34 m. ago Mosque that blocked women over 12 from taking part in charity run forced to lift 'regressive' ban

The 5km event held in East London last month was billed as 'inclusive' and 'family-friendly' but organisers insisted that female teenagers and women were forbidden from joining in

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97 m. ago Cancer weekly horoscope: What your star sign has in store for November 16 – 22

OUR much-loved astrologer Meg sadly died in 2023 but her column will be kept alive by her friend and protégé Maggie Innes. Read on to see what’s written in the stars for you today. Sign up for the Mystic Meg newsletter. Your info will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy CANCER JUNE 22 - JULY 22...

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97 m. ago Taurus weekly horoscope: What your star sign has in store for November 16 – 22

OUR much-loved astrologer Meg sadly died in 2023 but her column will be kept alive by her friend and protégé Maggie Innes. Read on to see what’s written in the stars for you today. Sign up for the Mystic Meg newsletter. Your info will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. TAURUS APRIL 21 - MAY 21...

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97 m. ago Aries weekly horoscope: What your star sign has in store for November 16 – 22

OUR much-loved astrologer Meg sadly died in 2023 but her column will be kept alive by her friend and protégé Maggie Innes. Read on to see what’s written in the stars for you today. Sign up for the Mystic Meg newsletter. Your info will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. ARIES MARCH 21 - APRIL 20...

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5 h. ago Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s had ‘warnings for my safety’ after posts by Trump

One-time Maga loyalist diverges with Trump on issues including Epstein, so US president has withdrawn supportMarjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime Republican ally who previously fiercely defended Donald Trump and his Maga movement, said on Saturday she had been contacted by private security firms “with warnings for my safety” after Trump announced on Friday he was withdrawing his support for and endorsement of the Georgia representative.In a post on X, Greene said that “a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world”, without referring to Trump by name, adding it was “the man I supported and helped get elected”. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Pope Leo XIV celebrates cinema with Hollywood stars and urges inclusion of marginal voices

Pope Leo XIV has welcomed Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, Greta Gerwig and dozens of other Hollywood luminaries to a special Vatican audience

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11 h. ago Chuck Schumer should quit – but would his imaginary friends agree? | Arwa Mahdawi

The US government was shut down for weeks – and then Democrats shrugged their shoulders and gave upChuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, has a pair of very sweet imaginary friends. They’re a middle-class couple called Joe and Eileen Bailey and they live on Long Island. At one point the imaginary couple, who feature in Schumer’s 2007 book, Positively American, were called the O’Reillys. According to the Hill, one Schumer aide said the name then was changed because the publisher thought O’Reilly was “too ethnic” for mass consumption. Another aide said that claim was false, and Schumer just wanted a name that “sounded more national”. Naming strategy aside, the key point here is that Schumer has said he runs all his policy decisions by this completely fictional couple. He’s referred to them hundreds of times throughout his political career.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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12 h. ago GP lists five simple activities that make quitting vapes easier: 'You need to keep your hands busy'

One of the hardest things about quitting cigarettes is knowing what to do to keep your hands busy when you'd typically be reaching for a smoke-and the same is true of vapes.

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12 h. ago Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister

Sonia Guajajara tells Cop30 the rights of traditional communities must be maintained in the face of exploitation by the mining industryCountries must recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as a key component of tackling the climate crisis, and civil society must help in the defence of such lands against mining interests, Brazil’s minister for Indigenous peoples has said.Sonia Guajajara, a longtime Indigenous activist before being appointed a minister by President Lula da Silva, said: “[Among the goals of the Cop30 summit is] a request that countries recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as climate policy.” Continue reading...

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12 h. ago 'My blue bin wasn't emptied for weeks and I have no idea why'

Josephine Howard believes old people are getting overlooked in society, and fears her abandoned blue bin is a prime example of this

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14 h. ago New DLR trains withdrawn after faulty brakes spark safety concerns

New DLR trains withdrawn after faulty brakes spark safety concerns  Eastlondonlines

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15 h. ago Chris McCausland: ‘My most embarrassing moment? Going into an undertaker’s thinking it was a barber’s’

The comedian on his geeky teenage years, cheating in an exam and why Strictly is his biggest achievementBorn in Liverpool, Chris McCausland, 48, became a software engineer before losing his sight in his 20s due to a genetic disorder. Forced to change careers, he worked in sales before turning to standup comedy in 2003. In 2024, he took part in Strictly Come Dancing and won. His waltz with professional Dianne Buswell was awarded the memorable moment Bafta in 2025. This year, he added more than 100 new dates to his theatre tour Yonks!, which runs until May 2026, and he has just published a memoir called Keep Laughing. He is married with one child and lives in London.When were you happiest? My college years when I was 17 to 19, before the responsibilities of adulthood, just doing the things that I was good at and liked – computers, maths, further maths (I was a geek). Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Why BBC owes a bigger apology to women like JK Rowling than to Donald Trump

The BBC must apologise to women for its biased coverage of the gender debate, one of the most important stories of the decade

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19 h. ago It took 30 years, but the European question destroyed the Tories. Now Labour could be next

Labour’s policy of sticking to the Brexit status quo deprives it of the economic and electoral benefits of moving significantly closer to the EU

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22 h. ago Trump ends support for Marjorie Taylor Greene amid growing Epstein feud

President turns on ‘Wacky Marjorie’ after congresswoman criticizes effort to block release of key Epstein documentsDonald Trump announced Friday that he is withdrawing his support and endorsement of Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime ally and previously fierce defender of the president and the Maga movement.Trump’s move away from Greene came just hours after she said in an interview she thought the president’s attempts to stop the release of the files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is “insanely the wrong direction to go”. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago New York town bans email and phone complaints after being inundated online

The policy comes after officials claimed they were besieged by online grievances that have turned out to be unfounded

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25 h. ago Jeremy Corbyn's Your Party descends further into chaos as one of its six MPs hits out at 'persistent infighting' and 'veiled prejudice' against Muslim men

Independent MP Adnan Hussain said he was withdrawing from the 'steering process' for Your Party, barely two weeks before the new platform's founding conference in Liverpool.

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25 h. ago English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books

Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social careEnglish councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance the books, according to a survey of local authorities.The key cities group of councils, which represents second-tier cities in England, said 60% of councils were planning to sell assets to meet the escalating costs of adult and children’s social care. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Home Secretary set to make HUGE change to UK refugee policy next week which will mean all who claim asylum in the country can only do so 'temporarily'

Shabana Mahmood will lay out reforms modelled on the Danish system on Monday which aim to make the UK less attractive for illegal immigrants, and make it easier to deport them.

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30 h. ago Former UCL academic is reported to police after 'accusing Jews of killing monk to use his blood to bake bread'

Dr Samar Maqusi, also accused Jews of controlling international finance during a lecture she delivered to Students for Justice in Palestine society at University College London (UCL).

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