35 m. ago Waterworld statement after young girl dies at UK's biggest indoor water park

The new owner of Waterworld has issued a statement over a week on from the tragedy.

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49 m. ago Boy with fragile skin disorder given hope after new treatment

Gabrielius Misurenkovas, 12, from east London, was diagnosed with an inflammatory disease called recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) when he was a baby.

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49 m. ago DC braces for massive turning point in Trump's takeover as protesters take the streets shouting 'Go home, fascists'

Trump vowed earlier this week to clean up the streets of the capital and has already sent hundreds of troops with the National Guard in to clean up crime.

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51 m. ago Lorna Raver dead: Drag Me to Hell and Desperate Housewives actress dies

Lorna Raver, who starred in a number of huge 90s and 00s films and TV shows over the decades, died on May 12 but her death has only been announced this week

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51 m. ago Truck drivers, doctors and bakers: ordinary Yemenis turn to veteran journalist when justice fails

Fatehi Bin Lazreq has used social media, newspapers and radio to expose corruption and everyday injustices since the country’s civil war started a decade agoWhen dozens of gas tankers near Yemen’s southern city of Aden were held up at a checkpoint by soldiers demanding heavy bribes, the frustrated drivers and traders turned to a man they trusted: Fatehi Bin Lazreq, a prominent Yemeni journalist.Known for using his media outlets and social media platforms to demand accountability, Bin Lazreq posted about the drivers’ ordeal on Facebook. It quickly went viral, generating thousands of likes and comments. Within hours, the post prompted a phone call from the prime minister and another senior official, both pledging to resolve the issue. Soon, the tankers were able to move on. Continue reading...

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51 m. ago Pink Oyster card reader rule could save you money while travelling around London

Here's how to make your journey to London cheaper when using TFL's pink card readers, but only if used correctly, most people know already about yellow readers, but many forget about the pink ones

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73 m. ago 'Dog walker took my pet out for an hour walk in 27C heat, when I got home she was dead'

Mandy Lawrie was left heartbroken when she returned home to her beloved pet dead

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74 m. ago Strictly star La Voix issues plea to show bosses as she hints at pro partner

EXCLUSIVE: RuPaul's Drag Race runner-up La Voix was announced for the Strictly Come Dancing 2025 line-up this week and has her eye on one hunky pro in particular

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75 m. ago The unexpected party that could topple Labour dominance in Cardiff by

The Greens argue they have a realistic chance in the Cardiff Council Grangetown by-election this week, having gone the closest to toppling Labour in the past

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97 m. ago Woman arrested on suspicion of assaulting emergency worker and security guard in Canary Wharf

Police said they were working to investigate the ‘complex’ set of events

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2 h. ago The cultural gem sat on a backstreet at the risk of closing for good

"If we had 50 people or a coachload every week coming to the concerts the balance sheets would stay nice and stable."

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2 h. ago Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky to join Keir Starmer at Downing Street in surprise meeting this morning ahead of Trump

The Prime Minister's meeting with the wartime leader comes a day before Donald Trump is set to hold face-to-face discussions with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this week.

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2 h. ago Thunderstorms and 30C heat forecast for London as fourth heatwave of the summer continues

Heat health alerts, in place for much of the last week, have also been extended into next week

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2 h. ago Transfer news LIVE: Eze chooses Arsenal; Baleba to United; Isak latest

Transfer news LIVE: Eze chooses Arsenal; Baleba to United; Isak latest  London Evening Standard

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2 h. ago Betrayed Kelly Clarkson's reaction after discovering ex Brandon Blackstock was dating her assistant... as friends hint at REAL reason for divorce and say: 'He was not a great husband'

The singer is now having to deal with the fallout from the shock revelation that Brandon Blackstock, who died last week, was romantically involved with her former assistant.

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2 h. ago Eight things we learned from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s marathon New Heights podcast

If you don’t have a spare two hours to listen to Swift talking about The Life of a Showgirl on her boyfriend’s podcast, we did it for youTwo years ago, American footballer Travis Kelce famously used the New Heights podcast – which he hosts with his brother Jason – to announce that he wanted to date Taylor Swift. This was after he failed to get her attention at her Eras tour show at Arrowhead Stadium, home to his team, the Kansas City Chiefs. Somehow, it worked: he managed to get the girl. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Woman arrested on suspicion of assaulting emergency worker and security guard

Police said they were working to investigate the ‘complex’ set of events.

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2 h. ago Glasgow's most deprived pupils lose librarian service as schools return

Pupils in Glasgow schools will not have a librarian as they return to classes this week

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2 h. ago Scottish senior teachers report working 80 hour weeks to cope with increasing classroom pressures

Scottish senior teachers say they are at breaking point over classroom violence and heavy workloads in schools

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2 h. ago Wildly incoherent, utterly flummoxing, blissful: how And Just Like That rewrote the rules of TV

The Sex and the City spinoff – which ends this week – is so bizarre it has barely made sense as a television show. Unless you think of it as an attempt to redefine the whole genre Sex and the City’s divisive spin-off And Just Like That is set to end after three bizarre seasons and a deluge of critical contempt, with bemused fans losing it on Reddit, and articles about how the programme became a hate watch. There has been little heartache in the discourse after the announcement of the show’s demise, the general consensus being: good. But to these people, I say – you’re wrong! But also, I understand. There is always an element of fear in contemplating change, in engaging with the rapid advancement of modernity, and I would like to make the case for And Just Like That being a product of exactly that.It feels analogous to a comment a friend of mine once made during a conversation about the best oven pizzas, when someone posited Dr Oetker pizzas as a contender: “It’s delicious, it’s some...

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