65 m. ago Man found dead in devastating flat fire named as police launch investigation

A file has been submitted to the coroner following the fire in Leigh

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73 m. ago Steve Smith and Meg Lanning lead deadline day deals to join The Hundred

The Australian duo are just two of the big names who will be playing in the competition with the likes of New Zealand’s Trent Boult and England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt also signed up

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76 m. ago George Carey among clergy facing possible disciplinary action over Makin report

He is one of 10 people named regarding potential failures in handling abuse allegations.

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78 m. ago Scotland's most dangerous train stations named as Ayrshire town tops list

A new study has revealed the train stations across the UK that have the highest crime rates, and a small station in an Ayrshire town has topped the list for Scotland.

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91 m. ago Mum who gave twins 'matching names' shares regret despite sentimental reason

A woman who gave her twins matching names revealed she picked the monikers for sentimental reasons, but said despite the baby names being close to her heart, she is now having second thoughts

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95 m. ago ‘Trump can’t eat here’: a night at London’s top Ukrainian bistro

‘Trump can’t eat here’: a night at London’s top Ukrainian bistro  The Times

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2 h. ago Sex offenders will need official approval to change their 'names and aliases' to stop them concealing their past from future victims

The new law will ensure that registered sex offenders cannot change their name on official documentation without explicit approval from the officers monitoring them.

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2 h. ago Alan Titchmarsh admits being 'in floods of tears' as he opens up on 'emotional' change

Alan Titchmarsh has become a household name thanks to his various TV roles and now the presenter is swapping gardening for dogs, in his new "emotional" Channel 5 series

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2 h. ago Must leaders be men? In Africa, it's time for the patriarchy to give way | Minna Salami

All-male elections at the African Union highlighted the exclusion of talented women from power. The continent cannot thrive like thatWhat does it mean to be African? Is it simply being one of the 1.5 billion people from the continent? Does African mean the same as black? If you are a descendant from the UK, US, Brazil or Cuba, are you still African? Are only black Africans African, or does this include white Zimbabweans and Arab Egyptians? Or is Africa merely “a western invention”?These questions are passionately debated. To be African is to inhabit an identity shaped by a complicated history, politics and geography. Yet there is one aspect of this identity that receives far less discussion: namely, do we see Africans as male?Minna Salami is the author of Can Feminism be African? and founder of the MsAfropolitan blogDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our l...

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2 h. ago From James Rodríguez to Sergio Ramos, Liga MX clubs are luring foreign stars to Mexico

The allure of the Club World Cup, which will be held in the US this year, is convincing Mexican teams to push for a wider audienceIn just his second month in Liga MX, James Rodríguez will match the number of games he played with Rayo Vallecano, the La Liga club he signed for last summer after being named the best player at the 2024 Copa América.Maybe he just needed to be back in the Americas. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Wrestler hailed 'The Gold Standard' dies after horror motorcycle accident

Wrestler Mike Boehne, real name Eric Priest, has tragically passed away in a motorcycle accident – numerous fellow wrestlers have taken to social media to pay their respects

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2 h. ago The European country where trains are even less punctual than the UK’s

Comes as German chancellor mocked Britain for its ‘broken tracks and bad trains’

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2 h. ago Why has Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher stepped down and who is replacing him?

Mr Schumacher was named CEO in 2023 following the retirement of Alan Jope but has now stepped down in a surprise move

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3 h. ago Alex Jones buries her head in her hands as The One Show guest braces to walk off set after mortifying name blunder

The 47-year-old was left red faced when she accidentally called an EastEnders star by their character's name, rather than their own moniker.

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3 h. ago Major West Coast main line overhaul to shut Europe’s busiest track for weeks at a time

The work coincides with the closure of a busy motorway – what is being done, why, and how disruptive will it be?

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3 h. ago Trans athletes on Trump’s executive order: ‘Stripping us of sports is devastating’

The NCAA has ruled only women assigned female at birth can compete in college sports. We spoke to some of those affected by the banOn 5 February 2025 – coinciding with Women and Girls in Sports Day – Donald Trump signed an executive order barring trans athletes from competing in women’s sports. The move marked yet another aggressive shift of his legislative agenda, as he doubled down on anti-trans rhetoric, in which he has vowed to eliminate what he calls “transgender insanity”.The next day college sports’ main governing body, the NCAA, said only women assigned female at birth would be able to participate under its umbrella. The organization oversees more than 500,000 athletes. Last year the NCAA’s president, Charlie Baker, said he knew of only 10 transgender athletes competing in the organization. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Why Bonnie Blue claims her extreme sex stunts are 'protecting' women

The controversial OnlyFans star from Derbyshire, whose real name is Tia Billinger, blasted her critics and opened up about her fake pregnancy stunt.

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4 h. ago Unilever shares drop after announcing surprise CEO departure partway through strategy shift

Hein Schumacher will leave the role ‘by mutual agreement’ on March 1, replaced by chief financial officer Fernando Fernandez

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4 h. ago Cold Wallet review – blackly comic revenge fable goes into crypto’s corrupt heart

Fickle financial dealings leave a man and his friends in debt, prompting them to go in search of the slippery crypto king responsible and hold him to accountThe opening crawl for this timely, acute thriller proclaims it’s a Steven Soderbergh presentation, although that’s the only place that the veteran film-maker’s name crops up in the credits. No doubt kudos here should mostly be due to director Cutter Hodierne and screenwriter John Hibey, as well as their crew and cast, but it’s tempting to sense a light Soderberghian touch in Cold Wallet’s blackly comic look at how cryptocurrency eats the soul of all who meddle in its black arts.Charismatic Raúl Castillo stars as protagonist Billy, a bit of a screw-up who is neck deep in a crypto called – tellingly for those aware of the history of bubble stocks – Tulip. Hoping to cash out enough to buy a house so he can gain better access to his daughter who lives with his bitter ex-wife (Zoe Winters from Succession), Billy is the proverbial thi...

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4 h. ago ‘I know their names, what they eat’: tracking polar bears on Svalbard’s shifting icescapes

For more than 20 years, scientists have followed the animals in Norway’s Arctic archipelago to understand how they may adapt to changing threats as the ice they depend on meltsWhen Rolf-Arne Ølberg is hanging out of a helicopter with a gun, he needs to be able to assess from a distance of about 10 metres the sex and approximate weight of the moving animal he is aiming at, as well as how fat or muscular it is and whether it is in any distress. Only then can he dart it with the correct amount of sedative. Luckily, he says, polar bears are “quite good anaesthetic patients”.Ølberg is a vet working with the Norwegian Polar Institute, the body responsible for the monitoring of polar bears in Svalbard, an archipelago that lies between mainland Norway and the north pole. Every year he and his colleagues track the bears by helicopter, collect blood, fat and hair samples from them and fit electronic tracking collars. Continue reading...

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