6 h. ago Major high street jeweller to shut seven stores across Britain in coming months

Five of the stores affected are in England, while two are located in Scotland. All seven stores will be closed in March or April.

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3 d. ago Police hunting for missing Brit in Kenya 'find body of strangled man in sack'

Police hunting for missing British man, Campbell Scott, have located the body of strangled man from shrubland in Kenya. The major update comes after he went missing earlier this month

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3 d. ago Anne Marie shows of baby bump as pregnant star puts 'hardest year' behind her

Singer Anne-Marie's exciting news comes just two months after she reflected on going through a troubled time and she's already displaying quite a bump

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3 d. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Johannes Radebe says 'heart's full' in reunion months after co

The reunion come months after they had to go their seperate ways

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3 d. ago ‘I’d never loved it so much’: Ukrainian woman who felt compelled to return home

On the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Yuliya Danilina talks about her decision to return to Ukraine despite the risks – and the legacy of occupation she found‘I felt paralysed by fear’: Danilina’s escape from Ukraine (2022)Before Russia invaded in 2022, a red dog collar arrived in the post. I’d bought it for my rough collie, Pippa, but it was too large. So I drove to Bucha, a 20-minute drive from my village of Klavdievo-Tarasovo, to get it resized by a leatherworker there. He was very kind and said he could fix it and to come back later that week.The next day, the war started. I managed to escape the bombs and food shortages of the early weeks of the war, I left Ukraine and came to England to be with my then 27-year-old daughter, Sasha. Arriving in March 2022, it took me about a month to come to my senses – I didn’t realise how deeply in shock I was. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The ‘major existential threat’ facing Scotland's universities hit by 'huge' 22% cut

The plea on behalf of Scottish universities comes with Cardiff confirmed plans to cut 400 jobs last month

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4 d. ago Mum of Dave Grohl's lovechild finally revealed as huge music fan

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl admitted to cheating on his wife of 21 years last year - and now the mother of his seven month old love child has come forward

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5 d. ago Trump fires Black joint chiefs chair Hegseth accused of promoting diversity

US secretary of defense had questioned whether history-making air force general CQ Brown Jr got job because of raceDonald Trump abruptly fired the air force general CQ Brown Jr as chair of the joint chiefs of staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making Black fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign to purge the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in the ranks.The ouster of the second Black general to serve as chair of the joint chiefs comes three months after Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, outlined a plan for ridding the US military of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts during a podcast interview. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago We asked the people of Gaza how they saw their future – this is what we found | Nils Mallock

Support for Hamas is declining – no obvious alternative has emerged, but our poll shows there are reasons to be hopefulNils Mallock is research fellow at the XCEPT research group at King’s College LondonAfter coming the closest yet to falling apart, the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel is back on its fragile track. Just days ago, an escalating dispute threatened the deal after both sides expressed frustration about the other’s fulfilment of their respective obligations. Donald Trump’s recent proposal to resettle Gaza’s population of two million Palestinians also rattled the truce.The turbulences of the month-old ceasefire expose a deeper political uncertainty: after 15 months of fighting, no clear vision exists for what comes next. Who should govern and rebuild Gaza? What will its future relationship with Israel be?Nils Mallock is research fellow at the XCEPT research group at King’s College London, a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics, and regularly briefs the UK For...

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6 d. ago Macmillan Cancer Support is criticised for recruiting a £100k a year head of EDI

The opening comes a few months after the cash-strapped charity slashed more than 400 jobs amid what it described as a 'tough financial climate', while also closing some services.

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6 d. ago Macmillan Cancer Support is criticised for recruiting a £100k a year DEI director

The opening comes a few months after the cash-strapped charity slashed more than 400 jobs amid what it described as a 'tough financial climate', while also closing some services.

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8 d. ago Inside Anne Marie's 'hardest year' as she stood by husband Slowthai who was cleared of rape

Singer Anne-Marie has revealed that she is pregnant with her second child. The exciting news comes just two months after she reflected on going through the 'hardest year'

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9 d. ago Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr trade insults in row over drug tests

Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr's latest row on social media comes just two months before they're finally set to settle the score at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London

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9 d. ago Winning £1m lottery ticket claimed four months after numbers came up

The winning ticket was bought in the Swansea area but the winner waited to come forward until four months to the day since the draw

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1 week ago Baftas 2025: Conclave beats The Brutalist to best picture as Mikey Madison scoops best actress

Both Edward Berger and Brady Corbet’s dramas take four awards while Demi Moore denied comeback prize as competition heats up for next month’s OscarsFull list of winnersBaftas after-parties: Pamela Anderson, Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande – in picturesRed carpet, ceremony and winners – as it happenedConclave, Edward Berger’s Vatican-set thriller starring Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal overseeing the election of a new pope, went into this year’s Bafta ceremony with a dozen nominations – the most of any contender. It ended up with four awards: for best picture, outstanding British film, adapted screenplay and editing.Accepting the second of those, Berger – who swept the board at the awards two years ago with his remake of All Quiet on the Western Front, which won seven prizes – said: “We live in a time of a crisis of democracy. Institutions used to bringing us together are used to pull us apart. Sometimes it’s hard to keep the faith, and that’s why we make movies.” Continue reading...

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