27 m. ago Exit polls suggest Polish presidential election too close to call – live

Pro-European Warsaw mayor, Rafał Trzaskowski, declares himself winner over Karol Nawrocki despite narrow margin Any moment now Are you ready? Continue reading...

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64 m. ago Salman Rushdie says AI won’t threaten authors until it can make people laugh

Author tells Hay festival AI has no sense of humour but when it writes a funny book ‘we’re screwed’Salman Rushdie has said that authors are safe from the threat of AI – until the moment it can create a book that makes people laugh.Speaking at the Hay festival in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, Rushdie said he had “never tried AI” and liked to pretend it didn’t exist. Continue reading...

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81 m. ago Bury's Simon Yates finishes safely in peloton to seal victory at Giro d’Italia

"What a huge moment in my career, the defining moment"

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1 hour ago Boat 'explodes' on River Thames as baby among nine people rushed to hospital

Shocking photos from the scene show firefihters tackling a blaze on the bank of the Thames in the small town of Lechlade - it's believed to have exploded.

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1 hour ago Moment King's Guard horse gives girl a 'kiss' after she makes sweet gesture

In the viral TikTok clip, the 'respectful' young girl is greeted with a sweet 'kiss' by a King's Guards horse outside St James' Palace in response to her kind gesture

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2 h. ago Giro d’Italia: Simon Yates seals overall victory as Olav Kooij wins final stage – live

Yates wins pink jersey as teammate triumps in RomeEmail Luke with your thoughts on this year’s race“I never truly believed until the very last moment there,” Yates told the reporter and former pro rider, Adam Blythe. “I’m speechless, really.“It’s still sinking in I couldn’t hold back the tears. It’s something I’ve worked towards yeah. I’ve had a lot of setbacks, but I finally managed to pull it off.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Emmerdale star suffers awkward wardrobe malfunction at British Soap Awards 2025

Emmerdale star Amy Walsh has taken to social media to praise her co-star Natalie Ann Jamieson after an awkward moment at the British Soap Awards

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2 h. ago 14 best skin tints and sheer foundations our beauty editors call 'love at first swipe'

Skin tints are having a moment, and should be top of your beauty shopping list this season. Here we've rounding up our best tints and lightweight foundations for all skin types

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3 h. ago Shocking moment flat EXPLODES into flames sending smoke pouring over Erith

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3 h. ago Nine injured and rushed to hospital, including baby, after residential boat on River Thames ‘explodes’

A section of the river in Wiltshire was closed and inquiries were ongoing

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4 h. ago Baby among nine rushed to hospital after house boat 'explodes in fireball' on Thames

Air ambulances was quick to respond to the shocking incident which hospitalised at least nine people and left residents of a picturesque Cotswolds town shocked

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4 h. ago Witnesses tell of horror as Scots gangsters shot dead outside Spanish bar

Terrified witnesses have told of the moment chaos erupted on a Spanish street after Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr were shot outside a popular Irish bar on the Costa del Sol.

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4 h. ago Boat 'explodes' on the River Thames: Nine people, including baby, are rushed to hospital

Nine people, including a baby, have been rushed to hospital after a boat is understood to have exploded on the banks of the River Thames.

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4 h. ago Nine people including baby rushed to hospital as boat 'explodes' in horror blaze

Firefighters battled a blaze on a boat on the bank of the Thames

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4 h. ago JoJo Siwa reveals the moment she realised she had feelings for Chris Hughes and hints she may relocate to the UK for him

The dancer, 22, and Love Island star, 32 have sparked a social media frenzy since meeting in the Celebrity Big Brother house in April, after their friendship blossomed into romance.

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4 h. ago Moment Putin's doomsday nuclear planes EXPLODE in major Ukrainian sneak attack

Two of Vladimir Putin's airfields - one in the Arctic and the other in Siberia - have been attacked, with dozens of Moscow's nuclear capable warplanes destroyed in dramatic footage

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5 h. ago Lechlade boat 'explodes' as nine people rushed to hospital including baby

Alarming photos from the scene show firefighters battling a blaze on a boat on the bank of the Thames in the small town of Lechlade - it's believed to have exploded, putting nine people in hospital

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6 h. ago Giro d’Italia: Simon Yates set to seal overall victory on stage 21 in Rome – live

Yates poised to claim title after thrilling fightbackEmail Luke with your thoughts on this year’s race“I never truly believed until the very last moment there,” Yates told the reporter and former pro rider, Adam Blythe. “I’m speechless, really.“It’s still sinking in I couldn’t hold back the tears. It’s something I’ve worked towards yeah. I’ve had a lot of setbacks, but I finally managed to pull it off.” Continue reading...

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6 h. ago ‘An electrifying moment’: Charles and Camilla visit sparks Ravenna tourism boom

Queen enthralled by Italian city’s museum dedicated to poet Lord Byron, who wrote Don Juan thereIf the most satisfying thing for anyone giving a guided tour is speaking to an enthusiastic and curious listener, then Diego Saglia felt he royally hit the jackpot when he met Queen Camilla in Ravenna.The queen, who was in the northern Italian city with King Charles during a state visit to the country in early April, was so enamoured of her visit to a museum dedicated to the British poet and satirist Lord Byron that she kept her husband waiting in the courtyard. She lingered over Byron’s original manuscripts, locks of his curly hair and the love letters he wrote to Countess Teresa Guiccioli. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago I crisscrossed America to talk to people whose views I disagreed with. I now have one certainty

I’ve spoken to white nationalists in Tennessee and Black activists in Texas – and learned about what it takes to connect across differenceThe residential community was lodged near a national forest on the outskirts of Scottsdale, Arizona. Forbidding gates and sentry posts restricted access to the exclusive development and its elegant homes. But security here went much further.Each cul-de-sac in the colony had its own individual railway gate, and many of the homeowners had installed gates across their own driveways as well. Anyone coming in or out of those houses would have to clear three checkpoints that set them apart from the wider world beyond. Continue reading...

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