3 h. ago Newsom roasts Stephen Miller over ‘homeland defender’ call: ‘Slay queen’

California governor’s office mocked the Trump administration with a meme ending in ‘slay queen’

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10 h. ago Fire still burning at California Chevron refinery following explosion

No injuries reported in El Segundo, site of company’s second-biggest US refinery, which supplies jet fuel for LA airportA fire that broke out at Chevron’s El Segundo refinery that supplies jet fuel for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was still burning on Friday morning after an explosion at the plant.The press office of Gavin Newsom, the California governor, had confirmed that the fire erupted on Thursday night on the outskirts of the city, with a county official adding that the flames had been confined to one area. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago The Irish language is a joy not a burden: in what other tongue is a penis a wild carrot? | Una Mullally

Record numbers of pupils are seeking opt-outs from compulsory learning. This is misguided – Irish is a portal to a world of imaginationAmid a boom in Irish culture across music, literature, film and fashion, the Irish language – Gaeilge – is also experiencing a revival. Once the majority’s native tongue, it was assailed and diminished as a daily, working, spoken language under British colonialism and became largely confined to rural west coast districts for much of the 20th century, kept alive by generations of families. But over recent decades the number of schools teaching the national curriculum exclusively through Irish has risen significantly, from fewer than 20 in the 1970s, to more than 200 today. The 2022 census showed a 6% increase in the number of people able to speak Irish compared with 2016. Irish is a core subject on the curriculum and compulsory in all schools.Yet in the academic year of 2024-25, a record number of pupils – 14% of the post-primary school population – w...

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18 h. ago ‘The Simpsons has been in decline as long as I’ve been alive’: why it’s time for the show to end for good

Despite a dreadful fall in quality, the second movie has just been announced. From poor voice acting to bad characterisation, one fan explains why their beloved show has to goIf I had to pick a specialist subject, it would be The Simpsons. I reference it incessantly. I can recall episode names and showrunners by heart. I annoy my friends and loved ones by reciting lines as they play out on the TV. I love The Simpsons.It’s also the worst thing on television. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Body found in search for Brit tourist, 33, who vanished in Brazil

Denis Kopanev, a financial analyst from London, was last seen alive on on CCTV leaving his apartment in early June

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32 h. ago British father facing jail after fighting off yobs at Maltese hotel fears 'he will not come out of prison alive' and is 'devastated' his family holiday has turned into hell

Liam Stacey, 29, was on holiday with his family when he confronted a group of rowdy yobs who were allegedly exposing themselves to sunbathers and pulling a woman by the hair.

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36 h. ago Ayr's Gaiety Theatre to offer fresh Scottish take on traditional Aladdin story

Familiar faces and local favourites, Fraser Boyle and Gavin Jon Wright, will be returning along with Hannah Howie, Lewis Kerr and Ciara Flynn.

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39 h. ago The families of Syria’s disappeared are asking for the truth. Our country cannot rebuild until we have it | Wafa Mustafa

Over 160,000 people, including my father, were abducted by the Assad regime. The country’s new commission for the missing must be inclusive and independent to restore our trustFor more than 11 years, I told myself it was too early to grieve. My father, Ali Mustafa, was arrested by Bashar al-Assad’s forces in Syria on 2 July 2013 and disappeared. Since that day, we have had no word, no trace, nothing.Every morning since he was taken I made my first thought after waking up: “He is alive.” Every night I went to sleep repeating it. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago First photo emerges of boy who vanished without a trace in Australian outback

Police have declared that the search for a four-year-old boy missing in the South Australian outback is now in the 'recovery phase,' as rescuers hold little hope of finding him alive.

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42 h. ago The peacock parent problem: how to survive being raised by a narcissist

Psychotherapist Kathleen Saxton has written a book about growing up with a mother or father who is grandiose, entitled, exploitative and lacking in empathy. She discusses how to recognise the signs – and recoverMany of Kathleen Saxton’s clients only realise they were brought up by a narcissistic parent when they are older. Saxton, a psychotherapist, says that the truth may come with starting a relationship, meeting their partner’s family, and seeing they are nothing like their own. “Or they have family themselves, and think, ‘I would never do that to my own children.’ Sometimes it takes us until we’re in our 30s or 40s to realise that something was not OK.” Her oldest client is in their 70s and “has finally dealt with the fact they’ve got a narcissistic mother, who is still alive, and how it’s affected them all through their life”.Saxton hopes her new book, My Parent the Peacock, will help people to recognise, and recover from, a narcissistic parent. They might have grown up being c...

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48 h. ago Survival expert gives hope to family of missing boy after four

Alone Australia Season one runner-up Michael Atkinson has explained why little Gus could still be alive.

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60 h. ago Stephen Miller rages about being called a ‘fascist’ despite regularly using the term to describe his enemies

Miller accuses Democrats of using extreme language to ‘put a target’ on political opponents

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63 h. ago Welcome to our latest edition of Diarmuid Gavin’s Dream Gardens!

Let Diarmuid Gavin take you through the things you should be looking at through Autumn and Winter to help you create your Dream Garden

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3 d. ago Hundreds of feet of coastal bluff in California fell toward the ocean in landslide

A wealthy enclave in Southern California that has been threatened for years by worsening landslides faced more land movement this week, but it suffered minimal damage

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3 d. ago Paedophile who asked 'teenage girl' to perform sex act spared jail

Gavin Carter also sent who he thought was a 14-year-old girl a video of himself masturbating

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3 d. ago ‘Bad Bunny dressed in drag’: Gavin Newsom trolls MAGA over uproar to Super Bowl halftime show with JD Vance throwback

The Puerto Rican singer and actor was announced as the halftime headliner, which has upset MAGA in part because the artist has previously dressed in drag

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3 d. ago Three dead and dozens trapped under rubble after Indonesia school collapse

Rescuers said they spotted corpses under the rubble but were focused on saving those who were still alive

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3 d. ago Larry Lamb says giving up acting would be ‘fatal’ as he opens up on life at 77

Gavin & Stacey acting legend Larry Lamb has revealed he's not planning on quitting his sparkling career any time soon as he claimed it would be "fatal"

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3 d. ago Horoscope today, September 30 2025: Daily star sign guide from Mystic Meg

OUR much-loved astrologer Meg sadly died in 2023 but her column is being kept alive by her friend and protégée Maggie Innes. Read on to see what’s written in the stars for you today. ♈ ARIES March 21 to April 20 Venus inspires you to put more into a health or work project because you...

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4 d. ago Truck driver accused of being in the US illegally pleads not guilty in Florida crash that killed 3

A commercial truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people on a Florida highway last month has waived his first appearance hearing and entered a not guilty plea

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