1 hour ago Timothée Chalamet features on EsDeeKid song after months of speculation about rapper’s identity

Social media rumors had previously claimed that the actor and the underground British rapper were the same person

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1 hour ago Enzo Maresca reasserts Chelsea position after controversial comments: 'I said what I said'

Italian has been linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge

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2 h. ago Both parties bash Trump for ‘moving the goalpost’ and initially releasing only some Epstein files by deadline

The Justice Department has started to release thousands of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein but the law required the agency to make all of its files public by the Friday deadline

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2 h. ago US justice department releases heavily redacted cache of Jeffrey Epstein files

Files that were viewable included images of Epstein socializing with Bill Clinton, as well as entertainers like Michael JacksonEpstein documents release – live updatesThe Department of Justice on Friday released a long-awaited and huge tranche of documents related to its investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a major development in the lengthy political saga that turned into one of the biggest setbacks Donald Trump has suffered since his re-election last year.While significant portions of the files are redacted, those that were viewable included images of Epstein socializing with Bill Clinton and former British royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, as well as entertainers like Michael Jackson, Chris Tucker and Kevin Spacey. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Trump’s Justice Department drops Epstein files on deadline day

Justice Department launches public website with thousands of documents tied to convicted sex offender

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3 h. ago Trump’s DOJ releases heavily redacted batch of Epstein files full of blacked out pages and photos of Ghislaine Maxwell and Bill Clinton

Hundreds of images depict sex offender with pop stars, Bill Clinton and women whose faces are redacted

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3 h. ago Strictly's Fleur East bursts into tears over Amber Davies' comments

Fleur East couldn't hold back the emotions as she listened to Strictly Come Dancing finalist Amber Davies speak candidly about her time on the show during Friday's It Takes Two

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4 h. ago British family are accused of wheeling a DEAD grandmother onto easyJet flight from Spain after 'telling cabin crew she was tired'

The 89-year-old was helped on board the aircraft by five of her relatives who, witnesses say, told airline staff she was unwell and had fallen asleep.

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4 h. ago Karl Rove warns Republicans that 2026 could be a bloodbath for the party because of their mistakes

Karl Rove criticized Trump for his comments concerning Hollywood icon Rob Reiner, saying the president’s "grotesqueries have to stop."

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4 h. ago British DIY giant plunges into administration owing millions in debt with over 100 jobs axed

A BRITISH power-tool supplier has entered administration with 111 members of staff losing their jobs. The DIY giant Toolstream announced the news on December 11 and blamed challenging trading conditions left over from the COVID-19 global supply crisis. The southwest based importer and distributer of DIY tools said the limited stock availability had caused financial...

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4 h. ago Helen Flanagan twists knife into Scott Sinclair amid fight over Christmas

Former Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan has been very vocal about her relationship with ex-partner Scott Sinclair, sharing candid comments about their Christmas gift coordination

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4 h. ago How bird flu could spark human pandemic as scientists warn of 'genuine threat'

Dozens of outbreaks bird flu have been detected in wild birds and commercial poultry across the UK

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5 h. ago The Guardian view on the rise of romantic fiction: finally getting the respect it deserves

Jilly Cooper, Joanna Trollope and Sophie Kinsella all changed the genre. A new generation of novelists are doing the same and sales are soaringAt last, the perception of popular fiction by women as “silly novels by lady novelists”, as George Eliot sniffily put it back in 1856, is changing. Next year, the British Book Awards will recognise romantic fiction for the first time. The recognition is long overdue.This welcome news came in the same week as the deaths of two doyennes of the form, Joanna Trollope and, at just 55, Sophie Kinsella, only a couple of months after the loss of national treasure Dame Jilly Cooper. Between them these publishing power houses produced more than 100 books, sold millions of copies, and inspired hit films and TV series, most recently last year’s star-studded adaptation of Cooper’s 1985 Riders. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago At the dark end of a brutal year, I’m grateful to these heroes for showing us the light | Jonathan Freedland

From Palestinians standing up to Hamas to the Bondi beach rescuers, great acts of courage offer hope even in the bleakest timesSome traditions are getting harder to maintain. Among them, my own custom of devoting the last column before Christmas to reasons to be hopeful. In recent years, amid war and bloodshed, that task has been especially challenging – and this week was no exception.It began with the news from Bondi beach, where 15 people were gunned down and dozens more injured, most of them Jews celebrating the festival of Hanukah. That came just two-and-a-half months after the deadly attack on Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester, on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur. To be a Jew at the end of 2025 is to fear that to gather together, whether at moments of joy or sorrow, is to take a mortal risk. That even to do relatively ordinary things together has become a matter of life and death.Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist and the author of The Traitors Circl...

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6 h. ago Teen who committed sex act with rocking horse at playground walks free

Callum Green, 19, carried out 'an act outraging public decency' at a playground in Hartlepool - and behaved in a 'reckless' and 'indecent manner' which left the scene damaged

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6 h. ago Justice Department faces deadline to release files on Epstein sex trafficking investigation

The Justice Department faces a Friday deadline to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender known for his connections to powerful figures, including Donald Trump

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6 h. ago US legislators say justice department is violating law by not releasing all Epstein files

Todd Blanche, deputy attorney general, says release of files won’t include full set, prompting outrage from lawmakersUS politics live – latest updatesTodd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, said that the Department of Justice will not release all its files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, despite the deadline stated in the law. Blanche’s comments drew sharp rebuke from Capitol Hill, where top legislators threatened legal action “in the face of this violation of federal law”.Speaking in an interview on Fox News on Friday morning, Blanche said: “I expect we’re going to release several hundred thousand documents today, and those documents will come in all different forms, photographs and other materials associated with all of the investigations into Mr Epstein”. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Top Democrat slams justice department plan to hold back some Epstein files despite today’s deadline – live

Chuck Schumer comment comes after deputy attorney says ‘several hundred thousand’ files would be released but some may be held back temporarilyEpstein files to be released after months of delays from Trump officialsFBI director Kash Patel has said “no one is above the law” after a Wisconsin judge was found guilty on Thursday of helping a migrant evade a planned immigration arrest outside her courtroom.Patel is the latest member of President Donald Trump’s administration to celebrate what it sees as a victory in its effort to deter interference with its hardline immigration tactics. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Vladimir Putin is 'Christmas crackers' to threaten Britain, Defence Secretary says

John Healey warned the Russian dictator that he would never take Ukraine, and that the UK was investing millions 'right now' to mobilise British troops 'day one' of a peace deal

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7 h. ago Policeman found not guilty of making 'sexually explicit' comments to women

Former Gwent Police constable Luke Silver, 34, was acquitted of three counts of the improper use of police power or privileges

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