55 m. ago RICHARD KAY: Why kicking Andrew out could be an own goal the King will live to regret... as left

RICHARD KAY: The Andrew problem is now being perceived as the extreme manifestation of a wider culture of excess and questionable royal entitlement

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1 hour ago M621 closure LIVE: Major West Yorkshire road closed after police

National Highways said traffic officers are on the scene to assist with traffic management and warned road users that the road may be closed for some time due to the nature of the incident.

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2 h. ago Glasgow street cordoned off after man found injured as police pictured at scene

Emergency services were called to Maxwell Street in Bailllieston after the alarm was raised at around 5.50pm on Friday.

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2 h. ago Fackham Hall review – Downton Abbey spoof is fast, funny and throwaway

Period drama parody has some decent and often smart gags and benefits from a game cast including Damian Lewis and Thomasin McKenziePerhaps it’s the feeling of end times in the air: after years of inactivity, spoofs are making a comeback. This summer saw the resurgence of the lighthearted genre, which at its best sends up the pretensions of overly serious genre with a barrage of pitched cliches, sight gags and stupid-clever puns. The Naked Gun, starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson in a spoof of a buddy-cop spoof, opened to moderate box office success; the hapless rock band dialed it back up to 11 in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Reboots of the horror spoof gold-standard Scary Movie and the Mel Brooks Star Wars rip Spaceballs were greenlit, and there were rumors of a return for international man of mystery Austin Powers. Unserious times, it seems, beget appetite for knowingly unserious, joke-dense, refreshingly shallow fun.The latest of these goofy parodies, which premieres on...

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2 h. ago Thomas Tuchel keeps his cool amid cringe, confusion and drama of World Cup draw | David Hytner

England manager happy to ‘focus on what we can influence’ after a draw that will live long in the memory and not for the right reasons At the end of an extraordinary day in the US capital and a World Cup draw that lurched between the ridiculous and the sublime (with a greater emphasis on the former, if the truth be told), Thomas Tuchel and England now know. Croatia in Toronto or Dallas. Ghana in Boston or Toronto. Panama in New Jersey or Philadelphia. And that is just the group games.With the excitement running wild and, well, England being England, their determination to bring it home to the fore, it was not long before the permutations were being scrutinised. It could be Mexico at the Azteca in the last 16 – the scene of the Hand of God in 1986. It could be Brazil in Miami in the quarter-finals. Tuchel pulled a face as if to say: “Wow.” There had been a lot to process. And that is before we talk about the Honourable Donald J Trump and his Fifa peace prize glory. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Trump wins his peace prize from Fifa – any chance of a VAR review?

At a gaudy and gauche World Cup draw, Gianni Infantino went all out to flatter the world’s most precious egoIt had about as much drama and suspense as reading a dictionary or watching election results come in from North Korea.To the surprise of no one, Donald Trump won the inaugural Fifa peace prize on Friday at a cheesy, gaudy and gauche World Cup draw expertly designed to flatter the world’s most precious ego. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Live updates as vehicle fire leaves lanes closed on Greater Manchester A

Two lanes are blocked and emergency services are at the scene

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6 h. ago Live updates as cordon in place after crash near train station

Police are at the scene

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8 h. ago The Mancunian Way: The estate where kids 'fought, drank and snogged amongst literary giants'

PLUS: Testing times

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9 h. ago Mysterious fire erupts at Roswell site linked to 1947 UFO crash

Fire crews rushed to the scene after the blaze was reported at the Roswell Air Center, just south of the legendary Hangar 84, a site long tied to the infamous 1947 UFO crash.

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9 h. ago Love Actually star surprises airport arrivals as she recreates iconic movie scene

Martine McCutcheon paid tribute to Love Actually's famous opening scene as she welcomed arrivals at Stansted airport.

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10 h. ago Forensics pictured scouring scene at Glasgow 'disturbance' as one dead and three injured

The area remains closed off by police.

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10 h. ago Everything you need to know after crash involving Bee Network bus and two cars

Emergency services were at the scene

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10 h. ago Mystery of Virginia Giuffre's missing millions: What has happened to the Andrew payout?

Virginia Giuffre’s family says her estate is worth just over £233,000, despite her receiving an estimated £9million from the former Duke of York

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12 h. ago Americans try Toby Carvery for the first time but say 'one thing is missing'

American, Amber Kacherian shared a review of her first ever Toby Carvery experience after visiting the restaurant chain for the first time and indulging in a large roast dinner

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12 h. ago Wayward England pace attack fumble their golden chance to strike with new ball | Simon Burnton

So good in the first innings in Perth, England’s bowlers were dismal in the opening session on day two to let Australia off the hookJofra Archer’s first ball zinged towards Jake Weatherald and screamed just past the bat. His second arrowed into his pads, knocking him off his feet, and after a review the umpire raised his finger.Forty-five overs later, Australia were all out for not many. But that was Perth, a bowling performance that started with a statement of intent from England’s premier fast bowler and a lead followed by his teammates. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Dine and dash scammer who fleeced a hotel out of £800 returns year later to try again

A woman who stayed at the Diplomat Hotel in Llanelli, Wales, fled without paying her hefty £802.55 bill. A year on the woman retuned to the scene of the crime to try the same trick again

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13 h. ago Bee Network bus and two cars crash in Manchester with cordon put in place

A cordon was in place at the scene in Wythenshawe

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13 h. ago Key US panel to vote on changing infant hepatitis B vaccine recommendation

ACIP vote follows two postponements and contentious meeting and comes as RFK Jr pushes for vaccine delayAfter a delay and an unusually contentious meeting, a federal vaccine advisory panel was expected to vote on Friday whether to change the longstanding recommendation that all newborns be immunized against hepatitis B.The first day of the meeting of the advisory committee on immunization practices (ACIP) on Thursday was marked by heated debate over restricting access to the hepatitis B vaccine for infants and a decision to defer the vote by a day to give members more time to review the wording. The panel, which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on how to use vaccines, had twice before postponed the vote. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Feeld in print: How to make an erotic magazine for modern lovers

AFM is a magazine which is aiming to combine sex with a literary sensibility for the modern era

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