56 m. ago Bomb squad called and 160 families evacuated from their homes after mystery liquid found in house in Eastbourne

Officers rushed to the scene in Eastbourne, East Sussex, just before 5.30pm yesterday after a bottle was found by contractors clearing the house.

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84 m. ago Newborn baby decapitated as worker finds dismembered remains in rubbish bin

Police in Spain have issued an urgent appeal to trace the mother of a newborn baby found beheaded and dismembered in a recycling centre in the capital Madrid last December

Politics

87 m. ago ‘Clouded in mystery’: how Ice became a rogue agency that does Trump’s bidding

Shrouded in secrecy, the US law enforcement agency has become a kind of domestic stormtrooper for Maga’s agendaAcross the US, group chats and community threads have started spiking with warnings. Not just the typical alerts about traffic or out of service subway stations, but where and when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) raid was last seen. What places to avoid. What the plainclothes agents might look like.“Hey all,” a Brooklyn, New York, resident wrote in a closed chat with neighbors last week. “A little birdie just told me ICE is out.” Continue reading...

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98 m. ago Bomb squad called after ‘mystery liquid’ found in English coastal town prompts evacuation of 160 homes

Police were called to the property on Hyde Road on Monday evening

Events

2 h. ago More than 500 bird species face EXTINCTION in the next 100 years thanks to climate change, scientists warn

A new study predicts that climate change and habitat loss could cause more than 500 bird species to disappear in the next century.

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2 h. ago ‘Extinction crisis’ could see 500 bird species vanish within a century – report

Researchers say urgent conservation efforts will be needed to mitigate the ‘shocking statistic’ that threatens to unravel ecosystemsMore than 500 bird species could vanish within the next century, researchers have found, calling for urgent “special recovery programmes” such as captive breeding and habitat restoration to rescue unique species.Birds such as the puffin, European turtle dove and great bustard will be among those to disappear from our skies if trends continue, according to the paper. Their loss threatens to unravel ecosystems across the globe. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Leeds United 'hijack' Man Utd and Liverpool transfer as club record fee is set

Leeds United have already completed the signing of defender Jaka Bijol from Udinese so far this summer, but there are plenty more names being linked with a move to Elland Road

Society

3 h. ago Missing woman's heartbreaking first words at petrol station after disappearing for a full year

Last summer, Tori Milsak vanished, leaving her family deeply concerned for her whereabouts. But then, when it appeared all hope was lost, the 35-year-old re-emerged

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3 h. ago AJ Odudu confirms surprise engagement as she unveils mystery fiancé

The Big Brother presenter confirmed the exciting news on social media

Politics

3 h. ago ‘Mystery liquid’ found in English coastal town prompts evacuation of 160 homes

Police were called to the property on Hyde Road on Monday evening

Politics

5 h. ago Dame Deborah James' husband's mystery woman unmasked as glam Swiss investment banker

Dame Deborah James' widower has found love with a hugely successful Swiss investment banker, with the pair making their relationship official last week

Economics

5 h. ago Mystery liquid find sparks police evacuation of 160 families from their homes in Eastbourne

Bomb squad officers were called to the area just before 5.30pm yesterday, and police visited the homes in Eastbourne, East Sussex.

Society

5 h. ago TV star shows huge engagement ring as she beams alongside secret partner

AJ Odudu flashed her new sparkling diamond ring as she revealed she's engaged to her mystery fiancé

Culture

7 h. ago Gloria Estefan: ‘My abuser told me he’d kill my mother if I told anyone’

The Cuban-American superstar talks to Fiona Sturges about her childhood abuser and her father’s disappearance, the ‘inhumanity’ of Trump’s America, and why her new album is her masterpiece... plus why she’s catching up on ‘Stranger Things’

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8 h. ago Can a revolutionary new telescope solve the mystery of planet nine? – podcast

Ever since Pluto was demoted from planet to dwarf planet in 2006, astronomers have been wondering whether Neptune really is the most distant planet from the sun. Now, a new telescope could uncover what lies in the farthest reaches of the solar system. The Vera C Rubin Observatory released its first images this week, and soon the world’s most powerful digital camera will be pointing across the whole of the night sky. Scientists are hopeful that if planet nine exists, the telescope will find it within its first year of operation. Ian Sample is joined by Dr Scott Sheppard, an astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science, to find out how Pluto lost its planetary status, why scientists think there could be another super-Earth, and why planet nine has been so hard to findClips: BBC, NBC, CBCFirst images of distant galaxies captured by ‘ultimate’ telescope Continue reading...

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8 h. ago I spent five years in Iran’s notorious Evin prison but when Israel bombed it I felt horror and fear | Nazanin Zaghari

Many held there are opponents of the repressive regime. Who is alive now? Who was killed? Were they just collateral damage?Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe denounces Israeli attack on Iran’s Evin prisonOn Monday morning Israeli airstrikes struck the Evin prison’s gate, damaging the court adjacent to the prison and some of the wards, including the women’s political ward where I spent five years. The prison holds a large number of political prisoners and opponents of the Islamic Republic in Iran. Nobody seems to know what has happened to them.Since the bombing of Iran started 12 days ago, I have avoided the news and all requests for interviews. It has felt too sad. But as I was sitting at my desk, I saw the news about Evin popping up on my screen. My hands froze and I felt a shiver down my neck, just as when bad news landed back when I was held. After a couple of minutes I contacted my former Evin cellmates who are now outside to check if they knew anything. They were as horrified and scared...

Events

8 h. ago Is he still alive? The mystery of DB Cooper – the hijacker who disappeared

In 1971, a man held a plane to ransom for $200,000, then parachuted out in his suit and dress shoes, never to be seen again. What happened to him?On the evening of 24 November 1971, Florence Schaffner, a flight attendant on a Northwest Orient flight heading to Seattle, Washington, from Portland, Oregon, was handed a note by a male passenger seated at the back of the plane. Schaffner assumed the note was a phone number – this wasn’t the first time a passenger had hit on her – so she stowed it in her purse without reading it. The man leaned towards her and whispered: “Miss, you’d better look at that note. I have a bomb.”Schaffner read it: “Miss – I have a bomb in my briefcase and want you to sit by me.” Continue reading...

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10 h. ago British dad breaks spine and hip after horror fall from Ayia Napa hotel balcony

Sam Hudson, who is a father to a two-year-old boy, is said to be "lucky to be alive" following the horror fall at the Anmaria Beach Hotel, where he was staying in Ayia Napa

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11 h. ago British expat, 54, lucky to be alive after Iranian missile exploded next to him and his son as they fled bombing raid

The Rochdale-born father, who has lived in the country for 35 years, was with son Itay, 16, when the alarms warned of enemy fire.

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12 h. ago ROLAND WHITE reviews Death In The Desert: The Nurse Helen Mystery

One night in May 1979, a young nurse called Helen Smith was enjoying herself at an illegal alcohol party in a block of flats in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia .

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