71 m. ago “Appalling”: Andy Burnham weighs in on Holiday Inn refusing homeless men rooms during

The hotel apologised

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98 m. ago Firefighters form guard of honour at funeral service of Andy Leyland

He died aged 51 on Boxing Day

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2 h. ago Britain to bring back 'Dad’s Army' as military veterans aged 65 told to prepare for war

The new measures are being introduced as part of a new Armed Forces bill which will be published in Parliament and will make it easier to mobilise tens of thousands of former military personnel

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2 h. ago Here in Greenland we are scared, but certain of one thing: our home is not for sale | Malu Rosing

A summit between Greenland, Denmark and Washington has done nothing to calm our fears as the US steps up its efforts to take control of my countryThe year has started out in familiar fashion for Kalaallit – the people of Greenland. The US president has once again threatened to take control of the world’s biggest island, just like he did back in 2019 and in 2024/25. Yet it feels different this time.This time it seems as if there are more concrete plans being shaped within the Trump administration to annex Greenland. Trump wants to “take” it “whether they like it or not”, as he stated at a recent White House press conference. And the only option he seems to be offering currently is to do it “either the nice way or the more difficult way” – whatever that means. These are obviously plans for the forceful theft of Indigenous land and a self-governing territory; they are loud threats against our democracy – threats that are coming directly from the US president, again and again, through t...

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2 h. ago Snow maps reveal blizzard will bury UK cities and bring 31 inches over 24 hours

More snow could fall across the UK later this month as advanced weather forecasting maps suggest major cities will be impacted by a blizzard bringing as much as 31 inches

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2 h. ago Andy Robertson throws doubt on Liverpool future but confirms new contract talks

The defender is out of contract in the summer and is yet to decide if he will remain at Anfield or not

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2 h. ago Andy Robertson admits Liverpool future unclear with contract expiring in summer

Defender frustrated by lack of playing time this season‘We need to see option to stay or if there’s options to go’Andy Robertson has said his Liverpool future remains unresolved despite his contract expiring in five months and admitted this season’s limited playing time has been a frustration.Liverpool have held talks over extending their vice-captain’s outstanding Anfield career but, with no firm offer on the table, Robertson’s next step is uncertain beyond competing in Scotland’s first World Cup for 28 years. The left-back, who turns 32 in March, turned down Atlético Madrid last summer and is likely to have several options should he become a free agent. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Brave Köln push Bayern but will it be enough to bring calm to Effzeh? | Andy Brassell

Amid grumbles, a winless run and negative banners, there are signs of life for Köln after a narrow loss to the championsWe didn’t see this coming, and not only because of the fog of pyro lingering over the RheinEnergieSTADION field that furnished us with 11 minutes of first-half stoppage time. In October’s equivalent fixture in the DFB Pokal, Köln had really rattled Bayern Munich in the first half and even taken the lead through Ragnar Ache – and still ended up on the wrong end of a 4-1 scoreline.The world around Geißbockheim has not been a particularly happy place since. Effzeh came into this Englische Woche on a run of seven games without a win, which was even harder to swallow after an extremely promising start. Worse still, head coach Lukas Kwasniok – who started this season embracing the city and the club’s spirit with his wearing of replica shirts on the touchline – was recently targeted by Köln fans in Saturday’s draw at Heidenheim, with a banner reading “Kwasni Yok” (“yok” b...

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3 h. ago Brave Scots mum fought for her life as jealous ex tried to stab her to death in bloodbath murder bid

A BRAVE mum has told how she fought for her life as her ex-partner stabbed her eight times in a jealous rage. Sarah White has shared photographs of the horrific injuries she suffered at the hands of Kenneth Wilson after he was jailed for eight years. She sustained stab wounds to her face and body...

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3 h. ago Rachel Reeves desperately tries to shore up Keir Starmer amid rising Labour anger

The Chancellor moved to shore up Sir Keir's position in No10 amid rumours of a push by his own backbenchers to oust him if May's local elections go badly.

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5 h. ago Sting’ pays former Police bandmates £600,000 in royalties’ as lawsuit continues

The Police frontman’s ex-bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland are arguing they are also owed a portion of his income from streaming and download sales of the band’s music

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5 h. ago Martin O'Neill exposing Celtic transfer mess is more damning than any coded message Rodgers could send

The interim boss lifted the lid on January's signing push and it shined a light on the Parkhead club's plans

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6 h. ago Life on Mars? Let’s focus on fixing the Earth first — by reviving extinct species

We’re racing to build new worlds, but we should take care of the one we have, says Ben Lamm

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6 h. ago Andy Warhol would have hated safe spaces. So why keep dragging dead artists into today’s culture wars?

Critics and curators are reframing great artists, from Gentileschi to Soutine, to fit with modern ethical narratives. But this ignores the glorious ambivalence of their creationsOne rainy afternoon last winter, sitting under a blanket with a cup of tea, I found myself Googling paintings by Chaïm Soutine. It’s a pastime I’ve indulged ever since visiting an exhibition of his portraits of hotel staff on the French Riviera during the 1920s – paintings that combine such a mixture of tenderness and debasement that it’s as if his brush is kissing and beating his subjects at the same time.I flicked through images of hopelessly innocent cooks and bellboys, with complexions the colour of raw sausage and ears that look as if they have been brutally yanked. And as I did, I came across a review of the very show where I had first encountered Soutine’s works. Ah, I thought, looking forward to luxuriating in literature about his particular genius for kindly sadism. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Brave schoolboy who saved mum's life when she fainted while driving receives top award

Zac, 12, took the wheel, managed to manoeuvre the car to the side of the road and calmly called the emergency services when his mum passed out for nearly eight minutes

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6 h. ago Russia threatens ‘nuclear end of the world’ if Trump follows through on promise

Russia has said Donald Trump taking Greenland and positioning nuclear weapons on the island would bring about the 'end of the world' in a chilling threat to the US president

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8 h. ago ‘A nasty little song, really rather evil’: how Every Breath You Take tore Sting and the Police apart

Sting and his former bandmates go to the high court over a royalties dispute this week – the latest chapter in the song’s remarkably fractious storyThis week’s high court hearings between Sting and his former bandmates in the Police, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers, are the latest chapter in the life of a song whose negative energy seems to have seeped out into real life.Every Breath You Take is the subject of a lawsuit filed by Copeland and Summers against Sting, alleging that he owes them royalties linked to their contributions to the hugely popular song, particularly from streaming earnings, estimated at $2m (£1.5m) in total. Sting’s legal team have countered that previous agreements between him and his bandmates regarding their royalties from the song do not include streaming revenue – and argued in pre-trial documents that the pair may have been “substantially overpaid”. In the hearing’s opening day, it was revealed that since the lawsuit was filed, Sting has paid them $870,0...

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9 h. ago The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age

Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the international order, historian Adam Tooze has become the go-to guide to the radical new world we’ve enteredIn late January 2025, 10 days after Donald Trump was sworn in for a second time as president of the United States, an economic conference in Brussels brought together several officials from the recently deposed Biden administration for a discussion about the global economy. In Washington, Trump and his wrecking crew were already busy razing every last brick of Joe Biden’s legacy, but in Brussels, the Democratic exiles put on a brave face. They summoned the comforting ghosts of white papers past, intoning old spells like “worker-centered trade policy” and “middle-out bottom-up economics”. They touted their late-term achievements. They even quoted poetry: “We did not go gently into that good night,” Katherine Tai, who served as Biden’s US trade representative, said from the stage. Tai proudly told the...

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13 h. ago Giant wind farm 'will kill thousands of seabirds a year and push puffins to the brink of extinction', warns RSPB

A giant wind farm will push puffins and kittiwakes in Scotland to the edge of extinction, the RSPB has warned.

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13 h. ago Newsom says he is blocking Louisiana's push to extradite doctor accused of mailing abortion pills

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is blocking Louisiana's effort to extradite a California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills out of state

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