55 m. ago Alan Carr 'has ruthless streak' and 'very different at home,' claims ex

Alan Carr's ex-husband Paul Drayton has claimed the comedian is "very different" to his on-screen persona and has a "ruthless streak" - and that his friendship with Paloma Faith is overplayed

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81 m. ago Father, 46, was trying to save his son, 17, who was suddenly swept out to sea before pair both drowned off coast of Australia, inquest hears

Robin Reed, 46, and his son Owen, 17, from Caerphilly in south Wales, were on a day trip to a beach in Queensland on April 13 this year.

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1 hour ago Keir Starmer breaks silence on bringing death penalty back to UK

Independent MP Rupert Lowe asked Sir Keir Starmer to put the reintroduction of the death penalty before the public in the form of a legally binding referendum in the wake of 'brutal murders'

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2 h. ago London’s IFS Cloud Cable Car and Time Out team up to bring Cable Car

London’s IFS Cloud Cable Car and Time Out team up to bring Cable Car-aoke to London this Christmas  Time Out

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2 h. ago Meghan Markle joked she was 'a bit rusty' on the set of her new film but had 'obviously rehearsed' her lines in advance

The Duchess of Sussex, 44, is returning to the big screen after eight years to star in Amazon MGM Studios Film Close Personal Friends, and was spotted filming in Pasadena, California.

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2 h. ago ‘There’s fire all around us, this is it’ – This is climate breakdown

Working with jaguars in Brazil’s Pantanal was a huge source of joy. But the wildfires are getting worse. This is Abbie’s storyLocation Pantanal, BrazilDisaster Wildfires, a number of yearsAbbie Martin splits her time between captaining a boat in the Virgin Islands and doing research in Brazil’s Pantanal, a region that includes the world’s largest tropical wetland and where she founded the Jaguar Identification Project. Fires in the Pantanal have reached new extremes, killing at least 17 million vertebrate animals and burning 27% of the vegetation cover in 2020. Climate breakdown made the Pantanal drier between 2001-21, increasing the occurrence of above-average fires in the region. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago How World Cup expansion is driving Asia’s naturalisation arms race

As Asia’s allocation has now doubled, many nations look to foreign-born talent to push them towards qualificationWhen the United Arab Emirates line up against Iraq on Thursday for the fifth and final round of Asian qualification for next year’s World Cup, it is likely that over half of the home starting XI in Abu Dhabi will be foreign-born. The UAE are, however, merely another participant in a naturalisation arms race in the continent that has been boosted by the expansion of the World Cup from 32 teams to 48.Asia’s allocation has doubled from four automatic spots in Qatar to eight in North America, opening up the tournament to a new array of contenders desperate to play on the greatest stage of all. Japan, South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Australia have historically dominated World Cup qualifying, with North Korea the most recent outlier in 2010. Those six are the only teams from the Asian Football Confederation to make more than one appearance at the tournament. Continue readin...

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2 h. ago How to add 10 years to your life expectancy: Hollywood's favourite health guru Gary Brecka reveals the biohacking secrets his A

Bio-hacker Gary Brecka, 55, has revealed he is bringing biohacking to living rooms across the country as he lifts the lid on how to live to 120.

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3 h. ago Northern Lights could dazzle UK again tonight as Met Office issues rare 'severe' geomagnetic storm alert

The aurora borealis could be visible as far south as England and Wales tonight

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3 h. ago Iceland 'doomed' if Atlantic Ocean current collapses: Nation declares 'existential threat' from modern

A potential collapse of AMOC could trigger a modern-day ice age, with winter temperatures across Northern Europe plummeting to new cold extremes, bringing far more snow and ice.

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3 h. ago Domino's brings back Christmas dinner on a pizza with The Festive One

There are new additions and returning favourites on te menu this year

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3 h. ago Cop can be torturous and tedious – but here’s why it’s worth paying attention

In this week’s newsletter: Critics have yet come up with an alternative that would truly bring all countries together to work to solve the climate crisis• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWorld leaders – or at least about 50 of them – flew away from preliminary Cop meetings in the Amazonian city of Belém last week, where they met to discuss the climate crisis, the ravages committed on the planet’s biggest rainforest only too apparent beneath them, if they chose to look.Deforestation, drought and the climate crisis are pushing the Amazon to what could become a “tipping point”, where it changes state from a rainforest to a savannah ecosystem, and from a massive absorber of carbon to releasing carbon into the atmosphere, which would have devastating consequences for the whole world.‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disasterTyphoon Fung-Wong becomes second in a week to hit the PhilippinesI wish we could ignore Bill Gates...

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3 h. ago Conor Benn ‘at his best’ and backed to beat Chris Eubank Jr by brawler dad Nigel

Conor Benn suffered the first defeat of his professional career by unanimous decision to Eubank Jr in April.

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4 h. ago My jelly hell: ‘Slowly, the whole thing collapsed before me’

Jelly is back in all its wobbly, Instagram-friendly glory. But does it always taste as impressive as it looks? And why is it so hard to get it to set rather than slump? This could get messy Jelly has a dowdy reputation, but it may well be the perfect food for the Instagram age: when it works, it’s incredibly photogenic, so who cares what it tastes like?There can be no other explanation for recent claims that savoury jellies – the most lurid and off-putting of dishes, reminiscent of the worst culinary efforts of the 1950s – are suddenly fashionable. This resurgence comes, according to the New York Times, “at a time when chefs are feeling pressure to produce viral visuals and molecular gastronomy is old hat”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Best mattress Black Friday deals 2025, according to a sleep expert

From big-name brands to budget-friendly buys, here’s how to save on your next great night’s sleep

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5 h. ago Work starts on new facility just off the M62 which will bring 20,000 highly

"Today is a big day"

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5 h. ago Luke Littler would head into I’m a Celebrity jungle for the ‘right price’

Littler’s social media star friend Morgan Burtwistle, known as Angry Ginge, is taking part in the 2025 edition of the ITV show.

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5 h. ago Alan Carr 'saved famous friend's life' after 'slapping' knife attacker in street

The Celebrity Traitors icon Alan Carr has been praised for his heroism after the comedian "saved his friend's life" by fending off an attacker who was armed with a knife

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5 h. ago Carl Froch reveals Chris Eubank Jr’s ‘power play’ in Conor Benn rematch but why all is not as it seems

CARL FROCH says Chris Eubank Jr bringing in a new coaching team is nothing more than a power play over Conor Benn. Eubank - who beat Benn in their April grudge match - has brought esteemed American trainer Brian "BoMac" McIntyre back into his camp. BoMac, the long-time trainer to pound-for-pound great Terence Crawford, guided...

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5 h. ago 70s comedy legend Brian Murphy’s left huge sum to family after Man About the House star aged 92

ACTOR Brian Murphy, famous for his roles in Man About the House and its spin-off George and Mildred, left a £617,000 fortune following his death earlier this year aged 92. The star, who was a fan favourite on Last of the Summer Wine, passed away in February at his home in Bromley, in south east...

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