52 m. ago Beloved vintage shop closes for good after 43 years in ‘end of an era’ as owners say ‘we are endlessly grateful’

SHOPPERS are devastated after a beloved vintage store announced it will be pulling the shutters down after 43 years. The popular shop, located in Nottingham city centre, revealed the news "with a very heavy heart". Wild Clothing, in Hockley's Broad Street, will be permanently shut down by the end of the year. Loyal customers have...

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75 m. ago World Cup countries Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire among additions to Trump travel ban

The two African nations join Haiti and Iran on ban listFans may face restrictions when entering USA proclamation signed by President Trump widened his administration’s ongoing travel restrictions on Tuesday to include 2026 World Cup participants Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal.The two African nations were added to the travel ban list with what the White House statement said were “partial restrictions and entry limitations,” currently the least restrictive category among the full group of nations covered, which now numbers 18 after Tuesday’s announcement. The sweeping travel ban already includes two countries who will participate in the World Cup: Haiti and Iran, both of whom are subject to the most stringent restrictions. Continue reading...

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92 m. ago Donald Trump extends travel ban & restrictions to 20 MORE countries after shooting of National Guard troops

THE White House has announced an expansion of its travel ban, adding 20 more countries and imposing new restrictions on others. The move is part of broader efforts to tighten U.S. travel and immigration standards. On Tuesday, the Trump administration confirmed that the updated restrictions would include 20 additional countries, as well as the Palestinian...

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99 m. ago UK snow: Met Office delivers blunt verdict on white Christmas as mercury drops

With a strong easterly wind expected in the coming days, temperatures are set to tumble — from the balmy 12.8C recorded in Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, on Monday — to close to freezing

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2 h. ago Country rock icon Joe Ely dead at age 78 as his collaborator Bruce Springsteen pays tribute

Ely passed on Monday at his New Mexico home with his wife Sharon and daughter Marie by his side, his Facebook page announced.

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2 h. ago Longtime Confederate memorabilia store in Georgia closes abruptly in estate fight after owner dies

Wildman’s Civil War Surplus Store in Kennesaw has displayed racist memorabilia including a Ku Klux Klan robe and a sign proclaiming ‘White History Year’

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3 h. ago Why can’t the White House and Republicans in Congress get on the same page to fix Obamacare?

Congress is directionless as Trump checks out, unwilling to bail out his hated foe’s signature policy achievement even though his party faces electoral doom, write John Bowden and Andrew Feinberg

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3 h. ago Country rock icon Joe Ely dead at age 78 as his collaborator Bruce Springsteen leads tributes

Ely passed on Monday at his New Mexico home with his wife Sharon and daughter Marie by his side, his Facebook page announced.

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3 h. ago President Trump expands travel ban to include five more countries

The administration also fully restricted travel for people with Palestinian Authority-issued travel documents

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3 h. ago Donald Trump addressing world with mystery announcement in unusual move

US President Donald Trump has announced he will be giving a surprise address from the White House, with the 79-year-old claiming 'the best is yet to come' but keeping the topic a mystery

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4 h. ago Vanity Fair portraits of White House leaders hoped to cut through ‘political theater.’ Instead they drew snickers online

Photographer Christopher Anderson told The Independent that his photographs of administration officials were consistent with his other portraits

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4 h. ago Funeral home mistakenly gave father his dead son's BRAIN in a plastic bag when he only asked for his clothes

The family of Alexander Piñon say the pain of his passing was only made worse after The Lima Family Erickson Memorial Chapel made the alleged blunder.

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4 h. ago Trump's White House in chaos over chief of staff's 'hit piece' on Epstein and Elon Musk

Susie Wiles' explosive Vanity Fair interview has thrown Trump's White House into chaos, with the chief of staff now calling the article a "hit piece"

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4 h. ago Donald Trump promises mystery White House announcement and claims 'best is yet to come'

Donald Trump has announced a rare address to the country, which will only be the third of his second term if he does so from the Oval Office. He did not offer up any details on what would be announced

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5 h. ago Met Office issue white Christmas update as official forecast revealed

'Particularly cold' conditions on Christmas Day are looking 'less likely'

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5 h. ago More than 90% of streaming shows created by white people, study shows

Annual UCLA study finds declines in cultural diversity behind and in front of the camera since last yearPopular scripted series on streaming services showed a marked decrease in cultural diversity both behind and in front of the camera last year as Hollywood inclusion programs waned, a new study from the University of California at Los Angeles concluded.The latest edition of the school’s Hollywood Diversity report, published Tuesday, found that of the top 250 most-viewed current and library scripted series in 2024, more than 91.7% were created by a white person, with white men accounting for 79% of all show creators – both increases from last year. Diversity also slipped for performers, with white actors cast in 80% of all roles. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Trump will travel to Delaware for return of National Guard members killed in Syria, White House says

President Donald Trump is traveling to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware this week for a dignified transfer for the two Iowa National Guard members killed Saturday in an attack in the Syrian desert that is testing the rapprochement between Washington and Damascus

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5 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump’s BBC lawsuit: grievance politics with a purpose | Editorial

The US president has repeatedly targeted American media in an attempt to muzzle debate and scrutiny. His attempt to export the bullying must be resistedOn the day that the government launched a high-stakes consultation to consider fresh ways of funding the BBC in the digital era, the corporation could have done without another difficult news event of its own. Donald Trump’s decision to follow through on threats to sue over the content of a Panorama programme broadcast in October 2024 may not have come as a surprise, given Mr Trump’s litigious record in the United States. But it will add to the general air of beleaguerment at the corporation and further embolden its domestic political enemies.A terse BBC statement on Tuesday suggested that there would be no backing down in the face of White House bullying. That is the right response to absurd claims of “overwhelming financial and reputational harm” caused to the US president, and a fantastical request for damages amounting to $10bn. ...

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5 h. ago Trump promises White House address Wednesday night but is mum on details

‘It has been a great year for our Country, and THE BEST IS YET TO COME,’ Trump said in making the announcement

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6 h. ago Citadel chief Ken Griffin says White House must ‘distance’ itself from Fed

Hedge fund billionaire is latest Wall Street figure to express concerns Donald Trump will pick ally to chair central bank

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