45 m. ago Commonwealth Stone erected in Hartwood Cemetery to remember World War One soldier

Thanks to the dedication of the Friends of Hartwood Paupers Cemetery, Patrick Tierney’s service and sacrifice have finally been recognised.

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49 m. ago Australian bouncy castle operator acquitted in accident that killed six children

Families of victims express disbelief over verdict

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67 m. ago German police brand search for Madeleine McCann a 'waste of time' as sources claim three

Rainer Grimm, boss of the BKA, Germany's equivalent of the FBI, is in Portugal overseeing the search which ended yesterday.

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86 m. ago Twisted fraudster lied to girlfriend about mum's death to con her out of thousands

The 'born again Christian' scammed a woman who met online before swindling another short-term partner out of an eye-water amount.

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94 m. ago The Director by Daniel Kehlmann review – the author’s best work yet

This portrait of German film-maker GW Pabst and his moral struggles under the Nazis has the darkness and ambiguity of a modern Grimms’ fairytaleGeorg Wilhelm Pabst was one of the most influential film directors in Weimar Germany, probably best known on the international stage for discovering Greta Garbo and Louise Brooks. His radical approach earned him the nickname of “Red Pabst”, and when Hitler was elected to power in 1933, Pabst reacted by taking his family to the United States. He intended to emigrate permanently, but what was supposed to have been a brief trip back to Austria to visit his sick mother saw Pabst detained inside the Third Reich for the duration of the second world war. This unfortunate turn of events had a dramatically detrimental effect, not only on Pabst’s immediate situation but on his entire postwar career.Daniel Kehlmann has frequently used historical events as the basis for his fiction, most famously in his breakout 2005 novel Measuring the World,...

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95 m. ago Adidas launch divisive Mary Jane version of its iconic Sambas and fans have mixed reactions

2025 has been the rise of the 'ugly' shoe trends, and Adidas' latest launch that combines the classic Mary Jane with its bestselling Samba has fans divided

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2 h. ago Noblewoman may have ordered brazen murder of priest outside St Paul’s in 1337

Historian mapping medieval murders has evidence John Ford’s stabbing was revenge hit by impenitent ex-loverAlmost 700 years ago, in a busy London street in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral, a priest called John Ford was brazenly stabbed to death in a crime notable both for its public nature and its ferocity.It was early evening, just after vespers on 4 May 1337, and the street in Westcheap would have been bustling with passersby. In full view of them all, one man sliced Ford’s throat with an anelace, a foot-long dagger, while two others used long knives to stab him in the belly. Was someone trying to make a very public example of the victim? Continue reading...

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2 h. ago The Reckoning review – shattering stories of invasion in Ukraine

Arcola theatre, LondonThe horrific reality of Russia’s invasion is recounted during the preparation of a Ukrainian salad in Anastasiia Kosidii and Josephine Burton’s playDuring the violent chaos following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a woman whose husband is missing receives a phone call from his number. Brief relief implodes when the speaker is not him but a stranger revealing that this device has been found beside a corpse covered by a tarpaulin.This is one of numerous shattering anecdotes in a play by Dash Arts, based on work by The Reckoning Project, which collects verbatim testimony from conflict victims with the aim of bringing prosecutions for war crimes.At the Arcola theatre, London, until 28 June Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Elon Musk and Donald Trump's dramatic fallout in full as weird bromance shattered

Elon Musk and Donald Trump's bromance is well and truly over as the pair have been embroiled in a bitter war of words - here are all the insults the pair have traded

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3 h. ago Families of children killed in Hillcrest jumping castle incident ‘shattered’ after not guilty verdict

Rosemary Gamble, owner of Taz-Zorb which set up the equipment in Tasmania, had pleaded not guilty to failing to comply with workplace safety lawsAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe families of the six children killed in a primary school jumping castle incident are angry after the operator who set up the castle was found not guilty of a workplace safety charge.Chace Harrison, Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones, Zane Mellor, Addison Stewart, Jye Sheehan and Peter Dodt died after the incident at Hillcrest primary school in Devonport in December 2021.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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3 h. ago ‘They are pushing us out’: how El Salvador turned to gang violence laws to seize land from the poor

Emergency legislation is being used in increasingly repressive ways to grab back land granted during the civil war, say campaignersIn early May, the farming cooperative of El Bosque in Santa Tecla, one of El Salvador’s largest cities, received an eviction notice; a new battle in a decades-old fight for land. In response, community members organised a peaceful sit-in near hardline President Nayib Bukele’s private residence, hoping to appeal directly for help.Instead, they were confronted by military police. The protest ended in five detentions: four members of the cooperative and its lawyer. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Man found dead on the side of the road as police launch "incredibly complex" investigation

The tragic discovery was made in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday March 19. Essex Police confirmed the man's body was found on Lincolns Lane in Brentwood, Essex

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4 h. ago Donald Trump ordered to 'deport Elon Musk immediately' amid explosive war of words

Donald Trump and Elon Musk's potent political alliance reached a dramatic end on Thursday as the two men attacked each other with blistering epithets - and there is no sign of repair

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5 h. ago Endangered sharks being killed at alarming levels in Pacific, Greenpeace claims, after cutting 20km of vessel’s longline

Activists on Rainbow Warrior in waters north of New Zealand claim Spanish vessel hauled in and killed three mako sharks in 30 minutesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEndangered sharks are being killed at alarming levels in the Pacific and industrial fishing is putting marine biodiversity at increasing risk, Greenpeace has claimed, after its activists disrupted a Spanish vessel operating north of New Zealand.The campaign group said activists on the Rainbow Warrior this week observed a longline fishing operation by the Playa Zahara in the South Fiji Basin. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago War of words between president and former adviser escalates – as it happened

This blog is closed. Musk calls for Trump to be impeached as extraordinary feud escalatesTesla share plunge amid Trump feud wipes $152bn off companyMusk says SpaceX will retire Dragon spacecraftPresident Vladimir Putin told US president Donald Trump that he was ready to use Russia’s close partnership with Iran to help with negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme, the Kremlin said on Thursday.Trump said after a phone call with Putin on Wednesday that time was running out for Iran to make a decision on its nuclear programme and that he believed Putin agreed that the Islamic Republic should not have nuclear weapons. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Revealed: The four words a top German detective said before 'last

Rainer Grimm, boss of the BKA, Germany's equivalent of the FBI, is in Portugal overseeing the search which ended yesterday.

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6 h. ago Brazen Instagram post of New Orleans jail escapee who insists 'I'm innocent'

Antoine Massey, still on the run after escaping more than two weeks ago from a New Orleans jail, says the "the system has failed a lot of people and not just me"

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6 h. ago 'Did I pass?' Driver training bus has roof ripped off in bridge crash

The training bus, which was not carrying passengers, hit the Norwood Junction railway bridge in South London shortly after midday on Thursday.

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6 h. ago Huge £20m boost to UK drivers buying EVs but there's a catch

Interest-free loans are being made available to both households and businesses, with a particular focus on supporting individuals and enterprises with lower incomes

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7 h. ago Scottish Labour win pivotal Holyrood byelection, beating incumbent SNP and surging Reform UK

Voters in the central seat of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse rallied around popular local candidate Davy RussellScottish Labour has won a pivotal Holyrood byelection, beating the incumbent SNP and fighting off Reform UK’s aggressive racist campaigning, in a remarkable turnaround of fortunes that will boost the party ahead of next year’s Scottish parliamentary elections.Voters in the central Scotland seat of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse rallied round the popular local candidate Davy Russell after a toxic campaign that saw Nigel Farage launch an unprecedented series of personal racist attacks on Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar. Continue reading...

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