68 m. ago Overflowing bins in Welsh town 'unable to cope' after council changes, say residents

Vale of Glamorgan Council started removing some litter bins across the county to stop them from being abused and to tackle the issue of fly-tipping

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73 m. ago Calls for phone masts to have 'robust emergency systems' after storm left Scots unable to dial 999

Residents in parts of rural Stirling lost the ability to dial 999 when the power went off last week and one councillor says the situation highlights an urgent need for better backup power supplies for phone masts.

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78 m. ago Brit marathon swimmer survives double shark attack by fighting off 'pure muscle' Great White which started biting him off California coast

Chris Murray, 50, was attempting to swim the 20 miles between Catalina Island and the Los Angeles County coast before the terrifying encounter took place..

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2 h. ago 'Entitled neighbour made wild move after claiming my trees were blocking light'

A man has been urged to seek legal advice after his entitled neighbour sent a gardener round to his house to cut down an 'annoying' tree without his permission

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2 h. ago Conor McGregor’s UFC ban is convenient – a return at the White House provokes new questions

Comment: McGregor has been handed a backdated ban after missing three drug tests in 2024, but will be free to fight in time for a planned White House event in June

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2 h. ago Steven Gerrard branded 'lazy' Rangers appointment as Simon Jordan stuns Jim White with alternative option

How Gerrard will fix current Rangers mess and why it didn't work out at Aston Villa are just some of the answers Jordan wants

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2 h. ago John Lithgow is seen as Dumbledore for the first time as he sports the sorcerer's white beard and wizard robes to film the Harry Potter TV series in Cornwall

John Lithgow is seen as Dumbledore for the first time as he arrived on the Harry Potter TV series set in Cornwall on Wednesday morning.

Culture

2 h. ago Girl, 12, escapes house of horrors after sisters 'tied her up and held her captive for six months'

Brenda Garcia, 38, and her sister Tania Garcia, 37, are accused of hitting the child with belts, cords and sticks, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

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2 h. ago Fox News host claims ‘AOC wants to sleep with’ Stephen Miller after she mocked his supposedly short stature

Jesse Watters again goes to bat for White House official he has hailed as a ‘sexual matador’

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2 h. ago Amazon is giving away free Fire TV Stick upgrade but you'll need to be quick

Amazon is currently running its Big Deal Days event which includes money off all of the firm's popular devices

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3 h. ago More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policyDonald Trump has placed dozens of people with ties to the fossil fuel sector in his administration, including more than 40 who have directly worked for oil, gas or coal companies, according to a new analysis.The report from Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy and ethics non-profit that has been critical of the Trump administration, alongside the Revolving Door Project, a corporate watchdog, analyzed the backgrounds of nominees and appointees within the White House and eight agencies dictating energy, environmental and climate policy. That includes the Environmental Protection Agency, the interior and energy departments and others. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Dolly Parton sets record straight on health after sister Freida’s ‘prayers’ post sparks fan concern

The 79-year-old had postponed six shows from her upcoming Dolly: Live in Las Vegas residency due to some ill-health

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4 h. ago Remote Welsh island with no electricity or shops is looking for new residents

Ynys Enlli has no shops, no schools and precious few people

Politics

4 h. ago Outgoing French PM hopeful for concessions to avoid snap elections

Sébastien Lecornu continues meetings with party leaders in effort to pass budget and avoid further political instability• Europe live – latest updatesFrance’s caretaker prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has said his talks with various party leaders had revealed a “willingness” to pass a budget by the end of the year and that snap parliamentary elections were now looking less likely.“This willingness creates a momentum and a convergence, obviously, which make the possibilities of a dissolution more remote,” he said in a brief address on Wednesday from the courtyard of Matignon Palace, the prime minister’s residence, in Paris. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago LIVE as police and ambulances swarm busy financial area in central London

LIVE as police and ambulances swarm busy financial area in central London  Richmond & Twickenham Times

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4 h. ago ‘Sensationally damning’: Malaysian football rocked by naturalisation scandal

Seven national-team players, including one from La Liga, have been suspended by Fifa over claims of cheatingThere hasn’t been that much to smile about for Malaysian football fans in recent years, so there was real jubilation among the 60,000 home spectators upon the final whistle in Kuala Lumpur on on 10 June. A 4-0 win over regional rivals Vietnam not just kept the Harimau Malaya (Malayan Tigers) on course for the 2027 Asian Cup but well and truly confirmed they were dining back at the top table in southeast Asia. Four months later, they are still the talk of the region of 650 million people, but not in a good way.The story starts, as it does increasingly in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) football these days, with naturalisation. In January, the crown prince of Johor, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, the owner of Johor Darul Ta’zim football club, and former president of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), wrote on social media: “We have identified 6-7 heritage p...

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5 h. ago Nigel Farage is 'amazed' Sky Sports have not sacked Gary Neville after the 'detached from reality' football pundit tore down Union Flag

Gary Neville, 50, has drawn criticism after accusing 'angry, middle-aged white men' of fostering division in Britain by 'using the Union Jack in a negative fashion'.

Sport

5 h. ago Warning to Brits over an infestation of FRUIT FLIES: Disgusted homeowners say insects are swarming their kitchens

It's a pest usually associated with summer - but many Brits have been shocked to discover swarms of fruit flies taking over their kitchens, well into autumn.

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5 h. ago Horror moment Putin missile blows up apartments INSIDE Russia in devastating friendly fire blunder during drone blitz

THIS is the horror moment a Russian missile blew up an apartment block inside Vladimir Putin's territory in a friendly fire blunder. Footage shows the missile tearing through the sky before hitting the residential building in Belgorod. It is understood that the rocket was launched from an air defence battery to intercept Ukrainian drones, but...

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5 h. ago Man who became popular in Blinking White Guy gif raises over $300,000 for multiple sclerosis research

Drew Scanlon, a resident of San Francisco, said the case was close to him as a friend and his mother are affectedThe man whose befuddled facial expression on a recorded video live stream in 2013 birthed what the internet collectively dubbed the Blinking White Guy meme has managed to convert his online notoriety into more than $300,000 for multiple sclerosis research, he said in a new interview.Drew Scanlon explained to ABC News that donating to the US’s National Multiple Sclerosis Society is important to him because a friend of his and her mother both have the chronic, autoimmune disease that attacks people’s central nervous systems. Continue reading...

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