61 m. ago Oliver Glasner to leave Crystal Palace in summer, Manchester City close on Guéhi: football – live

⚽ The latest football news going into the weekend⚽ Glasner to leave Palace | Follow on Bluesky | Mail usA very poor 9/15 from me.Afcon is moving to a four-year cycle, a decision the Confederation of African Football has been accused of forcing through without proper consultation. Ed Aarons and Romain Molina report:Several presidents of African football federations have told the Guardian they were not informed of the decision until it was surprisingly announced by the Caf president, Patrice Motsepe, on 20 December, prompting claims that the confederation breached its statutes by failing to seek approval at a general assembly. Continue reading...

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69 m. ago Teenager who plotted copycat Southport attack on dance school and Oasis concert after being exposed to 'abhorrent and violent' social media content is jailed for 14 months

McKenzie Morgan, 18, told friends of plans to target the concert in Cardiff, and had a note targeting the dance club near his home, the Old Bailey heard.

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76 m. ago Coast Guard veteran arrested and hauled off cruise ship on his birthday in case of mistaken identity

Jose Martinez said the incident was ‘dehumanising’ after he was taken off the cruise ship and into a holding cell

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80 m. ago Kemi Badenoch says she is '100% confident' there won't be more major defections to Reform as she trades blows with Robert Jenrick over his 'lies'

Kemi Badenoch dismissed the prospect of any more of her shadow cabinet switching sides as she mocked Nigel Farage for 'doing my Spring cleaning'.

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86 m. ago Producer concerned for safety of ‘human swan’ expedition cameraman, inquiry told

Dan Burton, 54, died in a mid-air paramotor collision with climate activist Sacha Dench in the Highlands in 2021.

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86 m. ago Robert Jenrick latest: New Reform MP claims defection will ‘unite the right’ after Badenoch brands him a ‘liar’

The Conservative leader said Nigel Farage’s party was ‘taking away’ her problems by welcoming Robert Jenrick

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91 m. ago Secret Service spending thousands on Eric Trump jaunt to Ireland as he plans ‘spectacular’ new ballroom at golf resort

Exclusive: While taxpayers will foot the bill, a Secret Service spokeswoman told The Independent that all expenditures are ‘made in accordance with federal spending and procurement regulations.’

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1 hour ago Popular sweets 'unsafe to eat' with sales 'immediately stopped'

Stores selling the products have been told to stop sales

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1 hour ago Wannabe Southport copycat killer planned horror at Oasis reunion concert

McKenzie Morgan, 18, from South Wales, told a psychiatric nurse he had been researching bombs and poison and how to stab and kill people

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2 h. ago Manchester City close in on Guéhi, Malen joins Roma, derby looms for Carrick: football – live

⚽ The latest football news going into the weekend⚽ Premier League preview | Follow on Bluesky | Mail usA very poor 9/15 from me.Afcon is moving to a four-year cycle, a decision the Confederation of African Football has been accused of forcing through without proper consultation. Ed Aarons and Romain Molina report:Several presidents of African football federations have told the Guardian they were not informed of the decision until it was surprisingly announced by the Caf president, Patrice Motsepe, on 20 December, prompting claims that the confederation breached its statutes by failing to seek approval at a general assembly. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Jenrick says he hopes his defection to Reform UK will ‘unite the right’ after Badenoch says he ‘tells a lot of lies’ – UK politics live

Reform UK’s newest MP said he made the decision to leave the Tories over Christmas‘Enough already’: Jenrick’s defection gets mixed reception from Reform membersKemi Badenoch said Robert Jenrick is now “Nigel Farage’s problem” and that he creates “instability” wherever he goes.The Conservative party leader told the Press Association that Tories who supported Jenrick feel “betrayed” he has joined Reform UK.Absolutely, he’s Nigel Farage’s problem. Now he and his acolytes are people who create instability wherever they go, and they can go do that in Reform.They are a party that is just about people who want drama and intrigue - the public, quite frankly, are sick of this. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Teen who plotted Southport copycat attack with plans to target Oasis concert and dance school jailed

McKenzie Morgan told friends he wanted to commit a similar terrorist-style attack and was trying to make the deadly poison ricin

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2 h. ago Emma Raducanu told how far she can go at Australian Open in brutal verdict

Emma Raducanu has been given a stark reality check about her game ahead of the first tennis grand slam of the year in Melbourne

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2 h. ago All you need to know as DWP to offer new hardship cash payouts from April 2026

The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is launching in April 2026 and will be designed to help struggling households - here is what you need to know

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2 h. ago Teen planned to bomb Cardiff Oasis gig and attack dance school

McKenzie Morgan told friends of plans to target the Oasis reunion concert in Cardiff and had a note targeting a dance school near his home

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2 h. ago Mystic Nigel has seen the future: a country run by his cabinet of taxidermied Tories | Marina Hyde

By welcoming ‘Honest Bob’ Jenrick into the fold, the Reform seer is embracing the uniparty chaos he claimed to be seeing offLike a 1970s rust-belt serial killer, Nigel Farage is painstakingly assembling around him the political corpses of Boris Johnson’s final, terrible cabinet. Think about it. You never see Reform’s defectors after the initial unveiling press conference, and I’m beginning to wonder what happens to them. I think Nigel amateurishly embalms them or stuffs them with horsehair and sackcloth, then seats them round a “cabinet” table in his cellar, where they all silently agree with him at all times, and never interrupt him.But look, I’m prepared to consider more outlandish fan theories too, particularly after the sheer farce of Robert Jenrick’s defection on Thursday. If Nigel’s sloppy-seconding carries on at this rate, the Reform/Conservative party differentiation is going to feel a lot like it did when Bucks Fizz factionalised and split, then mounted rival tours of the U...

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3 h. ago ‘I ran London Marathon with a nearly 25kg ‘bag of worries’ – now I help runners share the weight of their struggles’

‘I ran London Marathon with a nearly 25kg ‘bag of worries’ – now I help runners share the weight of their struggles’  Yahoo Life UK

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3 h. ago Badenoch says you ‘can’t believe a word that comes out of his mouth’ after Jenrick defection – UK politics live

Badenoch said ‘Nigel Farage is doing my spring cleaning for me’ by ‘taking away my problems’‘Not so clever after all’: how Jenrick was ejected before he defectedKemi Badenoch said Robert Jenrick is now “Nigel Farage’s problem” and that he creates “instability” wherever he goes.The Conservative party leader told the Press Association that Tories who supported Jenrick feel “betrayed” he has joined Reform UK.Absolutely, he’s Nigel Farage’s problem. Now he and his acolytes are people who create instability wherever they go, and they can go do that in Reform.They are a party that is just about people who want drama and intrigue - the public, quite frankly, are sick of this. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Sky reporter overcome by tear gas while reporting on ICE protests

A Sky News correspondent was left struggling to speak after she was teargassed whilst at the scene of an ICE protest in Minneapolis.

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3 h. ago Cabinet told to form 'praetorian guard' around struggling Starmer after latest U

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is said to have delivered the stark message to colleagues at an 'emotional' meeting this week.

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