54 m. ago Maura Higgins 'really struggling' after Danny Jones 'kiss' backlash, claim friends

Friends of Love Island star Maura Higgins have rallied behind her and have urged people to "calm down" and stop the abuse after Maura's alleged kiss with Danny Jones

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74 m. ago EastEnders Tommy's online friend Matt's true identity 'revealed'

EastEnders viewers are convinced they've figured out the true identity of teenager Tommy Moon's mystery friend Matt and his concerned Kat Slater should be very worried

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94 m. ago Only a third of Brits now see America as a 'friend and ally' as the 'special relationship' takes a battering following Donald Trump's return

A YouGov survey found little more than half of Britons (53 per cent) consider the US as either a 'friend and ally' or 'friendly rival' to the UK and other European countries.

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1 hour ago Man, 22, drowned in Lake Como while trying to save girlfriend who was 'struggling'

Sam Rigby jumped into Lake Como after his girlfriend, Olivia Greenall, got into trouble while swimming in the "cold, deep" water

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2 h. ago Maura Higgins 'in a bad way' after Danny Jones kiss backlash as pals defend her

Friends of Maura Higgins defend the star and urge restraint amid the furious Danny Jones backlash

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2 h. ago 'Seal pups and rare British puffins face devastating consequences of North Sea oil spill'

A crash off the Yorkshire coast involving an oil tanker which has released fuel into the sea has caused immediate worry for wildlife charities and environmental organisations

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2 h. ago 'Seal pups and rare British seabirds face devastating consequences of North Sea oil spill'

A crash off the Yorkshire coast involving an oil tanker which has released fuel into the sea has caused immediate worry for wildlife charities and environmental organisations

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2 h. ago MP Mike Amesbury to stand down after being sentenced for punching man in the street

The former Labour MP was given a 10-week suspended sentence after he admitted assaulting Paul Fellows, 57, who he repeatedly punched in the head and knocked to the ground

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2 h. ago 'It's so awkward with our friends since we turned down their swinging invitation'

Coleen Nolan advises a reader and her husband who can't look a couple in the eye since a dinner date took a strange turn

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3 h. ago Why oil spill from Stena Immaculate could have devastating consequences on UK coastline

The full extent of the North Sea oil tanker crash is not yet known, but experts warn coastlines could be harmed

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3 h. ago Haunting photo shows Sudiksha Konaki hours before disappearing as chilling theory emerges

Sudiksha Konaki is feared to have been swept away by a wave, and was reported missing by worried friends who were holidaying with her in the Dominican Republi

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3 h. ago The Darkness review – retro rockers are still in acrobatically high spirits

Swansea Building Society ArenaFresh from Taylor Swift’s endorsement, Justin Hawkins and his hard-riffing band can still strut and peacock with the best – so it’s a shame about the bad sound mixMidway through the deliriously profane Get Your Hands Off My Woman, Justin Hawkins demands that the crowd claps along. Before you know it, the frontman is standing on his head and joining in by slapping together the heels of his pointy white shoes. There has already been bountiful swearing and ripping guitars, and now there is showing off. All is right in the Darkness’s world.Hawkins has never misplaced his desire to peacock in front of an audience, and yet his acrobatic high spirits do appear to be supercharged at an interesting moment in the group’s long career. Fresh from becoming a side quest for Taylor Swift’s legion of fans due to her admiration of their 2003 hit I Believe in a Thing Called Love – a song dispatched here with undimmed bombast – the Darkness have a new record out shortly t...

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3 h. ago EPA froze 'green bank' funds worth billions, climate group suit says

A nonprofit that was awarded nearly $7 billion by the Biden administration to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects has sued the Environmental Protection Agency, accusing it of improperly freezing its account

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3 h. ago ‘He said I sounded hysterical’: Celia Paul on lover Lucian Freud, his cold friends and the ‘devastating’ YBAs

In prose and in paint, the great artist Celia Paul is exorcising the ghosts of her past – from the cruelties of her lover Freud, to his offhand cohorts, and the YBA revolution that declared painting deadPainter Celia Paul has lived in the same flat in Bloomsbury – bought for her by her then lover Lucian Freud – for 40 years. To ascend to it, up the 80 steps to bring you level with the pediment of the British Museum opposite, is to enter a different world. The main room contains little but a lumpy and ancient chaise longue and a metal-framed bed. One wall is stacked with freshly stretched empty canvases. Next door a mountain range of old sheets, stiff and stained with paint, obscure what might be a sofa. There is a huge, dusty mirror in which we both appear, spectrally: she a slight figure in a brown floor-length skirt, her slippers paint-encrusted. I ask her if she sleeps in the metal-framed bed. Sometimes, she says, but she shows me her bedroom. It is equally spartan, but for the i...

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3 h. ago How did Reform end up in such a mess? Is that a serious question?

Nigel Farage’s team is down to four MPs, with the suspended Rupert Lowe denouncing it as a “protest party led by the messiah”. Let’s not waste time wondering who’s wrong and who’s rightI have one primitive but foolproof tool of political analysis. Trying to balance competing claims in any matter of party discipline – unless it’s a party of which I am a member, in which case, of course, I have already picked a side – I think: “Does it sound as if anyone’s done the kind of vetting even I would know how to do?”Rupert Lowe has been suspended from Reform over claims of bullying and physical intimidation, which he says are without basis. He went on to say, on X, that he was “disappointed, but not surprised” by the allegations, which has a conspiratorial whiff. He has already said the allegations are false, so if he is not surprised to hear them made, it surely indicates that he thinks he is dealing with the kind of people who will expediently exploit any kind of nonsense. C...

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3 h. ago Dan Walker and Nadiya Bychkova's friendship is the talk of Strictly with stars 'obsessed' over how close the dance partners remain three years after competing on BBC show

The Channel 5 News presenter, 47, competed on the BBC series with Nadiya, 35, in 2021 and together the pair danced their way to the quarter finals.

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4 h. ago Top trending destinations among UK travellers perfect for pet

The top pet-friendly getaways in the UK have been revealed by Airbnb, featuring great walking routes and attractions that also welcome your four-legged friends

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4 h. ago Britain's worst ever oil spill: As tanker collides with container vessel off Yorkshire coast... how ship grounding in 1967 caused devastation

In March 1967, the SS Torrey Canyon supertanker ran aground on rocks between the Scilly Isles and Cornwall, spilling more than 100,000 tonnes of crude oil into the ocean.

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4 h. ago London weather: Cold weather to return this week after warmest day of year

Capital set to see return to ‘markedly colder’ weather after basking in 19C highs in warmest day of year

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4 h. ago ‘It sounds terrible but I listen to it 30 times a day’: how the Lumineers made Ho Hey

‘We were moving away from bar band covers to doing our own songs. So shouting “Ho hey!” from the stage got people’s attention. We were doing it to be heard. Then suddenly everyone started listening’After growing up in Ramsey, a small town in New Jersey, we moved to New York to try to make it in music but found it a very difficult circuit to break into. Bars would let you play because they wanted your friends to buy drinks, but then they’d kick everybody out to get the next group in. Whenever I would meet people, I’d tell them, “I’m a waiter but I play music,” and they’d go, “Yeah, so does my cousin.” The prospect of playing somewhere like the [iconic New York venue] Mercury Lounge felt about as likely as playing a stadium. Continue reading...

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