83 m. ago ‘He is not a gang member’: outrage as US deports makeup artist to El Salvador prison for crown tattoos

Andry José Hernández Romero sent to an El Salvador prison after claim ‘crown’ tattoos proved he was a gang memberFor as long as anyone can remember Andry José Hernández Romero was enthralled by the annual Three Kings Day celebrations for which his Venezuelan home town is famed, joining thousands of fellow Christians on the streets of Capacho to remember how the trio of wise men visited baby Jesus bearing gold, frankincense and myrrh.At age seven, Andry became a Mini King, as members of the town’s youth drama group Los Mini Reyes were known. Later in life, he tattooed two crowns on his wrists to memorialise those carnival-like Epiphany commemorations and his Catholic roots. Continue reading...

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91 m. ago US is on track to have the worst measles outbreak of this century, former Covid response coordinator warns

Hundreds of infections have been reported in West Texas as cases of the highly contagious virus continue to crop up nationwide

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93 m. ago Earthquake hits US sparking fears major volcano is about to erupt

An earthquake was detected just miles away from a major volcano in the US, sparking fears that the massive formation is set to erupt.

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98 m. ago Virginia Giuffre says she mistakenly posted claim that she has four days left to live to Instagram as she reveals new details of car crash

Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre has said she mistakenly posted the claim that she had just four days left to live to her public Instagram.

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2 h. ago French ministers condemn threats to judges in Marine Le Pen case

Senior figures also reject claim verdict against Le Pen on embezzlement charges was ‘political and partisan’French ministers have condemned threats against the judges who convicted the far-right leader Marine Le Pen and banned her from public office for five years – threatening her 2027 presidential run – and rejected accusations the verdict was “political and partisan”.France’s prime minister, François Bayrou, told the Assemblée nationale the trial judges had his “unconditional support” after they found Le Pen guilty of embezzlement charges, throwing France into political chaos. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Chipotle is giving away $1 million in free burritos — here’s how to claim yours

The restaurant chain is celebrating National Burrito Day on Thursday, April 3

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3 h. ago Kate Garraway opens up on 'feeling overwhelmed by problems' after family heartbreak

After four punishing years as her beloved husband Derek battled with severe complications from Long Covid, Kate Garraway has some advice for anyone coping with life's challenges

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3 h. ago Ryan Reynolds and Wrexham on guard over finances and being 'caught with pants down'

Wrexham's documentary has been a major financial success for the club under their Hollywood ownership, but officials are wary of becoming too reliant on the hit TV show

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3 h. ago Government told ‘far more work necessary’ over Covid Inquiry recommendations

Chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallet said ‘radical reform is required in the crucial area of planning and resilience’.

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3 h. ago Katie Price makes sensational claim she was forced to leave her property over £800K bill due to criminal activity

Katie Price has opened up about the reason she claims she had to leave her family home - known as the Mucky Mansion - in May last year.

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3 h. ago Trump administration sued over decision to rescind billions in health funding

Attorneys general from 23 states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration for its decision to claw back $12 billion that went to public health departments for COVID-19 efforts and addiction and mental health programs

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4 h. ago Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham wary of being 'caught with pants down' after financial admission

Wrexham have enjoyed a huge financial boost from the documentary charting the club's Hollywood ownership, but officials say they are wary of becoming too reliant on it continuing

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4 h. ago Two top Cardiff University staff claim more than £116,000 expenses

The claims have been criticised at a time when the university faces a huge deficit and is proposing to shed hundreds of jobs

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5 h. ago Plans unveiled for atom smasher even bigger than the Large Hadron Collider

The giant collider could unlock the mysteries of physics

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5 h. ago What Bruno Fernandes has said about his Man Utd future after stern Ruben Amorim claim

Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes has become the topic of speculation after reports of interest from Real Madrid

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5 h. ago The questions that Virginia Giuffre faces from Prince Andrew allies over claim she has 'four days left to live'

Prince Andrew's sexual abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre posted a photo of her bruised face lying on a hospital bed on Instagram and said doctors told her she is going to die due to kidney failure after a crash.

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5 h. ago Sophie visits dementia research lab founded by F1 champion Sir Jackie Stewart

Sophie toured the Dyson RAD Dementia Research Acceleration Project Lab in Edinburgh.

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6 h. ago A tower topped with a pangolin! The Oxford university building inspired by Tolkien and the pandemic

A chubby, rhubarb and custard-coloured tower bedecked with anteaters and moles make a fun neighbour to the city’s dreaming spires. It’s left some locals lost for wordsA carved stone pangolin clings to the top of the tower, its scaly tail curled into the crevice of a cornice, as if holding on for dear life. It crowns an arresting arrival to Oxford, the city of dreaming spires, the anteater taking its place on this skyline of slender steeples and gurning gargoyles, up there at the summit of the newest – and strangest – spire of them all.“I was thinking, ‘How do you mark Covid in a building?’” says David Kohn, architect of this curious addition to the campus of New College. “We were developing the designs in the middle of the pandemic, when pangolins had been in the limelight for all the wrong reasons.” Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Martin Lewis urges people to claim £6,000 State Pension boost before cut

The consumer champion shares simple checks people aged between 40 and 73 should do to boost State Pension payments.

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7 h. ago Remorseless killer, 53, behind bars for bludgeoning man to death with a frying pan moans about 'inhumane' treatment during Covid as he launches £10k legal battle

Stephen Kidd, 53, (pictured) was jailed in 2009 for his part in the brutal murder of 60-year-old Darren Presley, who was attacked with knives and a frying pan at a flat in Blackpool a year earlier.

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