97 m. ago Man Utd make wonderkid JJ Gabriel debut decision ahead of FA Cup clash

JJ Gabriel has been a regular topic of conversation at Manchester United recently, and the 15-year-old is well known to caretaker manager Darren Fletcher, who managed the wonderkid in the under-18s

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9 h. ago Lamar wants to have children with his girlfriend. The problem? She’s entirely AI

As synthetic personas become an increasingly normal part of life, meet the people falling for their chatbot loversLamar remembered the moment of betrayal like it was yesterday. He’d gone to the party with his girlfriend but hadn’t seen her for over an hour, and it wasn’t like her to disappear. He slipped down the hallway to check his phone. At that point, he heard murmurs coming from one of the bedrooms and thought he recognised his best friend Jason’s low voice. As he pushed the door ajar, they were both still scrambling to throw their clothes on; her shirt was unbuttoned, while Jason struggled to cover himself. The image of his girlfriend and best friend together hit Lamar like a blow to the chest. He left without saying a word.Two years on, when he spoke to me, the memory remained raw. He was still seething with anger, as if telling the story for the first time. “I got betrayed by humans,” Lamar insisted. “I introduced my best friend to her, and this is what they d...

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10 h. ago Former ICU nurse who ‘faced death daily’ says people need to have one conversation

Julie McFadden warned people not to leave this ‘critical’ topic unspoken in their final days

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12 h. ago He seemed to have everything going his way – then in one conversation it all disappeared

'I just feel like I never got to start my life properly. I was just figuring things out and now I've been told I don't have a future. It's just horrible'

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15 h. ago Wall mould will disappear before your eyes when wiped with 1 simple kitchen item

Forget about that bleach bottle and reach for a safer item when you want to get rid of stubborn mould for more effective results - I've put it to the test.

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21 h. ago Frantic search for woman, 21, missing for nearly a week after vanishing from seaside town

POLICE are desperately searching for a young woman who has been missing for five days. Ellie, 21, disappeared from her rural town of Caernarfon, Wales on January 5 and hasn't been seen since. It's believed that Ellie travelled out of North Wales via public transport after she was last spotted in the Henwalia area. Police...

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28 h. ago Urgent hunt to find missing woman, 51, who vanished from village over a month ago

COPS have launched an urgent hunt to find a missing woman who vanished from a quiet village over a month ago. Concerns are growing for Tracey, 51, who disappeared from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, at the end of November. The 51-year-old was last seen on Northcroft in the Wooburn Green area. She was reported missing to...

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31 h. ago Whatever happened to PATRICK COX: 'Party Pat' was a celebrity darling

PATRICK COX was the A-list shoe designer who hit rock bottom. Now 'Party Pat' tells YOU about finding peace on the iconic island - and why he's leaving after 8 years

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33 h. ago What does your car say about you? A global portrait of people and their rides, from Shanghai to Santa Monica

You can tell a lot about someone from the vehicle they drive, as Martin Roemers’ collection of photographs show. Introduction by author William BoydIn my novels I find that I very rarely write “a car” or “a van” or “a lorry” – I always tend to specify the marque and the model, often with some pedantic precision. Why should this be so? After all, I am a non-driver, someone who claims to be able to drive (I did learn), but who never passed his driving test. And yet, paradoxically, I’m something of a car enthusiast – a sort-of petrol-head, I confess – perhaps a consequence of spending many hours, or maybe that should be years,  in the back of minicabs that conveyed me here and there around London. In my long experience of minicab use I’ve found that most conversations with minicab drivers often end up being about cars. I’ve learned a lot.There is another reason why I like to specify. I have a conviction that the type of car, or vehicle, that you drive is as much an expression...

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33 h. ago Labour’s deputy leader joins PM in backing The Independent’s SafeCall campaign for missing children

Lucy Powell supports ‘innovative’ new service for 72,000 young people who disappear each year, as other high-profile figures hail generosity of donors after £165,000 target hit

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34 h. ago Window condensation will disappear with 1 item Mrs Hinch fans swear by

Condensation is more common in the winter months, so Mrs Hinch fans have shared a simple method for tackling condensation on windows

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46 h. ago Teacher's 'filthy conversations' with what he thought was a 12

The teacher sent the 'boy' - actually an undercover police officer - videos of him masturbating

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49 h. ago Gabby Logan shares final moments with dad Terry Yorath before his death in heartbreaking tribute

Wales and Leeds United legend Terry Yorath has died aged 75 following a short illness, with daughter Gabby Logan paying emotional tribute and revealing their final conversation

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50 h. ago Single elephant suspected to have killed as many as 13 people in just a week in Indian jungle

Forest official says tusker turns violent after dark, attacking villagers and their homes, and disappears inside jungle during day

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52 h. ago UK ministers considering leaving X amid concern over AI tool images

Labour party chair says government having conversations about use of platform in light of sexualised Grok images UK politics live – latest updatesUK ministers are considering leaving X as a result of the controversy over the platform’s AI tool, which has been allowing users to generate digitally altered pictures of people – including children – with their clothes removed.Anna Turley, the chair of the Labour party and a minister without portfolio in the Cabinet Office, said on Friday that conversations were happening within the government and Labour about their continued use of the social media platform, which is controlled by Elon Musk. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago ‘There’s serendipity to my story’: Emmylou Harris on Gram Parsons, her garlanded career – and her dog rescue centre

Ahead of her final European tour, the US songwriter discusses her unlikely life as a country star, seeking advice from Pete Seeger – and why retirement isn’t on the cards just yetWhen Emmylou Harris was starting out in the late 1960s, she thought country music wasn’t for her. “I hadn’t seen the light,” she says. “I was a folk singer who believed you don’t ever work with drummers as they wreck everything.” It was Gram Parsons, of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, who changed her mind. Their musical partnership was brief – Parsons died after an accidental drug overdose at the Joshua Tree national park in 1973, aged 26 – but his impact on her was profound. “He had one foot in country and one in rock and was conversant in both. It changed my thinking completely.”Is Harris, legendary doyenne of the country ballad and distinguished recipient of three Country Music Association awards whose guitar was exhibited in Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, really saying she...

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63 h. ago Return of the Emirates Groan: Arsenal fans restless on night of stalemate with Liverpool | Jonathan Liew

Only one club are sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League, but the supporters’ anxiety after 22 years without the title risks infecting the playersFull-time and handshakes. A little Tears for Fears tinkles over the public address system. Beyond that what, exactly? How to describe this swirling, velvety anti-noise? The sound of no gloves clapping? The sound of time physically disappearing down a vortex? The sound of no emotions?It began with North London Forever and by the end we felt as though we had been in north London for ever: stuck on an endless loop of William Saliba passing to Jurriën Timber, of Virgil van Dijk pausing as he tried to bait a press that would never come. Long periods of this game were played at literal walking pace. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago ‘Gifted learner dogs’ can learn words by eavesdropping, study says

Certain canines can learn using cues from people’s gaze, gestures, attention and voices, researchers findWhether it is a piece of food or a four-letter expletive, words can be learned by young children overhearing adults – but now researchers have found certain dogs can do something similar.Scientists have discovered canines with the unusual ability to learn the names of myriad objects can pick up such labels by eavesdropping on conversations. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Béla Tarr’s quest for cinematic perfection made him my ideal, impossible mentor | László Nemes

The Son of Saul director recalls how getting his first job as assistant to the austere master was a hard but inspiring lesson in the most ambitious kind of movie-makingNews: Hungarian director Béla Tarr dies aged 70The last time I saw Béla Tarr was a few years ago at the Nexus conference in Amsterdam. We were invited to speak about the state of the world and of the arts. We both thought light and darkness existed in the world, even if our perception about them differed. Béla was already weakened in his body, but the spirit was still ferocious, rebellious, furious. We sat down to talk. It seemed fairly obvious this would be our ultimate, and most heartfelt, conversation. As the former apprentice, I was able to see the master one last time, with all his rage, sorrow, love and hate.I first met Béla in 2004 when he was preparing The Man from London. I wanted to learn film-making and applied to become an assistant on the film. He gave me my first real job: as an assistant, I had to find ...

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3 d. ago Rare Nestle chocolate bar that’s ‘just like’ discontinued 90s favourite is spotted BACK on Home Bargains shelves

A RARE Nestlé chocolate bar that shoppers say is “just like” a discontinued 90s favourite has been spotted back on Home Bargains shelves. For generations, the original bar was a childhood staple, instantly recognisable for its milk chocolate and animal shapes moulded into each segment. Its disappearance in November 2023, after almost 60 years, left...

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