12 m. ago We run the best bed and breakfast in Europe... but a bitter loophole cost us being crowned the world's no1

Toulson Court bosses James and Angela Rusden still run the best guest house in Britain and Europe, according to a TripAdvisor poll.

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14 m. ago Pakistan and India agree ‘immediate ceasefire’ – Kashmir crisis live

Both Pakistan and India have confirmed the news after it was announced on social media by Donald TrumpWho is Asim Munir, the army chief leading Pakistan’s military amid the crisis with India?The general once fell foul of Imran Khan, but since taking the top spot has been quietly amassing power over the government and supreme court, as our profile here says.Yet even now that the country is out of the clutches of martial law, it is still widely understood that the most powerful man in Pakistan is not the head of the government but instead the chief of the army.Since Gen Munir took over as Pakistan’s army chief more than two years ago, he has been accused of quietly consolidating greater power without even having to topple the country’s civilian rulers. As he kept himself largely out of the limelight, he consolidated an iron grip over the army’s ranks and bent government policy and even the supreme court to his will. Continue reading...

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76 m. ago Scotland's most shocking crimes this week as inmate slit throat of rival in jail

These are the biggest crime stories covered by the Daily Record this week.

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97 m. ago Mum's last words and son's screams secretly recorded by husband who stabbed her to death

Veteran newsreader Dermot Murnaghan is back on our screens presenting true crime series Killer Britain, which explores how ordinary events can lead to 'extraordinary murders'

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3 h. ago LIVE: Police tape off Salford street with detectives at the scene

The road has been sealed off

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3 h. ago Killer executed by firing squad died in ‘excruciating conscious pain’ after bullet missed heart, report says

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed by firing squad, the second execution in South Carolina this year using the controversial method

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3 h. ago M6 crash LIVE: Lanes closed after traffic stopped with emergency services at scene

Queues are building in the area

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3 h. ago M6 crash LIVE: Lane closed after traffic stopped with emergency services at scene

Queues are building in the area

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3 h. ago M6 crash: Lanes closed after traffic stopped with emergency services at scene

Queues are building in the area

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4 h. ago Kashmir crisis live: Pakistan and India accuse each other of striking military bases in major escalation

‘Multiple locations’ in India being targeted in retaliatory attacks, says state-run media, after Pakistan says three air bases attacked by Indian missilesFull report: Pakistan says it has hit back after India strikes military basesWho is Asim Munir, the army chief leading Pakistan’s military amid the crisis with India?The general once fell foul of Imran Khan, but since taking the top spot has been quietly amassing power over the government and supreme court, as our profile here says.Yet even now that the country is out of the clutches of martial law, it is still widely understood that the most powerful man in Pakistan is not the head of the government but instead the chief of the army.Since Gen Munir took over as Pakistan’s army chief more than two years ago, he has been accused of quietly consolidating greater power without even having to topple the country’s civilian rulers. As he kept himself largely out of the limelight, he consolidated an iron grip over the army’s ranks and ben...

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5 h. ago Why did 30 Met officers kick the door down at a teenage tea and biscuits meeting in a Quaker house?

When six young women hired a room to discuss the war in Gaza, the gathering ended with 30 officers storming in to make arrestsWhen six young women gathered in central London to discuss the climate crisis and the war in Gaza, the setting could not have been more appropriate. The building in which they sat was a Quaker meeting house, the home of a movement whose centuries-long history is rooted in protest and a commitment to social justice. On the table were cups of jasmine tea, ginger biscuits and a selection of vegan cheese straws.But the events that brought this apparently convivial gathering to an abrupt end have sparked protests of a different kind and raised questions about how justice is administered by the UK’s largest and most embattled police force. Continue reading...

Society

5 h. ago X Factor icon looks unrecognisable nine years after ITV appearance

An iconic X Factor star will leave fans shocked as she continues to showcase her transformative looks nine years after her appearance on the popular ITV programme

Culture

6 h. ago Emmerdale spoiler as 'guilty' villager arrested for pushing Joe Tate

Joe Tate was pushed from a window as an act of revenge with one Dales resident seeking justice

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7 h. ago From the Montreux Jazz Festival to Primavera: the 12 best music festivals in Europe for 2025

From a former military airfield to a stage suspended over a lake, many of Europe’s best festivals offer spectacular scenery along with the biggest and best lineups. The Independent’s culture team share their favourites

Culture

7 h. ago Bafta’s Best TV Drama winners ranked, from Happy Valley to Shameless

As the Bafta TV Awards return for another year, The Independent’s chief TV critic Nick Hilton recommends the best of the past winners in the drama category – from supernatural tales to working-class stories and crime capers

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7 h. ago Judge finally sets resentencing hearing for Menendez brothers next week

Their attorneys say the brothers, who have spent 30 years behind bars for murders, killed their parents in self-defense after years of sexual abuse

Sport

9 h. ago Drug dealer filmed boasting about cash not laughing now as he gets £2,380 bill

Iestyn Raven applied for benefits and claimed he was 'struggling for money' despite making thousands of pounds from crime

Economics

10 h. ago Trump administration mulling end to habeas corpus, legal right to challenge one’s detention

Presidential adviser Stephen Miller announces potential move, which US has made only four times in historyThe Trump administration is considering suspending the writ of habeas corpus, the legal right to challenge one’s detention, Stephen Miller, a top White House adviser, said on Friday.“The constitution is clear, and that of course is the supreme law of the land, that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus could be suspended in time of invasion. So that’s an option we’re actively looking at. A lot of it depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not,” Miller said to a group of reporters at the White House. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Trove of documents unsealed in NYC mayor's criminal case offers a glimpse of thwarted investigation

Federal agents investigating New York City Mayor Eric Adams were still seizing phones and applying for search warrants days before Justice Department leaders ordered prosecutors to drop the corruption case

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11 h. ago Mayor of Newark Ras Baraka released after arrest at Ice jail protest

Mayor’s wife accuses government of targeting her husband as video showed him being placed in handcuffs by officialsThe mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, was arrested for alleged trespass at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention center in New Jersey on Friday and released after several hours.Baraka was released shortly after 8pm and, after stepping out of an SUV with flashing emergency lights, told waiting supporters: “The reality is this: I didn’t do anything wrong.” Continue reading...

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