92 m. ago Saipan film to reopen old wounds between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy ultras

Drama-biopic starring Steve Coogan will reignite a row that split Irish football fans but there are good signs for its artistic meritWatching the teaser trailer for Saipan before its cinematic release later this summer called to mind that episode of Friends in which it is revealed Joey leaves his copy of The Shining in a freezer whenever it becomes too scary for him to continue reading. While 23 years may have passed since Roy Keane’s fabled eruption on the eponymous volcanic speck in the western Pacific, it is hard to get past the feeling that the makers of this drama-biopic might have been better off leaving the most seismic row in Irish football history and its accompanying media frenzy hidden among the frozen peas, ice-cream and portions of batch-cooked lasagne. Instead it is about to be sent out into a public domain where it will almost certainly reopen old and, in many cases, still festering wounds.Everyone of a certain age with a passing interest in football has their own ver...

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7 h. ago Teenager from Hull becomes second Briton ever to join a professional sumo stable

Sumo wrestler Nicholas Tarasenko, 15, gets rare chance to break into professional ranks after winning amateur tournaments and learning JapaneseA teenager from Hull has arrived in Japan to pursue his dream of becoming a grand champion sumo wrestler, as only the second Briton to win a place at one of the ancient sport’s professional stables.Nicholas Tarasenko, 15, left Yorkshire for Japan straight after finishing his GCSEs, to become the first British hopeful to join a stable since Nathan Strange – a Londoner who fought under the ring name Hidenokuni – in 1989. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Harrison Ford's wife Calista Flockhart, 60, looks frail as she makes a rare public appearance

Harrison Ford's longtime actress love Calista Flockhart looked frail as she was seen on a rare solo public outing this week.

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9 h. ago Briton becomes first triple amputee to sail solo and unsupported across the Pacific

Army veteran Craig Wood sailed from Puerto Vallarta in Mexico to Hiroshima in Japan in 90 days.

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10 h. ago Gout Gout breaks his own 200m national record in latest stunning run

17-year-old lays down time of 20.02s on senior European debutCam Myers, 18, and Peter Bol also shine on strong night for AustraliaThe records keep falling for Gout Gout after the 17-year-old sprint sensation announced himself on the senior international stage with a new Australian benchmark of 20.02s over 200m at the Ostrava Golden Spike meet in the Czech Republic.Gout remains on course to go sub-20s as he bettered his own national record in a field stacked with high-quality sprinters, chasing down and then roaring past Reynier Mena over the final 20m to cross the line 0.17s ahead of the Cuban, with Briton Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake third. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago One in three student loan borrowers risk default as delinquency rates soar

Sharp rise in delinquency comes after education department resumed collections on defaulted federal loansNearly one in three federal student loan borrowers are at risk of defaulting on payments as early as July, as delinquency and default rates soar in the wake of pandemic-era repayment relief ending.About 5.8 million federal student loan borrowers were 90 days or more past due on their payments as of April 2025, according to a new analysis from TransUnion. That’s roughly 31% of borrowers with a payment due, up from 20.5% in February and nearly triple the 11.7% delinquency rate reported in February 2020, just before the pandemic began. The April figure represents the highest delinquency rate ever recorded. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago TRIC Awards 2025 winners in full as Ant and Dec hit with triple blow

The TRIC Awards have returned with the likes of Bradley Walsh, Ant and Dec, Pete Wicks and Sam Thompson's podcast and more nominated for awards

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15 h. ago Tropical Storm Andrea, first of Atlantic hurricane season, has formed

The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Andrea has formed in the Atlantic Ocean

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18 h. ago Katie Price flaunts her assets in a hot pink bikini on the beach in Dubai just one day after British Airways cancelled flights there amid Middle East strikes

The former glamour model, 47, jetted off on holiday to the United Arab Emirates on Monday and enjoyed some solo sun-bathing.

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18 h. ago The common sleep problem that TRIPLES the risk of dying early

Children and adults with the problem also showed faster biological ageing, which accounted for approximately 40 per cent of the explanation for the increased risk of early death.

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21 h. ago Prince William attends major event in London during solo royal engagement

Prince William attends major event in London during solo royal engagement  GB News

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22 h. ago DWP secretly films amputee cricketer hurt in tractor accident aged two and cuts PIP

Shaun Rigby who played for the England disabled cricket team took up the sport as a seven-year-old boy after refusing to let his disability get in his way

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24 h. ago Man United submit fresh £60m transfer bid for Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo

The Cameroon international is set to triple his salary should he complete a move to Old Trafford

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33 h. ago Julian Assange marking first anniversary of release from prison

His wife Stella said he is working on a project to slow the ‘rush’ towards war.

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34 h. ago Man gets life in prison for triple killings at Phoenix apartment that was set on fire

An Arizona man was sentenced Monday to life prison in the killings of three people at a Phoenix apartment that was set on fire

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39 h. ago George Turner relishing return to Scotland fold as milestone appearance looms

Turner left Glasgow to join Kobe Steelers last summer, effectively ruling himself out of contention for the national team.

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40 h. ago Tens of millions swelter as heatwave blankets the central and eastern US

Several cities are under extreme heat warnings as high temperatures and humidity grip parts of the countryThe National Weather Service (NWS) has issued several extreme heat warnings and advisories as a dangerous and prolonged wave of high temperatures and humidity blankets much of the central and eastern US, with the worst conditions expected to persist into the middle of this week.Several locations recorded their hottest temperatures of the year over the weekend: Salt Lake City, Utah, hit 104F (40C) on Thursday, its first triple-digit reading of 2025, and on Saturday the city of Mitchell in South Dakota also reached 104F, surpassing its previous daily record of 101F (38.3C). Daily high records were broken in parts of Minnesota, Wyoming and Michigan. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Briton injured in Iran missile attacks as first evacuation flight from Israel takes off

Around 1,000 British nationals have requested seats on evacuation flights out of Israel as Lammy warned the Middle East faces a ‘perilous moment’

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42 h. ago Heat wave live updates: States of emergency declared across multiple US cities as thousands face triple digit temperatures

Schools across New York and the tristate area closed early as officials warned of oppressive conditions

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42 h. ago Lions warn Joe Schmidt over Wallabies player release for tour matches

Ben Calveley expects competitive Force side to face LionsTour could open up to other countries such as FranceEvery big tour is a hectic learning curve as the 2025 British & Irish Lions are already finding. The squad had to call off their post-arrival recovery dip in the Pacific Ocean – a letdown both for local news crews and the lurking sharks off Cottesloe beach – because of inclement weather and the first media squall of the trip has also blown in.The Lions chief executive, Ben Calveley, has made clear the touring side expect the Wallabies head coach, Joe Schmidt, to make his national players available for their Super Rugby teams before the Test series commencing next month and the host nation has been gently reminded of that contractual detail following the Lions’ arrival in Australia. Continue reading...

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