5 h. ago Aston Villa handed BIZARRE £125,000 fine by the Premier League on the first day of the season

Aston Villa have been hit with with a hefty fine on the opening day of the Premier League season after breaching a rule five times during the 2024-25 campaign.

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14 h. ago Airline says all flights will be 'paused' with delays for a week

The shut-down will hit 130,000 passengers a day

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16 h. ago ‘What about our lives?’: emotions run high in frontline Ukrainian city over ceding land to Russia

Trump’s talk of ‘land swaps’ as a simple transaction belies grim reality of what it would mean for people in Zaporizhzhia The city of Zaporizhzhia, an industrial hub in south-east Ukraine, is as good a place as any to grasp the stakes of freezing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine along its current frontlines, or of implementing a “land swap for peace” deal as envisioned by Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.Since Russian troops began rolling into Ukraine in February 2022, Zaporizhzhia, with its broad avenues and Stalin-era apartment blocks, has been a 30-minute drive from the frontline. It has been under near-constant attack from missiles and drones. On Sunday, a Russian guided air bomb hit a bus station, wounding 24 people – just another day of suffering in a city that has known many of them. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago South Carolina trooper dies days after being hit by a truck on an interstate

A South Carolina trooper has died three days after being struck on the side of an interstate by a box truck

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30 h. ago Jockeys hit by 32 days of whip bans after controversial Shergar Cup at Ascot races

The team competition attracted controversy after some of the riding was criticised by trainers and now officials have slapped four of the jockeys with suspensions

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39 h. ago ‘No country is safe’: deadly Nordic heatwave supercharged by climate crisis, scientists say

Historically cool nations saw hospitals overheating and surge in drownings, wildfires and toxic algal bloomsThe prolonged Nordic heatwave in July was supercharged by the climate crisis and shows “no country is safe from climate change”, scientists say.Norway, Sweden and Finland have historically cool climates but were hit by soaring temperatures, including a record run of 22 days above 30C (86C) in Finland. Sweden endured 10 straight days of “tropical nights”, when temperatures did not fall below 20C (68F). Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Taylor Swift emotional as she reveals family's role in regaining her masters

Taylor Swift has opened up about the day she got her masters back, admitting that she 'very dramatically hit the floor for real' when she found out the news

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57 h. ago Met Office issue weather warning for thunderstorms and heavy rain in Perthshire

A yellow weather warning has been issued for Perth and Kinross with thunderstorms and heavy rain expected to hit the region over the next two days.

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62 h. ago Amber warning in place as London basks in third day of heatwave with temperatures set to hit 30C

The capital sizzles in another day of sunshine on Wednesday as the fourth heatwave of the summer continues

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4 d. ago How hot Greater Manchester is going to get as fourth heatwave of the summer hits

Temperatures are set to soar in the coming days

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5 d. ago Kate Moss, 51, shows off her incredible figure in a skimpy pink bikini as she hits the beach for a day of sunbathing with daughter Lila, 22, in Formentera

The model, 51, showed off her incredible figure in a skimpy pink bikini as she and her daughter, 22, headed to the beach.

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5 d. ago Items you shouldn't leave in car during heatwave – from sunglasses to bottled water

The UK has already experienced several heatwaves and warm spells this summer, and before the next one hits in the coming days, car owners are being urged to check the items they have stored in their vehicles

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5 d. ago How hot it will get in Greater Manchester as heatwave hits UK within days

Met Office maps have revealed how high temperatures will soar in Greater Manchester next week

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5 d. ago UK set to bake in sunshine as mega 33C heatwave will hit Britain in hours

Temperatures across the UK are set to soar over the coming days as the country is about to be hit by its fourth heatwave of the summer - with some parts being hotter than Ibiza

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5 d. ago Storm Dexter heatwave maps show exactly where could hit 34C within days

People around the UK have been told to expect blistering heat next week as weather maps predict some areas to reach peaks of up to 34C

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6 d. ago ‘Do I need to purchase camels?’ Australian preppers have found their voice since Covid, but tough questions remain

Once a secretive subculture, survivalism has edged into the mainstream. But what happens if you dedicate your life to preparing for civilisation to collapse and doomsday never comes?Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShortly after Israel announced its attack on Iran in June, Trevor Andrei sent a message to some of his fellow Australian preppers telling them to stock up on petrol and buy a few hundred dollars’ worth of groceries.“I was like, OK, this is super significant, there’s going to be a response shit’s going to go down,” Andrei says. “Most years, [Australia is] lucky if we’ve got 28 days [of petrol reserve] so if anything hits the world’s oil supply, we can be out of petrol in a month.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago UK weather maps show 6 days in August when 30C scorcher to hit 23 counties

Weather maps have shown that several counties could expect 30C + temperatures as early as next week, with the Met Office saying that "a spell of hot weather is looking increasingly likely

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7 d. ago UK weather maps show heatwave to hit Wales within days with temperatures nearing 30°C

A tropical storm is expected to bring very warm weather to the UK in the coming days and yellow heat alerts have been issued

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7 d. ago Netflix fans thrilled as 90s classic finally available to stream

Clueless first hit our screens in 1995 and it hasn't aged a day

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7 d. ago Pensioner dies in hospital six days after being hit by car in Airdrie while riding mobility scooter

A man riding a mobility scooter has died after being hit by a car.

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