40 m. ago Australian Open 2026: Sabalenka and Alcaraz in action on day four – live

Live updates from the day session at Melbourne Park Women’s and men’s No 1s on Rod Laver Arena Any thoughts? Get in touch with an emailSabalenka (1) 2-0 Bai* Bai starts with a slower second serve which Sabalenka easily returns and Bai meekly hits her backhand into the net. Bai is clearly nowhere near Sabalenka’s level. The Belarusian takes the second game and Bai hasn’t got a point yet.*Sabalenka (1) 1-0 Bai Sabalenka dominates from the get-go. Hitting two backhand winners off Bai’s serve return. She’s loud and looking confident. Make that three, Bai doesn’t even bother stretching to reach it. And the first game is done and dust in slightly over two minutes as Sabalenka fires down a forehand which Bai flails towards but can’t make any contact. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Rambling Trump runs through his achievements as worried world watches on

As fears over Nato and Greenland hung in the air, president veered wildly off topic in briefing to tout his successes“I was quite the baseball player, you wouldn’t believe,” said Donald Trump, suddenly wistful as he recalled his the salad days when his mother would tell him, “Son, you could be a professional baseball player,” and he would reply, “Thanks, mom.” Carpe diem!Not for the first time on Tuesday, the US president had veered wildly off topic. The point of this story was a “big building” that “loomed over the park” in Queens, New York, where he used to play little league baseball. When he asked why it had bars on the windows, she told him it was a mental hospital. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Two schools close & ambulances called after mystery odour leaves pupils feeling nauseous

A MYSTERY odour has sparked several school closures as ambulances were called for sick pupils. The alarm was raised at Green Park School, in Bilston, Wolverhampton at around 12.20pm on Tuesday. West Midlands Fire Service sent three fire engines to the scene, while paramedics treated multiple students for nausea. The "unusual odour" was emanating from...

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2 h. ago Judi Dench backs campaign to protect London’s green spaces from developers

Actor says it is ‘more important than ever’ to safeguard city’s parks as report finds more than 50 are at riskDame Judi Dench has called for greater protections for London’s parks and green spaces, as research finds more than 50 of the city’s parks are at risk from development.The Oscar-winning actor has long loved trees, and in 2017 fronted a BBC documentary about her love for them. She plants a tree every time a close friend or relative dies, including for her late husband, Michael Williams, who died in 2001, and the actor Natasha Richardson, who was killed in a skiing accident in 2009, and one for her brother Jeffery Dench, who died in 2014. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago UK grassroots music venues show lowest decline since 2018 as sector stabilises post

The number of small venues shrank by just nine in 2025, but more than half of them reported making no profit, while employment in the sector dropped almost 22%The number of grassroots music venues (GMV) in the UK shrank in effect by just nine in 2025, the lowest rate of annual decline since 2018.Thirty venues closed permanently between July 2024 and 2025 and 48 ceased functioning as GMVs, citing financial viability, change in ownership and eviction or redevelopment. However, 69 spaces that had previously ceased operating as GMVs returned to the sector. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Cases of blinding disease predicted to surge by 60% in the UK – but half of cases are missed until ‘too late’

The number of Brits suffering from an incurable eye condition is expected to more than double by 2060, according to shock new projections. Around 700,000 adults are currently thought to have glaucoma, which leaves one in 10 completely blind. But University College London scientists estimate the figure will rise to 1.6 million within four decades as people...

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2 h. ago Trump tells Starmer to 'straighten out' the UK and dubs London a 'problem' in lengthy White House briefing as he issued an ominous warning to Greenland

Asked about his relationship with Starmer and French president Emmanuel Macron, he said: 'They've got to straighten out their countries.'

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3 h. ago Cuts to speed limits blamed as London's roads found to be slowest of any capital city in the world

More than half of the capital's roads now have a 20mph limit

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3 h. ago Glasgow man found dead in field after boarding bus to London

John McGhee was last seen on January 7 boarding a bus from Glasgow to Croydon.

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3 h. ago Celtic 'agree terms' with £9m striker as social media post teases imminent Parkhead arrival

6ft 2in frontman en route to Celtic Park ahead of Hearts clash

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4 h. ago Hair Extension Salon Dakota London Finds Growth Potential in Franchising

Hair Extension Salon Dakota London Finds Growth Potential in Franchising  franchisetimes.com

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5 h. ago China Hawks Baffled at Britain’s Decision to Approve Massive Chinese Embassy in London

China Hawks Baffled at Britain’s Decision to Approve Massive Chinese Embassy in London  National Review

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6 h. ago UK: Hindu parents remove son from London primary school in row over tilak

UK: Hindu parents remove son from London primary school in row over tilak-chandlo  Times of India

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6 h. ago UK approves controversial Chinese ‘mega embassy’ in London — despite CCP spying fears: ‘Defies common sense’

UK approves controversial Chinese ‘mega embassy’ in London — despite CCP spying fears: ‘Defies common sense’  New York Post

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6 h. ago Wales coach Steve Tandy left trapped in middle of toxic Ospreys and Cardiff saga

Doubt over regions is fast escalating into a civil warSix Nations squad announcement overshadowedThe prevailing mood in Welsh rugby has frequently been dark but rarely this bible black. Once upon a time a Six Nations squad announcement would have topped the agenda across the country; on Tuesday it felt like a semicolon in a much bigger narrative. Even Wales have never selected seven players whose club is in imminent danger of being axed by their own union.The bare facts of the situation are increasingly stark for all involved. The existing owners of Ospreys, Wales’s most successful region of the past two decades, have just been controversially nominated as the preferred bidders for Cardiff, potentially clearing the way to reduce the number of Welsh professional sides from four to three. The internecine politics have become so increasingly toxic that Steve Tandy, the national head coach, had to plead for rugby-related questions at his lunchtime squad announcement. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Hilary Duff hits the stage in London and performs 'What Dreams Are Made Of' for the first time ever as she kicks off new tour

Hilary Duff hits the stage in London and performs 'What Dreams Are Made Of' for the first time ever as she kicks off new tour  ABC7 Los Angeles

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7 h. ago London school under criticism for questioning Hindu student over ‘tilak’ | World News

London school under criticism for questioning Hindu student over ‘tilak’ | World News  Hindustan Times

Culture

7 h. ago UK approves Chinese embassy in London despite fears over security, protests

UK approves Chinese embassy in London despite fears over security, protests  Al Jazeera

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7 h. ago Holocaust survivor says state of the world ‘terrifying’ after memorial service

Joanna Millan, born Bela Rosenthal, was deported with her mother to the Theresienstadt ghetto in 1943.

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7 h. ago Nurse in pronoun row relieved to be reinstated in job at London hospital trust after disciplinary hearing

Jennifer Melle is taking the trust to an employment tribunal in April over claims of harassment, direct discrimination and indirect discrimination

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