58 m. ago Britain’s tax system combines the worst of the US and Scandinavia

The UK’s experiment in eating the rich while shrinking the state has left everyone worse off

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1 hour ago 'I used Emma Bunton's favourite hair mask to resurrect my brittle locks'

A beauty writer tested Give Me Cosmetics' seven-piece haircare set - which includes the hair mask used by Emma Bunton - to restore life to her bleached, brittle hair

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1 hour ago Ian Maxwell on 'irony' of Steve Clarke contract extension calls as SFA stance revealed

The SFA chief executive has opened up on Clarke's status after leading the nation back to a World Cup

Events

2 h. ago Friend of British woman killed in Chile snowstorm describes hiking horror

Victoria Bond, 40, from Cornwall, died in the Torres del Paine nature reserve in Chile when a blizzard hit. She was hiking with four friends when the storm struck

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4 h. ago Suicidal British woman travelled to the US 'to be murdered in Airbnb by man she met in an online fetish chatroom'

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Sonia Exelby, a 32-year-old digital content creator, flew to Florida last month 'seeking a violent death' just days before her body was found buried in a shallow grave.

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4 h. ago I'm a pharmacist and these are the medications I'd never take: GPs prescribe them every day, but these seven common pills and creams carry a very real risk of addiction or serious side effects

Millions of Britons are effectively playing Russian roulette with their health, trapped on prescription medications for years with devastating side effects, according to a top pharmacist.

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4 h. ago Brits buying cocaine on a Friday night are 'funding Russian war in Ukraine', crime chiefs warn

A billion-pound organised crime network active in the UK is funding the war effort in Ukraine and Russian espionage, the National Crime Agency has revealed

Events

4 h. ago Calls to ban naked bike riding in Britain after nude cyclist is attacked by vigilante binman at 'charity' event

Robert Brown was taking part in a World Naked Bike Ride event in Colchester, Essex, on August 9 when Lee Turnage, 46, drove up behind him on a motorbike and punched him.

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4 h. ago Britons brace for coldest night of this winter so far with mercury predicted to plunge to

Large swathes of the country were already below freezing this morning, with the Met Office saying parts of England could dip to around -7C as an Arctic blast tightens its grip.

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5 h. ago JAN MOIR: She met Epstein only once, but Melinda Gates recognised 'evil personified'

Few people emerge with their moral compass intact if they dipped a toe in the fetid pool around Jeffrey Epstein for all those years, but Melinda French Gates is one of them, writes JAN MOIR.

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5 h. ago Middle class drug use is funding Russia's war in Ukraine and espionage activity on British soil, NCA chiefs warn

A billion-dollar network so large it has bought a bank in Kyrgyzstan is operating in 28 UK towns and cities collecting 'dirty' cash from criminals then converting it to 'clean' cryptocurrency.

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5 h. ago Starmer expected to approve China’s ‘mega’ embassy in London

PM likely to green light project despite concerns about Beijing’s efforts to spy on Britain

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5 h. ago New jab which could help thousands with rare heart condition approved for NHS use

Vutrisiran, which is to be administered every three months, received the green light from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

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5 h. ago TikTok will let you choose how much ‘AI slop’ you see in your feed

Company says it will also try harder to identify videos made with artificial intelligence

Politics

5 h. ago British vigilantes film themselves smashing migrant boat engines on French beaches to stop crossings

VIGILANTES who led the push to cover our streets in Union flags have filmed themselves smashing small boat engines hidden on French beaches.  The Raise the Colours activists are trying to stop would-be migrants from crossing the Channel.  In their latest clip, they dig up a dinghy engine buried in the dunes by people smugglers.  They can be heard...

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5 h. ago 60% of farmers ‘at financial risk from supermarket buying behaviour’ – survey

Some 69% of farmers believe the buying relationship between growers and retailers has deteriorated in the last two years, the poll found.

Economics

5 h. ago UK troops mapped out for Ukraine deployment as top secret reconnaissance carried out, Defence Sec reveals

BRITAIN has already mapped out which troops it could send into Ukraine if a ceasefire is agreed, the Defence Secretary has said. John Healey revealed the UK has already carried out reconnaissance on the ground as part of advanced planning for any deal. It comes amid uproar over a reported US peace plan that would...

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6 h. ago Judge criticizes federal prosecutors for relying on testimony by officer with credibility concerns

A federal judge has ruled that police in the nation’s capital illegally seized a gun from a man they stopped outside a laundromat

Events

6 h. ago UK snow advice as households urged to buy 7 items amid winter weather warnings

The Met Office has issued a warning to Brits as snowstorms are set to return to various parts of the country tonight after days of ice, frost and subzero temperatures

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7 h. ago BBC star forced to remortgage home following 'worst moment' of his life causing him to collapse on stage

British actor Robert Glenister, best known for his roles in the BBC dramas Spooks and Sherwood, has admitted he is still battling "anger" after a long-running financial ordeal.

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