53 m. ago How two Albanian 'asylum seeker' brothers launched their £335m cocaine empire from a car wash in Bournemouth. Neighbours reveal hell they put them through

As he stepped out of a Rolls-Royce in Monaco this summer, the smartly dressed man appeared only too happy to be filmed strolling through the playground of the super-rich.

Economics

66 m. ago Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dead aged 29 as tributes flood in

The American became a world champion and grandmaster before his sad passing

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66 m. ago Defiant Sarkozy begins jail sentence as lawyer says he will be held in solitary confinement – Europe live

France’s former president was found guilty of acquiring Libyan funding for his 2007 campaign and has arrived at La Sante prison in ParisShortly after he stepped into a car to head to La Santé, Nicolas Sarkozy published a long message on X in which he claimed to be a victim of revenge and hatred.He said:As I prepare to step outside the walls of La Santé prison, my thoughts go out to the French people of all walks of life and opinions.I want to tell them with my unwavering strength that it’s not a former President of the Republic being locked up this morning, it’s an innocent man. Continue reading...

Society

68 m. ago Aldi launches £10,000 Winter Fund and applications are open now

Shoppers have until November 10 to contact Aldi

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70 m. ago Nottingham Forest confirm new head coach three days after Ange Postecoglou sacking

Forest appoint third manager of the season after disastrous 39-day reign for former Spurs boss

Politics

81 m. ago I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan review – startling stories of China’s new precarity

The viral blog turned book details the exhausting life of a courier, but something may have been lost in translationFrom the early 2000s until the Covid lockdowns, Hu Anyan was one of China’s vast army of internal migrants, moving between cities in pursuit of work. He did 19 jobs – shop assistant, hotel waiter, petrol attendant and security guard, among other things – in six cities. Although all these jobs were atrociously paid, they still earned him more than the one he tried for two years in the middle of this period: writer. (An 8,000-word story earned him less than 300 yuan – about £30.) Then, during Covid, he wrote a blog about his night shifts in a logistics warehouse, and it went viral. The blog expanded and became I Deliver Parcels in Beijing, which has sold nearly 2m copies in China since being published in 2023, and now appears in Jack Hargreaves’s English translation.The low-paid Chinese worker is at the mercy of an entirely unrestrained market. The jobs Hu does dema...

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86 m. ago Chef swears by 1 unexpected ingredient to make fried eggs tastier

According to one chef, it's not the butter and oil that make a fried egg flavourful

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93 m. ago Nottingham Forest confirm Sean Dyche as third head coach of chaotic season

Former Everton manager brought in on contract to 2027Dyche will be in dugout against Porto on ThursdayNottingham Forest have appointed Sean Dyche as their third head coach of a tumultuous season. The former Everton and Burnley manager will hope to stabilise the club after the winless 40-day reign of Ange Postecoglou and, before that, the dismissal of Nuno Espírito Santo.The Fulham manager, Marco Silva, and the former Manchester City head coach Roberto Mancini were also considered but Forest opted for the experience of Dyche. He has signed a contract to 2027. Continue reading...

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96 m. ago Nottingham Forest name Sean Dyche as new boss after brutal Ange Postecoglou sacking

Nottingham Forest have wasted no time in appointing Ange Postecoglou's successor after sacking him at the weekend, with Sean Dyche now the club's new head coach

Politics

1 hour ago McDonald's is launching 8 new items that have never been seen before in UK

There are burgers from Canada and Australia, McNuggets and drinks from Japan, sides from Poland and the United Arab Emirates, plus desserts from Malaysia and Indonesia

Politics

2 h. ago Dermot O'Leary 'over the moon' as he's given unexpected boost away from This Morning

The presenter had an exciting announcement to share

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2 h. ago Chess grandmaster who became world champion at 18 tragically dies aged 29

The American became World Chesss champion at just the age of 18, and was crowned grandmaster in 2013

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2 h. ago Elon Musk now controls two thirds of satellites as 10,000th Starlink launches

The richest man on Earth is also the most powerful person in space

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2 h. ago 'I've had to quit spaghetti bolognese after starting popular drug'

Kennidee says the now common medication has had some unexpected side effects

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3 h. ago Major recruitment drive launched for next generation of probation and prison officers across Greater Manchester

“This work is fulfilling, it’s impactful, and it’s a powerful way to help reduce crime and protect our communities."

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3 h. ago Wales squad announcement LIVE as Steve Tandy makes first selection calls

New Wales head coach Steve Tandy is naming his first squad ahead of the Autumn Nations Series with some big calls set to be made

Politics

4 h. ago Britain set for robot takeover as 'first ever' driverless taxis to launch in months

Waymo's driverless taxis are set to be rolled out in the UK soon, but lawyers warn that current laws are fundamentally incompatible with the technology

Politics

4 h. ago Dare you enter the splash zone? Wet and wild selkie steals the show at Glasgow’s startling arts festival

Take Me Somewhere tucks audiences up in bed, takes them to a last supper and delights with a paddling-pool comedy-tragedy A nurse puts a steadying hand on my back and guides me to bed. She takes off my shoes, dresses me in soft pyjamas and hands me a VR headset. Mum will be along soon to read a bedtime story, she says. ZU-UK’s tender encounter Within Touching Distance is part of Take Me Somewhere, Glasgow’s biennial festival of wild-hearted international performance. With a teddy bear pressed into my hands, this is a deceptively gentle start to my day, which ends with a queering of the Apostles and a greased-up naked man being hand-fed fish.Within Touching Distance is a slow act of care-taking, walking one audience member at a time through the course of a life, from being read a story as a child to clutching a walking frame in old age. Blending the physical with the digital, this smartly choreographed piece fights against technology’s lack of intimacy; when I’m watching “Mum” squeez...

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4 h. ago Danny Rohl Q&A as Rangers boss meets seven burning issues head on and tells fans I know what your traditions mean

The 36-year-old German has penned a two-and-a-half year deal at Ibrox but is keenly aware it's about action and not words

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5 h. ago ‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose

When a fishing boat left port in Alaska in December 2019 with an experienced crew, an icy storm was brewing. What happened to them shows why deep sea fishing is one of the most dangerous professions in the worldThe Scandies Rose fishing boat set out to sea from Kodiak, Alaska on 30 December 2019 with a crew of seven, into weather as bad as anything December could throw. “It was enough of a shitty forecast,” said one of the crew in later testimony, “I didn’t think we were going to leave that night.” At 8.35pm, fierce, frigid winds were blowing. Some boats stayed in harbour but the Scandies Rose still set out. “We knew the weather was going to be bad,” said deckhand Dean Gribble, “but the boat’s a battleship, we go through the weather.”The boat was carrying 7,000kg of bait and was headed north towards the Bering Sea. “She was trim, said Dean, and a good boat. Gary Cobban was a good captain. One of the last jobs before departure was to stack the crab pots properly. There were 198 on bo...

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