38 m. ago International rugby star still on the run a year after rape charge and is playing again

EXCLUSIVE: Keven Appo has been seen playing rugby league in his home country of Papua New Guinea, despite facing extradition to the UK where he has been charged with rape and sexual assault

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51 m. ago Derek Martin, actor known for playing EastEnders’ Charlie Slater, dies aged 92

Actor was a fixture in the long-running soap between 2000 and 2016

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64 m. ago Evidence shows benefit of RSV vaccines as Trump officials push restrictions

Shots to prevent respiratory syncytial virus recommended only for high-risk babies even as experts hail jabs’ successAs US officials move to restrict vaccines, including the shots to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), more evidence is emerging to confirm how dramatically the jabs reduce hospitalizations.Announced last week as part of new restrictions on one-third of all routine childhood vaccines, RSV shots are now recommended only for high-risk babies, instead of all infants. The Trump administration announcement was led by prominent vaccine critic and health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. Continue reading...

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74 m. ago I love cup competitions – Daniel Farke targets FA Cup run for Leeds

Farke saw his side come from behind to win at Derby.

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2 h. ago Hollyoaks star Trevor A Toussaint dies aged 65: Onscreen daughter Kellé Bryan leads the tributes to 'boundary breaking' actor who 'fought against every stereotype'

Hollyoaks star Trevor A Toussaint has died aged 65, his representatives have confirmed.

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2 h. ago Creepy footage shows masked pair on man's driveway in early hours

The clip shows the two figures, dressed in black, run up the driveway before allegedly stealing a garden hose from the East Lothian property.

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2 h. ago Gnonto and Tanaka turn tie on its head as Leeds knock Derby out of FA Cup

Daniel Farke had no need to channel Marcel Bielsa and send any spies to watch Derby train this past week to know that, even with eight changes to his starting XI, his Leeds squad had more than enough Premier League class to overcome mid-table Championship opposition. Goals from the fringe players Wilfried Gnonto, Ao Tanaka and James Justin enabled Leeds to bounce back from their dramatic 4-3 defeat at Newcastle and overturn Ben Brereton Díaz’s first-half goal. Leeds have lost just once in nine games now and, as well as an eight-point buffer from the relegation zone, can now countenance the prospect of an FA Cup run.With all the history surrounding this midday kick-off, it was a tame opening half-hour before Leeds upped the intensity to earn the chance to go ahead. Even with their much-changed lineup, the running off the ball and incision of passing of the Premier League side suggested an opening goal was incoming. The fact it then went to Derby only accelerated the adrenaline. Conti...

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3 h. ago ‘There’s a dark side to floristry’: are pesticides making workers seriously ill – or worse?

Unlike in food, there is no upper limit on the amount of pesticide residue levels in flowers. But after French officials linked the death of a florist’s child to exposure in pregnancy, many in the industry are now raising the alarmOn a cold morning in December 2024, florist Madeline King was on a buying trip to her local wholesaler when a wave of dizziness nearly knocked her over. As rows of roses seemed to rush past her, she tried to focus. She quickly picked the blooms she needed and left.I’m not doing this any more, she thought. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Grab your fidget spinners! Why gen Z are pining for 2016 | Coco Khan

As galling as it is to see young people refer to the items I wore 10 years ago as ‘vintage’, surely the real problem is that so many of them believe their best years are behind them‘I grow old I grow old I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled,” wrote TS Eliot in 1915, in his seminal poem The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock. And as I sit here in 2026 with my jeans turned up (as per the style of the thirtysomething urban millennial), well, I can relate. What has brought on this bout of contemplation? The latest TikTok craze. Loosely known as “Bring Back 2016”, it involves TikTokers urging their mostly gen Z audience to “live 2026 like it’s 2016” – complete with mannequin challenges, a Major Lazer soundtrack and the promise of never-ending summer. And it’s sure to get heads spinning quicker than the fidget spinners it’s resurrecting.Admittedly, most of the content is just plain silly: 2016 challenges and dances (the bottle flip, the dab); nostalgia for tech crazes (Pokémon Go an...

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3 h. ago TV presenter married to top footballer joins running to become new Strictly host

Christine Lampard is reportedly the frontrunner to become the new host of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing following Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman's departure

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3 h. ago ITV star 'with huge fanbase' joins running to become new Strictly Come Dancing host

Christine Lampard has reportedly been named as the 'frontrunner' to replace Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman as the new host of Strictly Come Dancing

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4 h. ago Body of man found on cycle path next to Tesco as cops rush to scene in major incident

The 51-year-old was found unresponsive on the path between Centre Park Drive and Coatbank Street, which runs past the superstore, in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire

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5 h. ago A congresswoman wants to impeach Kristi Noem. She’s right to do so | Jan

It may be tempting to dismiss the move as hopeless – but it interrupts the Trump administration’s promise of impunityIn the wake of the killing of Renee Nicole Good, Congresswoman Robin Kelly has announced the filing of three articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary. Predictably, reactions have been muted at best: with the GOP holding both the Senate and the House, impeachment can be dismissed as purely performative, a helpless response to an in and of itself understandable moral imperative of “just do something!”But such dismissals are too quick: this administration has been running on a promise of impunity at all levels, and Democrats have to start signaling that actions have consequences. They also need to break out of a fateful dynamic: during Trump 2.0, misdeeds and scandals are following each other in such rapid succession that neither the press nor the public ever seem to get to focus on one. Impeachment can concentrate minds and slow down ...

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5 h. ago 'Scandalous' Julian Araujo Celtic red card escape sparks Hotline implosion on VAR and officials

Anthony Evans takes your calls as punters as VAR once again took centre stage over the weekend

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5 h. ago Emmerdale's iconic post office is going up for sale this month and YOU can bid on it

Situated in Esholt, a village near Bradford, the property is very familiar to soap viewers for its use in the long-running ITV soap.

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5 h. ago Syrian forces expel Kurdish fighters as US strikes Islamic State targets

Three hundred Kurds detained and further 400 evacuated following clashes in AleppoSyrian government forces have detained 300 Kurds and evacuated more than 400 Kurdish fighters after clashes in Aleppo, the interior ministry has said, as US and allied forces carried out separate “large-scale” strikes against Islamic State targets.An interior ministry official told Agence France-Presse that about 360 Kurdish fighters and 60 wounded had been bussed to the Kurds’ de facto autonomous zone in the north-east from the Sheikh Maqsoud district, the last area of Aleppo to fall to the army. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Scottish Premiership CEO blasts ‘utter b*******’ VAR call as he takes aim at officials on social media with furious rant

THE CEO of a Scottish Premiership club launched a furious attack on match officials last night after his team were denied a stoppage-time penalty. Livingston were chasing a much-needed three points against fellow relegation strugglers Kilmarnock on Saturday, but the game ended in a 1-1 draw, leaving Livi still searching for their first league win...

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8 h. ago Teen son wakes to find mum dead on floor on Christmas morning

Louise McKenzie, 38, wished her son Reece 'Merry Christmas' before bed - but when the 18-year-old woke up, she was already dead.

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8 h. ago Britain in talks to deploy troops to Greenland as Trump threatens to seize Arctic island

British officials have held discussions with counterparts in Germany and France in recent days

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8 h. ago Prince William 'never read' Spare and remained silent about Prince Harry's 'painful' memoir

The official release of the Duke of Sussex's memoir Spare three years ago was preceded by a spectacular blunder when copies of the book went up for sale earlier than planned in Spain.

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