93 m. ago Ashes LIVE: Nathan Lyon removes Ben Stokes and Zak Crawley in quick succession to leave England facing series defeat

Ashes LIVE: Australia take a commanding 356-run lead into day four of the third Test in Adelaide, after a Travis Head clinic. With six wickets in hand, the Aussies will be hard to stop

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2 h. ago I took my kids to Lapland on the Santa Claus Express – but would the big man deliver?

If meeting Santa is on your family wishlist, this trip on a festive sleeper train from Helsinki to Rovaniemi, with reindeer and huskies thrown in, is Christmas with jingle bells onChristmas was only a few days away and the Finnish capital of Helsinki was ringing with festive cheer as we explored the Tuomaan Markkinat in Senate Square, sipping from mugs of hot, spicy glögi (mulled wine), and biting into joulutorttu (jam-filled puff pastries shaped like catherine wheels). A cold front had brought abundant snow and inhaling was rather painful at -8C, but nothing could still the tremble of excitement.Along with my husband and two young daughters, I was here to take the Santa Claus Express to the northern city of Rovaniemi, the heart of Finnish Lapland – and the “official” home of Father Christmas. A regular commuter train for the rest of the year, come late November the Santa Claus Express is Finnish Railways’ flagship service, offering the ultimate sleeper-train adventure. As I checked...

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3 h. ago As metaphor for SNP 'incompetence', the already rusting Glen Rosa ferry is hard to beat

Union official says skilled shipbuilders were ‘lions led by donkeys’ as she condemns ‘the hubris, incompetence and mismanagement’ of Scottish Government ministers and others

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3 h. ago Ashes LIVE: Pat Cummins breaks vital partnership with the crucial wicket of Joe Root, as England's hopes of rescuing Ashes series begin to slide out of view

Ashes LIVE: Australia take a commanding 356-run lead into day four of the third Test in Adelaide, after a Travis Head clinic. With six wickets in hand, the Aussies will be hard to stop

Events

3 h. ago How surveillance technology and the 'Reddit Detective Agency' helped search for a killer

More than a decade ago, a frenzied 5-day search for the Boston Marathon bombers left some lessons in its aftermath

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4 h. ago I watched Die Hard for the first time – Christmas movie debate settled

There's an ongoing debate as to whether Die Hard is a Christmas film or not, and having watched the 1988 action movie for the first time, I can finally add my voice to the conversation.

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4 h. ago Youth suicide is a tragedy and more needs to be done in mental health battle

It is disappointing that Holyrood hasn't backed mental health prevention lessons for our schools, says Record View

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4 h. ago Scots woman follows 'gut instinct' in bid for endometriosis surgery

Lauren Coull, 26, has experienced excruciating pains since she was 16 before she was diagnosed with endometriosis in January.

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4 h. ago Scots mum learns truth of 'debilitating' condition decades later

Joan Alexander only learned of her condition in her 50s which causes intense emotional pain and leaves her with constant "inner turmoil".

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5 h. ago Ashes LIVE: Early blow for England with Duckett and Pope sent packing as tourists chase world record to stay in the series

Ashes LIVE: Australia take a commanding 356-run lead into day four of the third Test in Adelaide, after a Travis Head clinic. With six wickets in hand, the Aussies will be hard to stop

Society

6 h. ago Jake Paul v Anthony Joshua: heavyweight boxing – live updates

Round-by-round updates from Kaseya Center in MiamiMain event not before 10.30pm ET/3.30am GMTBritain’s Dubois defends 135lb title with masterclassPaul v Joshua is old logic in a louder digital ageGet in touch! Email Bryan with your thoughtsDespite the gulf in size, experience and pedigree, sportsbooks have reported heavy action backing Paul as a longshot at the Kaseya Center. At DraftKings, Joshua remains a dominant favorite, but roughly 86% of the money wagered on the fight winner has landed on Paul at odds around +700. The interest is not casual. Bettors are leaning hard into the possibility of an upset.That sentiment is even clearer in the prop markets. The most popular method-of-victory wager at DraftKings is Paul winning by decision or technical decision, accounting for nearly a third of the action. Paul by knockout or technical knockout has also drawn significant interest, attracting close to a quarter of all prop bets despite long odds. Joshua, by contrast, remains the widely...

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7 h. ago Ashes LIVE: Aussie collapse gives England an unlikely shot at glory

Ashes LIVE: Australia take a commanding 356-run lead into day four of the third Test in Adelaide, after a Travis Head clinic. With six wickets in hand, the Aussies will be hard to stop

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7 h. ago ‘This is our church’: Bondi lifesavers gather in their hundreds to honour shooting victims

Arm in arm along the shoreline, locals observed two minutes’ silence in ‘cathartic’ effort to unite the communityVictims of Bondi beach shootingTen minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoAs he stood silently facing the waves on the Bondi shoreline, arm in arm with nearly 1,000 other lifesavers, Lockie Cook let himself feel the pain of the community’s most traumatic week in living memory.“I feel like that guard’s just dropping,” he said. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Ashes LIVE: England on the brink of becoming the WORST Ashes side in over 100 years following Travball clinic at Adelaide Oval

Ashes LIVE: Australia take a commanding 356-run lead into day four of the third Test in Adelaide, after a Travis Head clinic. With six wickets in hand, the Aussies will be hard to stop

Politics

10 h. ago Maresca plays dangerous game as confusion reigns after his Chelsea grenade

Club remain bemused by head coach creating speculation he has issues with the hierarchy who want to avoid drama at all costsOne of the theories doing the rounds this week is that Enzo Maresca is behaving like someone who wants to be sacked. He has stumbled into a fight he cannot win. It did not go down well with Chelsea when Maresca lobbed a grenade into the mix by talking about not being supported enough after last Saturday’s humdrum win against Everton and it is hard not to read his refusal to defuse the situation since then as the stance of a man daring his bosses to act.Chelsea remain bemused by their head coach creating speculation that he has issues with the club’s hierarchy by saying that the 48 hours before the Everton game had been his worst since joining the club. Sources say the outburst even caught people close to Maresca by surprise. Confusion reigns. It does not help that Maresca has publicly and privately rejected repeated opportunities to explain the source of his di...

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17 h. ago ‘A black hole’: families and police say tech giants delay investigations in child abuse and drug cases

US law enforcement officers say Meta and Snapchat routinely delay or reject warrants. The companies disagreeMax Osterman was 18 when he connected with a drug dealer on Snapchat who used the handle skyhigh.303. Max would message him whenever he wanted to buy Percocet, and they would meet. After about a year, and just days after their last exchange, Max collapsed. The pills he ordered had been laced with fentanyl. He died from the overdose in February 2021 at his home in Broomfield, Colorado.The dealer continued selling prescription painkillers until 2023, when he was jailed on two drug distribution convictions. When handing down the sentence, the judge said he was responsible for four deaths, yet he never faced charges for supplying the pills that killed Max. Continue reading...

Events

17 h. ago Thomas Frank: Tottenham cannot run away from reality of situation

Pressure is building on the Spurs head coach, but Thomas Frank is working hard to fix the issues

Politics

17 h. ago Taylor Swift makes rare comments about 'hard' split from Joe Alwyn: 'Men will let you down'

The singer has shared some insight into when and why they ended their romance as she opened up about the painful aftermath in the new episode of her Disney+ docuseries.

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17 h. ago 'Slipper like' Skechers that 'relieve pain' get huge 54% discount on Amazon

Nab these pair of Skechers for over half-price ahead of Christmas next week.

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17 h. ago Doctor strikes particularly challenging in London, says Wes Streeting as city faces flu crisis

Wes Streeting said he recognised the ‘pain’ resident doctors had felt ‘in their pockets’

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