7 h. ago ‘That search for the next great album has been the carrot’ says Suede’s Brett Anderson as we reveal 2025’s Top 50 albums

1. SUEDE: Antidepressants IT was the year when those noisy Mancunian brothers brought the Britpop Nineties back to packed stadiums everywhere. It was the year when Pulp made a charming first album in 24 years, with Jarvis Cocker singing about getting older with a wry smile on his face. But I contest that one band...

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14 h. ago More than 70 cars searched and hundreds of phones seized in police prisons crackdown

A man visiting Forest Bank was found carrying a knuckle duster

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17 h. ago Police seize £80,000 worth of stolen tools at west London car boot sale

Four people were arrested and bailed on suspicion of handling stolen goods

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25 h. ago Dog seized after man suffers significant facial injury in Blackpool shopping centre attack

A man was taken to hospital after being bitten by a dog at the Hounds Hill Centre in Blackpool on Saturday December 13, with police seizing the animal as enquiries continue

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28 h. ago Australia announces tougher hate speech laws in wake of Bondi terrorist attack

Federal police also confirmed further searches would be carried out in the coming days.

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37 h. ago Two New London residents arrested after crack cocaine, other drugs seized from apartment, police say

Two New London residents arrested after crack cocaine, other drugs seized from apartment, police say  CT Insider

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46 h. ago Met Police to restrict knife images on its social media over fears they cause serious harm

Under the updated policy, images of seized knives will only be published when ‘absolutely necessary’ to inform the public

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50 h. ago Ashes 2025 live: Carey passes fifty as England search for more wickets in evening session

The third Test begins at the Adelaide Oval with England 2-0 down to Australia in the series

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4 d. ago Bondi beach shooting – latest: Child among at least 16 dead after ‘evil’ terror attack on Jewish community

At least 40 people injured in attack while searches of area continue after improvised explosive devices found in car near scene

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4 d. ago Bondi beach shooting – latest: Australian PM condemns ‘act of evil’ after 11 killed in terror attack on Jewish community

At least 29 people injured in attack while searches of area continue after improvised explosive devices found in car near scene

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5 d. ago Cuba denounces US seizure of oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast as ‘piracy’

Cuban foreign ministry called US military action ‘maritime terrorism’ under a policy of ‘economic suffocation’Cuban officials have denounced the US seizure of the Skipper oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast on Wednesday, calling it an “act of piracy and maritime terrorism” as well as a “serious violation of international law” that hurts the Caribbean island nation and its people.“This action is part of the US escalation aimed at hampering Venezuela’s legitimate right to freely use and trade its natural resources with other nations, including the supplies of hydrocarbons to Cuba,” the Cuban foreign ministry statement said. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago 'I want to whack a CEO': Why a backpack could decide Luigi Mangione's fate

Police seized a backpack from Mangione when they arrested him, and it has become the centrepiece of pre-trial hearings that began in early December.

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6 d. ago Searches carried out in investigation into fatal arson attack in Edenderry

Four-year-old Tadhg Farrell and his grand-aunt Mary Holt died in the attack in Co Offaly on Saturday.

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7 d. ago Illegal pangolin meat and cane rats seized by police in Deptford

Officers from the Food Standards Agency and the Metropolitan police found the bushmeat at a site in south-east London on December 5

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9 d. ago 'Trophy Chor': London Police Stop And Search Pakistan Minister Mohsin Naqvi's Car, Internet Erupts In Memefest

'Trophy Chor': London Police Stop And Search Pakistan Minister Mohsin Naqvi's Car, Internet Erupts In Memefest  Republic World

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9 d. ago 'Fake heiress' granny on the run after 'swindling £22.5m' and fleeing to Dubai

The FBI has launched an international search for 73-year-old alleged fake heiress Mary Carole McDonnell, accused of swindling £22.5million and now believed to be in Dubai

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9 d. ago Billy Elliot star mistaken for terrorist and stamped on by police officer wins up to £600k compensation

Alexander Loxton suffered a career-wrecking ankle ligament injury during a stop-and-search

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1 week ago Distracted driving: Motorists using their mobile phones at the wheel killed 42 people last year and caused hundreds of serious accidents

Distracted motorists caused a total of 655 serious accidents, the latest data shows.

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1 week ago Last movements of missing man traced on CCTV as concern grows

Riverbank, drone and mountain rescue searches have all been carried out by police looking for the missing man

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1 week ago Audible slashed to 99p a month offering another way to get Stranger Things fix

Access audiobooks on your phone or Kindle, with hundreds of thousands to choose from

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