44 m. ago Emmerdale to air three huge episodes including Bear's return and Robert's life in prison

Emmerdale have confirmed they will be airing three special standalone episodes featuring key storylines this autumn as we delve deeper into the biggest storylines in the Dales

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44 m. ago Emmerdale confirms three standalone episodes as Bear's fate revealed

Emmerdale is set to air three special standalone episodes this autumn

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55 m. ago US Senate again rejects Republican plan to end government shutdown

Eighth Senate vote fails on 49-45 tally as Congress remains deadlocked on legislation amid now two-week shutdownUS politics live – latest updatesCongress remained deadlocked on legislation to reopen the federal government, as the US Senate on Tuesday again rejected a Republican plan to end the government shutdown that began two weeks ago.The eighth Senate vote to advance a Republican bill that would fund government operations through 21 November failed on a 49-45 tally – far short of the 60 needed for advancement in the chamber. In a sign that that there has been little if any progress toward ending the stalemate, no senators changed their votes from the last time the measure was brought to the floor, though there were a handful of absences. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Infamous Las Vegas strip club offers 'Trump shutdown special' as government workers get free dance

The US government has been in shutdown since October 1, leaving many workers without pay – but one iconic strip joint has come up with a plan to ease the strain for those affected

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2 h. ago Man Utd’s Senne Lammens backed by Thibaut Courtois to handle Liverpool test

The 23-year-old impressed on his Red Devils’ debut before the international break.

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2 h. ago Soaring gold prices spark amateur treasure hunting craze. Here's how you can cash in too

The price of gold has hit an all-time high and public interest in finding the precious metal is spiking. But how exactly does one get their hands on this hidden treasure?

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2 h. ago Merino double sparks Spain’s run of goals in domination of Bulgaria

It started in Scotland and it still has not finished yet. That night at Hampden was only Luis de le Fuente’s second as Spain coach; it also felt like it might be his last. Two Scott McTominay goals defeated the Seleccion but while just about everyone else thought his spell would be brief, he was talking about a pathway opening and here’s the thing: the man accused of living in Disneyland back then was right. Three years and four days later, Spain moved to within touching distance of the World Cup by racking up their 29th consecutive competitive game unbeaten*, equalling their record.On a night when Pedri played and Mikel Merino made the difference, Spain beat Bulgaria 4-0 to take them to 12 points from 12 in qualifying, close now. The Arsenal midfielder and sometime striker scored the first two and might even have got his second hat-trick in three Spain games but when he was fouled in the last minute he handed the penalty to Mikel Oyarzabal instead. And so it was the Real Sociedad s...

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2 h. ago Mystery remains over death after patient found with four socks down her throat

Teaching assistant Maria Morris, 44, suffered from bipolar affective disorder and had been sectioned under the Mental Health Act at Bethlem Royal Hospital when she died in 2021

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2 h. ago Even a former law clerk for conservative Justice Clarence Thomas is warning about giving Trump too much power

Justices have handed Trump sweeping authority while also insulating him from being prosecuted from potential crimes committed in office

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2 h. ago Kier Starmer urges Hamas to release bodies of dead Israeli hostages to families

The Prime Minister said their families had 'endured terrible and protracted pain over the last two years at the hands of Hamas'

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2 h. ago James May teases Grand Tour reunion with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond

The Grand Tour came to an end last year with a final special, but James May have not ruled out a return to the small screen

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3 h. ago Hamas hands over bodies of more Israeli hostages after Donald Trump threatened to 'violently' disarm the terror group if it did not return remains to grieving families

The IDF has stated it has received four bodies which were handed over by the Red Cross, following four that were handed over earlier.

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3 h. ago A royal cheers! Kate and William beam as they trial booze on surprise visit to Northern Ireland

Kate and Will observed the apple cider vinegar production process, before watching how the apples are pressed and bottled on site into their award-winning cider.

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4 h. ago ‘Cruelest forms of torture’: freed Palestinians describe horrors of Israeli jail

Men who were held in Nafha prison say they were brutally beaten, bound at the hands and feet, verbally abused, allowed to contract fungal and skin diseases, and assaulted with loud music for up to two days straightBefore releasing him, Israeli prison guards decided to give Naseem al-Radee a farewell gift. They bound his hands, placed him on the ground and beat him without mercy, saying goodbye the same way they had said hello: with their fists.Radee’s first sight of Gaza in nearly two years was blurry; a boot to the eye left him with blurred vision two days later. Vision problems added to the laundry list of ailments he gained during his 22-month stay in an Israeli prison. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Experimental, sensual and political, D’Angelo radically redrew the boundaries of soul music

The late singer may have suffered from setbacks and only released three studio albums, but the range he displayed in this perfect catalogue was astonishingD’Angelo, Grammy-winning neo-soul pioneer, dies aged 51D’Angelo – a life in picturesIn the mid-90s, the Roots’ drummer Questlove was approached to work on the first album by a new soul singer. He turned the offer down out of hand: “I was like, ehhh, soul singers in the 90s – whatever,” he later remembered. “I’m not doing this. Nothing about soul singing had moved me, from any 90s offering, the same way it did with Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, Lou Rawls.”A year later, with D’Angelo’s debut album Brown Sugar on the shelves, Questlove had radically reconsidered his opinion: when he spotted the singer in the audience at a show the Roots were playing, he “thwarted and threw off the entire show” by suddenly playing “an obscure Prince drum roll” in a (successful) attempt to attract his attention. “The only person that mattered to me that...

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4 h. ago Stars of sumo head to London's Royal Albert Hall with focus on yokozuna Hoshoryu Tomokatsu and Onosato Daiki

Stars of sumo head to London's Royal Albert Hall with focus on yokozuna Hoshoryu Tomokatsu and Onosato Daiki  Sky Sports

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4 h. ago South Africa qualify for first World Cup in 16 years while Nigeria handed play

South Africa 3-0 Rwanda: Bafana Bafana will compete in their first World Cup in 16 years, while Nigeria guaranteed themselves a play-off lifeline with a 4-0 win over Benin in Group C

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4 h. ago Premier League legend 'extorted' over his dead dad's body – 'it breaks our soul'

Romelu Lukaku has released a heartbreaking statement accusing people of "extorting" him by refusing to hand over his dad's body for a funeral

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5 h. ago World Cup 2026: South Africa qualify as group winners as Victor Osimhen hat

Super Eagles handed lifeline as Bafana Bafana punch their ticket to the 2026 World Cup

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5 h. ago Chicago TV journalist’s arrest in Ice raid ‘alarming and horrifying’, lawyers say

Attorneys for Debbie Brockman, released with no charges, deny agent’s claim she ‘threw objects’ at border patrol carAttorneys representing a producer for Chicago’s WGN television station who was temporarily detained by federal agents last week in Chicago, say the incident “should be alarming and horrifying to every person in this country”.Debbie Brockman, a US citizen and a WGN employee, was arrested on Friday by federal agents during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) operation in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. Videos from the scene show Brockman being forced to the ground by two agents before she is handcuffed and put in a van. Continue reading...

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