image mirrors report of letter, turned over by estate lawyers after subpoena and part of ‘infamous “Birthday Book”’US politics live – latest updatesHouse Democrats on Monday released an image of a sexually suggestive letter and drawing that appears to bear the signature of Donald Trump, the very same note the president had denied writing after reports of its existence were published earlier this year in the Wall Street Journal.The letter, which was turned over by lawyers for disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s estate in response to a subpoena from the House oversight committee, was included in a set of notes sent to the convicted sex offender for his 50th birthday. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ITV star's life after winning Big Brother including relationship status and career updates

Ali Bromley was crowned the winner of Big Brother in 2024 and has been very busy since leaving the house

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6 d. ago ITV Big Brother's 2024 winner Ali Bromley and where she is now

The most recent winner of ITV's social experiment has been very busy less than a year later

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