2 h. ago US economy far surpasses expectations to add 228,000 jobs in March

Figure comes as Trump administration makes sweeping cuts to the federal workforce

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2 h. ago ‘They didn’t call us for Live Aid’: the stars behind Black Britain’s forgotten charity record

In 1985, a star-studded lineup of Black UK musicians, including Aswad, Dennis Brown and Janet Kay, recorded a charity single to raise funds for famine-stricken Ethiopia. Why are their efforts so little known?The Ethiopian famine of the early 1980s was one of the defining news stories of the decade, an exposure of the stark divide between developed and developing nations, still referred to at the time as the Third World. It is a received wisdom that the general public in Britain learned about the crisis when shocking images of emaciated men, women and children were shown on BBC news reports. This is not entirely true. In fact, plenty of Rastafarians were already aware of the situation.The east African country was their spiritual home – many in the movement viewed its former emperor Haile Selassie as their messiah – and a place free from the iniquities of the west. “A lot of Rastafarians went to Ethiopia [before they] came to London,” says the musician and cam...

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2 h. ago The 'magic' luxury cream Amanda Holden buys 'on repeat' slashed by 50% on Amazon

The Britain's Got Talent judge confirmed this cream has been a staple in her beauty routine throughout her life.

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3 h. ago BP chairman to step down after oil giant retreats from green energy

BP kick-started a search for a new chair after Helge Lund told the board he intends to leave the role ‘in due course’.

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3 h. ago Donald 'Willy Wonka' Trump unveils $5million 'golden ticket' with his face on it

The Orange Manbaby showed off the $5million 'green-card-privileges-plus' card to reporters as his face glistened with sweat on board Air Force One – as the US stock market nose dived

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3 h. ago Wigan councillor who called Wigan Athletic football fans 'six fingered f*****s' apologises

John Vickers represents the Hindley Green ward in Wigan

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3 h. ago ‘Groundbreaking’ scheme that could cut train fares between UK and Europe unveiled

The news comes on the brink of an announcement from Virgin regarding new rail services between the UK and Europe

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3 h. ago Last Swim exposes London's angry Gen Z: 'Doors are being closed in my face', says director

New film captures a raging generation ‘abandoned’ by the city - from skipping meals to afford tube fare to the death of the cheap night out.

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4 h. ago Sneaky ways young Brits could be tempted into 'conscription' as WW3 fears grow

Various warnings have been given by hawkish NATO generals in recent months, urging European nations to up their levels of preparedness, causing talk of possible conscription to circulate

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4 h. ago Catfish and the Bottlemen Glasgow Green Ticket Presale and Prices: How to see the rockers, The Wombats and The Fratellis

The band will be playing the venue the day before the TRNSMT musical starts.

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4 h. ago Gardener's simple 79p Vaseline hack keeps your plants safe from slugs

A woman, who is also known as The Lockdown Gardener, has taken to social media to share her easy five-step method to keep slugs away from plants - and you'll have the product in your bathroom

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5 h. ago I live in a 7t lorry complete with a flatscreen TV and a king

A firefighter from the south of England has revealed how his home is a 7.5ft lorry, which boasts a king-size bed, 43' TV, underfloor heating, kitchen and bathroom facilities.

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6 h. ago Scots council accused of 'butchering' trees at local beauty spot

"I couldn't believe it when I saw what they had done to the trees. I am no expert but it is horrendous. That will take many, many years to grow back."

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7 h. ago TRNSMT 2025: BBC Introducing comes to Glasgow Green with 20 emerging acts set to perform

TRNSMT 2025 will bring some of the future stars of the UK music scene to Glasgow Green this year.

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7 h. ago Leading the charge: how a drive for electric vehicles is cleaning up Nepal

With air pollution causing a fifth of deaths in Nepal, growing EV use could add nearly three years to Kathmandu residents’ livesIn a rundown hangar in the heart of Kathmandu, the remains of a dozen electric trolley buses stand abandoned and corroding. Caked in dust and bird-droppings and lined with rubbish, they are a reminder of a bold experiment, launched 50 years ago, to electrify the city’s public transport system. Down the side of one is written, “Keep me alive”.Today, that plea is being heard. More than 70% of four-wheeled passenger vehicles – largely cars and minibuses – imported into Nepal last year were electric, one of the highest rates in the world. The figure reflects a remarkable growth in the use of electric vehicles (EVs), which saw the country import more than 13,000 between July 2023 and 2024, up from about 250 in 2020-21. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Talbot Green fire: Huge blaze at major department store as 60 firefighters rush to scene

Dramatic pictures from the scene at the Leekes department store in Talbot Green this morning showed flames ripping through an outbuilding connected to the centre

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7 h. ago ‘Cathedral of crap’: is this the world’s most beautiful sewage treatment plant?

Its lab buildings have a rusticated air while its sleek, paper-thin louvre windows are reminiscent of a luxury ocean-liner. More importantly, the people of Arklow in Ireland can finally go swimming without fear of floatersIt is not often that the arts section of a newspaper finds itself concerned with the aesthetic merits of a sewage works. But then there are few facilities designed with the finesse of the new €139m (£117m) wastewater treatment plant in Arklow, which stands like a pair of minty green pagodas on the edge of the Irish Sea. Nor are there many architectural firms who have thought so deeply about the poetics of effluent as Clancy Moore.“There’s a wonderful passage in Ulysses,” says practice co-founder, Andrew Clancy, summoning James Joyce as we tiptoe along a metal gantry above a gigantic vat of bubbling brown sludge. “The narrator turns on the tap to fill a kettle, sparking a lengthy rumination on where the water comes from, how it flows from reservoirs, through aqueduc...

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7 h. ago I live in a 7ft lorry complete with a flatscreen TV and a king

A firefighter from the south of England has revealed how his home is a 7.5ft lorry, which boasts a king-size bed, 43' TV, underfloor heating, kitchen and bathroom facilities.

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8 h. ago Horror London stabbing after brutal car chase compared to scenes from Grand Theft Auto

The Metropolitan Police is hunting a man who is said to have stabbed another in a restaurant on Walm Lane, Willesden Green in northwest London on Tuesday night

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8 h. ago RIP hoop earrings – fun, quirky, colourful styles are the way to go now | Jess Cartner

Minimalist modern is giving way to a more individualistic, vintage-inspired look. Time to layer bead-style necklaces and add some colourJermaine Stewart was right, you know. We don’t have to take our clothes off to have a good time. I’m talking about fashion, naturally. If you want to tap into the most fun update happening in style right now, you can do so without changing a single item of clothing. Because the party is happening in your jewellery box, not your wardrobe.Fun jewellery is back, and I am thrilled. I love a hoop earring as much as anyone, but I think it is time to admit to ourselves that the hoop has got a little tired at this point. For several months last year, the biggest thing that was happening in earrings was that the precise shape of the hoop had changed a tiny bit. Instead of being shaped like car tyres, they had a melted quality, heavier at the bottom. Before that, they had shrunk slightly, into huggie hoops that tightly clasped the lobes. T...

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