46 m. ago Motherwell hit man sets his sights on European football at Fir Park

Regan Charles-Cook says the Lanarkshire club matches his ambitions

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46 m. ago Airdrie return reunites Charlie Telfer with mentor as he admits surprise at Rhys McCabe exit

The midfielder is back at New Broomfield after becoming new gaffer Danny Lennon's first signing last week

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76 m. ago Gorgeous UK seaside town is full of independent shops and it's great for food

One Suffolk seaside town is the undisputed capital of the county's burgeoning food scene, with a range of independent restaurants, cafes and shops to suit all tastes

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76 m. ago John Lewis shoppers race to buy 'soft and warm' lounge set worth £42 for £27

The Snit Ribbed Polo Lounge Set has been crafted from a comfy cosy ribbed knit fabric

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1 hour ago ‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right

Spanish PM insists ‘migration is an opportunity’ and is not afraid to discuss what he considers Europe’s recent failuresWhen Pedro Sánchez and Keir Starmer meet in Downing Street on Wednesday it will be the first such bilateral summit between a Spanish prime minister and his British counterpart for more than a decade, an interregnum explained by Brexit and the now healed sore of Gibraltar.The absence of highest level diplomacy has become more glaring given the two men are the leading social democratic leaders of Europe, facing similar problems of migration, souring populist parties, the climate crisis and divisions over how to minimise the damage caused to the European global influence by Donald Trump’s erratic unilateralism. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Sun, sex, but no sangria? The Balearics’ booze crackdown might just save their tourist industry | Dimah Ajeeb

The islands say they no longer want to be Europe’s cheap, consequence-free party playground. But is the move upmarket working?Last summer, Spain’s Balearic Islands launched one of Europe’s toughest crackdowns on alcohol-fuelled party tourism. In popular resorts such as Magaluf in Mallorca and Sant Antoni in Ibiza, tourists spilled out of bars at dawn, clutched cheap bottles from late-night shops, and treated entire neighbourhoods as giant open-air nightclubs.Local people were fed up. Noise complaints, violent brawls and clashes between residents and intoxicated tourists became routine. Rents rose while longstanding neighbourhoods became hollowed out into seasonal party zones. Pilar Hernando, from Palma, Mallorca told Reuters in 2024: “Prices go up, rents go up, everything goes up except salaries.” Hernando had to move into a caravan owing to the lack of affordable housing. Average rents have risen 158% over the past decade in the Balearics, with Palma now among the most expensive ci...

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2 h. ago Xi, Putin and Kim: behind the choreographed image that could symbolise a shift in the global balance of power

In an unprecedented spectacle the leaders of Russia, China and North Korea led a group of more than 20 world leaders at a victory day parade in BeijingFull report: Xi Jinping appears with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un at China military paradeIt is an image that, had it been published just a few years ago, would have been dismissed as a piece of mischievous photo-shopping: the leaders of Russia and China, accompanied by the head of a pariah regime whose mission to arm his country with nuclear weapons had been opposed at the United Nations by his two companions.But dramatic shifts in the geopolitical landscape – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and, crucially, the re-election of Donald Trump – have combined to bring Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un together in what many observers are calling a dramatic redrawing of the global balance of power. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Family of terminally ill girl with rare genetic condition in desperate plea for specially adapted room

Little Eireann MacFarlane is one of just six people born with a genetic abnormality which requires 24 hour care.

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2 h. ago Locals' fears over the Somerset mansion crammed with migrants: After Jacob Rees

Even Jacob Rees-Mogg must realise it was a faintly ridiculous scenario.

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2 h. ago B&M's £8 gadget is perfect for anyone who drinks tea or coffee

The problem becomes a thing of the past with this device

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3 h. ago Mum's tragic final four words before her body was pulled from reservoir

Kimberley Johnson, 33, went for a swim while at a local reservoir with her partner - but vanished beneath the water moments later where she was found dead by rescue teams

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5 h. ago Harry Styles 'buys fourth house on same street in Hampstead' amid £30M mega

Harry Styles has reportedly snapped up another sprawling mansion in Hampstead, his fourth house on the same street.

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6 h. ago Levy on overseas students will hit towns outside South East England, report says

Research on local economies suggests Labour’s higher education policy is at odds with growth agenda

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8 h. ago Strict new rule to be introduced at all UK shops and supermarkets

Convenience stores and supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Morrisons and Asda will be impacted by the ban

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8 h. ago Trump says he's ordering troops into 'hellholes' Chicago and Baltimore as tensions with local Democrat officials escalate

National Guard troops will be heading to Chicago - but President Donald Trump won't say when they will deploy.

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8 h. ago Drug dealer, 25, who was caught with £8,000 of cocaine and ecstasy has been spared prison

Glamorous drug dealer Grace Mort, 25, from Barry, South Wales, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and ecstasy tablets with a street value of £8,000.

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9 h. ago Coronation Street legend, 80, getting married in matter of days after proposing on train

The soap icon who is a favourite on Coronation Street is getting ready to marry her fiance this weekend after popping the question to him while on a train last year

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9 h. ago Michael Nicholson ordered by Celtic fan group to answer three critical concerns as 'accountability' demanded

Fed-up supporters are demanding answers from the under-fire Parkhead chief executive

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9 h. ago Sainsbury’s starts facial recognition of customers to tackle shoplifters

Sainsbury’s boss says retail sector at a ‘crossroads’ amid a rise in shoplifting offences

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9 h. ago Lanarkshire locals urged to start their own business with help of Business Gateway

Business Gateway, Scotland’s national business support service, has launched Scottish Start-Up Month, a nationwide campaign to celebrate Scotland’s entrepreneurial spirit.

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