43 m. ago Update issued on grooming gangs inquiry as ministers face criticism over 'lack of progress'

Sir Keir Starmer committed to a fresh national inquiry in June

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1 hour ago Downing Street tells Met to focus on 'serious' crime in veiled swipe after force arrests Graham Linehan over 'anti

The Irish comedy writer, whose successful career was derailed by his 'anti-trans' views, says he was treated like a 'terrorist' before being quizzed by police over 'three tweets' he posted in April.

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2 h. ago A House of Dynamite review – Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear endgame thriller is a terrifying, white

Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson and Tracy Letts star in this immaculately constructed nightmare procedural that ticks down the minutes from an atomic bomb’s launch to its detonationKathryn Bigelow has reopened the subject that we all tacitly agree not to discuss or imagine, in the movies or anywhere else: the subject of an actual nuclear strike. It’s the subject which tests narrative forms and thinkability levels. Maybe this is why we prefer to see it as something for absurdism and satire – a way of not staring into the sun – to remember Kubrick’s (brilliant) black comedy Dr Strangelove, with no fighting in the war room etc, rather than Lumet’s deadly serious Fail Safe. Bigelow, with screenwriter Noah Oppenheim, broaches one of the most frightening thoughts of all: that a nuclear war could or rather will start with no one knowing who started it or who ended it. I watched this film with translucently white knuckles but also that strange climbing nausea that only this topic can create.Th...

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2 h. ago Dramatic moment deputy calls for two Narcan doses after ‘exposure to fentanyl’ during arrest

Dramatic bodycam video shows the moment a sheriff’s deputy leapt into action to save his colleague after she was accidentally exposed to fentanyl during an arrest.

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2 h. ago Great British Bake Off 2025 start time, cast, judges and everything you need to know

The Great British Bake Off is back for season 16 on Tuesday 2 September

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3 h. ago RFK Jr aide was so upset about her firing she accidentally crashed her car as she left work – into his

Hannah Anderson, former deputy chief of staff for policy at Department of Health and Human Services, reportedly backed into Robert F Kennedy Jr’s vehicle after being dismissed in July

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3 h. ago Olympic legend sells off his gold medals and flees US for fresh start

Greg Louganis won five Olympic medals for diving between 1976 and 1988

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3 h. ago Stirling mountaineer reaches new heights as first Scottish woman to scale summit

Kirsty Mack scaled the 8,611 metre peak last month as part of a comeback from an accident which had left her without the use of her dominant arm - with the feat also raising money for a veteran's charity.

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3 h. ago Rudy Giuliani leaves the hospital after being injured in a car crash in New Hampshire

Rudy Giuliani has been released from the hospital after being injured in a car accident in New Hampshire

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3 h. ago Scots gardeners urged to prune these four plants for 'healthy growth' this month

With autumn just weeks away, it's important to start thinking about pruning certain plants before winter.

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3 h. ago Man United's alternative Premier League position is impossible for Ruben Amorim to ignore

Manchester United can do no more to improve their squad now so Ruben Amorim must work with what he has got until the January transfer window

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3 h. ago Parents accuse school of changing uniform rules just days before kids return

Parents of students who attend Dixons Brooklands Academy in Manchester were left stunned following an alleged uniform change just before the start of the new term

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4 h. ago Raheem Sterling targets January transfer to end Chelsea nightmare after ruling out move abroad

A move to a London club did not materialise for Sterling before the summer transfer window closed

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4 h. ago Man City have given themselves a January transfer window opportunity to solve growing problem

Manchester City have been oversubscribed for their Champions League squad all summer but now suddenly have some headroom

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4 h. ago Ministers accused of making ‘almost no progress’ on grooming gangs inquiry

Home Office minister Jess Phillips told MPs the appointment process was in its ‘final stages’.

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4 h. ago UK tourists warned of exact date major new EU travel rules start

British travellers will need to have their photograph and fingerprints taken

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4 h. ago Police share new details on Rudy Giuliani car crash after his spokesperson referenced ‘domestic violence incident’

‘This is a man who survived 9/11—so a little car accident won’t be slowing him down,’ Giuliani’s head of security told The Independent

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4 h. ago Up to 100,000 Californians could have potentially fatal ‘kissing bug’ disease previously rarely seen in US

The illness has potentially infected between 70,000 and 100,000 Californians.

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5 h. ago Sheinelle Jones sets return to Today show four months after husband’s death

Jones has been on leave from the morning show since January

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5 h. ago 'Lethal' autumn health risks every dog owner should know as vet issues urgent warning

Your dog might suddenly start limping, licking excessively, or showing distress if you aren't aware of these risks.

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