37 m. ago Mel Brooks says he’s ‘glad’ best friend Carl Reiner died before murder of his son Rob

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found murdered in December

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65 m. ago Szoboszlai’s low blow and Salah’s return in Marseille put Liverpool on a high

Liverpool and Arne Slot continue to find their release on European soil. What had been billed as an intimidating, intense examination of the faltering Premier League champions by Roberto De Zerbi’s Marseille proved nothing of the sort as Slot’s side moved confidently towards automatic qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League.Dominik Szoboszlai, an own goal forced by Jeremie Frimpong and the substitute Cody Gakpo brought Liverpool a merited victory in the south of France plus a ninth win in 11 European away fixtures under Slot. The margin of victory could have been even greater but, having struggled to turn possession into chances and chances into wins of late, the Liverpool head coach will take satisfaction from a comprehensive triumph all the same. Continue reading...

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81 m. ago Masked gang 'armed with gun' storm Anfield post office as manhunt launched

The suspects, who left the post office empty handed, were described as wearing all dark clothing and face coverings as police hunt for the gang

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1 hour ago Man returning from pub sees neighbour 'shouting' from window as house fire kills OAPs

A murder trial into the burning blaze that killed an elderly couple in St Helens has begun.

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2 h. ago English cricket remains a metaphor for the country as travelling circus rolls on | Jonathan Liew

As Brendon McCullum and Rob Key limp on, perhaps it is worth retracing the steps that brought us hereThere will be consequences. There must be consequences. Perhaps there have already been consequences. Harry Brook is very sorry for getting punched by a bouncer in New Zealand. Rob Key is very sorry for overseeing an Ashes tour that in retrospect could probably have been an email. Brendon McCullum is not sorry, but has promised to “look at things over the next little while”, which is basically the same as an apology, so fine.In the meantime, the travelling circus of English cricket rolls on. There is a white-ball series in Sri Lanka starting on Thursday morning, for which – consequences, remember – McCullum remains as coach, Key remains as managing director and Brook remains as captain. In addition Zak Crawley returns to open the batting in the 50-over team, a fitting reward for not playing a single 50-over game in the whole of 2024 or 2025. Nature heals. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Scots teen still traumatised months after being attacked by girl gang

The 14-year-old girl, who isn't being named, was jumped by four teens who 'hid in a hedge' in Edinburgh.

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2 h. ago Cruz Beckham’s debut show sells out in minutes as fans accuse Brooklyn of overshadowing moment

The musician, who performs with his indie rock band Cruz Beckham and The Breakers, will play London in March

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2 h. ago Former Iowa superintendent charged for claiming US citizenship expected to change not guilty plea

Former Des Moines superintendent Ian Roberts is set to appear before a federal judge on charges of falsely claiming U.S. citizenship and illegally possessing firearms

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2 h. ago Tories lost Jenrick because of ‘personal ambition’, Badenoch tells party

Ex-shadow justice minister Robert Jenrick defected to Reform UK on Thursday, describing Britain as ‘broken’.

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3 h. ago Amazon Crime: Shocking moment delivery driver STEALS pet cat caught on doorbell camera

Carl Crowther was looking for his cat all day before he discovered the footage on his doorbell camera

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4 h. ago Kim Kardashian breaks silence on Taylor Swift feud, North West backlash and Kanye drama on Khloe's podcast

Kim Kardashian picked her moment on sister Khloe's podcast to dish every bit of chaos and drama swirling around her.

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5 h. ago ‘A new aristocracy’: Jonathan Anderson muses on eccentricity at Dior menswear show

Musée Rodin was the venue for the designer’s second men’s show for the house, and he sought to shun normalityHe is one of fashion’s greatest ruminators so where better than the Musée Rodin in Paris to stage Jonathan Anderson’s second menswear show for Dior. Guests including the actors Robert Pattinson and Mia Goth, and Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton wandered past Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker as they made their way to their seats on Wednesday afternoon.Speaking backstage before the show, Anderson, dressed in his signature faded Levi’s jeans and a navy cashmere sweater, described the collection as “another character study”, explaining that this time he set out to explore “the idea of a new aristocracy”, questioning “what it means today” and “what can it be?” The-41-year old designer said when it came to the social hierarchy he wanted to “ignore the aspect of money” and instead home in on “their eccentricity”. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Innocent elderly couple died in arson attack at their home which was set alight over £400 cocaine debt

Sheila Jackson, 83, and Eric Greener, 77, were rescued from the blaze but died within days.

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5 h. ago Trump’s tariff threat leaves Europe with a choice: fight back or cease to matter | Georg Riekeles

Appeasing Trump has only emboldened him. But European leaders are not as helpless as the US president believesGeorg Riekeles is the associate director of the European Policy CentreEU leaders’ tough rebukes to Donald Trump in Davos must be followed by concrete action when they convene in Brussels on Thursday night. The US president’s attempt to strong-arm Greenland and Denmark, backed by explicit tariff threats against those who refuse to comply, is not bluster or improvisation. It is economic coercion, openly deployed to force political submission and territorial concessions. The danger lies in the demand itself, but also in how Europe responds.The EU has reached a moment of truth. If it cannot defend one of its member states whose most basic interests are under direct threat, then the EU is weakened as a geopolitical actor and emptied of purpose.Georg Riekeles is the associate director of the European Policy CentreDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you ...

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6 h. ago Mercy review – Chris Pratt takes on AI judge Rebecca Ferguson in ingenious sci

It is the year 2029 and an LA cop finds himself accused of murdering his wife. He has 90 minutes to clear his name before robo-justice sends him downIrish writer Marco van Belle delivers an entertaining script for this real time futurist thriller-satire set in LA in 2029, in a world (as they say) where AI is wholly responsible for assessing criminal guilt or innocence. You’ve heard of RoboCop. This is RoboJustice. Veteran Russian-Kazakh film-maker Timur Bekmambetov directs, bringing his usual robust approach to the big action sequences, and Chris Pratt stars as the LAPD cop accused of murder. (Longtime Pratt fans will appreciate a cameo appearance here of Pratt’s fellow cast-member from TV’s Parks and Recreation, Jay Jackson, effectively reprising his performance as sonorous TV newsreader Perd Hapley.)The film’s ostensible target is the insidious power of AI, though the movie partakes of today’s liberal opinion doublethink, in which we all solemnly concur that AI is very worrying wh...

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6 h. ago When is Burns Night 2026, who was Robert Burns and why do we celebrate?

Scotland’s national poet has been celebrated since 1801

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6 h. ago Joshua Kershaw's family 'devastated' after missing Brit 'found dead by hotel staff' a week ago

'He was a cheeky chap and so full of joy. He was always happy and there were never any bad moment with him.'

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6 h. ago Everything you need to know about the 2026 Sundance Film Festival

The 42nd Sundance Film Festival kicks off this week in Park City, Utah

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6 h. ago ‘I’ve spent almost 20 years in prison for robbing £20. Now the UK wants to deport me to a country I’ve never called home’

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Sheldon Coore, 47, says he is being punished ‘twice and thrice and even tenfold’

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7 h. ago ‘The most dangerous man in America’: how Paul Robeson went from Hollywood to blacklist

The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy tarnishedIn August 1972, the front page of the New York Times arts section published a story titled, Time to Break the Silence on Paul Robeson? The legendary bass-baritone spent the first half of the 20th century as one of the greatest talents the US had ever produced, and its second, both in life and in death as an outcast, the greatest casualty of the second Red Scare period to which today’s current attacks on liberal and progressive politics draw comparison.This week marks 50 years since Robeson’s death and the silence remains. His erasure from the lineage over the decades shows that what Robeson’s political opponents did not take from him, the years have most certainly. Robeson’s decoupling from the story of African American culture has been so complete that in the half-century since his death, even generations of Black Americans have never heard of him...

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