13 m. ago Wilfried Nancy decides Celtic next seven transfer moves as January planning instantly escalates

It's day one for the Frenchman but the wheels are already in motion for a big winter window in Glasgow's east end

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18 m. ago Another country reintroduces voluntary military service with new plan to counter Russia

The move comes as Germany commits billions of euros to modernising its military equipment

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28 m. ago Plans to bulldoze B&M store to make way for block of apartments

Proposal is instead of earlier 'later living' scheme

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33 m. ago German president to visit WWII bombing site as Europe seeks to bolster united front against Russia

Germany’s president is laying a wreath Friday at Coventry Cathedral in central England, symbolically atoning for the atrocities of World War II as his country and the United Kingdom seek to bolster an alliance to combat the new war raging in Europe

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40 m. ago Historic Stockport brewery unveils new £8.4m site after major move

Its new brewing site is just three miles away from the original brewery in Stockport town centre

Economics

43 m. ago Neighbours' panic over homeowner's plan to build house in garden

Councillors approved the three-bedroom house after 16 objections were received, with a hedge-cutting solution proposed for parking

Society

76 m. ago Labour announces plans to lift 550,000 children out of poverty – UK politics live

Starmer hails child poverty strategy as a ‘moral mission’ which will include measures to help with childcare and getting families out of temporary housingThere’s a lot of reaction coming in on the plan – some believe the new elements aren’t ambitious enough and it’s just a consolidation of previously announced measures. But here is the full strategy from Keir Starmer’s government, 16 months in, to tackle and reduce the rate of child poverty in the UK.There are around 4.5 million children living in poverty in the UK currently – a historic high. Continue reading...

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79 m. ago Global websites down as Cloudflare ‘investigating’ fresh issues

A number of websites and platforms were affected, including the DownDetector site used to monitor online service issues.

Events

79 m. ago Kroger ditches plans for Ocado warehouse in US as it scales back sites further

But London-listed Ocado saw shares rise after announcing it had secured a £262 million compensation payout.

Events

99 m. ago Labour wants to ramp up facial recognition. What if our data ends up in the wrong hands? | Simon Jenkins

We know from recent hacks, and even the Snowden revelations, how vulnerable information gathered is to theft and misuseOne thing to remember about the modern world is that nothing online is ever secure. M&S and Jaguar taught us that. Edward Snowden taught us that. Every week, it seems, some giant corporation sees its system collapse at the touch of a button in an attic.The government this week opened a consultation on its plan for nationwide facial recognition and surveillance. You would need only put your face outdoors and walk down the street and authorities will know and record it. Of course we will be assured that all will be kept secure. It will not. Cash or conspiracy will find it out and it will leak.Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Emmerdale star confirms agony 'on an enormous scale' in Celia fallout

Louise Jameson has teased there's more trouble to come with Celia

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2 h. ago Cloudflare down: Internet stops working properly amid major outage

Problems comes just weeks after worldwide technical issues that broke sites including ChatGPT and X

Politics

2 h. ago Feminist coalition rejects inquiry guidance urging women to trust undercover officers

A coalition of feminist organisations has rejected undercover police plans following the Angiolini report, warning women cannot trust a system that employs officers with sex offence histories

Events

2 h. ago FTSE 100 Live 05 December: House price growth weakens, Ocado payout lifts shares

Annual house price growth has slowed to its weakest level since March 2024.

Society

2 h. ago Young women are ditching clubbing for... plane spotting! The influencers who say watching aircraft take off and tracking flight data is like 'therapy'

A group of glamorous young women are giving the pastime a new lease of life in the UK through a combination of 'get ready with mes', aviation clubs and aesthetically pleasing TikTok accounts.

Society

3 h. ago Reading your emotions and studying the way you walk and talk in the street: Draconian cameras police want to use to ID criminals and prevent suicides

Ministers launched a consultation yesterday on emerging technology that analyses 'motions and emotions' and could help catch criminals, prevent suicides and find missing people.

Events

3 h. ago He thought it was a cunning plan, then wrote down his own address

Grandad William Treacy's package containing slippers for his son wasn't all that it seemed

Politics

3 h. ago Ocado set for £262m compensation payout from Kroger after US warehouse closures

The retail tech firm was dealt a blow last month after Kroger said it would shut three warehouses and scrap a planned site in North Carolina.

Economics

3 h. ago RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show

Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support ForcesThe Sudanese city of El Fasher resembles a “massive crime scene”, with large piles of bodies heaped throughout its streets as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) work to destroy evidence of the scale of their massacre.Six weeks after the RSF seized the city, corpses have been gathered together in scores of piles to await burial in mass graves or cremated in huge pits, analysis indicates. Continue reading...

Events

3 h. ago Mystery surrounds woman's horror Disneyland death on ride with 'no faults'

The Matterhorn Bobsled ride at Disneyland Resort in California has been a popular attraction for decades, but it has been the site of two fatal accidents involving unbuckled seatbelts

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