3 h. ago Tim Dowling: after a year of ignoring each other, the cat and the dog have declared war

We arrive home from holiday to discover our pets scrapping constantly. Are they enjoying themselves? It’s hard to tellWe arrive home from our holiday to another household altogether: the oldest one, the middle one and the oldest one’s girlfriend have been in charge for more than a fortnight. The food in the fridge is strange, sourced from unfamiliar shops. The kitchen table looks like the centre of a boiler room stock fraud operation, with computer screens everywhere and power cords dividing the space at waist height. Below the sink, the dog and the cat are scrapping. After more than a year of avoiding each other, both animals have suddenly gone on the offensive.“They fight?” I say. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago 'Never sounds good' Man City face fresh questions over North Stand changes

Manchester City have announced more Flexi season tickets but are also relocating hundreds of fans in the lower tier of the North Stand

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3 h. ago Hundreds of thousands set for pay rise thanks to Real Living wage increase

Millions of people in the UK who have an hourly wage might be affected by the latest increase to the living wage

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4 h. ago Six metres below ground, a hospital treats Ukrainian soldiers injured by Russian drones

Doctors at the secret facility are able to perform amputations while others monitor zigzagging drones overheadScrubby trees hide the entrance. A sloping wooden tunnel descends to a brightly lit reception area. There is a surgery unit, equipped with beds, cardiac monitors and ventilators. And shelves full of medical equipment, drugs and neat piles of spare clothes. In a staff room with a washing machine and kettle, doctors keep an eye on a screen. It shows the movements of Russian spy drones as they zigzag in the sky above.Welcome to Ukraine’s secret underground hospital. The facility opened in August and is the second of its kind, located in eastern Ukraine not far from the frontline and the city of Pokrovsk, in Donetsk oblast. “We are 6 metres below the earth. It’s the safest way of providing help to our injured soldiers. And it keeps medical personnel safe,” said the clinic’s surgeon, Maj Oleksandr Holovashchenko. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Six metres below ground: inside the secret hospital treating Ukrainian soldiers injured by Russian drones

Doctors at the secret facility are able to perform amputations while others monitor zigzagging drones overheadScrubby trees hide the entrance. A sloping wooden tunnel descends to a brightly lit reception area. There is a surgery unit, equipped with beds, cardiac monitors and ventilators. And shelves full of medical equipment, drugs and neat piles of spare clothes. In a staff room with a washing machine and kettle, doctors keep an eye on a screen. It shows the movements of Russian spy drones as they zigzag in the sky above.Welcome to Ukraine’s secret underground hospital. The facility opened in August and is the second of its kind, located in eastern Ukraine not far from the frontline and the city of Pokrovsk, in Donetsk oblast. “We are 6 metres below the earth. It’s the safest way of providing help to our injured soldiers. And it keeps medical personnel safe,” said the clinic’s surgeon, Maj Oleksandr Holovashchenko. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Why 'so angry' Joe Marler is The Celebrity Traitors' 'perfect' player

Richard Osman and Marina Hyde discussed the third week of the show on their The Rest is Entertainment podcast

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4 h. ago Four 'vampire devices' in your home that could cost you hundreds more on energy bills

There are certain 'vampire devices' in the home that could be costing households hundreds of pounds on their energy bill

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5 h. ago Lidl planning to open 57 new supermarkets in Welsh towns and cities

Lidl has revealed plans to open hundreds of new stores across the UK, targeting a mix of town centres, retail parks, and standalone sites

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5 h. ago Alaska Airlines working to ‘normalize operations’ and will bring in outside experts after hundreds of flights canceled in IT outage

More than 49,000 passengers have faced travel disruptions over the past two days, according to the carrier

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7 h. ago Woman claims uncle's 'hollowed out body lay dead for days' in assisted living facility

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Angela Boorn said she found her 75-year-old uncle, Gerald McClellan, dead in his room at an assisted living facility in Arizona, where he had been living since January

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9 h. ago Pilot Steve Schreiber details what happens in an emergency in the middle of the ocean

The captain assured people they can ‘sit back and relax’ even when land is hundreds of miles away as there’s always ‘alternatives’

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9 h. ago Trump admin is ‘funneling $10 billion through the US Navy’ to ramp up migrant detention center construction

Construction of the facilities, which could hold up to 10,000 migrants each, could begin as soon as next month

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10 h. ago Trump could destroy cocaine facilities inside Venezuela as US deploys strike force to Caribbean: report

The world’s largest aircraft carrier is deployed to the region in an escalating military conflict against drug traffickers

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10 h. ago Truck driver in fatal Florida crash repeatedly failed driving tests, official says. What to know

A commercial truck driver who is charged with killing three people in a deadly crash in Florida in August had failed a commercial driver’s license repeatedly

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12 h. ago Disneyland set to make massive change to its theme parks sparking hundreds of complaints from devastated fans

DISNEYLAND is reportedly removing “scary” characters — with villains such as the Evil Queen from Snow White set to make appearances only at Halloween.  Baddies including Gaston from Beauty and the Beast and Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians are also feared to be at risk.  Some visitors said the California theme park was going...

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13 h. ago Two arrested after police raid cannabis farms in Greater Manchester town

Hundreds of plants were found in the raids

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16 h. ago Building collapses in centre of Manchester as hundreds evacuated

Locals described a ‘strong earthquake like feeling’ on Friday afternoon

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16 h. ago Deacon Blue singers recognised by Open University with honorary degrees

Lorraine McIntosh and Ricky Ross joined hundreds of graduates at the ceremony in Glasgow on Friday

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16 h. ago Fears highly contagious virus spreading after hundreds of seal pups found dead

The H5N1 bird flu strain has caused millions of deaths among wild birds and mammals since 2021

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18 h. ago She took chickens that were going to die in a factory farm. Was it a rescue or a crime?

Zoe Rosenberg, a California student, is on trial over a tactic that animal rights activists consider a moral imperative. Critics say its a threat to the food supplyOn a Monday afternoon in late September, Zoe Rosenberg, a 23-year-old University of California, Berkeley, student, emerged from a courtroom in Santa Rosa, California. Flanked by her lawyers, she moved briskly through the courthouse corridors, past more than 100 prospective jurors.Pinned to her black blazer was a tiny silver chicken, glinting on the lapel. Continue reading...

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