49 m. ago Great British Bake Off to return as trailer reveals hosts and judges lineup

The Great British Bake Off has dropped a trailer for its upcoming season of the hit baking show.

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52 m. ago Horror on the street after boy, 17, seriously injured in knife attack

An air ambulance was scrambled to the scene

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67 m. ago Man left with a bleed on brain following altercation with bouncers outside city centre bar, council meeting told

Two people have been arrested, the meeting heard

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71 m. ago How the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War will be celebrated in Bolton

Services, children's events and music will form part of the borough's commemorations

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91 m. ago Princess Kate releases special summer video during holiday with family

The Princess of Wales has released a new video where she celebrates the summer season and discusses the importance of creating memories with your loved ones.

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93 m. ago Chinese fighter jet comes within 200ft of Philippine plane in mid

This is the moment a Chinese fighter jet appears to intercept a Philippine Coast Guard aircraft carrying journalists during a patrol near Scarborough Shoal.

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96 m. ago 'I slapped Shannon Matthews' mum after one horrifying casual comment she made'

Petra Jamieson was one of the people who had been living on Dewsbury's Moorside Estate when nine-year-old Shannon Matthews was reported missing back in February 2008

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1 hour ago Hidden key revealed van stashed with dodgy cigarettes and vapes behind shop

Officers found a key hidden in a secret compartment within a shop which unveiled over £10,000 worth of illicit gear

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2 h. ago Canvas of Sound with Tazeen Qayyum at EIF: 'There's something special about seeing an artist working live'

In her Edinburgh International Festival collaboration with musicians Basel Rajoub and Feras Charestan, conceptual artist Tazeen Qayyum hopes to ‘touch some souls’. Interview by Jim Gilchrist

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2 h. ago "It's a simple change we should have implemented a long time ago”

Three charities have backed the M.E.N.'s campaign calling on Andy Burnham to implement a free bus pass for children in temporary homeless accommodation

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2 h. ago Urgent fake Labubu warning issued as THOUSANDS of dodgy dolls seized in weeks

Experts say they pose a risk to children

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2 h. ago Watch: Magic, ventriloquism and a special guest in The Scotsman at the Edinburgh Festivals

The latest edition of our video show is jam packed with interviews and

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2 h. ago Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook| Moustafa Bayoumi

Some 800 National Guard troops will be deployed in the nation’s capital because, according to the president: ‘our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs’A key chapter in the fascist playbook has always been to convince the public that it is living in such a state of mortal danger and unbridled chaos that the only chance of survival is to cede individual rights to the determined will of the Dear Leader. That’s why fascist leaders have constantly demanded that their populations venerate all violence performed in the service of the state and revere the apparatuses of state violence, such as police forces and the military. In this scenario, state violence is not only necessary for the nation’s survival. State violence is understood as even beautiful, something the public can and must believe in.Buying into state violence this way produces something historian Robert Paxton has called a “mobilizing passion”. In his book The Anatomy of Fascism, Paxton described how “the beauty of...

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2 h. ago Carabao Cup second round draw LIVE: Start time, TV info, ball numbers as Man Utd learn fate

Due to their lack of European football this season, Manchester United will enter the Carabao Cup in the second round for the first time since their infamous 4-0 loss against MK Dons in 2014

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2 h. ago Carabao Cup second round draw LIVE: Man Utd and rivals learn fate, start time, TV info, ball numbers

Due to their lack of European football this season, Manchester United will enter the Carabao Cup in the second round for the first time since their infamous 4-0 loss against MK Dons in 2014

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3 h. ago JD Vance delivers special message from Trump to US troops based at UK RAF base

JD Vance delivered a message from Donald Trump to American troops stationed at a British navy base during his visit to the UK.

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3 h. ago First picture of man, 38, killed in horror electric bike crash

Peter Wood died in hospital following the crash in Bolton

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3 h. ago Wayne Rooney set to begin new role after Manchester United great 'signed £800,000 deal'

Former Man United and England hero Wayne Rooney signed a huge contract to take up this next role

Economics

3 h. ago Edinburgh Oasis: Watch special moment couple get engaged at Oasis Edinburgh gig

A video shows the lovely moment Dundee couple Dwayne Yuill and Shell Hodge got engaged at one of Oasis’ Edinburgh shows.

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3 h. ago Seven surprising tattoo fans – from a caveman to a pair of British royals

As the late, great Ozzy Osbourne once said: “If you want to be a f****** individual, don’t get a tattoos.” But it looks like the trend has been around even longer than he realised

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