86 m. ago Happy couples can now walk down the aisle on their way to the loo at Scotland’s marriage mecca

Gretna Green Ltd has unveiled wedding-themed toilets – complete with pews, beams and flowers as part of £300,000 renovations.

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87 m. ago Two separate incidents before Storm Darragh preceded closure of Holyhead Port, it has been revealed

The repairs go on at Holyhead Port, but a Senedd committee has heard more details about the incident that shut the port, and one that took place just before

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1 hour ago Stunned family comes within inches of certain death when giant tree crashes down seconds after they walked by it

Ben and Shelly Kerstein, who were walking with a relative in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, branded their escape a miracle after they managed to dodge the tumbling tree.

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1 hour ago 'I thought I just had a bad headache – now I'm learning to walk and talk again'

Doctors at Maidstone Hospital in Kent found Phoebe O’Shaughnessy's extreme symptoms were caused by an autoimmune condition manifesting on the opposite end of her body

Politics

2 h. ago Department of Education braced amid reports of imminent Trump order to close it – US politics live

Trump order to Linda McMahon expected to claim that department has failed ‘children, teachers and families’, ABC News reportsThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has said that Republicans cannot meet their own budget target to pass Donald Trump’s legislative priorities without imposing cuts on Medicare or Medicaid.The House Republican budget blueprint envisions the House Energy and Commerce Committee will cut spending by $880bn, however, when its spending on Medicare and Medicaid are excluded from its spend, it only has $581bn of expenditure with which to make the savings.This letter from CBO confirms what we’ve been saying all along: the math doesn’t work without devastating Medicaid cuts. Republicans know their spin is a lie, and the truth is they have no problem taking health care away from millions of Americans so that the rich can get richer. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Miraculous moment family comes within inches of certain death when giant tree comes crashing down seconds after they walked by it

Ben and Shelly Kerstein, who were walking with a relative in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, branded their escape a miracle after they managed to dodge the tumbling tree.

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3 h. ago Competition watchdog will not investigate Microsoft partnership with OpenAI

'Looking at the evidence in the round (including the recent changes), we have found that there has not been a change of control by Microsoft from material influence to de facto control over OpenAI'

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3 h. ago Barclays announces new £7.5million compensation payout to customers hit by three

The bank said in a letter to the Treasury select committee — which on Thursday published the findings of a probe into the largest UK banks’ IT outages

Economics

4 h. ago Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards WALK OFF CBS Sports after what Alisson said to them

Alisson was in inspired form for Liverpool as they beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the Champions League - and he was in a cheeky mood during an interview with CBS Sports, Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards

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5 h. ago Jamie Carragher says Liverpool committed 'one of the biggest robberies you'll ever see' at PSG

Liverpool were dominated by PSG in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 clash, but somehow left the Parc des Princes with a win thanks to Harvey Elliott's late strike

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5 h. ago Spain reopens probe into death of billionaire Mango founder Isak Andic

Isak Andic's son Jonathan was the only person with the 71-year-old businessman when he died after falling nearly 500ft during a mountain walk near Barcelona in December

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8 h. ago Microsoft walks away from some CoreWeave commitments ahead of $35bn IPO

AI data centre provider hit by blow from biggest customer ahead of the biggest tech listing this year

Economics

12 h. ago Killer Albanian mafia kingpin 'is free to walk the streets of Britain' after claiming he'd be murdered in his home country

Mafia kingpin, Maksim Cela, 59, was detained in the UK just days after serving half of a 25-year life sentence for murder and terrorism in Albania, The Sun reports.

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14 h. ago Married At First Sight Australia 2025: Where the couples are now from the new series

Season 12 of Married At First Sight Australia has already been full of tears, shouting, cheating scandals and walkouts for the couples, with some already splitting

Politics

14 h. ago Trump’s NIH pick makes pitch for good science – in this administration?

Jay Bhattacharya tells hearing he is intent on protecting research, even as president takes axe to federal fundingDonald Trump’s nominee to run the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Jay Bhattacharya, told senators he was committed to ensuring scientists “have the resources they need” – even as the $48bn agency he hopes to lead has become a focus of the administration’s ideological war and cost-cutting efforts.At a confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Bhattacharya made a pitch for free scientific inquiry and an examination of the chronic disease epidemic, now a cornerstone of Republican health rhetoric, while hoping to serve in an administration that has frightened scientists into self-censorship. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Elliott stuns PSG as Liverpool weather storm to snatch remarkable victory

Liverpool are alive and well in the Champions League when they should have been buried in Paris. Arne Slot’s team did not simply secure a precious first-leg lead against Paris Saint-Germain, they committed grand larceny on a night that belonged to Alisson.Harvey Elliott grabbed a late winner entirely against the run of play and within a minute of replacing Mohamed Salah. Fittingly, Liverpool’s goal was constructed by their goalkeeper. Alisson was unbeatable all night, driving PSG to despair with a string of superb saves, although Luis Enrique’s side also squandered plenty of chances of their own accord. A goalless draw would have been a fine outcome for Liverpool in the circumstances but they emerged victorious when Alisson launched a clearance in the 87th minute. Continue reading...

Society

16 h. ago Mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York defend 'sanctuary' policies in congressional hearing

Democratic mayors of four major cities say Congress and the Trump administration are exaggerating crime committed by immigrants and attacking so-called sanctuary cities simply to score political points, as Republicans hammer the policies for shielding criminals and discouraging cooperation with federal officials

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16 h. ago 'I forgive elderly driver who mowed me down and put me on life support'

Ellie Steel met up with widower Thomas Frazer to forgive him, after the 72-year-old crashed into her while she was walking home from college and left her in an induced coma

Politics

17 h. ago How to be a walking British billboard with jumpers fit for a princess and loafers and trainers galore

In the fashion world the French are renowned for effortless elegance, while British brands have a monopoly on cool. But did you know we also produce some of the world's highest-quality fabrics.

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17 h. ago Father of British POW, 22, jailed for 19 years by Russian court for fighting for Ukraine fears his son's 'life is over'

James Anderson, 22, was sentenced by a Russian military court after being accused 'of crimes committed as part of the Ukrainian army in the Kursk region'.

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