1 hour ago Huge 12ft great white shark spotted lurking off coast of holiday hotspot

A 12ft great white shark has been spotted lurking just off the coast of North Carolina, near the busy resort town of Nags Head as another beast is also in the area

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15 h. ago Proof work DOESN'T pay under Starmer's Labour: Sickness benefits to be worth £2,500 MORE than a minimum wage job

Earnings of the unemployed who claim ill health payments will overtake those of workers on the national living wage next year, warns a think tank.

Economics

20 h. ago Jobless are better off on benefits in Starmer's Britain: People on sickness benefits are set to be paid £2,500 MORE than those in a minimum wage job

Jobless people on sickness payments are due to overtake those on the national living wage who will earn less after tax, the Centre for Social Justice found.

Economics

21 h. ago Britain's bloated benefits bill: Jobless on sickness benefits set to be paid £2,500 MORE than those in a minimum wage job

Jobless people on sickness payments are due to overtake those on the national living wage who will earn less after tax, the Centre for Social Justice found.

Economics

33 h. ago European intelligence officials warn that a Russian sabotage campaign is escalating

European intelligence officials say they’re worried the risk of serious injury or even death is rising in a campaign of sabotage blamed on Russia as untrained saboteurs set fires, plant explosives or build bombs

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33 h. ago Building the Band review – Liam Payne’s controversial final show is the kind of reality TV that made him

Is it ghoulish to posthumously release this singing contest featuring Payne as a judge? Or a moving tribute? Netflix’s mashup of Love is Blind, The Circle and The Voice certainly claims the latterNetflix’s new series is the latest in a long line of TV shows attempting to talent-spot the next big pop phenomenon. It feels as if the format has been dormant for a while, its role as A&R taken over by social media aeons ago. The glory days of American Idol and The X Factor have passed, and while The Voice trundles steadily on, it has been many years since those on-screen machines churned out the stars they were once capable of creating.Building the Band aims to modernise the format by bolting on parts of other reality TV shows. Its wannabe singers perform to other singers, sight-unseen, who then decide whether they’d like to be in a band with each other, by pressing a button, and collecting “likes”. It is Love Is Blind meets The Circle meets The Voice, though mostly, it is The Voice, ...

Culture

46 h. ago Intense downpours like those in Texas are more frequent, but there's no telling where they'll happen

Intense rainstorms are becoming more frequent in most of the U.S. — though experts say where they occur and whether they cause catastrophic flooding is largely a matter of chance

Politics

60 h. ago How the future supply of smart phones rests on a single mine in North Carolina...and why this crater in Devon could one day power Britain's war machine

Take the road north from Plympton in Devon and after a couple of miles driving past fields and solar panels, you will see what looks like a big, artificial hill rearing up to your right.

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2 d. ago Flooding from Chantal's remnants forces dozens to flee homes in North Carolina

Officials in North Carolina say heavy rain and flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal forced dozens of people to flee their homes

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3 d. ago Rocks identical to Moon's surface found in Scotland as astronauts plan exploration

It is the test bed for a collaboration between academics, space agencies and mineral exploration companies which aims to create a hand-held instrument for astronauts

Technology

4 d. ago Nurse's battle to save breast after £3,500 boob job in Turkey

''Everyone warned me not to go but I thought I knew best"

Economics

4 d. ago Huge development creating 500 jobs among the key plans for Greater Manchester

These are all the significant developments tabled with councils across the city-region

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4 d. ago Tropical Storm Chantal strengthens slightly as it nears landfall in South Carolina

Tropical Storm Chantal has grown slightly in strength as it nears the southeast U.S. coast

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4 d. ago Tropical Storm Chantal forecast to bring heavy rain to the Carolinas

Tropical Storm Chantal has formed off the southeastern U.S. coast

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6 d. ago Trump’s Medicaid cuts are coming for rural Americans: ‘It’s going to have to hit them first’

Experts worry the tax-and-spending bill will gut healthcare and hospitals, especially in states like North CarolinaWhen Hurricane Helene drowned western North Carolina in muck and floodwater last year, it caught folks off-guard.Now, local leaders in places like Asheville expect the Republican-led reconciliation bill – called the “big, beautiful bill” by Donald Trump – to bear down on rural America. And they wonder whether people are missing the warning signs. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Inmate fatally shoots North Carolina officer before being caught in stolen vehicle, sheriff says

Authorities in North Carolina say an escaped inmate fatally shot a detention officer with his own gun, then fled in a stolen vehicle before being captured in another county

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9 d. ago Inter Milan vs Fluminense LIVE: Latest updates as Fluminense see second ruled out in last

The two continental giants meet in North Carolina for a place in the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup

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9 d. ago Inter Milan vs Fluminense LIVE: Latest updates as Fluminense make dream start in last

The two continental giants meet in North Carolina for a place in the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup

Politics

1 week ago Republican Thom Tillis won’t ‘bow to anybody’ after Trump falling out over Senate megabill

GOP senator’s announcement that he will not seek re-election after Trump criticism puts crucial swing Senate race in play

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1 week ago Republican Thom Tillis slams DC ‘hypocrisy’ as he reveals he won’t run again amid public falling out with Trump

The decision puts a crucial swing Senate race in play

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