2 h. ago Arizona sues to force House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in new rep

Mike Johnson has refused to swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, who holds the final signature required to trigger a vote to release the Epstein files

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2 h. ago SARAH VINE: Whether it's the backstreets of Bolton or a mews house in Mayfair, the mindset of sexual predators is the same: some girls are disposable

SARAH VINE: Watching the BBC interview with Amy Wallace, co-author of the late Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir, which was published yesterday, I was struck by something she said.

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2 h. ago JULIE BINDEL: At last the Met has woken from its Orwellian fever dream and given up the policing of hurt feelings

JULIE BINDEL: Finally, a victory for common sense. That was my first reaction to the news that the Metropolitan Police will no longer investigate so-called non‑ crime hate incidents (NCHIs).

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2 h. ago Starmer's digital ID cards won't work and will be costly, voters say

Focus groups carried out by pollster Lord Ashcroft found that voters of 'all political backgrounds' oppose the policy announced by the Prime Minister last month.

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3 h. ago NORMAN BAKER: Why should British families, struggling with the cost of living crisis, subsidise a self

Heaped in ignominy, banned from using those treasured royal titles, his world of murky secrets unravelling faster than a ball of string, there can be precious little comfort for Prince Andrew.

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3 h. ago Humphreys and Connolly make pitch to voters in final presidential TV debate

Voters go to the polls on Friday to elect the next president of Ireland.

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4 h. ago BBC The Traitors star outlines 'easy' route to final on celebrity version as winner 'sealed'

The winner of Celebrity Traitors has been 'sealed' after just four episodes, according to Harry Clark, who won the second series of the reality show in 2024

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4 h. ago BBC The Traitors winner unveils one star's 'easy' route to final on celebrity edition

The winner of Celebrity Traitors could have already been decided, according to The Traitors winner Harry Clark

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4 h. ago Bake Off fans 'absolutely devastated' as favourite misses out on all important semi

Tonight, the five remaining bakers headed back to the tent for dessert week, but unfortunately, only four of them could make it to next week's all important semi-final...

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5 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Brother Jenrick whacked Prince Andrew then proposed a burka ban. Polite society will be appalled

To complete his day, he attended a Commons debate on the Sentencing Bill in which his sidekick Kieran Mullan complained about Labour ditching plans to castrate pederasts.

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5 h. ago Who left The Great British Bake Off tonight? Recap series 16 as eighth baker leaves after quarter

Which baker left the tent after GBBO’s quarter-final? See what happened! 🍰📺

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6 h. ago Kim Jong Un channels 'Danny from Grease' in mad new images of tubby despot

The North Korean supreme leader took a mooch around the Sinuiju Combined Greenhouse Farm for the final stages of its development - but that was the least interesting part of the tour

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6 h. ago The Great British Bake Off fans 'starting to mourn' Iain already after early week 8 struggles

Bake Off’s quarter-final has begun and fans are worried! 🍰📺

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7 h. ago Manchester United shirt worn by a 'Busby Babe' in 1958 FA Cup Final on The Repair Shop

The shirt, belonging to player Ronnie Cope, is in a sorry state at the start but the show's experts will try to work their magic and bring it back to life

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7 h. ago Amy Jones and England cannot avoid Ashes’ shadow over Australia rematch

Sides have reached Women’s Cricket World Cup semis but last winter’s whitewash gives Wednesday’s game an edgeAmy Jones has claimed that January’s Ashes whitewash “hasn’t been a topic of discussion” before Wednesday’s World Cup clash between England and Australia. And if you believe that, you’ll believe anything.Both teams have qualified for the semi-finals, so you could argue little will be at stake in Indore. You would be wrong. First, given the run of results in this World Cup, these sides are almost certain to finish first and second and therefore avoid a semi-final clash against each other – which means this game could well be a precursor to the eventual final in Navi Mumbai on 2 November. Cricket is a game played partly in the mind: nobody wants to be thumped by their opponents two weeks before they meet them in a global tournament final. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago #MeToo campus thriller After the Hunt is provocation for provocation’s sake | Adrian Horton

Julia Roberts emerges unscathed but Luca Guadagnino’s tiring and muddled attempt to comment on trending topics doesn’t inspire the debates it so clearly wantsContains mild spoilersIn theory, After the Hunt, director Luca Guadagnino’s would-be psychological thriller tracing the fallout of a sexual-assault accusation at a cosseted Ivy League campus, hinges on a single early scene: Alma, the aloof and alluring philosophy professor made icily incandescent by Julia Roberts, arrives home to find Maggie, her doctoral student protege played by ascendant star Ayo Edebiri, waiting for her in the rain.Crouched together in an apartment stairwell – Guadagnino, a slick and stylish film-maker, frames them facing each other as mirrored negatives in preppy neutrals, a generational yin-yang – Maggie tells Alma in clipped, digressive bits that something bad happened with Hank (Andrew Garfield), a fellow tenure-track professor who serves as Alma’s professional rival, friend and maybe lover. The two had...

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9 h. ago ‘I don’t know anyone who is voting Labour’: How Reform is turning a red heartland light blue

This south Wales constituency has been deemed a safe Labour seat for over a century, but voters on streets of Caerphilly tell Holly Evans they are fed up – and think Nigel Farage’s Reform might be the answer

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9 h. ago Fresh Reform UK surge puts Nigel Farage's party on course to win Welsh Senedd elections ahead of Labour and Plaid Cymru

The Beaufort Research survey found Nigel Farage's party were backed by 30 per cent of Welsh voters - up five percentage points from a previous poll in June.

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10 h. ago Case of a single vote that decided a federal election in Canada sparks uproar

Legal teams are midway through a hearing over whether one vote truly swayed an election in a Montreal suburbThe case of a single vote which determined the outcome of a federal election in Canada risks sending the “disastrous message” to voters that “some votes count more than others”, says the lawyer of a former MP as a court considers whether to void the controversial election and hold a new vote.Legal teams in Quebec are midway through a three-day hearing over whether a single vote – and an administrative error – truly swayed a recent election in a suburb north of Montreal. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago US chess grandmaster who died 'unexpectedly' aged 29 had been accused of cheating by Russian rival as part of what he felt was 'a sustained, evil attempt to destroy my life'

In the final year of his life, Daniel Naroditsky was tormented by repeated accusations of cheating in online games by Russian chess grandmaster Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik.

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