27 m. ago TV’s Dr Oz confirmed to lead Medicare and Medicaid after controversial Trump pick

Mehmet Oz has previously put forward controversial health advice including the suggestion malaria drugs were an effective cure for Covid-19

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27 m. ago Mother who suffocated her baby and left his body in woodland in secret kept for 25 years avoids jail

Joanne Sharkey pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility over death of newborn Callum in 1998

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28 m. ago Woman who held ‘here to talk, if you want’ sign outside abortion clinic guilty of breaching buffer zone

Livia Tossici-Bolt, 64, has been convicted of breaching a buffer zone outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic in a case that drew attention from top US officials

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37 m. ago Sharon Osbourne, 72, shows off her smooth visage as she steps out with her daughter Kelly at gallery

The TV personality, 72, enjoyed a family day out with her singer daughter, 40, and her grandson Sid, two - who Kelly shares with her partner, Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson.

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44 m. ago Battle for the West End after London mayor Sadiq Khan gets powers to approve late

Council says it only refuses licences if there are concerns over crime or anti-social behaviour

Events

67 m. ago Man launched horror bayonet double stabbing on his aunt and her partner in Manchester city centre

Viet Quoc Tran had watched Tristan Tate videos before launching the attack

Events

83 m. ago 'Devastated' families pay tribute to men who died in tragic A48 crash

Family members said they were "broken" after the crash claimed the lives of three men

Events

93 m. ago Home Office urges Brits to renew UK passports ahead of exact date

The Home Office has issued a warning to anyone with a British passport, urging them to renew their old-style travel documents before April 10 - or they may be forced to pay more

Society

2 h. ago Teen who sold drugs using Harry Potter house elf Dobby as an alias and left female cyclist seriously injured in car crash is jailed

Lewis Breen-Ledger, 19, went under the name 'Dobby's Packs' on Instagram and Snapchat where he offered a 'menu of different drugs'.

Events

2 h. ago Renters who secured record £263k payout from ‘rogue landlord’ raise fears he will not pay up

‘Clearly there’s one set of rules for ordinary people – we fear what will happen if we’re even a month late on rent or mortgage payments – and another for billionaires,’ says tenant

Economics

2 h. ago Chlorinated chicken: Is it bad for you and will it be sold in British supermarkets?

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said he would agree to allow American chlorine-washed chicken to be sold in the UK as part of a free trade deal with the US

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3 h. ago Thought Birmingham's bin strike was bad? How 1975 Glasgow walkout saw 70,000 tonnes of rubbish fester in the streets...before the Army were called in

In 1975, a mass walkout by binmen in a row over pay crippled Glasgow. In January of that year, around 350 workers began an unofficial strike that lasted more than three months.

Events

4 h. ago 'Terrified' girl, 12, has head stamped on during park attack as 'disgusting' attack filmed

The ‘disgusting’ attack took place in a park in Dundee on Wednesday and was filmed by the girl’s assailants

Events

4 h. ago Husband pretended to be ex and stalked wife before stabbing her dead, say police

Kristil Krug had gone to police about the texts before her alleged murder

Events

4 h. ago Westminster Labour councillor defects to Tories blaming 'Sadiq Khan vanity projects'

Paul Fisher, who was elected a Labour councillor in the West End in 2022, said: ‘Sadiq Khan has failed London’

Politics

4 h. ago Grandad caught out by police yet again after £70,000 find promises 'there won't be a third time'

Paul Fleming, 60, who suffers from prostate cancer had previously been convicted as a drug courier

Economics

4 h. ago Westminster Labour councillor blames 'Sadiq Khan vanity projects' for defection to Tories

Paul Fisher, who was elected a Labour councillor in the West End in 2022, said: ‘Sadiq Khan has failed London’

Politics

5 h. ago Netflix just added 'must watch' crime series fans say is 'better than Sherlock'

The streaming giant has added episodes of the hit drama

Events

5 h. ago The tariffs are bad, but Britain should remember this: Trump will probably be gone in four years | Simon Jenkins

The UK is among those least hit by the US president’s war on the world economy. Retaliation at this point makes no senseThe tirade was astonishing. On Wednesday afternoon the world watched as the leader of its most powerful nation accused friends and foes alike of having “looted, pillaged, raped, plundered”, and simultaneously waved a bogus list of tariff imbalances. The playground paranoia was cringeworthy. What on earth was going on?The answer can only be that Donald Trump is America’s elected president for the next four years. He says he wants to end the military conflicts the US has fought or sponsored round the globe for a quarter of a century. We are waiting for that. Meanwhile, he is waging an economic war on world trade, a response that his biographer and ghostwriter, Tony Schwartz, blames on his childhood: “a life spent feeling like a victim any time he does not totally dominate he feels ripped off”. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago The tariffs are bad, but Britain should remember this: Trump will be gone in four years | Simon Jenkins

The UK is among those least hit by the US president’s war on the world economy. Retaliation at this point makes no senseThe tirade was astonishing. On Wednesday afternoon the world watched as the leader of its most powerful nation accused friends and foes alike of having “looted, pillaged, raped, plundered”, and simultaneously waved a bogus list of tariff imbalances. The playground paranoia was cringeworthy. What on earth was going on?The answer can only be that Donald Trump is America’s elected president for the next four years. He says he wants to end the military conflicts the US has fought or sponsored round the globe for a quarter of a century. We are waiting for that. Meanwhile, he is waging an economic war on world trade, a response that his biographer and ghostwriter, Tony Schwartz, blames on his childhood: “a life spent feeling like a victim any time he does not totally dominate he feels ripped off”. Continue reading...

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