2 h. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: We must unite against blundering Starmer's latest attempt to stop decent people doing what they want

Labour has just completed another U-turn. It has partially backed down over imposing inheritance tax on farms. In trying to grab a small amount of extra revenue, it has alienated many in the countryside.

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4 h. ago Hollywood bombshell who once romanced Al Pacino steps out looking unrecognizable in LA

The 61-year-old movie star - who rose to fame in the early 90s - kept a low profile for a solo excursion in Beverly Hills during the holiday season.

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6 h. ago Powerful message families of Bondi Beach terror attack victims want Anthony Albanese to read as they pen blistering open letter to the PM: 'Owe us answers'

The loved ones of 11 victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack have joined forces to write a blistering open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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6 h. ago Emmerdale's Danny Miller 'weird' fan interaction in 'not gonna work' Corriedale admission

The Aaron Dingle actor is confirmed as part of the life-changing Emmerdale and Coronation Street crossover

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7 h. ago This ‘Battle of the Sexes’ was completely unwatchable – we do not need it again

An unfit Nick Kyrgios defeated the women’s No 1 Aryna Sabalenka 6-3 6-3 and the immediate calls for a rematch should worry her rivals on the WTA Tour

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8 h. ago Manchester United set to sign Germany striker Lea Schüller from Bayern Munich

United close in on 28-year-old forwardMiyazawa extends contract with clubManchester United are set to complete the signing of the Germany striker Lea Schüller on a permanent transfer from Bayern Munich.Schüller, who has six months left on her contract, has been a prolific goalscorer for club and country, scoring more than 100 goals for Bayern and 54 times in 82 games for her country, and she will be seen as a marquee signing for the Women’s Super League side. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Bonnie Blue's bleak Christmas after jail stint from sad cold meal to dad 'in tears'

Fresh from her legal difficulties in Indonesia, Bonnie Blue enjoyed a far more quiet Christmas with her family, complete with roast potato mishaps and a characteristically divisive breakfast choice

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12 h. ago Swinger who had her first threesome on TV reveals she’s moved on from marriage split and is now dating a woman

A SWINGER who had her first threesome on TV has revealed she's moved on from the breakdown of her marriage and is now in a new relationship - with a woman. Jess and Mike Miller earned eye-watering amounts every month for being one of the country’s top adult content creator couples. They explored their love of swinging...

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14 h. ago Complete 'write off' as Miller & Carter cancels Christmas meal bookings

Families were turned away as they arrived for their Christmas Day lunches

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15 h. ago Christmas 'written off' as Miller & Carter cancels family bookings

The steakhouse had to cancel Christmas bookings

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18 h. ago UK's highest pub feels 'like going back in time' — and costs £100k to run

The Tan Hill Inn in Richmond, North Yorkshire, is the highest pub in the UK and is completely self-sufficient, with no cables or pipes connecting it to the grid — costing the landlord thousands to keep it running

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21 h. ago The hill I will die on: Faux Cyrillic is a load of old crдp | Viv Groskop

To the designers of film posters, I suppose it looks cleverly exotic – but there are 250 million readers of Cyrillic globally, and its misuse grinds our gearsOne of the worst bugbears to possess is one that is shared by hardly anyone else. It’s lonely being the only person who cares about something. It’s even lonelier when the thing you care about makes you want to stamp your feet, tear your hair out and run naked into the streets while making the face of Edvard Munch’s The Scream. And so it is for me whenever I see a film poster, headline, book cover or screen caption featuring the incorrect use of the Cyrillic alphabet.You might think this is a niche preoccupation. But you would be surprised how many times the name of “STДLIN” pops up in poster designs, supposedly representing “STALIN”. This phenomenon annoys me most when the entity depicted is not fictional. If you write the (nonexistent-in-any-language) word “STДLIN” instead of “STALIN” you are writing “STDLIN”. Which would be f...

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22 h. ago Police Scotland paid £1.37m for leadership training course a third failed to complete

The force shelled out the enormous sum to accounting giant EY for a the “Your Leadership Matters” programme.

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26 h. ago Myanmar elections: voting begins under junta stranglehold with Aung San Suu Kyi banned

War with opposition groups means large areas are excluded from poll, while recent law prohibits criticising a process regarded internationally as a shamPolling stations have opened in some areas of conflict-racked Myanmar for an election that has been widely condemned as a sham designed to legitimise the military junta’s rule.The most popular party is banned from running in the election, and large areas of the country will be completely excluded because they are under the control of anti-junta groups or racked by fierce fighting. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Jojo Moyes says Sophie Kinsella encouraged her to finish writing Me Before You

Prior to Kinsella’s death, Moyes credited her for convincing her to complete the romance novel which became an international bestseller and film.

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30 h. ago Miller & Carter Christmas dinner chaos as 78 families turned away on the day

Miller & Carter said it was ‘devastated’ after it was forced to cancel as many as 78 different bookings on Christmas Day at its restaurant in Hockley Heath near Solihull

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35 h. ago Trump is shamelessly covering America in his name | Mohamad Bazzi

Trump is using the presidency as a branding opportunity. He’s slapping his name on as many buildings, monuments and government projects as he canIn 2011, Donald Trump published a book with the self-help guru Robert Kiyosaki titled Midas Touch. It’s a typical self-empowerment manual in which the pair expound on the secrets of entrepreneurial success while drawing on their personal experiences. At one point, they write, “Building a brand may be more important than building a business.”That was certainly Trump’s approach to business: he was the New York real estate tycoon who turned his fame into a brand that symbolized luxury and savvy strategy – even if his companies had filed for bankruptcy six times. Trump spent decades trying to use his name to turn a profit: he owned an airline and a university, and slapped his moniker on vodka, steaks, neckties, board games and even bottled water. Leveraging the fame he gained from the Apprentice TV show, he expanded to licensing Trump-branded g...

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35 h. ago 78 families turned away from Miller & Carter Christmas dinner

Families had their Christmas Day disrupted after Miller & Carter restaurant

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36 h. ago Hibs whack Hearts in epic Edinburgh derby as David Gray's heroes deliver title dent to rivals – 5 talking points

It was a real ding-dong in Leith as the Jambos threatened to complete a remarkable comeback

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39 h. ago ANAS SARWAR: 'Nigel Farage says Scotland is broken but has no interest in fixing it'

'Reform UK thrive on frustration and division, I reject that politics completely - Scotland does not need louder shouting, it needs leadership', Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar writes

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