1 hour ago As it happened: Coffin of Pope Francis sealed after 250,000 pay homage to head of Catholic Church

Pope Francis’s coffin was sealed after a quarter of million people visited the late spiritual leader, as heads of state fly in to attend Saturday’s ceremony in St Peter’s Square

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2 h. ago FACT FOCUS: Trump credited with rising military recruitment. Growth started before his reelection

Posts circulating on social media this week have praised President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for sending military recruitment skyrocketing

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3 h. ago Arne Slot's reaction to being on brink of Liverpool immortality speaks volumes

Liverpool boss Arne Slot is taking nothing for granted despite the Reds being just a point from securing the Premier League title

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4 h. ago Pope Francis funeral LIVE: Pontiff's coffin sealed as world leaders gather for historic service

World leaders including US President Donald Trump, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will be in attendance

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4 h. ago Manchester United striker sends Ruben Amorim message after surprise return to academy

Man Utd U21s won 4-2 against Everton in the Premier League 2 play-offs on Friday and Ethan Wheatley scored a brace.

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5 h. ago Pope Francis funeral latest: Pontiff’s coffin sealed after 250,000 pay homage to head of Catholic Church

Pope Francis’s coffin was sealed after a quarter of million people visited the late spiritual leader, as heads of state fly in to attend Saturday’s ceremony in St Peter’s Square

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5 h. ago Baby dies after eating 'poisoned' granola delivered to family home by mystery figure

Eight-month-old Yohana Maitê Filgueira Costa died after eating granola and fruit that was delivered as a gift to the family home in Brazil while a relative is also seriously ill in hospital

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5 h. ago First Europe, then the world: Twickenham awaits in year of twin peaks for England

Grand slam clash is vital stepping stone in Red Roses’ quest to reclaim the World Cup crown they last held in 2014There are two games to think about at Twickenham on Saturday, the one the Red Roses will play in, and the one they want to play in. The first is their grand slam decider against France, which kicks off at 4.45pm. The second – at the same venue, five months and one day later – is the World Cup final which, if everything goes as the team hopes at the Stadium of Light, Franklin’s Gardens, Ashton Gate and the other grounds they will visit between now and then, will be the next game they play at the home of English rugby.The Red Roses head coach, John Mitchell, has been around long enough to know the smart thing to do is separate the two. “We’ve got to be careful focusing on the World Cup final because we’ve got to earn the right to contest it,” Mitchell said this week. “It’s good to have the chance to be back at our home stadium, but it’s an isolated situation, that’s the wa...

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6 h. ago Tributes paid to 'grandfather figure' found dead in London: Man, 65, is named as police launch murder probe and arrest woman, 28, and man, 54

Concerns had been raised over the welfare of Michael O'Donnell, 65, who had not been seen since February 24.

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6 h. ago Carluke Care home residents celebrated Easter with creative bonnet designs

Sara McSeveney, activities coordinator at Milton Grange, said: “Our residents thoroughly enjoyed crafting their bonnets and letting their imaginations run wild."

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6 h. ago Trump looks to end $56 million grant to give Narcan to first responders to help save lives during an overdose

Narcan – known generically as naloxone – is a nasal spray that works to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose in two to three minutes

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6 h. ago The shocking moment BMW was found torched on a residential street

The car was set on fire by Suaiel Haider to try and cover for his nephew

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7 h. ago Hamilton to discover 15 point deduction appeal just 24 hours before Championship season finale

Accies sank to the bottom of the Championship and will suffer the drop if the appeal is unsuccessful

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7 h. ago Nerf attraction staff told they won't get paid work for FIVE MONTHS as bosses splurge £1.5m on Play

Staff have been told the attraction will be closed for five months as a huge £1.5m expansion is undertaken

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8 h. ago Bowen Yang calls JD Vance ‘a pope killer’ sending The View hosts into hysterics

The U.S. Vice President met Pope Francis on Easter Sunday just hours before his death

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8 h. ago Nun whose emotional farewell to Pope Francis was seen around the world returns to say one last goodbye hours before the pontiff's coffin is sealed

French-Argentine nun, Sister Genevieve Jeanningros, was allowed into a restricted area on the first day of the pontiff's lying-in-state to pray before the coffin.

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8 h. ago Pope Francis’s funeral to be ‘symbol of humility’ – head of Catholic aid group

Some 150,000 people have passed by Francis’s coffin over the past three days as he lay in state in St Peter’s Basilica.

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9 h. ago As Rome gears up for spectacle of Pope Francis’s funeral, mourners hail his humility

Sadness at pope’s passing is tinged with giddiness at holding world’s gaze with a pageant for the agesBeneath the basilica’s soaring Renaissance dome, the body in the coffin looked unexpectedly small, even shrunken, and for those who had come to say goodbye that somehow felt apt. Francis was pope but he was still, amid all the pomp and circumstance, just a man.His predecessors occupied plinths and alcoves around St Peter’s, figures of stone and marble with names etched in history books, while Jorge Mario Bergoglio lay in his wooden box, by common consent among mourners, a good man who did his best. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago 'Cowardly' businessman tried to save nephew’s skin after he killed much loved dad in horror crash

Suaiel Haider and Faizaan Haider have both been jailed

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9 h. ago Moment headteacher batters colleague with wrench in rage over 'sexual jealousy'

Anthony John Felton, 54, armed himself with a wrench before 'ambushing' his deputy Richard Pyke, 51, at the Welsh school they worked in before sending an extraordinary email to staff

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