20 h. ago Hijack season two review – Idris Elba is back with the most effortlessly bingeable show of them all

Sam Nelson is ready to beat some more bad guys – and this time he’s on the Berlin metro. Shenanigans will ensue!Do you remember the lazy, hazy days of summer 2023, when Idris Elba got on a plane and it was hijacked? It was in a programme called Hijack. For seven effortlessly bingeable hours supposedly showing the adventure in real time, our man on the pressurised inside deduced complex situations from misplaced washbags, sent coded messages via fruit cartons and dying men’s phones, saved lives, averted disasters, and got Kingdom Flight 29 landed safely by Holly Aird so that he could return to his family, even though viewers agreed the scenes with them in between the plane bits were very boring indeed.And he wasn’t even a policeman like Bruce Willis in Die Hard or a counter-terrorist federal agent like Kiefer Sutherland in 24! Or a pilot, which might also have been useful. He was Sam Nelson, a business negotiator. He had extreme business negotiating skills and he beat the bad guys. W...

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32 h. ago Xabi Alonso sacking sees Man United encouraged to move 'heaven and earth' for summer deal

Xabi Alonso has left Real Madrid at the same time as Manchester United are being linked with appointing a replacement for Ruben Amorim

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50 h. ago Xabi Alonso Real Madrid exit comes at worst time for Arne Slot with icon already launching two Liverpool stars’ careers

JUST as Arne Slot started to stabilise his Liverpool reign, the ground may have begun to shift under his feet. Slot knew when he took the Liverpool job that he was at best the second choice to succeed Jurgen Klopp. First on the Liverpool list was Xabi Alonso. A Champions League winner in red, whose...

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64 h. ago Marcus Rashford showed true colours in new footage after win over Real Madrid

Marcus Rashford was celebrating on Sunday night after Barcelona's Spanish Super Cup success but he still found time to acknowledge Real Madrid's stars after they fell short

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5 d. ago The world's most popular children's toy just had its biggest upgrade in 50 years

The world's favorite children's toy just got even more fun. 

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8 d. ago Lego launches ‘biggest innovation in decades’ with electronic smart bricks

Advanced electronics built into new bricks and figures can detect how they move and respond with light or sound effects

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9 d. ago LEGO introduces its first 'smart brick' which is full of miniscule micro chips and reacts to children's movements in real time

The new bricks have miniscule micro chips inside them - smaller than a Lego stud - that power a range of sensors that react to children's movements in real-time.

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1 week ago Jesy Nelson reveals her twins are unlikely to walk after diagnosis

The singer said her mother had noticed a lack of movement in her children’s legs.

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2 w. ago New Year, real life: how to set goals when you’re exhausted and time

The Law of Attraction Changed My Life host Francesca Amber on why you don’t need more time—just a new mindset—and how to start 2026 in the chaos

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2 w. ago ‘We need to know’: Bondi victims’ families demand federal royal commission from PM

Open letter to Anthony Albanese calls antisemitism ‘a national crisis that demands a powerful national response’Ten minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoFamilies of Jewish Australians killed in the Bondi shooting have demanded that Anthony Albanese call a commonwealth royal commission to investigate antisemitism and questions about law enforcement issues surrounding the terror attack that claimed 15 lives.In an open letter to the prime minister, relatives of 11 of the victims killed at the Bondi beach Hanukah event on 14 December say Jewish families feel unsafe at schools, at work, at home and in public spaces. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Cheapest place to buy petrol and diesel near you REVEALED... so could YOU save £10 by filling up at a different station down the road?

Motorists could save themselves hundreds of pounds a year just by filling up at a different petrol station. Our real-time petrol price map, has now made that challenge a great deal easier.

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3 w. ago The Bondi attack has desecrated our most joyful festival. My anger burns white hot | Jonathan Seidler

On the final night before it returns to the shelf, our hanukiah blazes. Being Jewish in Australia feels increasingly hazardousTen minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoFollow the latest live updatesOur hanukiah is ridiculous. I love it precisely for its absurdity; a chunky, oversized piece designed by a dear friend and crafted from aircrete. It looks like a forgotten set piece from The Flintstones. In a family home that also contains challah covers, mezuzahs, kippot and Shabbat candles, our menorah is easily the most overtly Jewish thing we own. Its presence badges us immediately. Brash and proud. Up until last week, this never struck me as a problem.In my many overlapping circles of friends and collaborators, I am one of the only Jews they know. I spend a lot of time explaining our traditions to film directors, musicians, editors and producers. Why we fast on Yom Kippur. How often we observe Shabbat. How kashrut works, even though I am partial ...

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3 w. ago 'Brilliant' little health gadget can help improve energy, weight and sleep

The wearable glucose monitor tracks blood sugar levels in real-time, helping users understand how their body responds to food.

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3 w. ago ‘We are unbreakable’: defiance marks Bondi attack commemoration after PM is booed

Jewish leaders call for federal royal commission into Bondi beach attack that killed 15 people as huge crowd marks one week anniversaryVictims of Bondi beach shootingTen minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoFollow the latest live updatesJewish leaders have called for a federal royal commission into the Bondi terror attack, as some members of the crowd booed Anthony Albanese on arrival at the commemoration marking one week since 15 people were killed on the first day of Hanukah.The president of the NSW Board of Jewish Deputies, David Ossip, said it “cannot be disputed” that a federal royal commission was needed, to loud cheers and applause from the crowd of up to 15,000 people gathered at Bondi, where a minute’s silence was held at 6.47pm, the time the attack began. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The Bondi terror attack was designed to drive us to rancour – but there is no peace in division | Thomas Keneally

A desperate opposition may be tempted to stoop to gross opportunism, but we must not set one group of society against another Victims of Bondi beach shootingTen minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoThe Bondi attack was an unutterably cruel event, all the more horrifying for being ours, and we can’t stop ourselves saying so. It is a sword that fell on the necks of two sets of Australians. Yet again, young Australian Jews will be asking parents why they are hated, and that is heartbreaking. In a different sense, so will young Muslims.During their apparent sojourn in a Campsie B&B, the alleged terrorists could not have been confident of their own survival, but they must have been confident in producing a reaction. It is a matter of civic pride that a Muslim man accosted one of the gunmen and took a weapon from him; a matter of a small yelp of praise and gratitude amid the cruelty. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Little boy from Love Actually has wild connection to Elon Musk in real life

The little boy from Love Actually is one of the most cherished Christmas characters of all time, but you may not realise, in real life, he has a wild connection to Elon Musk

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago The immediate shock and terror of the Bondi shooting is giving way to anger and division. We must look for the light | Paul Daley

Some politicians have gone straight for the darkness, seeking to foment racial division. But we need community now more than everVictims of Bondi beach shootingTen minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoFollow the latest live updatesAs Australia winds down for a traditional Christmas holiday across languorous days of beach and blistering heat set to the soundtrack of Test cricket and cicada song, this year the country’s summer mood feels, sadly, like none before.It would be a dramatic understatement to describe the national disposition after the antisemitic terrorist attack on Australian Jews during Bondi Hanukah celebrations as one of mere ennui. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Australia launches biggest gun buyback in 30 years after Bondi beach terror attack

Prime minister announces first firearm buyback since Port Arthur massacre, and designates Sunday a national day of reflection in honour of Hanukah shooting victimsVictims of Bondi beach shootingTen minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoFollow the latest live updatesThe federal government will launch a new gun buyback scheme in response to the Bondi beach terror attack in what Anthony Albanese says will be the biggest collection of weapons since the Port Arthur massacre nearly three decades ago.It comes as New South Wales announced a suite of gun control measures including capping the number of firearms most recreational shooters can hold at four. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Emily in Paris season 5 review: Watching this feels like allowing your brain to regress in real time

Minnie Driver joins the cast, bringing a much-needed injection of camp, self-aware energy, but she still can’t save this terrible show from itself

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