65 m. ago Emmerdale legend 'to return' 31 years after debut to save Vinny Dingle from Mike

Emmerdale’s Vinny Dingle is being terrorised at the moment but fans have predicted a shock comeback to save him

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76 m. ago The forgotten Wales and Lions star ready to spark back into life with new challenge

The Wales prop will be a key figure for the Dragons this season

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1 hour ago Grieving mum finds body of daughter, 7, missing tongue and throat after autopsy

The girl's mother, Han, walked in to the morgue in Taiwan to find her daughter incomplete - before the medical examiner told her they simply chucked them in her chest cavity to save time

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1 hour ago £3m rescue deal saves historic George Hotel in Inveraray following administration

Administrators overseeing the sale of the historic 24-room Scottish boutique hotel have sold the hotel business, its contents and a residential dwelling to a duo of experienced hotel operators, Charlie Maclachlan and Sam Wignell of Fyne Hospitality, for £3.05m in a deal that will save up to 43 jobs in Inveraray.

Economics

2 h. ago Of course Mark Zuckerberg is still doing good works – he’s just switched up the definition of ‘good’ | Emma Brockes

Who has the time to help underprivileged children when you have a pickleball court and a president to attend to?If you put it in a novel – a ham-fisted satire of tech overlord hypocrisy, say – it would look too contrived to fly. But here we are, absorbing a story from the New York Times this week in which Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are discovered to have been running a private school out of their compound in Palo Alto, California, in violation of city zoning laws. More pertinently, the school of 14 kids, which includes two of the couple’s three daughters, is less than a mile from the school for low-income families that the couple founded in 2016. Guess which school the world’s second-richest man and his wife are shutting down?Say the word “zoning infraction” to a certain stripe of American and the effect is equal to using “queue jumper” on a Briton, but of course the broader point here isn’t one about permits. (A spokesperson for Zuckerberg and Chan told the newsp...

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2 h. ago Video shows mangled train cars on top of each other after huge derailment

Aerial footage shows the aftermath of a derailed freight train in Texas on Tuesday (12 August), which saw 35 carriages come off the track.

Culture

2 h. ago Shoppers save £30 on ‘gorgeous’ Jimmy Choo perfume that gets 'many compliments'

One beauty fan described the fragrance as 'one of the best scents I have purchased'

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2 h. ago Worrying truth behind 'video of whale trainer being attacked by orca and dragged underwater'

A grisly clip has been circulating online that appears to show a marine animal trainer named Jessica Radcliffe getting savaged by an orca – but what actually happened?

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3 h. ago Man who stepped into path of train carrying young boy jailed for 10 years

Frederick Danquah, 28, was earlier found guilty of attempted murder, and culpable and reckless conduct.

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3 h. ago Girl, 12, raped by 200 men after failing exam and running away from home

The young girl was saved from an Indian prostitution ring after suffering a three-month-long period of horrific abuse.

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3 h. ago Something Russell Martin said showed Rangers have come far from the days of Clement gaslighting the support

Forget knee-jerk reactions, some punters have been so quick to jump to conclusions on the new boss they’ve come close to booting their own noses

Politics

3 h. ago Drake lawyers allege Universal head Lucian Grainge ‘personally involved’ in Kendrick Lamar diss track

Lawyers for Universal Music Group deny that British chief exec had any ‘meaningful involvement’ in the promotion of allegedly defamatory track Not Like UsAs Drake’s lawsuit continues against his record label’s parent company, Universal Music Group (UMG), his lawyers have claimed that UMG’s British chair and chief executive Lucian Grainge had a “role in and knowledge of the scheme to defame and harass” Drake, and have requested that UMG produce texts and emails by Grainge.UMG has previously denied access to those communications, stating that Grainge has “no meaningful involvement in the matters and decisions at issue in this litigation”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Millions of litres of oil seeping into UK soil from ageing electricity cables

FOI requests reveal leaks beneath cities, residential areas, riverbeds and fields in ‘huge problem for environment’ Electricity companies are leaking millions of litres of oil underground throughout the UK, the Guardian can reveal.In the past 15 years, 3m litres (660,000 gallons) of oil has been spilt under southern England from cables owned by the electricity distribution company UK Power Networks. But leaks are occurring UK-wide; the largest single leak reported in recent years was in Edinburgh, when 24,000 litres was spilt from a ScottishPower Energy Networks (SPEN) cable. Continue reading...

Science

4 h. ago Texas Target shooter 'executed girl, 4, in car seat after murdering grandpa'

Ethan Nieneker, 32, has been charged with murdering four-year-old Astrid Chow along with her grandad Adam Chow and a Target store worker during a shooting spree in Austin, Texas

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4 h. ago Man who stepped in front of Glasgow train with toddler on shoulders is jailed

Frederick Danquah took the toddler to the railway station after he had split up with his partner.

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4 h. ago Experts issue surprising advice to save water as drought hits UK

The government has met with the National Group as drought representing "nationally significant incident"

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4 h. ago The exact time UCAS Track will update on A Level results day 2025

Thousands will discover if they have earned their place at their chosen university

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4 h. ago Shocking moment British tourist 'attacks home belonging to Thailand holiday fling after she tells him to move out'

Footage reportedly shows the unnamed 42-year-old Brit smashing up the property belonging to bar girl Soraya Janbuppa, 31, after their whirlwind holiday romance ended in a bitter break-up.

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5 h. ago Father who stepped into path of train carrying young son jailed for 10 years

Frederick Danquah, 28, was earlier found guilty of attempted murder, and culpable and reckless conduct.

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5 h. ago AD FEATURE: Your job title could hike your car insurance costs by £400 but you can cut prices

Car insurance prices can be hiked up depending on your job title but Mirror Switch and Save (in partnership with Quotezone.co.uk) offers a simple way to compare policies and see if you can get the best deal for you

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