36 m. ago Brit music legend cancels another gig at the last minute amid health concerns

A BRIT music legend has cancelled another gig at the last minute amid ongoing health concerns. The star had already cancelled his first two gigs of 2026 after previously axing shows due to "extreme exhaustion". But now Morrissey has pulled out of a gig in Atlanta just hours before he was due on stage. The...

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48 m. ago I’ve found a secret clearance store that’s got insane bargains – there’s cheap air fryers & even box

A WOMAN has shared her thoughts on a secret clearance store that’s got “insane” bargains on a huge selection of homeware items. So if your purse is feeling the pinch but your air fryer has broken, or you’re desperate to treat yourself to a new bed or TV, you’ve come to the right place and...

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57 m. ago Taiwan detains journalist over alleged military leaks to China

A TV reporter and current and former army officers are accused of exchanging military information for payments

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5 h. ago The pub that changed me: ‘It was a refuge from teenage pressures – and a portal to excitement’

At the Faversham there was thumping house music, projections of lava lamp bubbles, and bottles of K Cider. Rave culture had hit Leeds, and my friends and I plunged inI can mark out stages in my life by the pubs I’ve been to – and I started early. My grandparents used to take me to the Sandford Arms across the road from their house in Leeds on a Saturday afternoon to play the jukebox – and since I remember records like Boney M’s Rivers of Babylon this must mean I was about four. My other grandparents, meanwhile, actually ran a pub in the city centre. Their days usually started with my grandad, who did not have the bonhomie of a natural landlord, groaning to my grandmother: “You open up, Kath, I can’t face it!” Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Tartan Army hatching plans to post 'banned' Buckfast to US for World Cup

Fans wanting to enjoy their favourite tipple state side are hoping to dodge strict rules which prohibits any booze that contains caffeine.

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6 h. ago Strangest death ever to happen on Mount Everest as climber made 'insane' mistake

Wilson, a Bradford born British Army officer with almost no mountaineering experience, attempted to the climb the mountain all by himself, convinced that through prayer and, incredibly, through fasting, he would be able to safely reach the summit.

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6 h. ago Haunting death of Brit on 'most dangerous ever climb' up Mount Everest

Maurice Wilson, a Bradford-born British Army officer with no mountaineering experience, attempted to climb Mount Everest alone

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11 h. ago Putin warlord's heir, 18, 'hardly recognisable' as he fights for life after crash

Adam Kadyrov, 18, was airlifted to an emergency medical helicopter following a high speed car crash amid concerns he was believed to be in an "extremely critical condition"

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12 h. ago UK arms makers sound alarm over orders as spending fears mount

Tory defence spokesman James Cartlidge said it was the 'direct result of Keir Starmer's decision to prioritise higher welfare spending over properly funding defence'.

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14 h. ago Iraqi army fully takes over key base following US withdrawal

Iraqi officials say U.S. forces have fully withdrawn from an air base in western Iraq

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15 h. ago What happens to accidental heroes when the headlines fade? ‘You get your award and then there’s nothing’

After traumatic events we look for reminders of humanity’s good, and flashes of courage from ordinary people become symbols of hope. But it can be hard to wear the hero’s crownGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe smell of burning flesh and pulverised concrete is seared into the psyche of Anneke Weemaes-Sutcliffe. On 22 March 2016, the Australian expat was due to check in for a flight when Islamic State suicide bombers detonated two nailbombs inside Brussels airport. Miraculously unharmed, she sprinted to the exit after the second blast exploded metres away from her – but then, risking her life, decided to turn back.Screams, wailing alarms and a thick blanket of dust choked the air. The ceiling had caved in. “It turned from buzzing with life to a war zone. It’s horrific, absolutely horrific,” Weemaes-Sutcliffe says. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Venezuela? Iran? Greenland? We’re doing our best, says extreme tour operator

The Man Who Pays His Way: When the industry of human happiness turns sour, Lupine Travel soldiers on

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17 h. ago Shocking moment parcel explodes in man's face in Istanbul building reception

The package exploded in the faces of staff members at the reception at a building just moments after a delivery driver dropped it off at the lobby desk and quickly left

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17 h. ago Police have 'systemic problem' with standing up to Muslim extremism, Tories' shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp claimed today there is a 'more systemic problem' in the police and other organisations in standing up to Muslim extremism following the Israeli fan ban furore.

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19 h. ago How Trump’s promise to slash energy bills in half has failed across the US

Guardian analysis shows electricity bills were up 6.7% last year, and much higher in some states, and gas bills up 5.2%Trump’s failed energy bill pledge leaves US households struggling: ‘It’s obscene’Donald Trump has comprehensively failed to meet a key election promise to slash Americans’ energy bills in half within the first year of his presidency, with power prices instead surging across the US.The average household electricity bill in the US was 6.7% more expensive in 2025 compared with the previous year, according to a Guardian analysis of data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the Department of Energy’s statistical arm. The increases meant that, on average, US households paid nearly $116 more across 2025 than they did in 2024. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Alleyway in affluent Hampstead is taken over by drug addicts, prostitution and gang violence

People living alongside Billy Fury Way in London's West Hampstead say they are so terrified of the cut-through that some have begun arming themselves with hammers to protect themselves.

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19 h. ago Danes launch fighter jets over Greenland after Donald Trump hinted he may pull out of Nato if they don't let US acquire mineral

The mission, part of stepped-up Arctic operations with European allies, according to the Danish Armed Force.

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20 h. ago How Donald Trump can be removed from office if he keeps up unhinged behaviour

Things are moving fast. All the ways a US President can be removed from office - from the obvious and official methods to the most extreme suggestions

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20 h. ago Senior Iranian cleric calls for protester executions in defiance of Trump claims

Hardline Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami is not alone among regime voices calling for harsh response to unrest, say rights groupsA senior Iranian cleric has demanded the execution of protesters after a brutal crackdown raised the death toll in Iran and quelled the nationwide protest movement.In a sermon on Friday, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami railed against demonstrators, saying “armed hypocrites should be put to death”. He described protesters as “butlers” and “soldiers” of Israel and the US, vowing that neither country should “expect peace”. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago ‘She had a hidden identity’: new film uncovers a mother’s second world war secrets

In harrowing documentary My Underground Mother, a woman finds out what really happened to her mother in the warWhen journalist Marisa Fox was a young girl, her mother would regale her with stories of her own youth, all of which roiled with drama and consequence. When she was a 13-year-old girl living in Poland in the late 1930s, on the brink of the Nazi occupation, her mother told her she was pulled away from her mother and put on a boat to Palestine where she spent the rest of the second world war. As a teenager in that country, she said she became part of a radical Jewish underground group for whom she acted as a spy and a saboteur, smuggling bombs and guns which they used against the British army who ran the country at the time and who they very much wanted to force out. “I was a hero,” her mother would often boast, “never a victim.”Stories like those both dazzled and horrified the young Fox, but by the time she was nine she began to realize that certain parts of the tale didn’t ...

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