3 h. ago Dubai floods LIVE: Weather chaos fills the streets of Dubai with water

Police have warned people to stay inside

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4 h. ago AI data centers may have created as much pollution as New York City and used a world’s supply of bottled water in just one year

Over the past few years, Silicon Valley's AI blitz has created skyrocketing demand for high-end computation in vast dedicated data centers

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7 h. ago Police race to Asda car park and tape off area amid reports of serious incident

Emergency services taped off part of the car park at the supermarket in Oldham

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7 h. ago Hero neighbour rescues dad and girls as fire spreads through home before Christmas

"The fire had ripped from the back to the front. It was just huge flames that had completely taken over."

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7 h. ago Niagara Falls could be getting its own amusement park in push to boost tourism

The Niagara region attracts over 13 million visitors annually, with 8 million visiting the U.S. side’s Niagara Falls State Park

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7 h. ago British woman 'rides into the record books' surfing enormous wave in Portugal

Laura Crane, 30, was competing at the Nazaré Big Wave Challenge on Saturday when she took on the monstrous water. The Guinness World Records are assessing her latest efforts.

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7 h. ago Niagara Falls could be getting its own amusement park in push to try and increase visitor numbers

The Niagara region attracts over 13 million visitors annually, with 8 million visiting the U.S. side’s Niagara Falls State Park

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9 h. ago Huge boost in bid for 4am Scots World Cup pubs as millionaire Wetherspoons boss gives update

WEATHERSPOONS boss Sir Tim Martin has backed an unprecedented bid to keep Scots pubs open as late as 4am so the Tartan Army can watch their side’s World Cup matches. The hospitality icon has thrown his weight behind the bold efforts after the Scottish Beer and Pub Association announced they'd be writing to First Minister John Swinney...

Economics

10 h. ago Denmark says Russia was behind two ‘destructive and disruptive’ cyber

Intelligence service says attacks were work of groups connected to Russian state in ‘clear evidence’ of hybrid warThe Danish government has accused Russia of being behind two “destructive and disruptive” cyber-attacks in what it describes as “very clear evidence” of a hybrid war.The Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) announced on Thursday that Moscow was behind a cyber-attack on a Danish water utility in 2024and a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on Danish websites in the lead up to the municipal and regional council elections in November. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Why swearing during exercise can make you STRONGER revealed in major study

SWEARING during exercise can make you stronger by stopping you from holding back, say scientists.  A study found those using foul language could do more press-ups.  This is thought to be because it helps us push beyond boundaries allowing us to tap into our real potential. Dr Richard Stephens, from Keele University, Staffs, said: “In...

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10 h. ago I’m a fire expert – follow these ten simple tips this Christmas or risk losing everything

FIREFIGHTERS are stoked after the number of blazes they’re putting out in people’s homes reached a record low. New statistics from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) show they responded to 4,104 house fires last year - a 3.6 per cent reduction on the previous year and a massive drop of 26.4 per cent...

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10 h. ago Country covers band Glasville will perform at Hamilton Park Racecourse

The highly-anticipated racenight marks the first of the venue’s iconic Friday fixtures of 2026.

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10 h. ago Rutherglen primary school kids enjoy traditional Christmas lunch

School kitchens across South Lanarkshire prepared and served an amazing 26,100 slices of turkey, 31,500 potato croquettes, 1294kg of stew and 605kg of chipolatas.

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10 h. ago 'Racist' United Airlines flight attendant arrested ahead of boarding for TAPPING French

United crewmember Fredrick Fleischmann, 58, found himself in hot water with a Cayman Airways flight attendant while waiting for a shuttle bus at Tampa International Airport in Florida on March 8.

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11 h. ago Family of abuse victim who died after being refused anonymity call for judge to quit

One year ago today Kevin Sutherland ended his life after the chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry Lady Smith decided he could not remove his name from the probe’s website.

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11 h. ago World Darts Championship star Beau Greaves reveals the humble job she did before sport breakthrough

BEAU GREAVES used to clean windows for a living – now she wants to smash glass ceilings. Before she became the finest female thrower on the planet, the Yorkshirewoman, 21, used to stand on ladders with a bucket of soapy water in one hand and a squeegee in the other. During that time in her...

Sport

11 h. ago Parents of shotgun execution victim beg for answers as cops launch murder probe

THE parents of a young dad executed in his home with a shotgun have begged for help to find their son's killer. Jordan Gray, 26, was discovered on Monday by his best pal covered with a blanket on his couch in Motherwell, Lanarkshire. When the shawl was removed, it revealed Jordan - who only became...

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11 h. ago Two more men arrested after missing Greenock dad found dead in field last month

A 25-year-old man and a 36-year-old man have been charged over the death of Robert Best on Tuesday November 11, after four others previously appeared in court.

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11 h. ago ‘Money today or blood tomorrow’: EU leaders race to secure deal for Ukraine

Summit divided on idea of loan secured against Russian assets, as Belgium seeks guarantees if scheme goes wrongBelgian politicians and finance bosses targeted by Russian intelligence over seized assetsEU leaders are racing to secure a funding deal for Ukraine that has been cast as a choice between “money today or blood tomorrow”, but Belgium continues to oppose a loan secured against Russia’s frozen assets.At a summit billed as make or break, EU leaders are discussing an unprecedented move to tap some of Russia’s €210bn sovereign assets frozen in the bloc days after the full-scale invasion of 2022. Continue reading...

Economics

11 h. ago Murder probe launched after Scots dad gunned down at home as parents pay tribute

New dad Jordan Gray, 26, was shot and killed at his Motherwell home sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning, police have confirmed.

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