66 m. ago How to dress in cold weather: 10 stylish and cosy updates for winter

Whether it’s hidden layers or touchscreen gloves, our fashion expert shares her tips for staying snug when the temperature drops• The best slippers for men and womenDressing for winter is a balancing act: it’s rare you’ll ever be the perfect temperature. One moment you step outside to see your breath hanging in the air, the next you’re packed into a sweltering, crowded train.Luckily, a few smart wardrobe hacks can help with this seasonal conundrum. From thermal fabrics that keep you warm without bulk to breathable knitwear, these simple upgrades can transform your winter style while keeping you warm and cosy even on the coldest days. Continue reading...

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76 m. ago Stockport Pyramid has become the 'buffet restaurant of dreams'

It captured public imagination quite like no other in 2025 with its transformation of the iconic Stockport Pyramid - and the number of diners who have visited The Royal Nawaab is staggering.

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78 m. ago The horrific 'nude' AI pictures being posted online without consent

An artificial intelligence chatbot within X has been used in recent days to create sexualised and nude images of adults and children without consent. Urgent calls have now been made for action to be taken against the 'abusive' tool on the popular platform. James Holt reports.

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1 hour ago ‘I don’t know how we recover from this’: White House insiders alarmed after Noem’s quick response to Renee Good shooting, report says

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused Renee Nicole Good of ‘domestic terrorism’ just hours after she was killed by an ICE agent

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2 h. ago Indonesia first country to block Grok over sexualised images of adults and children

The move comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content on the app

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2 h. ago Lamar wants to have children with his girlfriend. The problem? She’s entirely AI

As synthetic personas become an increasingly normal part of life, meet the people falling for their chatbot loversLamar remembered the moment of betrayal like it was yesterday. He’d gone to the party with his girlfriend but hadn’t seen her for over an hour, and it wasn’t like her to disappear. He slipped down the hallway to check his phone. At that point, he heard murmurs coming from one of the bedrooms and thought he recognised his best friend Jason’s low voice. As he pushed the door ajar, they were both still scrambling to throw their clothes on; her shirt was unbuttoned, while Jason struggled to cover himself. The image of his girlfriend and best friend together hit Lamar like a blow to the chest. He left without saying a word.Two years on, when he spoke to me, the memory remained raw. He was still seething with anger, as if telling the story for the first time. “I got betrayed by humans,” Lamar insisted. “I introduced my best friend to her, and this is what they d...

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2 h. ago ‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral

The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targetedLike thousands of women across the world, Evie, a 22-year-old photographer from Lincolnshire, woke up on New Year’s Day, looked at her phone and was alarmed to see that fully clothed photographs of her had been digitally manipulated by Elon Musk’s AI tool, Grok, to show her in just a bikini.The “put her in a bikini” trend began quietly at the end of last year before exploding at the start of 2026. Within days, hundreds of thousands of requests were being made to the Grok chatbot, asking it to strip the clothes from photographs of women. The fake, sexualised images were posted publicly on X, freely available for millions of people to inspect. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago What unites Greenland, Venezuela and Ukraine? Trump's immoral lies and Europe's chronic weakness | Simon Tisdall

The president’s inability to tell right from wrong fuels his increasingly dictatorial, illegal and erratic behaviour Donald Trump made 30,573 “false or misleading” claims during his first term, according to calculations published in 2021 by the Washington Post. That’s roughly 21 fibs a day. Second time around, he’s still hard at it, lying to Americans and the world on a daily basis. Trump’s disregard for truth and honesty in public life – seen again in his despicable response to the fatal shooting in Minneapolis – is dangerously immoral.Trump declared last week that the only constraint on his power is “my own morality, my own mind”. That explains a lot. His idea of right and wrong is wholly subjective. He is his own ethical and legal adviser, his own priest and confessor. He is a church of one. Trump lies to himself as well as everyone else. And the resulting damage is pernicious. It costs lives, harms democracy and destroys trust between nations.Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign ...

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2 h. ago Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Protests erupt across the country after Renee Good’s death as new footage of shooting released

Demonstrations, named ‘ICE Out for Good’ demand accountability for ICE officers and remember Renee Good

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5 h. ago Wales’ extinct deadly sport that saw hundreds of naked men beat each other with rocks and sticks

Knappan was once 'part of the fabric of south Wales culture'

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5 h. ago Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Protestors gather outside White House as Renee Good’s death sparks anger nationwide

Demonstrations, named ‘ICE Out for Good’ demand accountability for ICE officers and remember Renee Good

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5 h. ago Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Protestors arrive outside White House as Renee Good’s death sparks anger nationwide

Demonstrations, named ‘ICE Out for Good’ demand accountability for ICE officers and remember Renee Good

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7 h. ago US protests condemn ICE killing of Renee Good and ‘a regime that is willing to kill its own citizens’

In Philadelphia, protesters demanded ICE leave US communities and Trump end warmongering in VenezuelaOn a rainy Saturday in Philadelphia, two separate protests, both with a few hundred people, marched from city hall to the federal detention center. They differed slightly in solutions as well as crowd makeup – white older adults dominated the morning’s march organized by the groups behind the No Kings protests, while a more racially diverse crowd swathed in keffiyehs and N95 face masks led the afternoon’s, planned by the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter. However, both groups shared a goal: for ICE to get out of American communities and to put an end to Donald Trump’s warmongering in Venezuela.“From Venezuela to Minneapolis, all we’re seeing is a regime that is scrambling, willing to kill its own citizens, willing to kill foreign citizens, to maintain its power,” said Deborah Rose Hinchey, co-chair of the city’s Democratic Socialists of America chapter. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Holyrood Budget to focus ‘resolutely’ on people’s priorities, vows Robison

The Scottish Finance Secretary will set out her draft tax and spending plans on Tuesday.

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8 h. ago Minnesota ICE shooting live updates: Minneapolis protesters chant Renee Nicole Good’s name as demonstrations continue nationwide

Demonstrations, named ‘ICE Out for Good’ demand accountability for ICE officers and remember Renee Good

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8 h. ago Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Thousands of protesters take to the streets across the nation after shooting of Renee Good

Demonstrations, named ‘ICE Out for Good’ demand accountability for ICE officers and remember Renee Good

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9 h. ago Mississippi man charged with six murders, including father, brother and a child

Officials expect charge against Daricka Moore, 24, to be elevated to capital murder, with death penalty consideredAuthorities in Clay county, Mississippi, say a man has been taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder following the fatal shootings of six people, including a child, on Friday night.Daricka Moore, 24, is accused of killing multiple relatives as well as a local pastor before his arrest, according to Clay county sheriff Eddie Scott, who addressed the case during a Saturday news conference. Officials said the charge against Moore, who lives in the county, is expected to be elevated to capital murder, and prosecutors could seek the death penalty if he is determined to be mentally competent. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago JD Vance believes Grok's sexualised pictures on X are 'unacceptable', says foreign secretary

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has revealed JD Vance has been sympathetic to the UK's position on manipulated images being produced by AI chatbot Grok.

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9 h. ago Drone images capture the crowds at beauty spot in the icy weather

Hundreds braved the cold for a visit to the popular Welsh beauty spot

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9 h. ago JD Vance backs UK over ‘unacceptable’ sexualised AI images on X

The Deputy Prime Minister raised the concerns with Vance about Grok in a meeting this week

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