29 m. ago Climber plummets over 500ft to his death as horrified friend forced to watch on while stuck clinging to rock face

A CLIMBER plummeted over 500 feet to his death in a horrifying fall while his friend who was stuck clinging to a rock face was forced to look on. Shafiq Noorani, 52, was climbing Citadel Peak in Colorado on New Year's Eve when he fell off the ridge and into the basin below in front...

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36 m. ago Auchinleck Talbot v Celtic betting shock latest as footie bosses’ findings into fears of suspicious activity revealed

FOOTIE bosses could find no wrongdoing after looking into fears of suspicious betting activity surrounding the big Scottish Cup clash between Auchinleck Talbot and Celtic. The development comes after many of the UK's biggest gambling sites, including SkyBet, Paddy Power and bet365, suspended in-play betting markets ahead of today's match. The Scottish Sun told how...

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38 m. ago Liz Hurley, 60, poses topless on private island holiday after revealing secret to youth

Elizabeth Hurley has shared a string of sizzling snaps from the Maldives as she enjoys a luxury vacation with her son, Damian, after revealing her secret to looking young

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43 m. ago Kindness of strangers: stranded on a tiny Indonesian island, a local took us under her wing

Noticing how out of place we looked, she asked in English if she could help us Read more in the kindness of strangers seriesIn 1996, I travelled around Indonesia with my then-boyfriend. We’d been exploring Surabaya when we heard about an island off the coast called Madura that could be reached via ferry. It didn’t turn up in any of the tourist guides, which appealed to us, being adventurous types. We knew Madura wouldn’t be touristy, but expected there’d be some streets to explore and somewhere to sit down and have a cup of tea.As soon as Madura came into sight, we realised our visit may not have been a great idea. We were expecting to see houses and buildings dot the shore, as well as the hawkers who’d typically crowd around piers in Indonesia with food and wares to sell. There was none of that. It was just a pier next to a tiny village. Continue reading...

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43 m. ago Mika looks back: ‘Nowadays you wouldn’t get away with the things journalists said about my sexuality in the noughties’

The superstar singer on his itinerant childhood, brutally honest mother, and the moment of anger that led him to write Grace KellyBorn in Beirut in 1983, Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr, otherwise known as Mika, was raised in Paris and London. He attended the Royal College of Music, before his breakthrough in 2007 with debut album Life in Cartoon Motion and its No 1 single, Grace Kelly. He went on to sell 20m records, and worked as a presenter and judge on TV shows such as Eurovision and The Piano. Mika now lives in Italy and in Hastings, East Sussex, with his partner. His first English-language album in six years, Hyperlove, is out on 23 January.This was taken in our kitchen in Paris. It doesn’t surprise me that I am covered in chocolate. My earliest memories are of being on the floor surrounded by delicious food. Continue reading...

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44 m. ago 7 used cars slashed the MOST in price at start of 2026 – including world

THE prices of the UK’s most in-demand used EVs and hybrid motors have fallen again, according to the latest AA Cars Used Car Index. But looking at the last three months of 2025, the pace of the decline has begun to slow. Their data reveals the average asking price for the 20 of the most...

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48 m. ago The secret behind Jonathan Ross' family's weight loss as they show off their slimmed

Jonathan, 65, has also been candid about his weight loss journey, crediting a new diet with his new look.

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95 m. ago The Madison release date: When is the Taylor Sheridan series out?

Taylor Sheridan's upcoming family drama now has some exciting first-look images.

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2 h. ago Response to 2024 summer riots failed to address root causes and links to racism, report says

Institute of Race Relations says violence in Southport and elsewhere often reduced to ‘mindless’ thuggeryThe response to the 2024 riots in England and Northern Ireland failed to address its root causes and delinked the violence from racism, a thinktank has claimed.A paper by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) reported that an obfuscation of the causes and consequences of the riots risks legitimising further far-right mobilisation and vigilante violence. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Katie Price ignores desperate message from mum as she goes under the knife for more surgery

Katie Price has undergone more cosmetic surgery after her mum Amy sent her a desperate message saying she looked 'too thin' and asking if she was 'using a pen'

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2 h. ago How can we defend ourselves from the new plague of ‘human fracking’?

Big tech treats our attention like a resource to be mercilessly extracted. The fightback begins hereIn the last 15 years, a linked series of unprecedented technologies have changed the experience of personhood across most of the world. It is estimated that nearly 70% of the human population of the Earth currently possesses a smartphone, and these devices constitute about 95% of internet access-points on the planet. Globally, on average, people seem to spend close to half their waking hours looking at screens, and among young people in the rich world the number is a good deal higher than that.History teaches that new technologies always make possible new forms of exploitation, and this basic fact has been spectacularly exemplified by the rise of society-scale digital platforms. It has been driven by a remarkable new way of extracting money from human beings: call it “human fracking”. Just as petroleum frackers pump high-pressure, high-volume detergents into the ground to force a litt...

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2 h. ago Why America needs a new antiwar movement – and how it can win | Jeremy Varon

Demonstrations against the Iraq war proved protest works. Now we must halt destruction before it more powerfully startsIn spring 2004, Gen Anthony Zinni uttered about Iraq the dreaded words in US politics: “I spent two years in Vietnam, and I’ve seen this movie before.” A year after George W Bush’s declaration of “mission accomplished” – when the war had hit its peak popularity at 74% – the invasion had descended into quagmire, marked by a raging insurgency, the Abu Ghraib torture scandal and US casualties nearing 1,000. For the first time, a majority of Americans judged the war a “mistake”. In this, they echoed what millions of Americans, predicting fiasco, had been saying since before its start.By the summer of 2005, with Iraq exploding in civil war, public support further eroded. Vietnam comparisons abounded. Running against the war, Democrats had blowout wins in the 2006 midterms. The new Congress empaneled the bipartisan Iraq study group, which concluded that the war had to end...

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2 h. ago Sweet thing: a personal look at a photographer’s Cuban slavery heritage – photo essay

From the remnants of my great-grandparents’ Cuban home near the sugar plantation that is part of Unesco’s Slave Route programme – where they were once enslaved - to personal artefacts, each piece reconstructs an uncertain pastGathering information on our origins that might help with constructing self-identities could be a beautiful endeavour.Unfortunately, for millions of people worldwide, retracing a past filled with unfinished stories is like trying to nurture a tree whose roots have been severed.I still remember that narrow ribbon of earth winding down from my grandfather’s house towards the old Triunvirato plantation – the same fields where an enslaved woman called Carlota, who led an uprising in 1843, raised her voice against chains. In the silence of that road, it feels like a place that has been frozen in time Continue reading...

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2 h. ago ‘People saw dollar signs’: a year after devastating wildfires, an LA community is fighting displacement

As survivors face pressure to sell their land in Altadena, a historic Black community, experts say we’re witnessing ‘climate gentrification’Ellen Williams’ left hand played with her long dark hair as her right hand guided the steering wheel, her phone resting face-down in her lap. Born and raised in Altadena, an unincorporated area in Los Angeles county, she didn’t need to look at a map as she drove to where her home of 22 years burned down.We passed empty lots with gaping holes where foundations once stood. The banging of hammers rang through the neighborhood and wood frames rose from the dirt, the smell of fresh lumber in the air. Perched on street corners were signs declaring: “Altadena is not for sale.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago ‘I looked exceptional but I was out of breath’: the bodybuilder who switched to mindful movement

Ten years ago, Eugene Teo was obsessed with lifting weights. But, gradually, he realised his extreme mindset was making him unhappy. So he changed his outlookEugene Teo, 34, began lifting weights at the age of 13, looking for validation. “I was short, skinny and I thought it would give me confidence,” he says. “Bodybuilding for me was the ultimate expression of that.”Now living on the Gold Coast in Australia, with his partner and daughter, the fitness coach spent from age 16 to 24 training and competing. At times, he lifted weights for up to four hours a day, aiming to get as muscular and lean as possible. The ideal he was chasing? “If you grab your eyelid and feel that skin,” he says, “that’s the skin thinness you want on your bum and abs.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Australian Open winner dubbed 'hottest athlete in the world' looks unrecognisable now

A former Australian Open champion has changed dramatically since her last victory in Melbourne almost 20 years ago

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3 h. ago Millions of Nationwide members told to look out for six words

Nationwide has warned its customers, urging them to follow the simple steps

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3 h. ago Oliver Glasner sent stern Man Utd warning after explosive Crystal Palace rant

Oliver Glasner looks set to leave Crystal Palace sooner rather than later but he has been sent a warning to reconsider his options should Manchester United make a move for his services

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3 h. ago Is your posture ageing you? Modern life is turning us all into hunchbacks 

Years of hunching over smartphones takes its toll. But the good news is you can realign your spine at any age - just look to the laid-back stance of a three-year-old

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3 h. ago X Factor stars who look very different now after shooting to fame on iconic show

X Factor made overnight stars of some of its contestants, who look very different now years after performing for millions of viewers and judges, including Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh

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