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2 h. ago This city is like no other in Spain – here’s why you should visit during Ramadan

A place where Islam and Christianity have rubbed shoulders for more than a millennium, the Andalusian city offers a rich experience of cultural discovery, finds Queenie Shaikh

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3 h. ago Best websites to find a job in 2025 – perfect for remote workers

Looking for a new job this year? Forget the usual ways you'd normally look for a job, especially if you're after something that will let you work from anywhere – try these sites instead

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3 h. ago BORIS JOHNSON: We must learn from Trump and take the pruning shears to the vast undergrowth of State spending. And do it with all the zealotry of Elon Musk

A momentous week began with Keir Starmer going to the House of Commons and announcing a big boost to defence spending - and the yippees could be heard in every officers' mess in the country.

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3 h. ago Is Facebook Messenger down right now? App hits technical issues after WhatsApp outage

It is the latest app to experience trouble today

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3 h. ago Golden toilet burglary suspect admits using the £4.8million loo himself as he tells court experience was 'splendid'

Michael Jones, 39, visited the historic estate on two occasions in the days before a gang smashed their way inside to steal the artwork (pictured) on September 14, 2019.

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3 h. ago WhatsApp down: Live updates at thousands report problems sending messages

Thousands of Whatsapp users are experiencing problems sending messages and making calls

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4 h. ago 'I was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer after dismissing four symptoms'

One woman has taken to TikTok to share her experience of overlooking four innocuous symptoms of the disease, while urging other people to remain more vigilant

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4 h. ago Is Whatsapp down? As people struggling to load messaging app

Whatsapp users are experiencing issues with the messaging and calling app across the UK

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4 h. ago EDF offers up to 16 hours of free electricity from this weekend

EDF customers are being urged to take action and earn free electricity for the weekend

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4 h. ago I tried a Temazcal ceremony and my sweat lodge experience was nothing like your average sauna

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5 h. ago Earn while you learn and gain experience in a new job with an apprenticeship

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5 h. ago New stove that plugs into a normal wall outlet could be major gain for health and the climate

For 47 million American households, cooking means a gas stove

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5 h. ago Plans for Cardiff council tax rise, job cuts and parking changes move forward

A number of measures are being put forward by the council, including job cuts, increasing council tax and increasing the cost of car parking permits

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5 h. ago Elon Musk’s DOGE homes in on new target: Weather forecasters

The cuts will ‘endanger American lives,’ lawmaker says

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5 h. ago Trump reportedly wants to shrink size and focus of state department; climate agency braces for more cuts – live

President wants radical overhaul of state department, including fewer diplomats and embassies, Politico reports; Noaa expects more cuts after hundreds firedUS aid cuts have forced the UN children’s agency Unicef to suspend or scale back many programmes in Lebanon, with more than half of children under the age of two experiencing severe food poverty in the country’s east, a Unicef official said on Friday.“We have been forced to suspend or cut back or drastically reduce many of our programmes and that includes nutrition programmes,” Unicef’s deputy representative in Lebanon, Ettie Higgins, told reporters in Geneva via video link from Beirut, Reuters reports. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Secondary school admissions: When do you find out secondary school places?

National Offer Day comes at the start of March when pupils learn if they have been accepted into their top secondary school choice

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6 h. ago Child wandered out of Scots nursery alone as council vows to 'learn lessons'

South Lanarkshire Council has said that while the child was "quickly returned" to the premises, they are taking the matter "very seriously" and have reported the incident to the Care Inspectorate.

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6 h. ago Ruling blocks Trump’s mass firings at agencies; RFK Jr fails to address measles outbreak – US politics live

Ruling called victory for Americans ‘illegally fired from their jobs’, while anonymous official tells NBC Kennedy has done nothing about outbreakUS aid cuts have forced the UN children’s agency Unicef to suspend or scale back many programmes in Lebanon, with more than half of children under the age of two experiencing severe food poverty in the country’s east, a Unicef official said on Friday.“We have been forced to suspend or cut back or drastically reduce many of our programmes and that includes nutrition programmes,” Unicef’s deputy representative in Lebanon, Ettie Higgins, told reporters in Geneva via video link from Beirut, Reuters reports. Continue reading...

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