58 m. ago Hamza Igamane a Rangers 'risk' as surging Lille talks see transfer rivals pull out amid De Jong intel leak

Russell Martin has a big decision to make on the striker before the crucial Champions League clash with Panathinaikos

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71 m. ago Masterchef judge attacks local council after he claims it cut the number of supper clubs he can hold at his farmhouse

William Sitwell slammed council planners after he was forced to apply for permission to continue holding the Sitwell Supper Club events at his £800,000 Rooks Nest Farm near Taunton.

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2 h. ago Brit drivers with phone holders in their cars issued urgent warning

Drivers up and down the nation have been warned over using phone holders in their car during the coming weeks, or risk causing severe damage to their vehicles and devices

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3 h. ago ‘Keeping us hooked on fossil fuels’: how can we negotiate with autocracies on the climate crisis?

The bulk of global greenhouse gas emissions come from countries that are not democratic, and many big oil and gas exporters are also authoritarianThe big emitters: which countries are holding back climate action and why?When it comes to the climate crisis, how do you negotiate with an autocracy?It is the case today, and it is almost certain to remain so for the dwindling number of years in which we can hope to stave off the worst of climate breakdown, that the bulk of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions come from countries that are not democratic. Add to that, many of the major suppliers of oil and gas – the Gulf petrostates for instance, plus Russia, Venezuela and a few others – are likewise authoritarian. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Jupiter was once massive enough to hold 2,000 Earths says research

Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, is 11 times wider than Earth, and has a mass 2.5 times greater than all of the rest of the planets combined

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3 h. ago Gardeners urged to check their house plants as four pests move in

Be on the watch out for key signs that these four common pests have infected your house plants as they destroy leaves and flowers and risk spreading nasty diseases

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4 h. ago Turning 35, I don’t have answers but I have learned one thing: we’re all just winging it | Alexander Hurst

My adult life seems to be mirroring that of the lead character in Bref, a French comedy about growing up and the things that hold us backWhen I was little I imagined, as most children probably do, that the grownups had things all worked out and someday I would find myself on the other side of a clear boundary. Adolescence on one side; maturity, responsibility, self-assuredness, composition on the other.A few weeks ago I turned 35. As the day ticked closer, I found that old childhood suspicion creeping in again; if any birthday should serve as a demarcator of that boundary, it should be this one, shouldn’t it? And now, as the days tick further from that imagined inflection point, it has become a reinforcement of probably the single biggest lesson I have taken away from “adulthood”: that most of us are simply winging it most of the time, through a process of becoming that never quite reaches become.Alexander Hurst is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

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4 h. ago ‘It’s ourselves and society on trial’: playwright adapts Gisèle Pelicot case for stage

Case that exposed France’s rape culture and shocked the world has been made into play to be shown in Avignon, where trial was heldA stage play based on the trial of the men who drugged and raped Gisèle Pelicot will be staged this week in the southern city of Avignon, as France continues to debate the lessons for society from the country’s biggest ever rape trial.The three-hour performance, The Pelicot Trial: Tribute to Gisèle Pelicot, has been created by Milo Rau, the Swiss director and playwright acclaimed for his theatre interpretations of court proceedings, including the Moscow trial of the Russian punks Pussy Riot and the trial of the Romanian despot Nicolae Ceaușescu. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago ‘Our silence didn’t protect him’: daughter pleads for father on death row in Iran

Arrested in 2023 after helping those injured during Women, Life, Freedom protests, Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri has been subjected to torture and a forced confession, say family and campaignersIn late October 2022, as protests over 22-year-old Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody swept across Iran, Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri, a father of three, was racing through alleyways in the city of Bukan, in western Iran, carrying medical supplies to secret clinics where doctors treated injured demonstrators in defiance of the state.Many of the wounded were too afraid to seek hospital care after reports of secret police patrolling wards, interrogating patients and detaining injured protesters. By helping, Babamiri, a 47-year-old fruit and vegetable farmer, did not see himself as a revolutionary but simply as someone doing what was right, says his daughter, Zhino. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Liverpool transfers: Hugo Ekitike pursuit moves closer as defender tipped to join Real Madrid

Liverpool are making a real push in this transfer window as they look to hold onto their Premier League title and are on the verge of making a seventh signing after closing in on Frankfurt's Hugo Ekitike

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6 h. ago 'I stayed at the hotel named best in England and was shocked by its star rating'

Having high expectations when you're visiting the best hotel in England isn't a bad thing, but Danielle Kate Wroe was holding her breath to see whether Mallory Court could live up to them...

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6 h. ago Households with bedding plants urged to act now to stop them dying

As temperatures continue to stay warm, gardeners need to pay extra attention to their bedding plants – otherwise they risk losing them. The UK is fast approaching its fourth heatwave, which means many of us are looking forward to BBQ parties and time spent lounging on the deck chair with a good book. Unfortunately, gardeners with bedding plants need to stay vigilant – as these plants are harshly affected by hot, dry conditions.

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7 h. ago I just got my first conviction in my 50s for driving 4mph above the speed limit while rushing my ill father to hospital. This is the cynical reason hard

Earlier this week I found myself in the dock of a London court receiving the news that for the first time in my 50-something years I now had a criminal conviction.

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7 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: This timid, blinky burbler's eyes darted around. She would make a terrible shoplifter

When politicians next go campaigning the youngsters will bait them relentlessly. Imagine the mockery when Sir Edward Davey tries asking sixth-formers for their votes. It's going to be a massacre.

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8 h. ago In Gaza I saw the suffering of children and the heroism of health workers trying to save them | Thienminh Dinh

If our leaders allow this massacre to pass without consequence or condemnation, it will reveal a disturbing truth about what the world is willing to acceptGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHeroism is no longer an abstract concept to me – it looks like Ali, who once spotted a quadcopter circling Al-Aqsa hospital in central Gaza, where he’d dropped me off less than an hour earlier. When the first airstrike slammed into the building, Ali ran: not away from danger but towards it, risking his own safety for mine. That morning, as subsequent strikes rattled the walls around us and as I phoned my sister (“Tell Mum and Dad I love them heaps – just in case”), Ali remained by my side.Seldom in history have healthcare workers been called upon to risk their lives simply by reporting for duty. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Risk of 'voter fraud' over Labour plans to allow bank cards as identity at polling stations

Existing laws require people to show photographic ID such as a passport or driving licence at the polling station before they can vote.

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9 h. ago Drinking alcohol the night before a morning drive puts lives at risk, motorists warned

More than a fifth of motorists have drunk alcohol after 10pm when needing to drive before 9am the following morning

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9 h. ago UK heatwaves could cause more than 5,000 deaths this summer as temperatures soar

The Centre for Ageing Better says it is extremely concerned about the significant heat health risk to older people this summer and the increasingly hotter summers of the future.

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10 h. ago The Crypto cabinet: One in five of Trump’s closet allies hold significant cryptocurrency assets

Several cabinet members, including Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, have all reported personal stakes

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12 h. ago 30 million Americans at risk as monster storm shifts path in new spaghetti models

Meteorologists have warned that a surge in tropical moisture could set off dangerous flash floods all the way from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley, impacting residents in parts of 11 states.

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