36 m. ago S&P 500 climbs 2.5% after Trump soothes Fed independence worries

Wall Street extends rally after president says he has no plans to fire Jay Powell

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42 m. ago Coronation Street real identity of Lauren Bolton's dad 'revealed' and he's a cobbles icon

Coronation Street fans have predicted that they know the true identity of Lauren Bolton's real father - and it's a former cobbles legend now that she will be left floored

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46 m. ago Manhunt launched after 'stabbing' in Cambuslang as cops probe 'targeted' attack

Emergency services raced to the horror attack on Main Street in Cambuslang after the alarm was raised at midday on Tuesday.

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50 m. ago Coronation Street's Natalie Anderson reveals 'tough' reality after leaving rival soap

The actress left Emmerdale after five years before appearing in Weatherfield

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57 m. ago Celebrity Big Brother's Jack P Shepherd shares hilarious insight into Coronation Street co

Coronation Street's Jack P Shepherd has been entertaining his fellow Celebrity Big Brother housemates.

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63 m. ago No 10 confident Chinese slave labour ban will not impact clean power 2030 plans

The change will ensure solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries must not contain materials suspected of being produced through slave labour.

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78 m. ago Mark Rylance condemns music festivals for turning London park into ‘prison camp’

The Oscar-winner has backed a petition to stop Brockwell Live ‘destroying’ the south London park and its wildlife.

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81 m. ago Evan Davis being told to stop hosting podcast was ‘tough’ for BBC boss

He was told that the Happy Heat Pump Podcast could be seen as a breach of rules around presenters speaking about issues of public policy.

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88 m. ago Police remain on scene of 'unexplained' death in Kilmarnock after man found dead in street

An area around Orchard Street remains cordoned off as police continue their investigations.

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96 m. ago CHRIS HUGHES: Sinister reason Vladimir Putin cannot stop his war

Russian President Vladimir Putin has survived the ruthless chicanery of the Kremlin's inner corridors for a more than a quarter of a century - but chillingly now he cannot stop his war in Ukraine

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97 m. ago BASC calls for delay to Muirburn Licensing Scheme amid concerns over code

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), Scotland’s largest shooting and conservation organisation, is calling on the Scottish Government to pause the implementation of the proposed muirburn licensing scheme until the 2026/27 season.

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98 m. ago JD Vance tells Putin and Zelensky: 'Time to say yes’ to Ukraine peace plan or US walks away from talks

Donald Trump’s deputy said Russia and Ukraine had been presented with a ‘very explicit proposal’ to stop the conflict

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1 hour ago New street signs unveiled to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s birthplace

The blue commemorative designs in Bruton Street, Mayfair, incorporate one of the late Queen’s favourite flowers, lily of the valley.

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1 hour ago Bustling Greater Manchester high street set for weekend road closure

Rail services are also set for disruption

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1 hour ago Residents block London street to stop controversial £650,000 plan to replace parking spaces with benches

Locals sealed off the road with fake crime scene tape to stop council employees from entering to start on scheme

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1 hour ago Man, 69, appears in Dumfries court on embezzlement and fraudulent scheme charges

Arthur Temlett appeared on petition at Dumfries Sheriff Court on Tuesday.

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1 hour ago Celebrity Big Brother's Jack P Shepherd leaves housemates gobsmacked with Corrie bombshell

Jack P Shepherd had his fellow housemates in hysterics after making a confession about his Coronation Street co-star

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1 hour ago Coronation Street child star's unrecognisable transformation stuns fans after their extended break from soap

The actor, 13, has appeared in the ITV soap October 2020. The star Jude has been missing from our screens, and after he shared some pictures of what he looks like now on Instagram, fans couldn't believe their eyes.

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2 h. ago The Greater Manchester area partying like it's 1945 with 20 VE Day street parties

It's an important milestone

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2 h. ago Cluster headaches are ‘the most painful condition on the planet’. Sufferers are going to extreme – and secretive – measures for relief

The condition is more excruciating than childbirth or gunshot wounds, but little understood. An online community of ‘clusterheads’ are self-experimenting with psilocybin – with promising resultsPeter was working late, watching two roulette tables in play at a London casino, when he felt something stir behind his right eye. It was just a shadow of sensation, a horribly familiar tickle. But on that summer night in 2018, as chips hit the tables and gamblers’ conversation swelled, panic set in. He knew he only had a few minutes.Peter found his boss, muttered that he had to leave, now, and ran outside. By then, the tickle had escalated; it felt like a red-hot poker was being shoved through his right pupil. Tears flowed from that eye, which was nearly swollen shut, and mucus from his right nostril. Half-blinded, gripping at his face, he stumbled along the street, eventually escaping into a company car that whisked him home, where he blacked out. Continue reading...

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