52 m. ago LA residents are still battling toxic hazards a year after historic wildfires

It’s been a year of heartbreak and chronic worry since the most destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area’s history scorched neighborhoods and displaced tens of thousands of people

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4 h. ago Cocaine users are everywhere. Here's the signs someone you love is hiding a secret habit...by a doctor who has helped thousands: DR MAX PEMBERTON

Across the UK, the use of cocaine has reached epidemic proportions, and the festive season is peak time for it. So what are the signs?

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4 h. ago Thousands left without power in Berlin as local government says 'left

A fire broke out on January 3, on a cable bridge over the Teltow Canal which left over 45,000 households and 2,200 businesses without power across four districts

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4 h. ago JAN MOIR: No matter how many flowers Meghan sprinkles on top, her As Ever brand is a netherworld of nothingness... will it even last til next Christmas?

Has it really been more than 300 days since the Duchess of Sussex launched her deathless As Ever brand? It seems like yesterday. It seems like a thousand years ago.

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9 h. ago Daring US special forces raid with stealth drones, model fortress and humiliating end

Nicolas Maduro's 12-year grip on Venezuela came to a stunning after he was forced to surrender when finding himself on the wrong end of rifles capable of blasting 800 rounds a minute

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9 h. ago Inside daring US special forces raid with stealth drones, model fortress and hidden spy

Nicolas Maduro's 12-year grip on Venezuela came to a stunning end after he was forced to surrender when finding himself on the wrong end of rifles capable of blasting 800 rounds a minute

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9 h. ago Gerwyn Price steals World Champion Luke Littler's thunder with 'best prize ever'

Darts star Gerwyn Price has stolen Luke Littler's thunder with the "best prize ever" after the Paddy Power PDC World Darts Championship finished on Saturday

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10 h. ago Luke Littler's first purchase with £1m jackpot sums up darts world champion

Luke Littler has become the first player to win a staggering £1 million prize at the PDC World Darts Championship and he's already made his first purchase with the big money

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10 h. ago Luke Littler reveals how many World Darts Championships he wants to win as he sends rivals ominous warning

LUKE LITTLER is setting his sights on beating Phil Taylor's record of 16 World Championship titles. The Nuke is already up to two having lost just a single match at Ally Pally in three years, with that also coming in the final. He destroyed fellow youngster Gian van Veen 7-1 on Saturday night to claim...

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11 h. ago Pensioner dies in hospital after being hit by van in Stranraer

The 85-year-old pedestrian died after being struck by the van on Saturday morning.

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12 h. ago Tottenham booed off after Sunderland draw as pressure mounts on Thomas Frank

After Ben Davies put Spurs ahead, they sat off in the second half and Sunderland eventually made their pressure count.

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12 h. ago Luke Littler reveals unlikely Man Utd star slid into his DMs to congratulate him on World Darts Championship win

LUKE LITTLER has revealed the Manchester United player who surprisingly slid into his DMs after his latest Ally Pally masterclass. 'The Nuke' made it back-to-back PDC World Darts Championships title victories on Saturday night with a thumping 7-1 win over Gian van Veen. Littler was inundated with messages and Instagram follows from high-profile figures after...

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12 h. ago Luke Littler and girlfriend footage behind the scenes says everything

Luke Littler became the first player to win back-to-back PDC World Darts Championships in a decade, picking up a second successive title with a win over Gian van Veen.

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12 h. ago ‘The Glastonbury of sport’: Luke Littler effect takes darts to new heights

A peak audience of 2.5m watched the world championship final on Sky as Luke Litter defended his titleIf further proof was needed about the burgeoning popularity of Luke Littler and darts, it came with early viewing figures from Barb that showed the 18-year-old’s second world title victory on Saturday night was watched by a peak audience of 2.5m on Sky.They are huge numbers in a sport that, not so long ago, would have been delighted with anything over a million. That is the Littler effect in action. But after thrashing the Dutch player Gian van Veen 7-1 in the final, he promised that his latest success – and the £1m first prize, a record for his sport – would not change him. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Laughing at soft touch Britain: Albanian burglar twice deported parties in VIP section of Mayfair nightclub and cruises in a Rolls Royce after sneaking back into UK

Twice deported Dorian Puka can be seen smoking from a shisha pipe as he sits in the exclusive club surrounded by glamorous burlesque dancers and thousands of pounds worth of alcohol.

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13 h. ago Furious National Trust helper sacked for pointing out 2,000 spelling errors on its website... says he's found a THOUSAND more

Andy Jones, 71, who devoted more than 5,500 unpaid hours over nearly 14 years as a volunteer, sent a spreadsheet detailing 2,000 misspellings and grammatical blunders.

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13 h. ago Leftwing militants claim responsibility for arson attack on Berlin power grid

Protest over climate crisis and AI has cut power to tens of thousands of homes which may take days to fully restoreGerman leftwing militants protesting over the climate crisis and AI have claimed responsibility for an arson attack that cut power to tens of thousands of households in Berlin.The fire that broke out on a bridge across the Teltow canal in the south-west of the capital early on Saturday could deprive up to 35,000 homes and 1,900 businesses of electricity – and in many cases heat – until 8 January, the grid company Stromnetz Berlin said. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Urgent warning about contaminated weight loss injections from UK Government

'Fake fat jab sellers' warning from health minister who tells the Mirror dodgy weight loss injections can cause life threatening heart and psychological problems

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15 h. ago Delcy Rodríguez strikes defiant tone but must walk tightrope as Venezuela’s interim leader

Technocrat must accommodate US demands while shoring up a regime that is hated by many VenezuelansUS attacks Venezuela – live updatesIn her first speech as Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez lambasted the US and pledged fealty to Nicolás Maduro. But the Trump administration has made a cold calculation: she will bow to Washington.Rodríguez is a political veteran who served as Maduro’s vice-president and oil minister and defended the regime against accusations of terrorism, drug-running and election-stealing, yet for now she is Donald Trump’s favoured option to lead Venezuela. “She’s essentially willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again,” Trump said. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Actor and writer Paterson Joseph: ‘Tilda Swinton asked me a question that changed everything that came next’

Joseph on sussing the school system at the age of four, an awkward audition for the National Youth Theatre, and why he loves his ‘horrible’ Peep Show characterBorn in Willesden, north-west London, in 1964, Paterson Joseph is an actor and writer. A graduate of Lamda, he worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company before moving into TV and film, with roles including Alan Johnson in Peep Show and Keaty in The Beach. He published his award-winning debut novel, The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho, in 2022. His children’s book, Ten Children Who Changed the World, is out now. Joseph is a judge for the debut fiction category of the 2025 Nero Book Awards. The winners will be announced on 13 January.This was taken by my sister Glenda, who had decided she wanted to get into hair and makeup. She was pulling together a portfolio and used me as a guinea pig, something my sisters had done since I was small. I was going for that slightly curmudgeonly old man express...

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