43 m. ago Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize

Mid-level and senior officials uncomfortable with awardFifa says it still ‘strongly’ supports the peace prizeThere is a growing sense of embarrassment among mid-level and senior officials within Fifa over the awarding of its peace prize to Donald Trump. The US president was handed the award at the World Cup draw in Washington DC in December with the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, telling Trump: “We want to see hope, we want to see unity, we want to see a future. This is what we want to see from a leader and you definitely deserve the first Fifa Peace Prize.”Since then, the US has launched airstrikes across Venezuela and captured the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flown them to the US, where he was put in jail. Maduro appeared in court on 5 January, pleading not guilty to drugs, weapons and “narco-terrorism” charges. Trump has also threatened to invade Greenland because he said the US needs the territory “very badly”. Continue reading...

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45 m. ago Matt Damon and Ben Affleck confirm bleak, bizarre rumour about Netflix original movies

The stars of the Netflix action movie ‘The Rip’ may have just let slip a big secret about the way the streaming platform tells stories

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62 m. ago Millions of Nationwide members told to look out for six words

Nationwide has warned its customers, urging them to follow the simple steps

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70 m. ago 'I lost 5.5 stone without giving up 2 of my favourite treats and it's so easy'

A man has shared his secret to dropping 5.5 stone in just a year without it negatively impacting his overall lifestyle - and says it's so easy, other people will be able to do it too

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93 m. ago Love Island star 'in his 20s' arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and coercive behaviour

The Met Police have revealed that a former Love Island star has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and coercive behaviour with an investigation launched back in November

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1 hour ago Hundreds of jobs at risk as iconic UK metal firm CF Booth goes bust

Rotherham-based metal recycling firm CF Booth has gone into administration and it means that around 200 jobs could be lost as many popular UK businesses have hit the wall recently

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1 hour ago The pub that changed me: ‘We celebrated Christmas in July – and suddenly every night was Saturday night’

At the start of the first festive shift, the other bartender and I silently pulled our crackers and grimly donned paper hats. Yet it worked a treat and taught me the value of making your own funI was an employee and a customer at this pub as a teenager in the early 1990s. This was one of four or five pubs clustered around the high street in the town where I grew up in Somerset. We gravitated towards the Blue Ball as teenagers, not because they served underage drinkers. They didn’t. And we could only afford to drink lime and soda anyway. No, we loved this place because it had (drumroll) two bars. So we were not only cool enough to go down the pub (never “to the pub”, strictly “down the pub” or, better still, “down the Blue”), but we even had our own bar. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago 'Irresistibly scandalous' murder mystery series that's 'more fun than it has any right to be' is now free to stream

The drama - described as 'more fun than it has any right to be' - follows four people working together to cover up a dark secret.

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2 h. ago ‘I can’t waste this’: Michael Sheen on his riskiest role yet – saving Wales’s national theatre

When funding cuts closed National Theatre Wales, the actor saw it as an emergency, and set about building a replacement. As its first show comes to the stage, he explains his plan to bring big productions back to his homelandSince Thornton Wilder wrote Our Town in 1938, it is said that not a day has passed when the Pulitzer prize-winning show hasn’t been performed. “Every time I read it, I come away with the feeling of having been woken up,” says Michael Sheen, star of the upcoming touring production of Wilder’s play about a close-knit community in small-town America. “With this urgent sense of ‘I have to not waste this.’”Transposing the heart of the American classic to Wales, this new production also marks the launch of Welsh National Theatre, a hugely ambitious company formed – and financed – by Sheen in response to the collapse of the former National Theatre Wales. “Opening night is going to be more than just the opening night of a play,” says Russell T Davies, the show’s creativ...

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2 h. ago Nasa moon rocket creeps to its launch pad in preparation for astronaut flight

First journey around moon with astronauts in more than 50 years could blast off in FebruaryNasa’s giant new moon rocket has moved to the launch pad in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century.The trip could blast off in February. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Nasa moon rocket creeps to its launchpad in preparation for astronaut flight

First journey around moon with astronauts in more than 50 years could blast off in FebruaryNasa’s giant new moon rocket has moved to the launchpad in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The trip could blast off in February.The 98-metre (322ft) rocket began its 1mph (1.6km/h) creep from Kennedy Space Center’s vehicle assembly building at daybreak. The trek of 4 miles took until nightfall. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal launch new bid; Chelsea push to seal Jacquet deal; Man Utd, Liverpool latest

Big deals in the pipeline ahead of February 2 deadline

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3 h. ago James Bulger killer's secret life and relationship with man who knew what he'd done

Robert Thompson was one of two sick and twisted murderers who targeted two-year-old James Bulger in 1993 but has largely kept out of the headlines since his release

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3 h. ago I’ve found a secret clearance store that’s got insane bargains – there’s cheap air fryers & even box

A WOMAN has shared her thoughts on a secret clearance store that’s got “insane” bargains on a huge selection of homeware items. So if your purse is feeling the pinch but your air fryer has broken, or you’re desperate to treat yourself to a new bed or TV, you’ve come to the right place and...

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4 h. ago Urgent search for missing schoolgirl, 14, who vanished from village two days ago

COPS have launched an urgent search for a missing 14-year-old girl who vanished two days ago. Lilly went missing from the LLanedeyrn area of Cardiff on Friday January 16, said cops. The schoolgirl was last seen at 5pm in the area, South Wales Police said. The force have since released a single image of Lilly...

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4 h. ago 'Legendary' period drama based on classic novel series is a must

A classic British TV series is heading to Netflix, and fans should be very excited

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5 h. ago Major hunt launched for missing schoolgirls who vanished two days ago

Naomi Doran, 17, and Aimee Ivatt, 15, were last seen in the Alexandria area, near Dumbarton, on Friday, sparking a major search and it is believed they may have travelled more than 30 miles

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5 h. ago Eight of the best affordable beach holidays, from Crete to the Costa de la Luz

Kick back and dream of summer with our pick of seaside gems, including a stylish Andalucian bolthole and a villa with views of StromboliWild, windswept and wonderfully unspoilt, the Costa de la Luz is the Spanish coastline time forgot; a great swathe of Atlantic drama, fringed with sandy beaches and small seaside villages and resorts. Hotel Madreselva, surrounded by the pine forest, wetlands, dunes and sea cliffs of the Breña y Marismas de Barbate nature reserve, makes a suitably tranquil base, with a palm-shaded courtyard, flame-walled pool area and 18 stylish rooms, all with a private patio. A minute’s walk from the beach at Los Caños de Meca, the hotel is perfect for watersports lovers, as well as exploring this unspoilt corner of Andalucia. The hilltop pueblo blanco of Vejer, a 20-minute drive away, has charm in spades, while Cape Trafalgar, a lighthouse with views over the Strait of Gibraltar, is 10 minutes’ walk along the beach.Doubles from £83 B&B, hotelmadreselva.com Con...

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5 h. ago Ilhan Omar is under investigation for her skyrocketing wealth... as she berates reporters for questioning her about 'fraud'

House Republicans have launched an investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar after financial disclosures showed her family's wealth soaring from near zero to as much as $30 million in just one year.

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5 h. ago 'After leaving Corrie I started a business from dad's living room

The former Coronation Street star launched her fashion brand as a teenager from her dad's living room - now it turns over eight figures annually

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