58 m. ago Drones near Dublin during Zelensky visit ‘part of coordinated threat’ – minister

Irish justice minister Jim O’Callaghan said that it was part of a ‘coordinated threat’ but would not say that it was a state-sponsored incident.

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2 h. ago Glum Tim Westwood arrives in court over rape and sexual assault charges

Former radio broadcaster Tim Westwood has appeared at Southwark Crown Court today after he was previously bailed after being charged over sexual assault and rape

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2 h. ago Hotel hack saved me more than £6K in just one year at university'

Kaitlin Fearn had to work three jobs to afford her rent and bills - but discovered an unusual trick to save money

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5 h. ago The Curious Case of Mike Lynch by Katie Prescott review – the extraordinary story behind the Bayesian tragedy

A meticulously researched account of the controversial businessman’s rise and shocking demiseAt least two terrible ironies surround the death of Mike Lynch. One lies in the name of his superyacht, which sank off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of 19 August 2024. He had named the boat Bayesian to honour Bayes’s theorem, a mathematical rule that helps you weigh up the probability of something given the available evidence, which served as Lynch’s guiding light over the course of a tempestuous career. The theorem was “a beautiful key to our minds”, Lynch believed. But it was entirely incapable of predicting the outcome that morning, when the yacht capsized during a storm, killing seven people, including Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter Hannah and his US lawyer, Chris Morvillo.A second irony lies in the fact that Lynch had just come through the trial of his life, one he felt was bound to end in jail, where he thought he could die. Somehow, to everyone’s astonishment, an American ju...

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5 h. ago 'I believe that the answer lies on the estate where she died'

Ryan Daly-Aruoture was born six years after 14-year-old Lisa Hession was murdered in 1984. Yet for more than a decade, he has campaigned tirelessly to uncover the truth, leading vigils and running a social media group determined to see her killer brought to justice. Neal Keeling reports.

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6 h. ago AD FEATURE: Swansea University offers global learners a world of opportunity

It gives students the global experiences, real-world skills and support they need to thrive in an ever-changing world

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7 h. ago Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic

More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscapeIt is not likely to be a hefty volume because the vast majority of the material has been lost in the mists of time. But the remnants of a language spoken in parts of the UK and Ireland 2,000 years ago are being collected for what is being billed as the first complete dictionary of ancient Celtic.The dictionary will not be huge because relatively few words survive, but experts from Aberystwyth University say they expect they will end up with more than 1,000 words. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago A year after fall of Assad, a divided Syria struggles to escape cycle of violence

While country’s return to global stage has filled many Syrians with pride, domestically old grievances threaten efforts to rebuild the stateLying in bed recovering after his latest surgery, Ayman Ali retells the story of Syria’s revolution through his wounds. His right eye, lost in an attack on a rebel observation post he was manning in 2012, is covered by yellow medical tape. Propped against the wall is a cane he uses to walk, after a rocket attack in 2014 left him with a limp.For 14 years, Ali dreamed of freedom and of justice. A year after the ousting of Bashar al-Assad, he has his freedom but not his justice. The man he was dreaming of holding accountable – a member of his extended family who was a part of an Assad militia – had already fled the country by the time Ali returned to his home in Damascus. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Somalia's poets keep hope alive for storytelling and for peace

There may be no higher art in Somalia than oral poetry, which is recited in the most remote outposts and even by militants

Politics

11 h. ago Lord Sugar reveals why The Celebrity Apprentice stars had the same 'hunger to win' as the civilian version as star

Lead by stars such as AJ Odudu, Matt Morsia, Sarah Hadland and Thomas Skinner, 12 celebrities were split in to two teams with the task of creating their own gingerbread biscuit.

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11 h. ago A warning over lack of submarines: Our defences are now 'stretched' in the North Atlantic, admits Navy chief

A chronic shortage of Royal Navy submarines risks letting Vladimir Putin dominate the North Atlantic, the First Sea Lord has admitted.

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12 h. ago Lord Sugar spills what sets Celebrity Apprentice apart and why the stars fought just as hard

The Celebrity Apprentice is back for a two-part special to mark the show’s 20th anniversary, airing in partnership with Children in Need

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12 h. ago Man, 22, charged with murder of 'top lad' university student Henry Nowak, 18, after night out

Henry Nowak, 18, from Chafford Hundred, Essex, died following an incident while on a night out with his football teammates in Southampton as police have provided an update on their investigation

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12 h. ago Henry Nowak: Man, 22, charged with murder after 'kind and talented' 18

University of Southampton student Henry Nowak suffered a puncture wound to his chest and back after an incident in Portsmouth with police providing an update on the investigation

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13 h. ago Killer beauty queen weeps before she receives LIFE SENTENCE for beating another woman's baby to death in college dorm

Trinity Madison Poague, 20, was found guilty of felony murder and aggravated battery for the death of 18-month-old Romeo 'JD' Angeles at Georgia Southwestern State University.

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13 h. ago UK will not be haven for dirty money, Lammy to say in corruption crackdown

Exclusive: Justice secretary to announce measures aimed at countering illicit finance as well as bribery in public servicesThe UK will no longer be a haven for dirty money and dictators’ laundered assets, David Lammy is to promise as he announces a new anti-corruption strategy also aimed at tackling bribery and other misconduct across government and public services.Setting out the plan in a speech in London on Monday, Lammy, the justice secretary and deputy prime minister, will announce a series of initiatives including extra funding for an elite anti-corruption police unit. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Fury of 'drowned' heiress's family as their demand for second murder trial for her fraudster husband is rejected despite 'new' evidence of his guilt

Paula Leeson's family have 'not had the justice they deserve', their MP said after the Director of Public Prosecutions turned down their bid to have Donald McPherson face a second murder trial.

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14 h. ago The War Between the Land and the Sea review – prepare to roll your eyes a lot at this fishy Doctor Who spinoff

Dodgy character names, zero subtlety, a dubious approach to female roles Russell T Davies’s show about fishfolk is entertaining – but feels like a wasted opportunity to make genuinely great TVThe fishmen cometh. Or, to put it another way – The War Between the Land and the Sea, the long-awaited Doctor Who spin-off from Russell T Davies concentrating on the adventures of Unit rather than the double-hearted man from Gallifrey, is finally here.RTD stalwart Russell Tovey stars as Barclay, an everyman figure who soon – two excellent puns incoming – finds himself out of his depth, nay a fish out of water, as he is forced to take the lead in the geopolitical crisis that surrounds him. Barclay is a low-level clerk with Unit who, through the kind of bureaucratic snafu that you may in your salad days have believed was confined to fictional romps aimed largely at children over the festive period until age and experience poured slugs into them, ends up being part of the operation sent to deal wi...

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18 h. ago The scourge of honour killings in Europe: How young women have paid the ultimate price for defying their families and embracing Western lifestyles

For the families who commit these crimes, honour weighs more heavily than a daughter's right to exist.

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19 h. ago Bad reviews didn’t scare off the ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ audience. It even broke a record

“Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” is dominating the box office in its opening weekend in North America

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