85 m. ago Government shares top 25 strangest objects lodged in people's bums in 2025

Officials have revealed some of the most bizarre objects people stick up their bums, a habit that causes nearly 40,000 individuals to seek hospital treatment each year

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2 h. ago Templegate’s Tote Placepot tips with £100,000 GUARANTEED at Sandown on Saturday

THE Placepot is a bet where you select a horse to be placed in the FIRST SIX races of any meeting. You can pick more than one horse in a race – you just multiply the number of selections in each race to calculate your stake. So for staking it’s 1x2x2x2x2x2 which adds up to...

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2 h. ago Inside Jamie ‘Iceman’ Stevenson’s plot to flood Scots town with dodgy street valium as EncroChat messages exposed 

JAMIE ‘Iceman’ Stevenson ordered a notorious dealer to flood the  streets with ‘blue plague’ pills from his Breaking Bad-style drugs factory — as he used a top-secret chat network to run a  multi-million-pound narcotics empire. An investigation by The Scottish Sun has revealed how Scotland’s No1 gangster urged Lee Docherty to take delivery of 500,000...

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2 h. ago ‘Dilbert’ creator says his prostate cancer has spread and ‘it’s all bad news’

Scott Adams previously asked President Donald Trump to intervene with his insurer over delayed cancer treatment

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3 h. ago Prince Harry will not be returning to 'tarnished' Sentebale charity he co

Sentebale - a charity co-founded by the prince in Lesotho in 2006 - has been in a funding crisis since he left as a patron in March this year after his public falling out with chair, Sophie Chandauka.

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3 h. ago The Traitors' first victim breaks down in tears as they're brutally murdered and sob 'I'm gutted'

Kicking off on Thursday night, 22 contestants headed to Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands to compete for the chance to win a £120,000 jackpot.

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3 h. ago Bald Mickey Rourke, 73, emerges for Taco Bell at LA home he faces eviction over $60,000 unpaid rent

A bald Mickey Rourke looked unrecognizable as he emerged from the LA home he is potentially facing eviction from after allegedly failing to pay nearly $60,000 in rent.

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4 h. ago Bald Mickey Rourke, 73, emerges for Taco Bell at LA home he faces eviction from $60,000 unpaid rent

A bald Mickey Rourke looked unrecognizable as he emerged from the LA home he is potentially facing eviction from after allegedly failing to pay nearly $60,000 in rent.

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4 h. ago Artist accuses Homeland Security of stealing his work for meme that promotes deporting one

Trump administration repeatedly comes under fire for appropriating artists’ work to promote anti-immigrant agenda

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4 h. ago Drug mule Brits check in at Business Class desk to fly home after dodging Bali execution

An exclusive photo obtained by the Mirror shows Lisa Stocker 40, and her partner, Jon Collyer, 39, at the priority counter in Bali - just four months after they were jailed for a £300,000 cocaine plot

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4 h. ago College freshman identified as one of three hikers found dead on California’s Mount Baldy

Marcus Alexander Muench Casanova, 19, died on the Devil’s Backbone trail after reportedly falling 500ftA 19-year-old college freshman has been identified as one of the hikers whose remains were found on California’s Mount Baldy on Monday.The San Bernardino county sheriff announced this week that Marcus Alexander Muench Casanova, a resident of Seal Beach, California, was discovered along a mountain trail known as the Devil’s Backbone. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Jailed Brits who smuggled cocaine disguised as Angel Delight escape death sentence

The British couple told police that they did not know the packages contained £300,000 of cocaine, and believed they were delivering treats to a friend in Indonesia

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5 h. ago Top UK Slot Sites – The Best Online Slots & Bonuses in January 2026

Compare licensed UK slot sites and find out which ones The Independent rank as the best places to play real money online slots

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5 h. ago Jane McDonald reveals reason for selling £1million home after 20 years in 'difficult' admission

The British Soap Awards presenter is currently living with fellow singer r Sue Ravey

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5 h. ago Immigrant seeking US asylum reportedly denied jackpot winnings at Chicago casino due to his status

The man claimed to have won the jackpot on a slot machine at Bally’s temporary casino in the River North area of the city, the payout for which usually takes just minutes

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5 h. ago Anthony Joshua’s driver charged after deadly crash in Nigeria

Police say the driver in a deadly car crash that injured heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and killed his two friends in Nigeria has been charged

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6 h. ago 'I work on The Traitors with Claudia Winkleman and one thing about show left us shocked'

Claudia Winkleman has returned to screens with a brand new group of faithfuls and traitors competing for a prize fund of up to £120,000

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6 h. ago Anthony Joshua’s driver charged with dangerous driving after fatal crash in Nigeria

British boxer was injured in collision that killed his personal trainer Latif Ayodele and strength coach Sina GhamiNigerian police have charged Anthony Joshua’s driver with causing death by dangerous driving after a fatal crash that killed two people.Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was also charged with driving without a valid driving licence and “driving without due care and attention, causing bodily harm and damage to property”. He is due to appear in court on 20 January. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Suspected deadly mountain lion attack in Colorado is not the first such harrowing encounter

A suspected deadly mountain lion attack on New Year’s Day that killed a woman hiking alone was preceded by another harrowing encounter in the same area

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7 h. ago ATV driver seriously injured after crashing into creek near London

ATV driver seriously injured after crashing into creek near London  FOX 56 News

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