63 m. ago JK Rowling clashes with trans activist doctor as she leads calls for Keir Starmer to break silence on court ruling

Taking to social media, the Harry Potter writer said women are 'waiting to hear the Prime Minister's views' on the ruling and made a dig at his previous assertions that 'trans women are women'.

Events

76 m. ago 'I went to Coachella and it's nothing like celebs make out, it's freezing and so dusty'

Coachella is flooded with celebrities and influencers each year as they flock to the desert for a weekend filled with music, yet a woman has warned it's not what social media says

Politics

86 m. ago Dumfries and Galloway NHS services face £58m funding shortfall

Major savings have been found but they won't plug the health and social care gap

Economics

90 m. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Tasha Ghouri claps back at fans' questions over solo trip and says 'I'm an influencer'

She was quizzed on the validy of her claims of being on a 'solo trip' after taking to social media with a string of new snaps

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98 m. ago Amazon shoppers are buying 'more than one' of £20 Tapo camera with 12k five

This small camera if perfect for monitoring pest control, keeping an eye on your pets or for general home security.

Economics

1 hour ago Mrs Hinch supported as she rushes baby son Vinnie to hospital and 'finally has answers'

Social media star Sophie Hinchcliffe had to rush her baby son Vinnie to A&E following her own recent health scare

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2 h. ago What Brooklyn Beckham was really up to miles away from mum Victoria on birthday snub

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz Beckham were nowhere to be found on social media as the aspiring chef's mother, Victoria Beckham, celebrated her 51st birthday this week

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2 h. ago Various artists: Disk Musik – A DD Records Compilation review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

(Phantom Limb)The 80s label released hundreds of oddball DIY recordings. Their final compilation, now repressed, jerks from folk to punk to ambient – with moments worthy of great kids’ TVIn 1980, a group of friends in Japan started DD Records, a platform for amateur musicians to share bizarre homespun recordings across their network. The label released an impressive 222 cassettes and a handful of vinyl records in five years, then disbanded and faded into relative obscurity. Their last known release, the compilation Disk Musik – a multi-genre compilation bringing together 13 Japanese artists – is so rare that even the prolific music catalogue database Discogs bears little trace of it.Four decades on, it’s been re-pressed – and it still sounds as mind-warping as it probably did to its small circle of listeners back in 1985. The opening track by trio Circadian Rhythm may as well be three songs in one, drifting haphazardly from stray humming vocals to wistful coda, by way of a tangle of...

Culture

2 h. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Oti Mabuse says 'see you soon' as she melts hearts with 'full circle' moment

The former Strictly Come Dancing star took to social media with a string of snaps in which she could be seen hanging out in Blackpool

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2 h. ago Rory McIlroy secures second victory in a week: Masters champion wins 'very special' permission to build pool with heat pump on green belt land

The Northern Irish golf sensation has been given 'very special' permission to install a heat pump for his huge outdoor swimming pool in the grounds of his home on the Wentworth estate.

Events

2 h. ago Scottish ministers want urgent meeting with UK Government on gender ruling

Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary plans to make a statement on the judgment at the Scottish Parliament next week.

Politics

3 h. ago Murderer John Mansfield killed in prison gym attack with weight 'smashed on head'

Mansfield was jailed for life in 2007, and was serving his sentence at a high-security facility when he was killed.

Events

3 h. ago Mrs Hinch rushes baby son Vinnie to hospital as he's diagnosed with condition

Social media star Mrs Hinch as revealed she rushed her baby son Vinnie to accident and emergency where he stayed in hospital and has since been diagnosed with a condition

Science

3 h. ago Bus driver loses £64,000 pension after he was caught stealing £5 from passengers' fares

Kyoto City sacked the man, who was not named, after he was filmed by the security camera of his bus pilfering 1,000 yen (£5) in 2022.

Economics

3 h. ago Ruben Amorim will go all out to secure Europa League glory for Man United

United will play Athletic Bilbao in the last four of the Europa League

Politics

3 h. ago Club World Cup teams facing tax threat in new blow to expanded tournament

Fifa is yet to secure exemption for 32 clubs taking partTax rate may vary according to where games are playedFifa is facing complex negotiations with the US authorities before the Club World Cup after failing to secure tax exemptions for the 32 competing clubs.The world governing body announced a huge prize fund for the tournament of $1bn (£754m) in March, including up to $125.8m for the winners, but without tax agreements clubs could be left with bills of tens of millions of dollars to the US tax authorities on top of tax payable in their home countries. At least 29 clubs from outside the US, including Chelsea and Manchester City, will be competing. Continue reading...

Society

3 h. ago 'I couldn't find tanning products for my skin colour so I made my own'

The #blackgirltanning hashtag is taking over social media as Black girls explore self tanning and Phoebe Ellis, co-founder of tanning brand Caribé, speaks to the Mirror about the radical beauty trend

Politics

3 h. ago West London council refuses to house homeless young mother left sofa surfing while pregnant

Hounslow council was told to offer the woman and her baby its next available suitable home after its failures meant she missed out on a number of secure tenancies, but it has refused

Society

4 h. ago Trump expected to make UK state visit and visit King Charles in September

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer brought Trump a letter from the King in February in which he was offered an unprecedented second state visit to the UK

Politics

5 h. ago The sweet story of how a chance meeting led to Australia’s ‘old baby cake’ going viral on Chinese social media

Demand for a small Sydney patisserie’s chocolate mousse creation leapt from 100 a week to 150 a day after a vlogger struck up a conversation on a trainWhen Paul Adam sees a long queue forming in front of his patisserie in the northern suburbs of Sydney, “That’s when I know I’m going to start working hard,” he says. In the weeks since one of his cakes went viral across several Chinese social media platforms, that has been nearly every day.The gluten-free hazelnut, meringue and chocolate mousse cake, with lorikeets stencilled in icing sugar on top, is, by Adam’s estimation, “only a cake” but it seems to mean much more to the customers queuing for it, some of whom have travelled from interstate, or overseas. Continue reading...

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