29 m. ago Storm Amy batters Britain: Jason Manford suffers terrifying flight drama, cars are smashed and trees downed as 100mph winds sweep country

Comedian Jason Manford has shared the terrifying moment his flight rocked from side to side and was forced to abort landing in Belfast on Friday afternoon amid blustery Storm Amy winds.

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29 m. ago Starmer hit with major blow as tech firm backs out of digital ID card scheme

Mosley, grandson of notorious fascist leader Oswald Mosley, said the Labour manifesto for last year's general election did not mention the scheme set out last month and warned it was undemocratic

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36 m. ago Strictly Come Dancing live: Amy Dowden ‘under the weather’ ahead of second live show of the series

All the updates from week two of the BBC dancing competition

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40 m. ago Major UK supermarket set to roll out digital price tags across hundreds of stores

A supermarket giant has announced a huge change to the way customers will shop in their stores. The shift comes after a three-month trial in a branch in Manchester

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42 m. ago Women’s Cricket World Cup: Match between Australia and Sri Lanka abandoned – as it happened

Match abandoned without a ball bowled in ColomboFrom friend of the OBO Mrinal Asija, it seems like the lightning is not easing up in Colombo.At least someone is enjoying the rain delay – Phoebe Litchfield is always a vibe. Continue reading...

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55 m. ago After Manchester, progressives should know this: Jewish people feel very alone. We need you to stand with us | Dave Rich

There’ll be sympathy and heightened security, but in the 1960s when Jewish communities faced attack, there was also solidarity. We need that backYom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish year, a day of repentance, prayer, fasting; and now – for two Jewish families in Manchester – also a day of mourning. It is also, increasingly, a day when terrorists visit their local synagogue to murder the Jews inside.Six years ago, that terrorist was Stephan Balliet, a German neo-Nazi, and the synagogue was in Halle, Germany. Yesterday it was Jihad Al-Shamie, at the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester. Both attacks left two people dead; both were thwarted from further atrocities by the simple act of closing the front door.Dave Rich is director of policy at the Community Security Trust and the author of Everyday Hate: How Antisemitism is Built into Our World – and How You Can Change it Continue reading...

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55 m. ago Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from data centers amid AI boom

Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean data centers’ climate impact is worse than previously thoughtData centers’ electricity demands have been accused of delaying the US’s transition to clean energy and requiring fossil fuel plants to stay online, while their high level of water consumption has also raised alarm. Now public health advocates fear another environmental problem could be linked to them – Pfas “forever chemical” pollution.Big tech companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon often need data centers to store servers and networking equipment that process the world’s digital traffic, and the artificial intelligence boom is driving demand for more facilities. Continue reading...

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97 m. ago Bledisloe Cup live: Australia Wallabies v New Zealand All Blacks – Rugby Championship

Updates from the Wallabies v All Blacks in PerthSign up for The Breakdown | Get in touch via emailConditions in Perth are damp. It’s been raining on and off throughout the day so it will be slick under lights. Temperatures are mild and there’s little wind to speak of.“As a South African following while doing a short stint in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, I am salivating ahead of this pivotal match,” emails Craig Sayers. “Indeed, my medulla oblongata has worked overtime this entire Rugby Championship, considering the effect on my heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago The varied fates of Love Island season three: From huge TV success to freak accidents and high profile romances

So, as Amber keeps busy with her stint on this year's Strictly Come Dancing and her successful West End performances. What happened to her Love Island castmates?

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1 hour ago ‘He wasn’t this national hero’: US college students voice concern over Charlie Kirk’s idolization

Black, brown and LGBTQ+ students across the US are puzzled by all the praise the far-right commentator has received after his killingAlana*, a student at Utah Valley University, was taken aback by the deification of Charlie Kirk in the wake of his assassination on 10 September. As an Afro-Latina genderqueer senior at DC’s Howard University, she found it off-putting when she saw an image on Instagram of Kirk hugging Jesus. “He wasn’t this national hero or politician,” Alana, who is using an alias, said. He was “just a white man with a loud opinion.”The sentiment on the historically Black university’s campus, she said, is that Kirk’s rhetoric about marginalized communities was hateful and that they are being unfairly blamed for his death. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Every American should read this judge’s stirring rebuke to Trump | Austin Sarat

The court’s opinion in a case on immigrants’ right to free speech is a powerful lesson in civics Democracy requires that we do more than look out for our own interests and defend our own rights. Ever since the birth of this nation, its citizens and leaders have echoed Benjamin Franklin’s admonition that “we must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”In Donald Trump’s America, hanging separately seems to be the order of the day. This seems especially true when it comes to his treatment of this country’s millions of non-citizen residents. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Greens ‘on track’ to supplant Labour as favourite party in London, says Zack Polanski

Exclusive: poll asked voters to rank parties on how favourably they felt about them, with strong support in capital and among younger votersThe Greens are viewed more favourably than any other party in London and among younger voters, polling produced for the party has shown, with its leader, Zack Polanski, saying this showed they were “on track” to supplant Labour.The YouGov poll, carried out to coincide with the Greens’ ongoing annual conference in Bournemouth, asked voters in England to rank the five main parties in order of how favourably they felt about them, rather than the usual metric of which they planned to vote for. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Strictly star Karen Carney's 'special' meeting with Prince William summed up what he's like

The former England footballer made a stunning start to her Strictly Come Dancing journey last weekend as she topped the leaderboard with partner Carlos Gu

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1 hour ago Zoe Ball slams 'hideous' part of Stefan Dennis and Dianne Buswell’s Strictly routine

BBC stars Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball are both self-confessed Strictly Come Dancing fanatics – but they had some harsh words for last weekend's song choices

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2 h. ago Hampstead Heath swimming ponds considering limiting transgender users’ access

Trans swimmers currently able to use a mixed pond or either of the segregated ponds for the gender they identify asA consultation has been launched on transgender swimmers’ access to Hampstead Heath ponds, which could result in them being banned from using the pools for the gender they identify as.The Kenwood Ladies’ and Highgate Men’s ponds are gender-segregated, with trans people currently able to swim in whichever they feel most appropriate, or use the Heath’s mixed-gender pond instead. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Strictly's Vicky Pattison uses this highlighter to get her 'lit

Vicky Pattison has just given fans a sneak peek at one of the cult-favourite beauty products she's been using to complete her 'radiant' Strictly Come Dancing makeup

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2 h. ago British teenager dies in car crash months after being freed from Dubai jail for sex with girl, 17

Marcus Fakana, 19, died in hospital after police pursued a vehicle in Tottenham, London, which was then involved in a collisionA British teenager who was jailed in Dubai for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl while they were on holiday has died in a car crash three months after he was released, a campaign group has said.Marcus Fakana, 19, died in hospital in the early hours of Friday after police pursued a vehicle in Tottenham, north London. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Vicky Pattison uses 'perfect glow' highlighter ahead of Strictly Come Dancing performance

If you've been wondering how Vicky Pattison gets her radiant, lit-from-within glow for her Strictly performances, you're in luck as we now know the exact product she uses

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2 h. ago Taylor Swift lets slip huge wedding detail as she reveals upcoming nuptial plans

Taylor Swift has accidentally revealed she plans on inviting as many people to her wedding day as possible to avoid the stress that come with planning an intimate ceremony

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2 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing cast: what are the songs and dances in week 2? Full list

Strictly Come Dancing has revealed the list of songs and dances for week 2 🕺💃📺

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