27 m. ago Christine McGuinness defends Paddy McGuinness in heartfelt Celebs Go Dating confession

Christine McGuinness has defended Paddy McGuinness, describing how "he was getting a really hard time in the press" when the couple announced their separation.

Politics

48 m. ago KitchenAid Classic stand mixer drops to lowest price in three years – just in time for autumn baking

The iconic KitchenAid Classic stand mixer has dropped to just £299 – perfect timing for autumn baking, preserving and festive treats.

Politics

52 m. ago The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar review – whimsical fantasy in a kingdom long, long ago

In this first adult novel from the acclaimed children’s author, an immortal magician returns to tell the story of a royal court where he cast his spells some 500 years beforeThe American author Louis Sachar’s most celebrated book, 1998’s YA novel Holes, was a huge word-of-mouth success on both sides of the Atlantic. Its short, punchy chapters tell the story of plump, hapless Stanley Yelnats, sent to a summer camp for wayward boys, where a terrifying Warden has peculiar ideas about character reformation. The 5ft-deep holes the boys are required to dig turn out to have a surprising purpose. Shifts of time, register and perspective render a simple premise mesmerisingly intricate. It has peril, love, crime, wickedness, redemption and friendship in, well, spades.A quarter of a century later, Sachar has written his first supposedly adult novel, in which many of the same ingredients reappear. A man “dressed like a typical American tourist”, but with an odd habit of storing cake crumbs in t...

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54 m. ago Liverpool's Alexander Isak transfer would break record for most expensive club spend EVER

Liverpool remain keen on Alexander Isak but any deal for the Newcastle striker would need to break transfer records and mean the Reds have spent more than any club in history across a single window

Society

86 m. ago Mondo Duplantis soars to break pole vault world record for 13th time

The Swedish superstar continued to dominate at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest

Politics

90 m. ago Residents evacuate amid urgent warnings glacial lake will flood city

Record-breaking floodwaters are expected to inundate the state capital

Events

1 hour ago Zidane, Eusebio, Adams: footballers whose names are also song titles | The Knowledge

Plus: two European ties in the same stadium on one day and the highest opening weekend goals-per-game ratioMail us with your questions and answers“I have just heard CMAT’s song Vincent Kompany because I am cool, young and relevant,” writes the cool, young and relevant Will Unwin. “I was wondering if any other player’s name is the title of a song, beyond simply being referred to?”In this age of streaming, there are many songs online whose titles are the names of footballers, but a few hundred listens here and there doesn’t make them particularly noteworthy. So we have wound back a bit to a time when songs were more commonly created in studios, not bedrooms. Continue reading...

Politics

1 hour ago Iraq’s marshes were considered an Eden. Now the oil industry is sucking them dry

Hawizeh’s wetlands once had abundant fishing and wildlife. In a land threatened by drought and desertification, oil drilling is draining the last of the waterAt dawn, a veil of mist clings to the canals of Hawizeh, where sky and water seem to blur into a mirror. In the stern of a narrow wooden boat, 23-year-old Mustafa Hashim scans the marshes’ shallows, cutting the motor and switching to a traditional pole to avoid snagging on invasive roots or thickening mud.It takes him about half an hour to push through the shrinking marshes to reach Um al-Nea’aj, once a vibrant lake teeming with boats and birdsong. Now, the water is about half a metre deep. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Australia unfazed by England’s aggression before Ashes, says Scott Boland

Fast bowler hoping for selection after Windies hat-trickHome Ashes series starts with Perth Test on 21 NovemberFast bowler Scott Boland says Australia will ignore any on-field aggression brought down under by England this summer, 100 days from the first Ashes Test in a tour that looks set to break records.England and India completed a thrilling drawn series last week across five Tests marked by tension between the two sides, prompting Indian captain Shubman Gill at one point to describe the hosts’ behaviour as not “what I would think comes in the spirit of the game”. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Dunfermline fire: Crews battling blaze at derelict building on Queensferry Road

Fire crews are expected to remain at the scene for some time

Events

2 h. ago Teenagers rescued after getting stuck on rock as water rose around them

Time was running out for the rescuers as water quickly rose around the stranded teenagers

Events

2 h. ago 'I was raped at 8, a mum by 10, married at 11 and had six children aged 17'

A child herself, Sherry Yvonne Johnson first gave birth when she was just 10 and was raising six children by the time she turned 17 — her own mother made her marry her rapist.

Events

2 h. ago Lily James to play billionaire Bumble founder in Disney+ dating app biopic

Lily James will play the youngest female self-made billionaire in upcoming biopic 'Swiped', she will play founder and CEO of Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Herd showing her break into the tech industry

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2 h. ago 'I had six children aged 17 after being raped at 8 and married to rapist at 11'

Sherry Yvonne Johnson was just eight years old when she was first raped by a man nine years her senior - and by the time she was 11, she was married to him

Events

2 h. ago American visits Poundland for first time ever and is shocked by one part of store

An American YouTube star has been left stunned by her first ever visit to Poundland as one section of the budget store left her exclaiming "I was not expecting it"

Events

2 h. ago Name the footballer including maverick who played at San Siro and Loftus Rd in our quiz

How good is your Premier League knowledge over the last 30 years? Time to put your footballing brains to the test in our weekly quiz, where you have to name the player from their Wikipedia page

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2 h. ago A moment that changed me: I resolved to reduce my screen time – and it was a big mistake

I was looking for liberation from the apps, but quitting them only made my life harder and turned me into a man obsessedI unlocked my iPhone screen at the precise moment that my weekly screen time notification appeared – accidentally dismissing it before I could take a screenshot – and promptly erupted into a rage. I had spent an excruciating week resolutely not looking at my phone, part of a month-long effort to whittle my daily screen time down from more than four hours a day to less than an hour, with the hope of improving my mental wellbeing (and possibly carving out a career as an inspirational speaker). But my efforts felt futile without being able to post evidence online about how offline I had become. I frantically Googled how to retrieve notifications (you cannot) and – briefly – considered re-creating my screen time report in Photoshop.Over the past decade or two, my efforts at self-improvement have taken various forms: the year where I read 105 books; the period during wh...

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3 h. ago Gianluigi Donnarumma's agent blasts PSG and provides update as 'terms agreed' with Man City

Gianluigi Donnarumma's agent has opened fire on PSG and their treatment of the goalkeeper with his time in Paris up as Manchester City look to swoop in and sign him

Politics

3 h. ago Police deploying vans to catch criminals using facial recognition

The vehicles scan faces in real time to look for wanted criminals and those subject to court orders

Events

3 h. ago Bad habit of drivers in traffic jams could lead to fine of up to £1,000

This risky rule break could also result in six points on your licence

Economics