3 h. ago TikTok 'Channel migrants' party' in Britain: 'Asylum seekers' celebrate making it to the UK in video from suspected taxpayer

The clip shows around 10 people having a party in a room with decorations consistent with those found in a Holiday Inn Express - several of which have been used to house asylum seekers.

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5 h. ago 'The new sheriff in town!': Surreal Robert Jenrick defection notes REVEALED as turncoat Tory summoned up the courage to jump ship to Reform

A private 'media plan' drawn up by the former Shadow Justice Secretary while he was plotting to join Nigel Farage's party also called his move 'the biggest defection story Reform has ever had.'

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6 h. ago Opponents protest against China's planned UK 'mega embassy' as decision deadline loons

Britain’s main opposition leader has joined a protest against China’s planned new embassy in London

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6 h. ago Kemi Badenoch dismisses Reform’s May defection deadline for Tories

Nigel Farage and his head of policy Zia Yusuf have indicated May 7 would be a cut-off point for admitting Conservative defectors to their party.

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9 h. ago Climate activist predicts high electricity prices and Trump's attacks on green energy will hurt GOP

Longtime climate activist Bill McKibben finds hope in solar energy despite the Trump administration rolling back environmental regulations and freezing offshore wind projects

Science

10 h. ago BBC Traitors fans convinced they know winner as star drops major hint

Traitors fans are convinced they know who wins the series after one contestant accidentally dropped a major hint at the infamous Traitors dinner party in the castle

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10 h. ago Reform's Richard Tice says Labour defector to his party will be unveiled 'probably on Tuesday'

The MP for Boston and Skegness has said the defection, which was also mentioned at a press conference by Nigel Faragethis week, is being earmarked for the first half of the week.

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10 h. ago Cat Deeley goes makeup free in a pair of stylish oversized glasses for a relaxed day out in north London

The TV presenter, 49, looked stylish in a pair of oversized aviator glasses and wrapped up warm in a khaki green parka with a fur-lined hood.

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11 h. ago Marc Guehi medical details revealed as star gives final green light to Man City move

Liverpool target Marc Guehi is on the verge of completing a shock mid-season transfer to Manchester City with the Crystal Palace defender set to seal his move over the weekend

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12 h. ago ‘Make no mistake, this is an occupation’: ICE’s deadly presence casts long shadow over Minneapolis

Classrooms have emptied, shops have shut, and the mood is tense – but as the federal operation has ramped up, so has residents’ responseAt 6.15am, Jac Kovarik revs up their SUV and snakes through the iced-over streets of south Minneapolis, eyes scanning for federal immigration agents.The neighborhood where Renee Good was killed by a federal officer has been eerily quiet. The bus stops are depleted of early shift workers. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Albanian Riviera: the most beautiful place you probably haven't been to yet

It’s the new hot spot but does Albania live up to the hype?

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12 h. ago Badenoch claims ‘Britain is not broken’ in rebuke to Jenrick after Reform defection

Jenrick was sacked by the Conservative leader this week hours before he defected to Nigel Farage’s party

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13 h. ago Darts party at the UK Open Finals at Butlin’s Minehead from just £230pp this March

DIG out the fancy dress and warm up your vocal cords, because the "FA Cup of Darts" is returning to Butlin’s Minehead. And it promises to be an absolute belter of a weekender. If you’re looking for the perfect combination of top-tier sporting drama and a legendary party atmosphere, the PDC UK Open Finals Big...

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13 h. ago Everyone under 22 should be able to take the bus for free, Green Party says

The push comes despite the Labour government's U-turn on the policy last October after they found the proposed free trial for young adults was simply 'unaffordable'.

Politics

13 h. ago Zahawi defection pushes Reform’s vaccine scepticism into spotlight

The views of the former Tory vaccines minister clash with those of high-profile members and the party faithfulThere was no shortage of ammunition for reporters seeking to pepper Nadhim Zahawi with questions when the former Conservative chancellor was unveiled as Reform’s newest recruit on Monday.But one persistent line of questioning seemed to draw a flash of real anger from the defector: did he reject the views of a doctor who was permitted by Reform to use the main stage at its annual conference to claim that the Covid vaccines, which Zahawi had himself rolled out as vaccines minister during the pandemic, were responsible for King Charles and the Princess of Wales’ cancers? Continue reading...

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13 h. ago The hill I will die on: Stag and hen dos should be fun, not bankrupting endurance tests | Liam Pape

Multi-day benders that deplete your mates’ annual leave and wallets are a no-no. Keep it cheeky, cheap and – crucially – enjoyableA stag or hen do should be a straightforward, fun night celebrating a good friend moving into a new chapter of their life. Instead, thanks to films such as The Hangover and Bridesmaids, as well as the general Americanisation of what a “bachelor” or “bachelorette” party should be, we’ve ended up with too many overindulgent, wildly inconvenient and quite frankly underwhelming send-offs to our friends who are getting married.Somewhere along the way, they’ve morphed into three-day tests of stamina and disposable income. Groomsmen bankrupting themselves on long weekends in Vegas that are billed as obligatory for anyone who wants to keep calling themselves a friend. Injuries sustained during ill-advised human pyramids on Spanish beaches. Weddings called off after drunken lapses of judgments in strip clubs. To add insult to injury, in 2023, a survey by Aviva fou...

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13 h. ago Rory Stewart: ‘A superpower? Indifference to social media abuse’

The former Tory MP and The Rest Is Politics host on a dinosaur he’d bring back to life, being thin-skinned and hating his bandy legsBorn in Hong Kong, Rory Stewart, 53, served as Conservative MP for Penrith and The Border from 2010. He was secretary of state for international development when he launched an unsuccessful bid to become Tory leader in 2019. Later that year, he resigned from the party to stand as an independent in the London mayoral elections. He co-hosts the podcast The Rest Is Politics and is the author of prize-winning and ­bestselling books including The Places in Between and Politics on the Edge. His latest is Middleland. He is married with two children and lives in London.What is your greatest fear? I become very anxious if I think I’ve hurt someone. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Rory Stewart: ‘A superpower I’d like? Indifference to social media abuse’

The former Tory MP and host of The Rest Is Politics on a dinosaur he’d bring back to life, being thin-skinned and hating his bandy legsBorn in Hong Kong, Rory Stewart, 53, served as Conservative MP for Penrith and The Border from 2010. He was secretary of state for international development when he launched an unsuccessful bid to become Tory leader in 2019. Later that year, he resigned from the party to stand as an independent in the London mayoral elections. He co-hosts the podcast The Rest Is Politics and is the author of prize-winning and ­bestselling books including The Places in Between and Politics on the Edge. His latest is Middleland. He is married with two children and lives in London.What is your greatest fear? I become very anxious if I think I’ve hurt someone. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Meghan Markle threw 'Sayonara Zara' party after landing her Suits role

The Californian actress, then 29, had long dreamt of finally catching her big break, and it didn't take long for her to share the glitz and glamour of her new life with her nearest and dearest.

Politics

14 h. ago US House candidate buys nazis.us domain to redirect visitors to homeland security

Mark Davis, running in Florida, says he bought domain because Republican party had gone ‘full fascist’A Florida congressional candidate says he bought the online domain nazis.us and set it up to redirect visitors to the US Department of Homeland Security, under whom federal agents have been carrying out brutal immigration crackdowns at the behest of the Trump administration.Mark Davis, who says he is running as a Democrat for Republican Vern Buchanan’s seat in November’s midterms, took responsibility for the ploy in a Friday X post – as polling showed most Americans believe the killing of Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent demonstrated problems with the way ICE has been operating. Continue reading...

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