33 m. ago Wayne Lineker leaves Ibiza after admitting party lifestyle made him 'miserable'

Wayne Lineker, known for owning O Beach Ibiza, has turned his back on the party island after admitting "there is no bigger trigger in the world than Ocean for me"

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37 m. ago Don’t despair, Tories: look upon Reform and see your rightful and fitting legacy | Nesrine Malik

If Kemi Badenoch wonders why her party conference looks and feels like a sideshow, perhaps she should reflect on the Conservatives’ 14 years in powerI believe it is good practice as a columnist to keep track of when you have been wrong, and the thing I have got most emphatically wrong over the past few years is the Conservative party’s prospects. I was convinced that the party that still won elections despite the chaos and instability of Brexit, not to mention the calamities of austerity, could get away with anything. I even believed that if it lost power, as it did last year, the risk of a Tory restoration was still very high.What I did not foresee was the most successful political party in the democratic world, by some measures, coming so close to extinction this quickly. As the Tory party conference gets under way in Manchester, with rumours abounding over the weekend about diminished attendance, the polling increasingly suggests that Britain’s next general election will be a con...

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97 m. ago Man Utd news: Ruben Amorim makes demand as clear reality check sent after Sunderland win

Manchester United news round-up as Ruben Amorim lives to fight another day, Gary Neville issues a reality check and Benjamin Sesko revels in his first Old Trafford goal

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2 h. ago Macron appoints new French government in attempt to end political deadlock

Rivals say president’s latest cabinet represents unwelcome continuity and hard-left party vows to file no-confidence motion amid fraught budget talksFrench president Emmanuel Macron has named a new government as he struggles to pull the country out of a political crisis, while rivals threatened to topple the lineup quickly if it failed to break with Macron’s past policies.The new cabinet was unveiled nearly a month after the appointment of prime minister Sebastien Lecornu, who sought to obtain cross-party support in a deeply divided parliament. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Japan stocks soar and yen weakens after Takaichi wins race to lead ruling party

Investors expect more fiscal spending and pressure on central bank to keep interest rates low

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4 h. ago Tories pledge to make £47bn of cuts to public spending with welfare bill slashed

Shadow chancellor set to announce raft of cuts across welfare and foreign aid

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5 h. ago The Conservative party needs to pull its socks up, says leading Tory mayor

The Conservative leader has launched a policy blitz this week to coincide with her party's annual conference.

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6 h. ago Tory plans to further cut foreign aid would be ‘epic act of self

Bond chief executive Romilly Greenhill said she is ‘deeply concerned’ to hear the Conservatives plan to further cut aid.

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6 h. ago Iconic 80s actress and Oscar nominee cuts glamorous figure months before milestone 80th birthday

This iconic 80s actress looked stunning as she stepped out 10 months before her milestone 80th birthday.

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6 h. ago Tories to propose £47bn cuts as conference focuses on ‘economic responsibility’

The party is seeking to distance itself from Liz Truss’s ill-fated package of tax cuts in 2022.

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6 h. ago Labour is ‘complicit’ in abuse towards Jewish community, says Priti Patel

The shadow foreign secretary told Conservative Party members on Sunday evening that Labour has lost ‘any moral purpose’.

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6 h. ago UCLA security guard dubbed 'the ultimate Karen' for chasing young girl who stormed field after upset victory

A security guard has been slammed online after he tried to stop a young girl and her dad from storming the field following UCLA's upset victory over Penn State.

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7 h. ago Tories pledge to make £47bn of savings with major cut to welfare

Shadow chancellor set to announce raft of cuts across welfare and foreign aid

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7 h. ago Kevin Maguire: 'Kemi Badenoch's Nigel Farage tribute act will crash Tory party'

Kevin Maguire argues that the Conservative Party veering further to the right, and into Reform UK territory, is an act of blind panic that could cost the Conversative Party even more votes

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8 h. ago Tories to set out plans to cut £47bn from government spending

Shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride will unveil proposals at the Tory party conference.

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8 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Kemi Badenoch stood there, small, still, musing in that smoky voice... not shouting like a larky fake

Arriving ath the Tory Party conference, writes QUENTIN LETTS, it could have been day one of a county cricket match (division two).

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9 h. ago Lib Dems will ‘almost undoubtedly’ win more votes than Tories, says top pollster John Curtice

Sir John Curtice made the stark warning at a fringe event at the Conservative party conference

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10 h. ago Guardiola hails ‘incredible’ Haaland and Donnarumma after City’s win at Brentford

‘I have an incredible striker and keeper’ says managerPep ‘honoured’ to gain 250th Premier League winPep Guardiola was thankful his Manchester City team has Erling Haaland scoring goals and Gianluigi Donnarumma stopping them after victory at Brentford came at the cost of another Rodri injury.“I have an incredible striker and keeper,” Guardiola said, the Norwegian’s ninth-minute goal proving the winner. Haaland’s form is reaching the levels of City’s 2022-23 treble season, the No 9 scoring in a ninth consecutive game. “He’s the best,” said his manager. “The year of the treble, he scored – what? – 50 million goals? I think he’s part of the club now, he’s settled. He feels now that it’s mine.” Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Tina Turner's son Ike Jr. dies one day after his 67th birthday

Ike Turner Jr., the son of legendary performers Tina Turner and Ike Turner, has died at the age of 67 at a Los Angeles hospital on Saturday.

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10 h. ago Badenoch warned plans to ditch ECHR is ‘death wish’ for Tory party

Conservative leader has taken her party to the hard right with the announcement they would leave the European Convention on Human Rights and deport 150,000 illegal immigrants a year

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