56 m. ago Missing girl, 13, found stuffed in a basement box after meeting man on Snapchat

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Investigators found a 13-year-old girl trapped inside a box in a man's basement after they met through Snapchat, police say

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69 m. ago American teacher and his son are killed by swarm of hornets while ziplining in Laos

Daniel Owen, 47, and his 15-year-old son Cooper, died just hours after they were taken to hospital

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71 m. ago Big Brother star and friend of Prince William's Ben Duncan dies after '100ft fall from roof'

Ben Duncan, star of Big Brother and a friend of Prince William, has died after falling from the roof of a West End hotel

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75 m. ago Pets contribute to greenhouse gases like us. Here's how to reduce their carbon pawprint

Data shows that pet owners are increasingly buying food that resembles their own diets as part of the trend toward treating pets as family

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81 m. ago Fire breaks out at family home in early hours after 'electrical appliance fault'

A number of household items were burnt out

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84 m. ago UK weather set to be a total washout with 18 hours of heavy rain and power cut fears

The Met Office has put numerous yellow weather warnings in place across the country. Forecasters are warning there could be chaos on the roads as well as power cuts

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87 m. ago Manslaughter inquiry opened after death of worker in Rome tower collapse

Contractor was trapped for 11 hours under fallen masonry at medieval landmark near the ColosseumProsecutors have opened a manslaughter investigation over the death of a worker trapped when a medieval monument in central Rome partly collapsed.Octav Stroici, 66, was rescued on Monday night after 11 hours under fallen masonry but died of his injuries at the city’s Umberto I hospital. Romanian foreign affairs officials, who said he came from their country, thanked rescuers for their efforts to save him during a long, complex and delicate operation. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Bella Culley spotted arriving at airport in Tbilisi ahead of flight home

The teenager is expected to land back in Britain tonight after completing a five and a half hour flight from Tbilisi to London Luton Airport

Society

1 hour ago Prince William's university pal and Big Brother star dies after 100ft fall from rooftop bar

Ben Duncan who was at St Andrews university with William and Kate when they first got together, died after plummeting seven floors from a rooftop bar at a London hotel

Politics

2 h. ago ‘Wait and see’ if Reeves ups income tax but I will cut it in Scotland – Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader said taxes set by the Scottish Government are ‘too high’.

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2 h. ago EU says Ukraine must accelerate reforms on rule of law and other ‘fundamentals’ if it wants membership

EU says reforms needed ‘with regards to the fundamentals, in particular rule of law’ to have a chance to ‘provisionally close accession negotiations by the end of 2028’We will formally get the EU’s commentary on the enlargement ratings (9:26) in just over an hour – when EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and EU enlargment commissioner Marta Kos are due to speak to journalists – but we have just had a brief glimpse of what’s coming during Kos’s appearance in the European parliament.She said these have been “significant advances on the EU path achieved so far by Montenegro, Albania, Moldova and Ukraine,” stressing that “reforms pay off.”I can say that these four candidates have matched their ambitions with concrete actions. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago 'We want a bionic arm for Christmas': Three kids launch fundraiser for new limbs

Caleb and Lennon, aged nine, and Imogen, eight, were chosen for the Big Hero 3 campaign. Named the "Hero Arm", it is the world's first multi-grip bionic arm for children.

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2 h. ago Tragedy as Prince William's high society university acquaintance

A renowned socialite who was friends with Prince William and Kate Middleton and appeared in numerous TV shows has died after falling from the roof of a West End hotel.

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2 h. ago Football Manager 26 review –a modern sim for the modern game

Sports Interactive; PC (version tested), PS5, Switch, XboxAfter a two-year wait, Football Manager 26 upgrades every aspect of the football sim, but it may take some getting used toYou can imagine what the home fans are singing in the Stadium of Light: “Top of the league, you’re having a laugh!” Your Liverpool team, who until this afternoon were five points clear at the top of the table, trail by two goals in the 82nd minute. You wonder where Mo Salah left his shooting boots, or why Virgil van Dijk seems to have forgotten the whole concept of tackling. But this isn’t on the players, it’s on you – or so you’ll tell the press – as you stare at the tactics screen trying to figure out which of the dozens of potential tweaks will change the tide of this depressing spectacle.Football Manager was always the data-driven alternative to the visually opulent Fifa series (now EA Sports FC), but the latest instalment starts to bridge the graphical gap. The 3D-rendered match highlights have been g...

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2 h. ago Footballers collapse to the ground after being told manager died during match

Mladen Zizovic, manager of Serbian top-flight side Radnicki 1923, has died at the age of 44 after suffering a heart attack on the side of the pitch during his side's match against Mladost

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2 h. ago Avoid clothes causing damp after drying indoors by following five rules

Drying clothes indoors is more common during the winter, but it can cause a musty smell, or worse lead to damp and mould indoors. Luckily, there are ways you can stop it happening

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2 h. ago Young mum, 23, tragically dies taking on six drinking challenges on her birthday

Young mum María José Ardila tragically lost her life after participating in a six-round drinking contest to celebrate her birthday as a night of partying took a terrible turn

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2 h. ago Northern town few hours from Manchester is 'trapped in time' and has 'insane' chippy

The town has an array of retro shops, historic transport options, Georgian gardens and plenty more to explore but its fish and chips have been hailed as the "best ever"

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2 h. ago Celebrity cake baker caught in paedophile sting in Motherwell

Married dad David Duncan, 41, was sentenced to 280 hours of unpaid work.

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2 h. ago Dick Cheney dead: Vice President who served with George W. Bush and took leading role in 'war on terror' dies at 84

The hard-charging conservative served alongside Republican President George W Bush for two terms between 2001 and 2009.

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