53 m. ago Couple are forced to steal back their own car after police refuse to investigate despite AirTag pinpointing its EXACT location

Mia Forbes Pirie and Mark Simpson discovered their car had gone missing from near their west London home in Brook Green on Wednesday morning.

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69 m. ago Jamie Oliver upset as he slams 'harmful' school system and demands change

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is launching his own crusade in a new documentary as he fights for schools to be more inclusive and better trained to deal with neurodivergent children.

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2 h. ago There’s an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts – and these dead zones are spreading | George Monbiot

Vast areas of land are now dominated by one species – purple moor-grass – and good luck with seeing a bird or insect there. How do we revive these habitats?Deserts are spreading across great tracts of Britain, yet few people seem to have noticed, and fewer still appear to care. It is one of those astonishing situations I keep encountering: in which vast, systemic problems – in this case, I believe, covering thousands of square kilometres – hide in plain sight.I realise that many people, on reading that first sentence, will suspect I’ve finally flipped. Where, pray, are those rolling sand dunes or sere stony wastes? But there are many kinds of desert, and not all of them are dry. In fact, those spreading across Britain are clustered in the wettest places. Yet they harbour fewer species than some dry deserts do, and are just as hostile to humans. Another useful term is terrestrial dead zones. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago EastEnders' Nicola Mitchell star slams ageism on TV as she admits biggest struggle

Newcomer Laura Doddington has proved quite a hit on Albert Square. Here, she talks nearly quitting acting before bagging her EastEnders role - and the struggle for 'women of a certain age'

Politics

2 h. ago LA protests live: Trump slams Newsom after being urged to withdraw ‘unlawful’ National Guard deployment amid violent clashes

Gavin Newsom accuses Trump of trying to ‘manufacture a crisis’

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3 h. ago A free flat for a fortnight: the German city offering perks to fight depopulation

Eisenhüttenstadt, once a socialist vision but now at risk of becoming a ghost town, seeks to ditch its far-right imageIf you’re considering moving to a German ex-communist model city that is trying to lure new residents with a range of perks, including free accommodation and rounds of drinks with locals, take it from Tom Hanks: Eisenhüttenstadt has many charms.While filming outside Berlin in 2011, the Hollywood actor and history buff took a mini field trip 60 miles east to what he called Iron Hut City and was instantly smitten. “An amazing architectural place,” he said, pronouncing it “fascinating”. He returned sprinkling stardust again three years later, even acquiring a vintage Trabant car he shipped back to Los Angeles. “People still live there – it’s actually a gorgeous place,” Hanks said. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Police still probing crash that saw car plunge off 300ft cliff

A car left the road and went crashing into the water at Alum Bay on the Isle of Wight on Friday evening, as holidaymakers looked on in horror.

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6 h. ago Drivers urged to remove 10 items from the car before Wednesday

UK motorists up and down the nation are being urged to never leave these 10 common items in their car for long periods of time, ahead of the mini heatwave slated to hit the UK next week

Transport

6 h. ago Nick Frost reveals he's been targeted by trans activists as he prepares to work with JK Rowling after accepting role of Hagrid in HBO's Harry Potter series

Nick Frost has revealed he has been targeted by trans activists after accepting the role of Hagrid in the new HBO Harry Potter series.  

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8 h. ago Katie Price becomes first British star to trademark her own AI image in six

Katie Price is becoming the first British star to trademark her own Artificial Intelligence image in a huge six-figure deal.

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8 h. ago The BRIT Awards will be held in Manchester for first time in its history in huge TWO YEAR deal

The BRIT Awards will be hosted in Manchester in 2026 and 2027 with next year's date already announced

Economics

8 h. ago Oasis reunion effect sees BRIT Awards move to Manchester for 2026 and 2027

The BRIT awards are moving from London to Manchester for the first time in nearly 50 years thanks to the influence of local acts like Oasis as the huge event will remain up North until 2027

Events

8 h. ago Riding high in Germany on the world’s oldest suspended railway

Still gliding above the town of Wuppertal on an overhead track 125 years after it was built, the charming Schwebebahn has lost none of its magicIt’s easy to be seduced by the romance of train travel. Think of sleeper trains, boat trains, vintage steam railways, elegant dining cars. But it’s rare that an urban transport system can capture the imagination quite as much as the Wuppertal Schwebebahn in Germany caught mine, and that of anyone else who’s clapped eyes on the world’s oldest suspended railway.In October it will be 125 years since Kaiser Wilhelm II took a test ride in the Schwebebahn, just a few months before the hanging railway officially opened for business in March 1901. It was an incredible feat of engineering then, and remains so today. Even with sleek modern carriages having long replaced the original ones, it looks like something imagined by Jules Verne, with carriages smoothly gliding under the overhead track. They have even preserved the first 1901 carriage, nickname...

Politics

8 h. ago Doctor reveals insane questions men ask about their testicles

Brit blokes are always asking questions about their two veg as one GP doctor has revealed the most baffling questions male patients have asked him about their testicles

Politics

9 h. ago Carlos Alcaraz: ‘The match is not finished until he wins the last point’

Spaniard saves match points before beating SinnerFrench Open win Alcaraz’s fifth grand slamCarlos Alcaraz says he never stopped believing he could find a way to fight back against his great rival Jannik Sinner and win the French Open despite facing three championship points in an incredible 5 hour 29 minute battle.“The match is not finished until he wins the last point,” said Alcaraz. “It’s just one point away from losing the match, yeah, but a lot of times people came back from match point down in the final of a grand slam or even in other matches. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago ‘The level was insane’: Alcaraz did not stop believing in epic French Open final triumph

Defending champion saves match points before winningJannik Sinner: ‘I have improved as a player since last year’Carlos Alcaraz says he never stopped believing he could find a way to fight back against his great rival Jannik Sinner and win the French Open despite facing three championship points in an incredible five-hour-and-29-minute battle.“The match is not finished until he wins the last point,” said Alcaraz. “It’s just one point away from losing the match, yeah, but a lot of times people came back from match-point down in the final of a grand slam or even in other matches. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Demi Moore told 'this is not ok' as she divides fans after rescuing three ducklings

Oscar nominated actress Demi Moore was slammed by some fans for how she interacted with the three baby ducks she rescued, amid concern for the welfare of the animals

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9 h. ago Meghan Markle 'ready to add hotels and restaurants to her growing business empire'

Meghan Markle could be about to expand her brand into the hospitality sector after records showed a huge play by the Duchess and former actress

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9 h. ago William Shakespeare may have nicked Hamlet idea from ‘terrible’ play, new theory claims

Great playwriter William Shakespeare may have nicked an idea for one of his most famous pieces of work after he watched a an awful play with the same name, the play was called Hamlet

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9 h. ago By the numbers: Carlos Alcaraz and his performance for the ages in French Open final

Carlos Alcaraz successfully defended his French Open title with a performance for the ages, winning the longest final at Roland-Garros in the Open era

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