67 m. ago Rory McIlroy and Chloe Kelly arrive on the red carpet for BBC SPOTY ceremony as golf star aims to break 36

SOME of the biggest names in sport arrived on the red carpet ahead of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards on Thursday night. The star-studded event saw an array of talent on show for the ceremony at MediaCity in Salford. Master champion golf star Rory McIlroy - who is the favourite to win...

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72 m. ago Facebook tests charging users to share links in potential blow for news outlets

News organisations fear move could hit newsrooms and other media publishers by stopping users sharing their contentFacebook is testing a system that charges users for sharing web links, in a move that could prove to be a further blow to news outlets and other publishers.Meta, the social media platform’s owner, said it was carrying out a “limited test” in which those without a paid “Meta Verified” subscription, costing at least £9.99 a month, could only post two external links a month. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Two more men arrested after missing Greenock dad found dead in field last month

A 25-year-old man and a 36-year-old man have been charged over the death of Robert Best on Tuesday November 11, after four others previously appeared in court.

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1 hour ago Ellie Kildunne could quit England and blow rugby world apart after SPOTY nomination

Ellie Kildunne could spark controversy after SPOTY is concluded

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2 h. ago Sports Personality of the Year 2025 LIVE: How to watch as Rory McIlroy and Lando Norris eye crown

The 2025 Sports Personality of the Year awards take place on Thursday evening in Salford with a number of sport's biggest names including Chloe Kelly, Rory McIlroy and Lando Norris all going head-to-head

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2 h. ago Man murdered sister and set her on fire claiming she didn't appreciate him

Kornelijus Bracas, 27, stabbed Alesia Nazarova, 37, in the neck then set her on fire while she was still alive in her Portadown home before sentencing next month

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3 h. ago Police searching for missing student, 20, find body weeks after eerie CCTV

Aryan Sharma, 20, was captured in eerie CCTV footage running along a busy road on the outskirts of Loughborough before he mysteriously vanished last month

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3 h. ago Property destroyed as little Welsh town suffers third landslide in three days

The local authority is asking people to stay away after multiple landslides this month alone

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4 h. ago Davina McCall's stunning wedding photos in quirky white mini

Davina McCall and her husband Michael Douglas looked like love's young dream as they happily posed together just after they were officially married earlier this month

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4 h. ago Man sues Tennessee county after he was jailed over meme related to Charlie Kirk killing

Lawsuit alleges that Larry Bushart’s first amendment rights were violated when he was arrested and jailed for 37 daysA former law enforcement officer in Tennessee is suing his county and sheriff after he was jailed for more than a month for posting a meme on Facebook related to the 10 September assassination of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk.According to the new 30-page lawsuit filed this week, 10 days after Kirk’s killing, Larry Bushart, 61, shared a post in the comments of a Facebook post about a vigil for Kirk in Perry county, Tennessee. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Cruz Beckham shares another throwback pic with Brooklyn as families prepare to spend Christmas apart

Cruz and Brooklyn still don’t follow each other on Instagram

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5 h. ago US consumer prices decelerated unexpectedly in November, rising 2.7% from a year earlier

U.S. inflation decelerated unexpectedly last month according to new data that had been delayed by the government shutdown

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5 h. ago Trump team is pushing to yank American citizenship from more foreign

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices have been instructed to supply up to 200 denaturalization cases per month.

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6 h. ago Cruz Beckham makes last ditch attempt for Brooklyn reconciliation before Christmas

Brooklyn's little brother Cruz has reached out to his estranged sibling yet again in what looks like a message to come home for Christmas and mend the painful feud that's torn the Beckhams family apart

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6 h. ago Analysis: how prices for the cheapest World Cup tickets have rocketed

A Guardian study of past ticket prices for the men’s World Cup, compared with current 2026 figures, shows how the barrier for entry has been raised for most fansIn the past, a fan’s ability to attend a World Cup hosted in their nation hinged more on bid books than their checkbooks. For 2026 in the US, Mexico and Canada, even the least expensive tickets are a luxury commodity by comparison.An analysis by the Guardian of men’s World Cup ticket pricing shows that amid the general rise in ticket prices for the 2026 World Cup, the most extreme of those hikes have often applied to the cheapest tickets. The analysis is based on official Fifa pricing dating back to 1994, with more robust data available starting in 2006. Prices for 2026 games are accurate as of 16 December 2025, and do not include the 1.6% of sellable tickets for each game that Fifa recently made available for a fixed $60 price. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Deadline nears for release of Epstein files – what we know so far

Justice department must release most documents by Friday, and failure to do so would provoke a firestormIn less than 48 hours, Donald Trump’s justice department must release most of the files related to Jeffrey Epstein in its possession. Last month, Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which required the release of those materials by 19 December, except in narrow cases where they would jeopardize current investigations, harm national security or foreign policy goals, or reveal information about Epstein’s victims.Since Trump signed the legislation, his administration has been silent on its progress. Earlier this month, a bipartisan group of lawmakers asked Pam Bondi, the attorney general, for a briefing on the department of justice’s progress, but she did not provide one. Two Democratic senators among that group subsequently pledged to block some civilian nominees, because they were concerned the administration “is gearing up to disregard the law we led the fight in th...

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7 h. ago New HMRC warning to people due to file Self Assessment tax return next month

The deadline to file your Self-Assessment tax return is January 31, 2026.

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7 h. ago West Ham in talks over striker deal ahead of January transfer window

It could be a case of one in, one out up front for Nuno’s Hammers next month

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8 h. ago MSPs claim record amount in expenses for items including toilet seat, sponge scourer and bleach

Elected members at Holyrood racked up a total expenses bill of more than £27m in the last year.

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8 h. ago NOW TV knocks 55% off TV and movie bundle ahead of Christmas

NOW TV is allowing users access to its TV shows and movies for £9 a month, get access to hit series such as White Lotis, House of Dragon and more

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