80 m. ago For the age of Amorim, this Manchester derby feels like a decisive moment

Against a backdrop of internal strife, facing their sky blue rivals provides a struggling team with chance to rebuild the brandThis brave overhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, this collection of generic spires with a massive plastic handkerchief chucked over the top. Three weeks on from first sight of the conceptual drawings for Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s stately pleasure dome, also known as the proposed Manchester United Stadium Soccer Product Hub, there is still a sense of double-take about the whole thing.Early impressions of the new ground ranged from a defunct Venusian mercury mine, to Dubai Butlin’s, to a pointed corporate monument to our divided world. Welcome to the Staff Lunch Arena, embodiment of the 21st-century conviction that if you just stopped buying so many sandwiches and also fired the tea lady you could probably afford a vast and unattainable house. Continue reading...

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95 m. ago Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrongfully fired whistleblowers, judge rules

A district court judge has ruled in favor of four whistleblowers who said that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton retaliated against them for reporting bribery allegations, awarding his employees more than $6 million combined in damages

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2 h. ago Chilling gang war footage shows masked men firebombing UK homes in war cry on 'vermin'

The video footage shows firebombs being thrown through windows and features a creepy voice over, and is believed to have been released as a chilling warning to rival gangs

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2 h. ago Video footage appears to contradict Israel’s account of Gaza medic killings

The Israeli military has previously said soldiers fired on ‘terrorists’ in ‘suspicious vehicles’

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3 h. ago King Charles will have to tone down support for net zero after Badenoch says 2050 is ‘impossible’

Constitutional expert says Tory leader’s break from political consensus over target for greenhouse gasses will require monarch to choose his words carefullyKing Charles will have to temper his public support for net zero after Kemi Badenoch broke the political consensus over the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions.Senior royal sources have conceded that the 76-year-old monarch, who has spent more than half a century highlighting environmental challenges, will have to choose his words more carefully now that the Conservatives under Badenoch have said it will be impossible for the UK to hit net zero by 2050. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Helen Flanagan declares 'ready for a break' as she gives candid family update

The actress shared the update with her followers as she co-parents with footballer ex

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4 h. ago LIZ JONES' DIARY: 'The thought you are prepared to break rules for me is another tingle,' he texts me

I'm in Istanbul having my gum stitches removed, so cannot resist sending my pen friend a photo of the bar where I'm staying. He replies, 'It doesn't get much better than that.'

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4 h. ago Ingoldmells caravan park fire horror that killed man and girl, 10, was SECOND blaze this week

This morning's fire at the Golden Beach Holiday Park in Ingoldmells, which killed a man and a girl, 10, happened just days after another blaze in the same Lincolnshire town

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5 h. ago Man jailed for five years after setting moped on fire outside ex

Adam Woodhouse texted his former partner hundreds of abusive messages including one which said ‘I will go to prison for murder of you’

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5 h. ago Genetic data is an another asset to be exploited – beware who has yours | John Naughton

The bankruptcy of genealogy company 23andMe has resulted in a fire sale of millions of people’s genetic information – and there’s no shortage of eager buyers with questionable motivesEver thought of having your genome sequenced? Me neither. But it seems that at least 15 million souls have gone in for it and are delighted to know that they have Viking ancestry, or discombobulated to find that they have siblings of whom they were hitherto unaware. The corporate vehicle that enabled these revelations is called 23andMe, which describes itself as a “genetics-led consumer healthcare and biotechnology company empowering a healthier future”.Back in the day, 23andMe was one of those vaunted “unicorns” (privately held startups valued at more than $1bn), but is now facing harder times. Its share price had fallen precipitately following a data breach in October 2023 that harvested the profile and ethnicity data of 6.9 million users – including name, profile photo, birth year, location, family s...

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5 h. ago Bentley and house torched in suspected early hours fire attack

A Bentley and part of a home went up in flames in a suspected early hours attack.

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5 h. ago Sex toys and exploding cosmetics: Inside the bizarre ‘Russian parcel fire sabotage plot’

Details of a bizarre, suspected Russian-run sabotage plot have been revealed following three depot fires in the summer of 2024.

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5 h. ago Girl, 10, and man killed in caravan fire at seaside holiday park

Emergency services were called to the seaside resort near Skegness shortly before 4am

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6 h. ago Two people die in holiday park caravan fire as investigators probe cause of the blaze

Two people have died in a holiday park caravan fire in Lincolnshire.

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6 h. ago Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza medics

Israel says soldiers fired on ‘terrorists’ in ‘suspicious vehicles’ but footage shows clearly marked ambulancesMobile phone footage of the last moments of some of the 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers killed by Israeli forces in an incident in Gaza last month appears to contradict the version of events put forward by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).The almost seven-minute video, which the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Saturday was recovered from the phone of Rifat Radwan, one of the men killed, appears to have been filmed from inside a moving vehicle. It shows a red fire engine and clearly marked ambulances driving at night, using headlights and flashing emergency lights. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Two dead including young girl in horror caravan park fire as police launch probe

An investigation is underway into a fire after two people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed in a blaze at a holiday park in the early hours of the morning.

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6 h. ago Man and girl, 10, die after fire breaks out in Lincolnshire caravan park

Police called to fire in early hours of Saturday morning

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7 h. ago XL bully on the loose as three arrested over multiple firearms incidents

The ‘aggressive’ XL bully fled the scene in Sheffield after reports of gunfire at a property.

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7 h. ago Space probe to map carbon content of world’s remotest tropical forests

Revolutionary scanner to be fired into Earth orbit this month to measure effects of deforestationScientists are about to take part in a revolutionary mission aimed at creating detailed 3D maps of the world’s remotest, densest and darkest tropical forests – from outer space. The feat will be achieved using a special radar scanner that has been fitted to a probe, named Biomass, that will be fired into the Earth’s orbit later this month.For the next five years, the 1.25-tonne spacecraft will sweep over the tropical rainforests of Africa, Asia and South America and peer through their dense 40m-high ­canopies to study the vegetation that lies beneath. The data collected by Biomass will then be used to create unique 3D maps of forests normally hidden from human sight. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago BREAKING Two die in caravan fire at popular UK holiday park as emergency services swarm

Lincolnshire Police have confirmed the death of two people at Goldenbeach Holiday Park, Roman Bank, Ingoldmells following an early morning blaze at the popular destination

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