2 h. ago John Swinney accused of breaking own rules with £7.6k business

The First Minister took flights and subsistence worth nearly £7,600 for his trip to lobby Donald Trump over Scotch whisky tariffs in September

Economics

2 h. ago Creepy footage shows masked pair on man's driveway in early hours

The clip shows the two figures, dressed in black, run up the driveway before allegedly stealing a garden hose from the East Lothian property.

Culture

4 h. ago Ruben Amorim sacking impacts Man United transfer plan after 'phone call with free agent'

Manchester United are interested in signing Marcos Senesi, having made contact with the Bournemouth defender about a potential move in the summer

Politics

5 h. ago Petrol and diesel lorry ban considered by Labour in latest part of their controversial net

Ministers have announced that fossil fuel-powered trucks will no longer be sold and have ruled out allowing the continued use of low-carbon or synthetic fuels.

Events

6 h. ago Syrian forces expel Kurdish fighters as US strikes Islamic State targets

Three hundred Kurds detained and further 400 evacuated following clashes in AleppoSyrian government forces have detained 300 Kurds and evacuated more than 400 Kurdish fighters after clashes in Aleppo, the interior ministry has said, as US and allied forces carried out separate “large-scale” strikes against Islamic State targets.An interior ministry official told Agence France-Presse that about 360 Kurdish fighters and 60 wounded had been bussed to the Kurds’ de facto autonomous zone in the north-east from the Sheikh Maqsoud district, the last area of Aleppo to fall to the army. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago BBC snaps up 'magnificent' war series viewers rave is 'the best they've seen in years'

The BBC has snapped up a 'magnificent' war series that viewers have raved is the 'best they've seen in years', dubbing it a 'work of art' after binge-watching the show.

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7 h. ago UK will shed no tears if Iranian regime toppled, minister indicates as Trump considers strike

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander branded Iran a hostile state and said the UK favours a peaceful transfer of power as US sources say Donald Trump is weighing up a military strike

Politics

7 h. ago Nigel Farage's Reform UK on alert as rebel Labour MP threatens to trigger a by

Karl Turner, the MP for Kingston upon Hull East and a former barrister, said he was 'ashamed' of the Prime Minister over the 'ludicrous proposals'.

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7 h. ago Keir Starmer 'could send British troops to Greenland to help guard the Arctic for Donald Trump'

The Prime Minister is said to share the US President's view that action must be taken to deter Russia's threat in the polar region.

Politics

8 h. ago Wheelchair passenger's 'deep sense of injustice' at being stranded at Edinburgh Airport

The Italian, who visited the capital over Christmas, watched in disbelief as his flight left without him

Society

8 h. ago Ben Fogle bombshell surprises fans as the TV presenter considers a future in politics

New Lives in the Wild presenter Ben Fogle talks exclusively to the Mirror about a future in politics... and tells why we may see him in the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom yet

Politics

10 h. ago My screen time is 37 minutes per day. Here’s how yours can be too

Forget a dumbphone or ‘friction-maxxing’. The secret to breaking up with your phone is simple

Politics

11 h. ago Lamar wants to have children with his girlfriend. The problem? She’s entirely AI

As synthetic personas become an increasingly normal part of life, meet the people falling for their chatbot loversLamar remembered the moment of betrayal like it was yesterday. He’d gone to the party with his girlfriend but hadn’t seen her for over an hour, and it wasn’t like her to disappear. He slipped down the hallway to check his phone. At that point, he heard murmurs coming from one of the bedrooms and thought he recognised his best friend Jason’s low voice. As he pushed the door ajar, they were both still scrambling to throw their clothes on; her shirt was unbuttoned, while Jason struggled to cover himself. The image of his girlfriend and best friend together hit Lamar like a blow to the chest. He left without saying a word.Two years on, when he spoke to me, the memory remained raw. He was still seething with anger, as if telling the story for the first time. “I got betrayed by humans,” Lamar insisted. “I introduced my best friend to her, and this is what they d...

Politics

11 h. ago ‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral

The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targetedLike thousands of women across the world, Evie, a 22-year-old photographer from Lincolnshire, woke up on New Year’s Day, looked at her phone and was alarmed to see that fully clothed photographs of her had been digitally manipulated by Elon Musk’s AI tool, Grok, to show her in just a bikini.The “put her in a bikini” trend began quietly at the end of last year before exploding at the start of 2026. Within days, hundreds of thousands of requests were being made to the Grok chatbot, asking it to strip the clothes from photographs of women. The fake, sexualised images were posted publicly on X, freely available for millions of people to inspect. Continue reading...

Events

12 h. ago Anyone with Amazon account told 'beware' when answering phone

People have been urged to think twice and always double check

Events

14 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv struggles to stabilise ruined power grid after major Russian attack

Residents battle bitter winter cold inside unheated apartments; Ukraine confirms UN to hold emergency meeting Monday on Russian ballistic missile attack. What we know on day 1,418Engineers in Kyiv scrambled on Saturday to stabilise a power grid brought to the brink by a campaign of Russian strikes, including one two nights ago. The city’s residents huddled against bitter winter cold inside their unheated apartments on Saturday as engineers worked to restore power, water and heat. Prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko said that the power situation in the capital was still difficult, as the grid was badly damaged and people were using more electric heaters because of the cold.Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha confirmed Saturday the UN security council would hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss Russia’s latest large-scale attack on Ukraine, which used an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile. “The meeting will address Russia’s flagrant breaches of the UN Charter,” Sy...

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15 h. ago MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: The PM is big on bravado but his troops plan won't deter Putin's aggression

Prime Minister Keir Starmer can't be trusted to pursue such a policy. He flails cluelessly when confronted with military issues, mixing bravado with unrealistic expectations.

Politics

18 h. ago JD Vance believes Grok's sexualised pictures on X are 'unacceptable', says foreign secretary

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has revealed JD Vance has been sympathetic to the UK's position on manipulated images being produced by AI chatbot Grok.

Politics

18 h. ago JD Vance backs UK over ‘unacceptable’ sexualised AI images on X

The Deputy Prime Minister raised the concerns with Vance about Grok in a meeting this week

Politics

19 h. ago Real reason every woman I know is having the same reaction to the gay sex scenes in new hit show Heated Rivalry... and it exposes an uncomfortable truth: JANA HOCKING

My WhatsApp group chats have always been a source of fabulous filth. But suddenly my phone was pinging like a faulty fire alarm. Messages along the lines of 'ARE YOU WATCHING THIS?'

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