4 d. ago Calls to end 'one of the most severe forms of animal cruelty in this country'

The controversial practice of farrowing crates is used after sows give give birth to restrict movement with the 'severe' form of animal cruelty impacting 200,000 pregnant pigs each year

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4 d. ago Perth City Centre councillor wants a national conversation on the safe disposal of lithium batteries

Cllr Drysdale made the call after several fires - including a fatal one - at a Perth waste recycling plant

Science

6 d. ago Katie Price risks angering fans as she shows off 'new babies' in latest family update

Reality TV icon Katie Price has taken to social media to share a snap of her new Sphynx cats, with the former glamour model referring to her new animals as her 'bald babies'

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6 d. ago Israel fears the threat of trade sanctions — but is the EU ready to follow through? | Martin Konečný

A human rights review of EU-Israel ties is under way. The results will be significant for both the war and Europe’s reputationAfter many months of inaction and complicity in the face of Israel’s destruction of Gaza, Europe is finally beginning to stir. Tens of thousands of people killed and attacks on schools and hospitals had apparently not been enough. But, along with the blocking of humanitarian aid and open calls for ethnic cleansing, Israel’s actions finally became too severe to ignore, deny or justify. In recent weeks, a cascade of unusually strong statements, diplomatic rebukes and threats of sanctions has emerged from European capitals – each move amplifying the next, as if a long-dormant herd has suddenly jolted into motion.Among these developments, the most significant may be the possible suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement, which grants Israel preferential access to the world’s largest single market. Last month, the Dutch foreign minister, Caspar Veldkamp, b...

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6 d. ago The EU faces a moment of truth. Will it follow through on trade sanctions on Israel – or slide into irrelevance? | Martin Konečný

A human rights review of EU-Israel ties is under way. The results will be significant for both the war and Europe’s reputationAfter many months of inaction and complicity in the face of Israel’s destruction of Gaza, Europe is finally beginning to stir. Tens of thousands of people killed and attacks on schools and hospitals had apparently not been enough. But, along with the blocking of humanitarian aid and open calls for ethnic cleansing, Israel’s actions finally became too severe to ignore, deny or justify. In recent weeks, a cascade of unusually strong statements, diplomatic rebukes and threats of sanctions has emerged from European capitals – each move amplifying the next, as if a long-dormant herd has suddenly jolted into motion.Among these developments, the most significant may be the possible suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement, which grants Israel preferential access to the world’s largest single market. Last month, the Dutch foreign minister, Caspar Veldkamp, b...

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7 d. ago Car 'hits multiple pedestrians' in Leicester city centre as arrest made

A car reportedly collided with several pedestrians in Leicester, leaving 4 people injured - police were called to the scene at around 12.30am on Saturday and a 31-year-old man has been arrested

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8 d. ago Is every memecoin just a scam? Experts on whether Andrew Tate and Trump are fleecing their followers

After I was turned into a memecoin, I looked into the hype behind the crypto that only a tiny percentage of people profit fromIn November last year, I was turned into a memecoin. Several, in fact.Someone alerted me that a memecoin called Dork Nerd Geek ($DNG) had been minted with a picture of my face, and it already had a market cap (the total value of all coins in circulation) of $29,000. Twenty minutes later it was $100,000. An hour later it was $800,000. Continue reading...

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1 week ago New Orleans jail, site of a brazen inmate escape, faces flooding and plumbing failures

The New Orleans jail where 10 inmates escaped from earlier this month is experiencing “significant flooding” from what a sheriff called “ongoing and severe plumbing failures."

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1 week ago Heathrow boss sorry for sleeping through outage with phone on silent

Thomas Woldbye missed emergency notifications and phone calls after nearby fire led to airport being shut downHeathrow’s chief executive has expressed his “deep regret” at being uncontactable and sleeping through the power outage that upended the travel plans of 200,000 passengers earlier this year.Thomas Woldbye slept through two emergency notification calls and “several” phone calls from Heathrow’s chief operating officer, Javier Echave, in the early hours of the morning after a fire at a nearby substation knocked out power supplies to the airport. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Alleged victim ‘Mia’ to take stand in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial

‘Mia’, one of Combs’s former employees, will testify that he ‘forced himself on her sexually’, prosecutors sayTestimony is set to continue on Wednesday in the federal racketeering conspiracy and sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, with prosecutors planning to call several witnesses to the stand, including an alleged victim identified by the pseudonym “Mia”.Mia has been described as one of Combs’s former employees, who prosecutors say will testify that Combs “forced himself on her sexually” while she was working for him. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Liverpool parade incident live updates as man arrested after car ploughs into fans

The club's Premier League title celebrations have ended in horror with several ambulances called to the scene

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2 w. ago Artist Damien Hirst says he rejected a knighthood because he 'never felt comfortable with the idea'

Reportedly worth £308 million, Hirst forged the Young British Artist (YBA) art scene of the 1990s and shot to fame after displaying sharks and other animals suspended in formaldehyde.

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2 w. ago Matt Sherratt has huge Japan calls to make as several Wales stars face defining tours

Wales will face a tough challenge in Japan this summer

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3 w. ago Horrifying moment F1 star crashes into animal while on track in Imola Grand Prix practice

This is the horrifying moment that saw a Formula One star crash into an animal while he was on track. The driver was out for the first practice session at the Emilia-Romagna GP.

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3 w. ago So ends the Keirbot’s immigration week: literally everyone hates it. Possibly even him | Marina Hyde

Several strongly worded X posts, a bungled Albanian scheme and the ghost of Enoch Powell. Once again, he’s smashed itOn Friday morning, Keir Starmer was posting without compromise. “If you’re one of the smugglers putting people in small boats across the channel,” ran the prime minister’s communique on X, “we’re coming after you.” Imagine the fear that would have struck into the hearts of all those people smugglers who follow his account.Alternatively, you could consider the above as a performance for the benefit of people other than those to whom it appears to be addressed – which would certainly make it of a piece with Starmer’s entire shtick for “immigration week”. Because that really has been quite a performance – and one the critics are already calling unconvincing, excruciating and wooden. On several occasions the prime minister was outperformed by his lectern.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘I am completely dead now’: Pilot, 72, who died in a crash penned his own obituary detailing his close brushes with death

“I had several close calls throughout my lifetime,” Gary Wolfelt wrote. “I guess that I was just lucky that something didn’t get me long before now.”

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3 w. ago ‘I am completely dead now’: Pilot, 72, who died in a crash pens his own obituary detailing his close brushes with death

“I had several close calls throughout my lifetime,” Gary Wolfelt wrote. “I guess that I was just lucky that something didn’t get me long before now.”

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3 w. ago Teenager’s cookbook championing her family’s ‘special’ recipes goes viral

Isabelle took several months to create the cookbook called ‘A Taste of Tradition’.

Society

4 w. ago France and Poland ‘open a new page’ in relations after signing new defence treaty – Europe live

France president and Poland’s leader have signed a defence and energy treatyLet’s bring you some more pictures from the Moscow parade earlier today, a not very subtle attempt as showing off the Russian military power.French president Emmanuel Macron posted a social media update on his last night’s phone call with US president Donald Trump.I spoke several times last night with @POTUS. I commend his strong call for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire, as did our British and Nordic partners earlier this morning. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Russia stages Victory Day parade as EU ministers pledge further support for Ukraine – Europe live

EU representatives hold meeting in Lviv as Russia staged a lavish parade in Moscow to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world warLet’s bring you some more pictures from the Moscow parade earlier today, a not very subtle attempt as showing off the Russian military power.French president Emmanuel Macron posted a social media update on his last night’s phone call with US president Donald Trump.I spoke several times last night with @POTUS. I commend his strong call for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire, as did our British and Nordic partners earlier this morning. Continue reading...

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