47 m. ago ‘Their voices had been overlooked for so long’: the shocking hunt for the Gilgo Beach killer

The long and often shocking journey to finding the alleged killer of young women in Long Island is brought to a wider audience in a damning new Netflix seriesThe film-maker Liz Garbus was on vacation in July 2023 when she got the call that an arrest had finally been made in the case of the Long Island serial killer. Since 2010, when the bodies of four women were found along an isolated stretch of highway near Gilgo Beach, authorities had looked for a presumed serial killer with little progress and plenty of consternation. Garbus was one of the most prominent chroniclers of the grassroots effort to force authorities into action; her 2020 feature film Lost Girls, an adaptation of Robert Kolker’s book of the same name, depicted the fight by a group of working-class women to figure out what happened to their loved ones – all women who participated in sex work on Craigslist – with or largely without police help.It was the star of that film, Amy Ryan, who alerted Garbus to the arrest of R...

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1 hour ago Who is running Britain’s economy – Rachel Reeves or Donald Trump?

The chancellor’s careful calculations for her spring statement are likely to be blown out of the water by a looming US trade war• From more tax to rewriting budget rules: six alternative ways Reeves could raise moneyAs Rachel Reeves powered through her spring statement on Wednesday, telling the country she was “restoring stability to the public finances” few in the House of Commons chamber seemed to know what to make of it all.Reeves’s message did not seem to resonate with the underlying mood of uncertainty and anxiety at home and abroad. Many Labour MP nodded loyally along with her, trying to impress the whips. Others on the government benches looked grave. Growth forecasts for this year had been halved. Money would have to be raised to meet the chancellor’s own fiscal rules, and the poorest would be the ones bearing the brunt. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago The Observer view on JD Vance: spurned in Greenland and humiliated at home, the vice

His foolish foreign trip and the response to the Signal chat leak reflect the irresponsibility of White House teamNot for the first time, JD Vance, America’s outspoken vice-president, has made a public fool of himself. He insisted on visiting Greenland despite unequivocal statements by the territory’s leaders and Denmark’s government that he was not invited and not welcome. Vance’s trip was confined to a remote Arctic base, where he briefly spoke to a few Americans. Plans to make a wider tour and speak to Greenlanders were cancelled – because Greenlanders did not want to speak to him.Such hostility is entirely understandable, given the repeated, provocative and disrespectful declarations by Vance’s boss, Donald Trump, that the US plans to annex Greenland and may do so illegally and by force. Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory within the kingdom of Denmark. Election results this month showed the vast majority of local people back expanded self-rule or outright independence. The...

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4 h. ago DWP confirms payments and voucher scheme extended until 2026

The scheme, used by millions in the UK, was due to end this month

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5 h. ago Scientists hope hungry weevils from Louisiana can tackle South Africa's invasive water plants

South Africa is unleashing weevils imported from the United States in a bid to fight off the sprouting growth of Salvinia minima, an alien species of aquatic plant native to South America that is choking up dams and rivers

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6 h. ago Denise Welch pokes fun at false rumours she disappeared in hot air balloon crash

Denise Welch took to her Instagram Stories on Saturday evening to mock false rumours claiming she had been killed in a hot air balloon crash. 

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6 h. ago Bosses of polluting water firms will lose bonuses if they fail to clean up Britain's rivers, watchdog warns

From next month regulator Ofwat plans to use new powers to stop executives of water companies being rewarded despite poor performance on cleaning up pollution.

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7 h. ago Major changes to crack down on small boats gangs as Meta, X and TikTok attend UK summit

Alongside the summit, ministers today announced a crackdown on illegal working - with tough ‘right to work’ checks on workers in the gig economy and fines of up to £60,000 or prison time for rogue employers

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7 h. ago MSP makes Mother’s Day call urging UK Government to extend maternity pay

Scottish Green MSP Gillian Mackay said every new parent should have the chance to spend quality time with their baby.

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9 h. ago Brendan Rodgers drops perfect Celtic reply as star eyes extended stay and another nears exit door

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9 h. ago BBC forced to apologise as Newcastle ace repeatedly swears after ignoring Ant & Dec plea

Newcastle have been busy celebrating their Carabao Cup win with a trophy parade that has attracted thousands. However, the BBC was left in hot water thanks to one sweary player

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10 h. ago Nuno applauds Nottingham Forest after reaching Wembley FA Cup semi

Forest clinch third successive shootout win in FA Cup‘It is a huge moment for us in our journey together’Nuno Espírito Santo paid tribute to goalkeeper Matz Sels and his Nottingham Forest team after they beat Brighton in a penalty shootout to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup for the first time in more than 30 years.Having seen off Exeter and Ipswich in rounds four and five, Sels consulted notes on his water bottle before saving spot-kicks from Jack Hinshelwood and Diego Gómez after both sides had cancelled each other out during normal and extra time. It was left to the captain Ryan Yates to score the winning penalty for Forest, who are also on course to qualify for next season’s Champions League via the Premier League, even if he will miss the semi-final having been booked during extra time. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Keir Starmer urged to get tough with Trump as US tariff threat looms

PM told to be as robust as Canada with the US president as the UK stages last-ditch talks to strike trade dealKeir Starmer should fight back strongly against Donald Trump if he imposes punitive tariffs on British exports, senior UK and EU diplomats said on Saturday night, amid heightened fears that the US president could trigger a global trade war with devastating effects on the UK economy.British government officials in London and Washington are working frantically this weekend to try to persuade Trump not to slap duties on more key UK industries on what he is calling “liberation day” on Wednesday. The US president has already announced plans for 25% levies on imports of cars, steel and aluminium to the US. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Chris Riddell on King Trump: all that he touches turns to – cartoon

In the US, everything is going down the pan, while the global economy glistens with growthYou can buy a copy of this cartoon Continue reading...

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14 h. ago From Hollywood’s goofy stoner to serious satire: the reinvention of Seth Rogen

The former manchild’s performance as an industry suit in new series The Studio shows how far he has come in HollywoodIn Seth Rogen’s new satirical series, The Studio, Rogen plays the newly appointed head of a major Hollywood production company – and there was a time when that alone would have been the joke.The goofy, schlubby, pre-eminent manchild of mainstream comedy, handed the role of a powerful industry suit – the fish-out-of-water jokes would have written themselves. But Matt Remick, Rogen’s character in The Studio, isn’t a manchild but a man: a pretty regular middle-aged one, trying to do good, honest work in a sour, cynical business. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago DEAR CAROLINE: I sent a filthy text meant for my husband to a much younger

I only realised a couple of hours later and sent another text full of apology, explaining the mistake, but the damage was done... Our relationships counsellor answers your problems.

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16 h. ago Schoolgirl, 13, is victim of sickening girl gang beating as attackers 'kicked her head like a football and stamped on her face' as police arrest 12

A 13-year-old girl whose head was kicked 'like a football' during a brutal attack by four girls in Morecambe came close to suffering permanent brain damage, her mother has said.

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16 h. ago Myanmar earthquake: Rooftop pool sways as Thailand buildings rocked by 7.7

A rooftop pool at the top of a skyscraper in Thailand has been filmed swaying and throwing water over its edge, as the country was rocked by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake which hit Myanmar on Friday.

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16 h. ago ‘God knows what’s in the water’: Los Angeles surfers in limbo as wildfire toxins linger

In a city where surfing is a way of life, the wait to get back in the water has been agonizing. But new research offers a glimmer of hope Alex Sinunu was used to surfing three or four times a week in Santa Monica Bay – after all, the beach was just a mile from his home and he could ride his bike there with his board. But ever since the megafires that swept through neighboring Pacific Palisades in early January, the ocean has been filled with ash, debris – and endless questions.The massive blaze consumed thousands of homes and other structures, many of them on the edge of the Pacific coastline. Subsequent rainstorms sent tons of debris washing into the ocean, turned the water brown and raised fears about the toxins that could be coming from all the charred remains of buildings and cars – including asbestos, lithium-ion batteries and plastics. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Moment Myanmar earthquake swamps people with gallons of water from rooftop swimming pool

The footage shows the moment a crowd of people desperately scrambled for safety down the street before being hit by a torrent of water that fell from a rooftop pool after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake

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