40 m. ago Jamaica is a 'disaster zone', airport is flooded, entire towns are underwater and tens of thousands of tourists are trapped after 'Storm of the Century' Hurricane Melissa hit

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest development as Hurricane Melissa - the world's most powerful storm this year - approaches Jamaica after barrelling across the Caribbean Sea.

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44 m. ago Parents issued urgent warning over baby products that could risk death

The items, designed to enable babies to bottle feed with little or no assistance from a caregiver, 'create a risk from choking on the feed or aspiration pneumonia'

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50 m. ago Man's gruesome slashing injuries after 'robbery and assault' in his own home

WARNING - DISTRESSING IMAGES: TJ Byrne, 36, said he is 'lucky to be alive' after he had his face slashed in an incident at his home in Fife, Scotland

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51 m. ago Hurricane Melissa live updates: hundreds of thousands evacuated as Cuba faces 120mph winds; disaster area declared in Jamaica

Warning of life-threatening flooding as storm hits Cuba; path of destruction ripped across Jamaica‘Storm of the century’ wreaks havoc across JamaicaVisual guide to Hurricane MelissaTell us if you’ve been affectedAs Cuba prepares for the storm to make landfall any minute, officials in Jamaica are preparing to assess the damage on Wednesday.A video shared by the Jamaican Constabulary Force shows officers surveying extensive destruction in Black River, close to where Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm. Continue reading...

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56 m. ago Now former thief claims he warned Louvre bosses security was inadequate

Former thief issued warning when Louvre invited him to appear on a podcast

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56 m. ago Kensington Palace hits back at claim William threatened to 'remove Eugenie and Beatrice titles'

It had been claimed that the Prince of Wales wanted his cousins to persuade their father, Prince Andrew, to leave the Royal Lodge.

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56 m. ago Housebuilders warn Labour will miss target of building 1.5m new homes in fresh Budget blow for Rachel Reeves

Developers are reported to have told the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) that its forecasts for economic growth from house building are too optimistic.

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59 m. ago Twisted cannibal killer dubbed the People Eater murdered two in jail and served up body parts to inmates

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Venezuelan killer Dorángel “People Eater” Vargas shocked the nation with grisly murders and admitted cannibalism - a violent history that ended with long-term isolation and renewed horror in a 2016 prison riot.

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62 m. ago BBC doctor issues warning to anyone taking common acid reflux drug

Dr Punam Krishan has told anyone taking PPIs like omeprazole for heartburn, acid reflux, or indigestion to do one thing

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67 m. ago Bonnie Blue's sperm in the post request leaves man instantly regretting his decisions

A randy man stunned the internet by admitting he mailed his own semen to adult star Bonnie Blue after seeing her cheeky online request, only to be hit with crushing regret

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68 m. ago Man calls lottery winner 'stupid' for not collecting £13.4m then one discovery floors him

While most people check whether they have struck gold after buying a lottery ticket, others forget all about it, but most of those players won't have unkowingly won £13.4million

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81 m. ago 'I didn't get on with Man Utd icon Ruud van Nistelrooy – he blocked me for seven months'

Former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy has been out of work since being sacked by Leicester City in May 2025 and one of his former players has hit out at him

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83 m. ago Bridge of Allan flood prevention scheme on pause amid council wrangle

The £16million plan - designed to safeguard properties and roadway identified as at risk of flooding in the town - has been put on hold after Scottish ministers accused Stirling Council of failing to provide "sufficient information".

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1 hour ago Celebrity Traitors star Jonathan Ross spills the truth on what happens when the cameras stop rolling

The TV presenter, 64, recently confessed that the BBC show's executives have issued the stars with a long list of topics that they are not allowed to discuss.

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2 h. ago A House of Dynamite is both political fantasy and major disappointment

Kathryn Bigelow’s Netflix ‘what if?’ drama is the director’s most frustratingly assembled and visually flat film to dateBestowed on an elite few, the mantle of Noted Film-maker can be both a crown and a burden. On the positive side, it can serve as protection: viewing an ennobled director’s films through this prism, auteurist critics can feel obliged to make excuses for even the worst among them. (The rationale is that a bad film by a Noted Film-maker is still better than the best efforts of a jobbing hack.) One disadvantage is that such honorifics can leave a creative patrolling a very narrow courtyard, searching only for material worthy of a Noted Film-maker; another is that the dismay when a project doesn’t spark is all the greater. A prominent test case has just reached Netflix in the Kathryn Bigelow-directed A House of Dynamite, a not-so-heavy-hitter that – if texts from cinephile pals this past weekend are anything to go by – seems nailed on for only one award this season: tha...

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2 h. ago Tottenham hit with Archie Gray injury as Thomas Frank sees TENTH first

Spurs missing almost an entire starting line-up with little let-up in sight

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2 h. ago The Witcher author reveals what he really thinks of Netflix adaptation ahead of season 4

The writer of the Witcher books answered fan questions on the hit adaptations

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2 h. ago Rachel Reeves insists Britain can 'defy' grim economic forecasts

The Chancellor is currently scrambling to plug a multi-billion pound hole in her spending plans ahead of her fiscal package on 26 November.

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2 h. ago Cost of car finance scandal could cause 'significant' hit to UK economy, Santander boss warns

The group's chief executive Mike Regnier said current proposals 'could significantly impact jobs, growth and the broader UK economy'.

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2 h. ago 'Alien ship' 3I/ATLAS to reach Earth today – what time and how you can see it

Harvard theoretical physicist Avi Loeb has warned for months that the object could be an 'extraterrestrial artefact' which may be about to make first contact

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