28 m. ago Jemma Reekie's tough season goes on as she falls just short in 800m at Worlds

Scottish athlete will keep ‘trusting process’ after Tokyo experience

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31 m. ago Trump claims Jimmy Kimmel suspension not a free speech issue as Democrats call for FCC chair to quit over ‘abuse of power’ – live

US president says comedian ‘fired for lack of talent’; Democratic House leadership say Trump’s media official Brendan Carr should resign Full report: Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspended over Charlie Kirk comments after US government pressure‘Censoring you in real time’: Kimmel suspension sparks shock and fears for free speechIn reaction to the news that Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show has been indefinitely suspended, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) said that “Trump’s FCC identified speech it did not like and threatened ABC with extreme reprisals. This is state censorship.”On X, the president of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, Tino Gagliardi, issued a statement in response to ABC taking Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which employs musicians from the American Federation of Musicians Local 47 in Los Angeles, off the air. In it he said:This is not complicated: Trump’s FCC identified speech it did not like and theatened ABC with extreme reprisals. This is st...

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48 m. ago Step forward for huge regeneration in Stockport with three new neighbourhoods

A vision for the future has been revealed.

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52 m. ago How dangerous 'alliance' between two notorious cartels was sparked by one action

CJNG and Los Chapitos, Mexico's two most-feared gangs, are said to have united and the US Drug Enforcement Administration have warned that their apparent alliance spells trouble

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62 m. ago Urgent 'do not eat' warning issued over item sold at Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Morrisons

Shoppers are urged to return the product for a full refund

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65 m. ago Judge blocks Trump administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children

A judge is blocking the Trump administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children who came to the U.S. alone back to their home country

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78 m. ago Mahmoud Khalil blasts ‘fascist tactics’ after immigration judge orders Columbia graduate deported to Algeria or Syria

Prominent activist against Israel’s war in Gaza continues to challenge Trump administration’s attempts to deport him after he secured his release from ICE detention

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85 m. ago UK’s public sector broadcasters demand more prominence on YouTube to combat misinformation

Bosses say independent news needs to be promoted on social platforms that increasing numbers of viewers are turning toThe BBC and Britain’s other public sector broadcasters have united to demand new regulations to force platforms such as YouTube to give them a fairer deal and more prominence, warning that failing to do so will fan the flames of misinformation.Public service broadcasters (PSBs) are facing huge pressures as increasing numbers of viewers turn to digital platforms. Bosses say PSBs need to be protected to safeguard the “shared social fabric of the UK”. Continue reading...

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92 m. ago Man dies after 'car falls on him' in scrapyard horror incident

Emergency services rushed to Altrincham, Greater Manchester, following reports of an incident at J Davidson Scrap and police have today announced the death of a man in his 40s

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98 m. ago Top Democrats call for FCC chair to resign, claiming Jimmy Kimmel suspension is ‘corrupt abuse of power’ – US politics live

Democratic House leadership say Trump’s media official Brendan Carr should go, adding that cancellation of show is ‘an act of cowardice’Full report: Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspended over Charlie Kirk comments after US government pressure‘Censoring you in real time’: Kimmel suspension sparks shock and fears for free speechIn reaction to the news that Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show has been indefinitely suspended, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) said that “Trump’s FCC identified speech it did not like and threatened ABC with extreme reprisals. This is state censorship.”On X, the president of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, Tino Gagliardi, issued a statement in response to ABC taking Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which employs musicians from the American Federation of Musicians Local 47 in Los Angeles, off the air. In it he said:This is not complicated: Trump’s FCC identified speech it did not like and theatened ABC with extreme reprisals. This is sta...

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1 hour ago Tucker Carlson says Trump administration is using Charlie Kirk’s killing to trample First Amendment

Conservative voice speaks out after the White House cracks down on critics of Charlie Kirk since his assassination

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1 hour ago Southampton University student accused of laundering huge amounts of crime gang cash raked in from internet paedophiles

Huanyu Zhou, 27, was arrested in her halls of residence at Southampton University following a major Interpol probe into criminals behind a sickening global network.

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1 hour ago Man United icon David Beckham's remarkable net worth after football as he launches new career

The Manchester United icon has launched a new business after amassing a huge personal fortune alongside his wife Victoria

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1 hour ago Borderlands 4 performance woes get worse as Randy Pitchford acknowledges PS5 Pro issues

Borderlands 4's online launch has been nothing short of a disaster for Gearbox, and now it seems to be affecting players on the PS5 Pro, with Randy Pitchford taking the flack

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2 h. ago Strictly star called off wedding hours before ceremony after feeling 'manipulated'

A discussion about being stood up at the altar arose on Thursday's edition of Loose Women, with the panel sharing their thoughts on the topic

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2 h. ago Spain’s huge investment to modernise airports ahead of soaring passenger numbers

Aena's shares saw a 4.7 per cent dip on Thursday following the announcement

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2 h. ago That DEA agent’s ‘credit card’ could be secretly eavesdropping on you

Exclusive: The Drug Enforcement Administration’s latest piece of covert surveillance gadgetry joins previous hidden cameras and listening devices in everything from streetlights to traffic cones to vacuum cleaners

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2 h. ago People seen queueing outside huge new Lego store in Cardiff and this is what you'll find inside

The Lego store is now bigger and better in Cardiff

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2 h. ago Scottish football boss sentenced after leaking medical report of David Goodwillie rape victim online

McNally has now been sentenced to a community payback order.

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2 h. ago Intersex people in Europe face ‘alarming’ rise in violence, EU finds

Increase in violence since 2019 is linked to online campaigns seeking to sow disinformation and fuel hatredEuropeans who do not fit the typical definition of male or female are grappling with an “alarming” rise in violence, the EU’s leading rights agency has said, as concerted campaigns seek to sow disinformation and fuel hatred towards them.The findings from the EU’s Agency for Fundamental Rights, published on Tuesday, were based on responses from 1,920 people in 30 countries across Europe. All of them identified as intersex, an umbrella term referring to those with innate variations of sex characteristics and which includes people who identify as trans, non-binary and gender diverse. Continue reading...

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