39 m. ago Jack Smith faces private grilling by House GOP over Trump probes after offer to testify publicly was rejected

The former Justice Department special counsel wants to correct what he regards as mischaracterizations from Republicans about his work

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74 m. ago Martin Lewis says 'people don't know about' Amazon sections for deals on Apple, Samsung and Dell

Money expert appeared on This Morning and shared savvy shopping advice for Amazon users - telling people they need to check out three specific areas

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85 m. ago Turbo Guinness: Need a pick me up for party season? Welcome to the latest stout special

The tiresome pursuit of novel ways to consume the Black Stuff continues. David Ellis reports

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98 m. ago Putin calls European leaders ‘little pigs’ and says Russia will achieve Ukraine goals by diplomacy or force

Russian leader says aims of its ‘special military operation’ will be met ‘unconditionally’The last available Erasmus+ country report for the UK based on 2020 data shows that University of Glasgow, University of Bristol, and University of Edinburgh were the three top UK universities sending students abroad, with most people coming into the UK from Spain, France and Germany.Just over 16,000 European students came into the UK as part of from the scheme in 2019/2020, with almost 6,000 trainees on top of that figure. 9,800 UK students and 6,500 trainees went in the other direction, data show. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Police investigation after ‘lost species’ disappear across UK in suspicious circumstances

Satellite tags of two eagles were discovered discarded near their last known locations

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2 h. ago How to beat dandruff and flaky scalp this winter: An expert reveals the popular treatment that can increase irritation and redness

Every couple of years the beauty industry becomes hyperfixated on a part of the body that consumers are told requires special attention. The latest obsession is the scalp.

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2 h. ago Madame Blanc Mysteries Christmas Special start date, cast, and episode length for 'very different' show

Sally Lindsay returns as Jean White in a feature-length Madame Blanc Mysteries Christmas Special airing Tuesday, December 23 at 8pm on Channel 5, with guest stars John Thomson and Kacey Ainsworth joining the festive mystery

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2 h. ago Maga loyalist expands investigation into intelligence officials who angered Trump

Experts decry Jason Reding Quiñones’s ‘fishing expedition’ as subpoenas reportedly issued to John Brennan and othersA Maga loyalist US attorney in Miami is expanding an investigation of ex-FBI and intelligence officials who incurred Donald’s Trump’s wrath with an inquiry into how Russia helped him win in 2016, despite the US justice department suffering stinging recent court rejections of indictments of two foes of the US president.Former prosecutors and legal experts call the Miami-based inquiry, which has issued some two dozen subpoenas so far, a “fishing expedition”. The investigation’s apparent focus is to identify ways to criminally charge ex-FBI and intelligence officials who have already been investigated and effectively exonerated by two special counsels and a Republican-led Senate panel, which mounted exhaustive inquiries into Russia’s efforts to boost Trump in 2016. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago 'Wonderful' moments as special visitors put smiles on faces of kids spending Christmas in hospital

It was arranged thanks to a local charity supporting seriously ill children and their families

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3 h. ago Madame Blanc Mysteries Christmas Special date, cast, and run time for 'very different' episode

Sally Lindsay's Madame Blanc Mysteries is returning with a feature length episode over the festive period, here's what you need to know

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3 h. ago Lion pictured having ‘critical’ procedure to help safeguard species

Sahee, an Asiatic lion living at Hertfordshire Zoo, underwent a specialist procedure to check his fertility.

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3 h. ago A Harvard scholar’s ouster exposes a crisis of institutional integrity | Eric Reinhart

The dismissal of a a renowned health leader who refused to ignore Palestine highlights false claims of universality in human rights, global health and academiaLast Tuesday afternoon, Dean Andrea Baccarelli at the Harvard School of Public Health sent out a brief message announcing that one of the country’s most experienced and accomplished public health leaders, Dr Mary T Bassett, would “step down” as director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights. The email struck a polite, bureaucratic tone, thanking her for her service and offering an upbeat rationale for a new “focus on children’s health”.It omitted the fact that, according to a Harvard Crimson source, Bassett had been asked to resign just two hours earlier and instructed to vacate her office by the end of the year. The decision was not a routine administrative transition. It was the culmination of a year of escalating pressure on the Center for Health and Human Rights for its work on the health and hu...

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3 h. ago ‘Music needs a human component to be of any value’: Guardian readers on the growing use of AI in music

AI promises to have far-reaching effects in music-making. While some welcome it as a compositional tool, many have deep concerns. Here are some of your responsesAI-generated music is flooding streaming platforms, and it seems to be here to stay. Last month, three AI songs reached the highest spots on Spotify and Billboard charts. Jorja Smith’s label has called for her to receive a share of royalties from a song thought to have trained its original AI-generated vocals on her catalogue, which were later re-recorded by a human singer.With this in mind, we asked for your thoughts on music composed by AI, the use of AI as a tool in the creation of music, and what should be done to protect musicians. Here are some of your responses. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Horrifying moment cameraman is run over and 'nearly beheaded' by Rolls

Matt Perren, 27, was filming a close-up shot when the driver of the 1990s classic car accidentally put his foot down on the accelerator instead of hitting the break.

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4 h. ago Trump’s $10bn attack on the BBC doesn’t have to make sense. In his absurd world, he has already won | Jane Martinson

The legal action has made news and it will do damage. A potential disaster for the corporation and the UK, but a good day’s work for this presidentLove Actually may be a terrible movie, but it provides one speech that’s hard not to wish into reality this Christmas. Keir Starmer, the actual, nonfictional UK prime minister, needs to channel the one played by Hugh Grant – and stand up to an absurd US president now bullying the BBC with a $10bn lawsuit.Just imagine for one moment that Starmer decided to make Donald Trump’s claim against the BBC the final straw for a special relationship that is increasingly special only in a bad way. That would not be outlandish, for not only has Trump taken aim against a British broadcaster, but earlier this week it seemed that his promise of an AI “prosperity deal” (bought, let’s not forget, with gurning invites to Windsor Castle) is set to evaporate. As the fictional Love Actually PM once said: “A friend who bullies us is no longer a friend Since bul...

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4 h. ago Rare 'galaxy frogs' are feared to have been killed after photographers destroyed their habitat to take pictures of them

The tiny star-speckled Melanobatrachus indicus is the only species in its family and lives under logs in the Keralan rainforest in southern India.

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5 h. ago All Creatures Great and Small Christmas Special start time, cast list and how to watch Comfort & Joy

Rachel Shenton returns for the Christmas Special but who else stars in the festive episode, what is it about and when is it episode on?

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5 h. ago Brutal teen murder to be explored in devastating true crime documentary

Love Island star Laura Whitmore returns to true crime TV with a one-off special exploring a house party that had fatal consequences

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5 h. ago UK’s Universal FINALLY gets go ahead to start works – with plans to open the theme park by 2031

UNIVERSAL has finally been given the green light to open a theme park in the UK. The famous film studios has been given planning permission to start building the theme park. A Special Development Order (SDO) has been granted by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which allows the theme park...

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5 h. ago How a homeless man’s likeness ended up on display at the Vatican

The story of art and faith, and a human tragedy, caught the attention of Pope Francis

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