1 hour ago QUENTIN LETTS: Kemi's good wishes for Starmer's US visit were the sort of thing you say to a 2nd XI gladiator off to face the Circus Maximus lions

Poor old Starmer was plainly dreading his trip to Washington to see Dr Strangelove and chums. He began PMQs by honking 'this afternoon, of course, I will travel to the US'.

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2 h. ago This Morning's Josie Gibson rushed to hospital as she shares worrying update

Ahead of the launch of her new show Around the World in First Class, This Morning host Josie Gibson has revealed to fans on social media that she was at hospital this afternoon

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2 h. ago Irish premier praises Henry Kelly for his ‘huge contribution to journalism’

The former Going For Gold and Game For A Laugh host died ‘peacefully’ on Tuesday ‘after a period of ill health’, his family said.

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2 h. ago Makeup expert shares beauty blunders to avoid if you are a gym enthusiast

A makeup artist has revealed her essential sweat proof products that will survive a tough gym session.

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3 h. ago The ultimate signs of wealth: do you most covet a kitchen island – or early retirement?

Forget a Porsche and a Rolex. A new survey has thrown up some interesting signifiers of what it means to be wealthy todayName: Wealth signifiers.Age: We know from cave paintings and burial sites that Homo sapiens started to live a more settled life about 35,000 years ago – not just hunting and gathering, but trading, too. The ones who had the most tools, weapons, food and baskets were seen as the wealthy ones. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Director of the Scottish Maritime Museum to retire after 12 years at helm

David Mann will step down from his role and will be succeeded by Matthew Bellhouse Moran.

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3 h. ago Travis Kelce was sick with a ‘pretty big illness’ before Super Bowl loss, Chiefs GM says

The Chiefs’ GM also addressed rumors of Kelce’s retirement

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3 h. ago EU plans to relax gas storage filling targets for member states

Brussels hopes a ‘more flexible’ policy will reduce market disruption

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4 h. ago Kay Burley relaxes into retirement as she is fussed over by four beauticians during afternoon pamper session

Kay Burley surprised Sky News viewers this month when she announced on air that she would be retiring at the end of the bulletin after 36 years.

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4 h. ago F1 testing LIVE: Power cut and rain hit Bahrain as bizarre day one session red

Follow live updates as the 2025 season gets underway with the three-day pre-season test in Bahrain

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4 h. ago A Hutterite chicken butcher covered in blood Tim Smith’s best photograph

‘The community had 11,000 chickens and every able-bodied person helped out during the two days of butchering’The Hutterites are an Anabaptist movement – they believe in adult baptism and pacifism. Like the Mennonites and the Amish, they emerged from the Radical Reformation in central Europe in the 1500s, but unlike them they live communally, with all goods and property shared among members of the community. Today, Hutterite colonies mostly exist on either side of the US-Canada border, where there are more than 500 of them.In 2009, I was driving through Canada’s Manitoba prairies in search of interesting photos for the newspaper I work for, the Brandon Sun, when I spotted some women working in the garden at Deerboine Colony. I knew a little about the Hutterites but not a lot, and pulled over to ask if I could make some pictures. The women were friendly and agreed, and I spent the afternoon chatting and photographing them. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Why is Tesla stock dropping as Elon Musk’s net worth goes down by $15billion

Tesla’s share price fell more than 8 per cent as of Tuesday afternoon

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5 h. ago Tyson Fury becomes wife Paris' personal trainer after retiring from boxing

Tyson Fury has retired from boxing and the former heavyweight world champion has been pictured working out with his wife Paris after revealing he's set to become her personal trainer

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5 h. ago F1 testing LIVE: Red flag as power cut stops session in Bahrain after Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari bow

Follow live updates as the 2025 season gets underway with the three-day pre-season test in Bahrain

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5 h. ago F1 testing halted on first day as huge power failure hits Bahrain circuit

The Bahrain International Circuit is once again hosting pre-season Formula 1 testing this year, but day one of running was impacted as the power went out in the second session

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6 h. ago The trendy CBD drink that helps you 'relax' going viral on social media

Forget Guinness - there's a new trendy drink British Gen Z are obsessed with, and it's making the rounds on social media.

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6 h. ago Retired GP found guilty of obstructing railway during power station protest

Climate protester Dr Diana Warner, 65, walked down the line outside Drax power station.

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7 h. ago #AltGov: the secret network of federal workers resisting Doge from the inside

Government employees fight the Trump administration’s chaos by organizing and publishing information on BlueskyAfter seeing Elon Musk’s X post on Saturday afternoon about an email that would soon land in the inboxes of 2.3 million federal employees asking them to list five things they did the week before, a clandestine network of employees and contractors at dozens of federal agencies began talking on an encrypted app about how to respond.Employees on a four-day, 10-hours-a-day schedule wouldn’t even see the email until Tuesday – past the deadline for responding – some noted. There was also a bit of snark: “bonus points to anyone who responds that they spent their government subsidy on hookers and blow,” one worker said. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Jury retires to consider verdicts in trial of alleged student rapist

Zhenhao Zou, 28, is accused of drugging and raping three women in London and seven in China between 2019 and 2023.

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11 h. ago Ronnie O'Sullivan showed true colours with emotional snooker confession as retirement verdict made

Ronnie O'Sullivan has struggled in the 2024/25 season and is set to fall down the world rankings unless he can produce a strong end to the campaign

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