67 m. ago Chris Jasper, former Isley Brothers member, dies at 73 after cancer diagnosis

Chris Jasper, the singer-songwriter who helped transform the Isley Brothers from a vocal trio into a hit-making juggernaut in the 1970s and '80s, has died at 73

Events

70 m. ago London travel news LIVE: Severe delays on Tube lines and Overground

According to TfL there are ‘severe delays following a late finish of engineering work at Acton Town station’

Politics

87 m. ago Crucial UN nature talks are about to reopen in Rome – but will enough countries turn up?

After last year’s Cop16 biodiversity talks in Cali left key issues unresolved, the extra summit will attempt to seek consensus, especially over fundingGlobal talks to halt the loss of nature will reopen today in Rome, amid “loss of trust” in the United Nations-led process and concerns that countries will not turn up for the meeting. Delegates are due to meet at Cop16, the UN’s biodiversity conference, to discuss global targets to stop nature loss by 2030.The additional meeting in Rome was called after talks were suspended in confusion in the Colombian city of Cali in November when they overran and delegates left to catch flights home. Continue reading...

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88 m. ago Antiques Roadshow guest jokes she ‘won’t tell mum’ about ‘breathtaking’ value of ‘ugly’ cameo left in drawer

An Antiques Roadshow guest couldn’t stop laughing when she found out how much her mother’s cameo was really worth.

Culture

99 m. ago Millie Bobby Brown looks unrecognizable with mature new look after fans were left baffled by her real age

Millie Bobby Brown was unrecognizable as she debuted a mature new look on Monday, at the Los Angeles premiere of her new film, The Electric State.

Politics

2 h. ago Nationwide responds over ID concerns for customers with this medical condition

The customer travelled for an hour to get there only to be told he couldn't access his funds

Economics

2 h. ago Coronation Street's Julia Goudling declares love as she's left 'furious' over co

The actress, who has recently found herself in the thick of the drama, has commented on some of the planned exits from the ITV soap

Politics

2 h. ago If someone published my diary after I died, I’d die again – of shame

With the announcement that Joan Didion’s deeply private therapy notes are being released, Helen Coffey questions the ethics of putting out artists’ work posthumously when it was never intended for a public audience

Events

2 h. ago 'Photographer's Photographer' Man behind six decades of iconic press images dies aged 81

Scotsman photographer Allan Milligan worked for the paper for 40 years

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2 h. ago Meet and greet parking firm 'crashed couple's £157k BMW and dumped it in hedge'

The 24-plate BMW XM has been left badly damaged after a couple, who had just landed from a holiday, allege a meet and greet parking firm crashed the vehicle and dumped it in a hedge

Economics

3 h. ago ‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detention

Healthcare workers are protected under international law yet hundreds were detained during the war. Now, some of Gaza’s most senior doctors have spoken of the violence and abuse they say they facedMore than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of tortureDr Issam Abu Ajwa was in the middle of performing emergency surgery on a patient with a severe abdominal injury at al-Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza when the soldiers came for him.“I asked them what they were doing coming into the operating theatre,” he says. “One of the soldiers pointed at me and said: ‘Are you Dr Issam Abu Ajwa?’ I said: ‘Yes, that’s me.’ And then the beating began.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Forgotten by the west, Syria’s IS prisons are under threat as militant group mobilises

Kurdish officials warn that Islamic State threat is greater than ever in the vacuum left from Syrian regime’s collapseWith each gust of wind came a wave of body odour, the stench of two-dozen men wafting through the small hatch of the prison cell’s heavy iron door. Inside, gaunt prisoners clad in brown jumpsuits sat on thin gray mattresses.Six years have passed since the end of the so-called caliphate of the Islamic State, but to the 4,500 men held inside Panorama prison in north-east Syria, little has changed since their initial capture. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture

Senior doctors claim they were subjected to months of physical abuse, as UN calls for release of those still detained‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detentionAt least 160 healthcare workers from Gaza, including more than 20 doctors, are believed to still be inside Israeli detention facilities as the World Health Organisation expressed deep concern about their wellbeing and safety.Healthcare Workers Watch (HWW), a Palestinian medical NGO, said it had confirmed that 162 medical staff remained in Israeli detention, including some of Gaza’s most senior physicians, and a further 24 were missing after being taken from hospitals during the conflict. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago The London Stock Exchange has been left behind by its parent

While its equities platform suffers an exodus, the LSEG itself is a financial success story — with an identity problem

Politics

3 h. ago New York City boat tragedy as three dead and one missing after vessel sinks off coast

Three people have died and a fourth is presumed dead after a boat sank off the coast of New York City, authorities have said. Two other people were hospitalised

Events

3 h. ago McClure solicitors investigation dropped by Police Scotland with campaigners left 'disappointed'

EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners have vowed to fight on despite the "great disappointment" of the police case into McClure being ditched.

Events

5 h. ago Three dead in New York boat sinking as search called off for missing person

Coast Guard ends search for Vernon Glasford, 52, missing after boat capsized off Queens on Sunday, killing threeThree people died, two others were hospitalized and one was presumed dead after a boat sank in New York City on Sunday, according to the US Coast Guard.One of the hospitalized people was in critical condition on Monday morning, police said, a day after the speedboat took on water 5 miles (8km) south-east of Breezy Point, a neighborhood at the tip of Queens’ Rockaway peninsula. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago London Underground passenger 'masturbated while staring at woman' on Tube

British Transport Police is investigating after a man masturbated on board a Northern Line train on the London Underground network - and believe further sexual assaults may have happened

Politics

5 h. ago Foreign Office issues travel warning for popular tourist hotspot, citing safety concerns and limited healthcare

Tourists have been warned to get full travel insurance and ensure their medications are fully stocked before travelling to this popular island and tourist hotspot

Events

6 h. ago Farmer Tony Martin who shot and killed a teenager burglar 'died a multi

Farmer Tony Martin (pictured), who was jailed for murder but released after three years, left behind an estate of around £5million. It remains unclear who will inherit the windfall.

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