48 m. ago Love Island stars with secret claims to fame before ITV reality series

Some of the Love Island 2025 cast already have links to fame

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88 m. ago ‘Political pawns’: Morale among California National Guard and Marines deployed in LA is underwater, report claims

State leaders in California have sharply criticized Trump administration decision to ignore their wishes and send military troops to respond to Los Angeles protests

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1 hour ago Air India CEO expresses ‘deep sorrow’ in first statement following deadly plane crash

Watch as the CEO of Air India expresses “deep sorrow” in his first statement since the deadly plane crash which claimed the lives of almost 300 people.

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2 h. ago Keir Starmer devastated after Air India flight crashes with 53 British nationals onboard

Sir Keir Starmer said he is “devastated" following the deadly Air India crash which claimed the lives of almost 300 people, including 52 British nationals.

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2 h. ago Masturbating American Airlines passenger gropes horrified seatmate but claims he was just ‘stretching,’ feds say

Exclusive: Darrell Ray Seale, 56, continued to grope the man even after demands that he stop, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by The Independent

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2 h. ago California insurance regulator launches investigation into State Farm over claims from LA fires

California's top insurance regulator is launching a probe into State Farm over its handling of claims from Los Angeles-area wildfires that broke out in January

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3 h. ago Revealed: Air India pilot's desperate mayday call seconds before devastating crash as experts raise fears wing flaps 'didn't look right' amid hunt for second black box

The London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plunged into the busy suburb just seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad Airport this morning, claiming the lives of all but one passenger.

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3 h. ago Bob MacIntyre starts US Open with best level par round 'of my life' as he claims three more will do it

The Scot puts his 70 at Oakmont in the top ten rounds he's ever played and insists three more of them will have him among the prizes.

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4 h. ago Trump’s pollution rollback rewards wealthy plant owners — at the expense of Americans’ health

Proposals this week to weaken EPA restrictions will help tiny group of owners while ‘the American people will breathe dirtier air’Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claimed on Wednesday that its plan to eviscerate power plant pollution standards will save the US about $1bn a year. In reality, though, this represents a starkly uneven trade-off, experts say.The savings for “Americans” will go entirely to power plant operators who won’t have to cut their pollution, while at the same time climate and health benefits for all Americans that are 20 times larger in dollar terms will be deleted. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Air India passenger's chilling video 'shows nothing working' on plane before doomed flight

A man travelling on an earlier Air India flight - the same plane that went on to crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday - claimed that there were a number of problems with the aircraft

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4 h. ago Fury as council bans homeowner from cutting down her 'Jack and the Beanstalk' tree despite claims from locals that huge oak could crush their homes

Officials have approved the order after hearing of the 'biodiversity value' of the oak for the area, where homes sell for in excess of £1 million.

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4 h. ago Claim a free iPad with Virgin Media TV and Broadband plans, but not for long

Make the most of your new Virgin Media contract by claiming a free Apple iPad.

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4 h. ago New York mayoral candidate accuses Cuomo donors of altering photo in act of ‘blatant Islamophobia’

Zohran Mamdani says Andrew Cuomo’s Super Pac altered his image in a mailer to voters, giving him a darker beardZohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist state assemblyman waging a progressive bid to become mayor of New York City, has accused donors to the frontrunner Andrew Cuomo of “blatant Islamophobia” after a mailer from their Super Pac altered Mamdani’s image giving him a darker, bushier beard.Mamdani, 33, posted a closeup of his face as featured in the mailer from the Cuomo-backing group Fix the City alongside the original photograph from which it was drawn. In the transition, the image’s visual contrast appears to be manipulated, slightly lightening Mamdani’s skin but also giving him the appearance of a longer and significantly fuller beard. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago British national says he walked away from Air India plane crash disaster

Watch as a British national who claims he survived the Air India plane crash walks away from the disaster which claimed the lives of over 200 people.

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5 h. ago Australia and South Africa wickets tumble to leave WTC final on a knife

Day two: Australia 212 & 144-8; South Africa 138Proteas battle back after Pat Cummins’ early blitzThis final has been dubbed “The Ultimate Test” and though almost certainly the product of a W1A-style ideas splurge back in Dubai, this tagline scarcely felt more appropriate watching the wickets tumble for a second successive day.It had looked for all money like Pat Cummins had sealed the fate of the World Test Championship mace. Thundering in from the Nursery End, a four-wicket burst after lunch had seen him claim six for 28 and with South Africa all out for 138 in 57.1 overs – 74 behind – all it needed was a further top-up of runs. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Jake Stewart sprints to Dauphiné win on stage five as Evenepoel holds lead despite fall

First victory in World Tour race for 25-year-old BritonRemco Evenepoel goes down but loses no timeThe British rider Jake Stewart won a sprint finish to triumph in the fifth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné on Thursday as Remco Evenepoel held on to the race lead.Stewart claimed his first career victory in a World Tour race, edging the bunched finale ahead of Axel Laurance and Søren Waerenskjold after the hilly 183km run from Saint-Priest to Macon. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Viktor Gyokeres to Man United transfer latest as Hugo Ekitike bombshell claims emerge

Latest Manchester United transfer news with bombshell claims made towards Viktor Gyokeres and Hugo Ekitike

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5 h. ago Air India plane crash had 'handful of Leicester residents' onboard as MP 'horrified'

A local MP has claimed there are several people in his constituency who have died after the fatal plane crash in India this morning, with over 200 said to be dead just minutes after taking off

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5 h. ago Boat firm wins alcohol licence despite locals' claims they've seen customers ram into others, defecate in gardens, enjoy al fresco sex and get naked in public

GoBoat's application was opposed by nearly 40 local residents who said they'd witnessed public sex, nudity, harassment and even punters using their gardens as toilets.

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5 h. ago US immigration agency flies drones capable of surveillance over LA protests

CBP claims in statement that they are ‘providing officer safety surveillance when requested by officers’LA protests – live updatesCustoms and Border Protection is flying surveillance drones over the Los Angeles protests, the agency confirmed in a statement on Thursday. The drones in question are MQ-9 Predators, some models of which are equipped with technology that would enable high-altitude surveillance. In a statement to 404 Media, which first reported the presence of the drones, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the drones were deployed to support “our federal law enforcement partners in the Greater Los Angeles area, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with aerial support of their operations”. Ice conducts raids and arrests, activity that has ramped up under Donald Trump’s administration and against which protesters in Los Angeles have been demonstrating.CBP also said in a statement that its air and marine operations were “not engaged in the surveillance of firs...

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