80 m. ago Elon Musk DELETES social post making wild allegation about Donald Trump

The bromance between the US President and the erratic tech billionaire spectacularly imploded this week - with both sides making wild and unsubstantiated claims about each other on social media

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85 m. ago Hamilton Accies supporters' chief voices new Broadwood concerns in 'critical' time

Accies Supporters' Association chairman David Equi says the club have 12 days to prove they have a ground for next season

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1 hour ago MPs could vote to force government to build 150,000 social homes a year

A proposed change to the Planning and Infrastructure bill would demand a 150,000 target for building social homes this Parliament

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1 hour ago Dawn French apologises after ‘mocking tone’ in video about Israel

The Vicar Of Dibley actress posted a video on social media which she has now removed.

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1 hour ago JD Vance says Elon Musk’s attack against Trump is a ‘huge mistake’

Vice-president was interviewed by comedian Theo Von, who also asked him if he ‘got high’ on election nightJD Vance said Elon Musk was making a “huge mistake” going after Donald Trump in a storm of bitter and inflammatory social media posts after a falling-out between the two men.But the vice-president, in an interview released on Friday after the very public blowup between the world’s richest person and arguably the world’s most powerful, also tried to downplay Musk’s blistering attacks as an “emotional guy” who got frustrated. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago JoJo Siwa says Chris Hughes 'makes everything better' in social media tribute

The couple first met on ITV reality show Celebrity Big Brother

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2 h. ago Terrorism police deployed amid violence fears for World Cup qualifier in England's group

Tensions are high in Tirana as Albania host Serbia in England's 2026 World Cup qualifying group almost 11 years on from infamous abandonment because of drone carrying flag

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2 h. ago House DOGE caucus leader says ‘everybody knew’ Elon Musk was exaggerating his cost

Utah representative Blake Moore said that behind the scenes, many were skeptical about the bold claims of the world’s richest man

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2 h. ago Simone Biles slams ‘sore loser’ Riley Gaines over attacks on trans athlete

Biles calls Gaines ‘sick’ in response to softball postGymnast defends trans girl targeted after title winGaines calls Biles’ stance on inclusion ‘disappointing’Seven-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles has publicly condemned former competitive swimmer Riley Gaines for her repeated attacks on transgender athletes, calling Gaines “sick” and a “sore loser” in a strongly worded social media post.The exchange erupted Friday night after Gaines mocked the Minnesota State High School League for turning off comments on a post celebrating Champlin Park High School’s girls’ softball team, which had just won the state championship. One of the team’s players is a transgender girl. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Voices: Rachel Reeves is undermined by a ‘spend now, pay later’ prime minister

John Rentoul says Keir Starmer is guilty of Trussonomics, albeit on a smaller scale, making promises without knowing how to pay for them – hoping that the chancellor can sort it out later

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2 h. ago Germany plans rapid bunker expansion amid fears of Russian attack

Civil protection agency chief says country is ill-prepared for conflict and calls for urgent upgrades to cold war sheltersGermany is drawing up plans to rapidly expand its network of bomb-proof bunkers and shelters, the government’s most senior civilian protection official has said, warning the state needs to be prepared for an attack from Russia within the next four years.Ralph Tiesler, the head of the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK), said Europe’s largest economy needed to wake up to the reality of conflict, and that in its current state Germany was inadequately prepared. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Meet history's deadliest female assassins from showgirl to Buddhist temple killer

From French revolutionaries to the ‘most dangerous woman in Germany,’ history has seen a host of fearsome female assassins cause havoc among their enemies, here features editor Meg Jorsh takes a look

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2 h. ago Joe Swash reveals 'constant battle' he and wife Stacey struggle with amid marriage concerns

They revealed on their reality TV series Stacey and Joe: Full House that they've been to marriage counselling to keep their relationship on track, but are still fighting a common parenting battle

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3 h. ago ‘A wonderful mystery to be solved’: Search begins in Dorset for ‘the Mother of all tanks’

Lost for over a century, discovery of wartime letter has rekindled interest in unlocking the secret of the world’s first prototype tankAt the height of the second world war, while British authorities were calling on citizens to donate metal to be recycled into weapons and warships, attention at the army base of Bovington Camp in Dorset turned to a collection of historic vehicles dating from the first war – among them a legendary tank that had been nicknamed “Mother”.Mother was the prototype for the world’s first battlefield tank, the Mark 1, which had been developed by Britain in 1915-6 to break the deadlock of the trenches. The vehicles were a huge technological leap forward that caused a sensation when rolled out on the battlefields (“astonishing our soldiers no less than they frightened the enemy”, as the Manchester Guardian put it) and helped tip the scales in favour of the allies’ eventual victory. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Children could be banned from spending more than two hours on any one phone app and blocked from social media after 10pm in new anti

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle is mulling a move to cap the amount of time per app youngsters can spend on their phone as part of a swathe of measures designed to reduce 'doomscrolling'.

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3 h. ago Dawn French APOLOGISES 'unreservedly' and takes down her video on Gaza crisis after relatives of Hamas victims accused her of a 'smug dismissal' of their suffering

The Vicar of Dibley star, 67, has taken down a video she published on social media in which she criticised Israel 's continued war in Gaza.

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3 h. ago Tom Jones reveals tragic message his wife gave to him just before she died

To mark his 85th birthday, Tom Jones has released a statement on his Instagram social media feed as he celebrates the major milestone

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3 h. ago Home Office plans to spend £2.2bn of foreign aid on asylum support this year

International rules allow countries to count first-year costs of supporting refugees as overseas development assistance.

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4 h. ago Victoria Beckham puts on a brave face as she shares her beauty routine amid family feud

With Brooklyn Beckham and his wife Nicola Peltz continuing to distance themselves from the close-knit family, cryptic social media posts have cemented concerns of a feud

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4 h. ago Popular kids' toy sold on Amazon urgently recalled over 'serious' injury risk

Parents have been warned after a popular summer kids toy - sold on Amazon - was recalled over fears it could pose 'serious risk of injuries' due to 'accessible magnets with a magnetic flux index'

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