4 h. ago Donald Trump delivers remarks on ‘affordability’ at Pennsylvania rally – live

Earlier, treasury secretary Scott Bessent criticized Biden’s policies in speech before Trump’s arrival in Mount PoconoA federal judge in New York has granted the justice department’s request to unseal grand jury documents in the sex-trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell – the companion and accomplice of the late sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein. It comes after the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Donald Trump signed last month.The legislation requires the Department of Justice to release the full tranche of records related to disgraced financier, in a searchable format by 19 December. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Ancestry DNA test never arrived because the delivery firm had me on a terrorist blacklist! SALLY SORTS IT

I am 67 and was adopted as a child. Last year I found my birth father after using a DNA test kit from Ancestry.co.uk, which was wonderful.

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5 h. ago Donald Trump expected to deliver remarks on ‘affordability’ at Pennsylvania rally – live

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent criticizes Joe Biden’s policies in speech before president’s arrival in Mount PoconoA federal judge in New York has granted the justice department’s request to unseal grand jury documents in the sex-trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell – the companion and accomplice of the late sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein. It comes after the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Donald Trump signed last month.The legislation requires the Department of Justice to release the full tranche of records related to disgraced financier, in a searchable format by 19 December. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Spurs ease pressure on Frank as Simons rounds off easy win against Slavia Prague

The difficulties in trying to find meaning in much the new version of the Champions League has to offer before the knockout stages arrive makes it premature to assume that Tottenham are on their way to becoming a winning machine at home. They did not have to extend themselves to defeat moderate opposition on a sentimental evening and although a second triumph in front of their supporters in the space of four days was welcome Thomas Frank would be wise not to read too much into victory over a Slavia Prague side who looked as if they would be better off in the Europa League.Frank, of course, is entitled to cling on to signs of progress after a tough few weeks. This was only the sixth home win in all competitions for the Dane this season and he will not mind that it arrived with the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium close to 15,000 below capacity. It was still an enjoyable performance from Spurs to see off the Czech champions, who remain winless after six games of the league phase, and it matt...

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9 h. ago Emmerdale stars tease two surprise arrivals in Christmas Day episode

Emmerdale cast members Natalie J Robb and Eden Taylor-Draper have both teased two 'random guests' in the Christmas Day episode of the ITV soap this year amid new twists

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10 h. ago Michelle Keegan fans cry 'the cutest' after 'magic' Christmas update with baby girl

The actress shared a sweet update on social media a she made a rare appearance alongside her husband Mark Wright and their daugher

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11 h. ago 12 best Christmas candles including Yankee Candles for £3.50 and M&S designer collabs

Looking for the best candles to get your home smelling extra festive, or to give as gifts at Christmas? Beauty editor – and fragrance expert – Laura Mulley picks her favourites

Economics

12 h. ago Edinburgh family lose everything in freak house fire weeks before Christmas

"I was screaming down the phone and hysterical because my dog was trapped in there and I couldn’t get to him. It was terrifying."

Society

13 h. ago Where to see red squirrels in Scotland as major survey maps population hotspots

The red squirrel is an iconic Scottish species but their numbers have been in decline for decades due to the arrival of the grey squirrel.

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17 h. ago Balloons containing up to six times legal limit of carcinogens on sale

Which? found eight out of 21 balloons contained concentrations of potentially carcinogenic chemicals significantly above the UK’s permitted limit

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17 h. ago Chris Sutton disagreed with Wilfried Nancy move on Celtic debut but slams ‘hysteria’ after Hearts defeat

The Frenchman has also been backed by one of his former charges despite going down 2-1 at home to Hearts in his first game in charge

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18 h. ago Worker is fired from her job after boss was fed up with her arriving 40 minutes EARLY all the time

The 22-year-old was first told in 2023 to quit arriving ahead of schedule, but continued showing up between 6.45am and 7am.

Economics

18 h. ago Emmerdale star confirms 'two surprise Christmas arrivals' in festive spoilers

Emmerdale's Natalie J Robb has revealed details about the Christmas Day episode, confirming two surprise arrivals will feature in festive celebrations with the Dingle family

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18 h. ago Emmerdale favourite reveals 'two surprise Christmas arrivals' in festive spoiler

Emmerdale has teased what is in store for fans in the upcoming festive episodes on ITV, with Natalie J Robb revealing surprise Christmas arrivals

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19 h. ago Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet silence split rumours with loved

The couple arrived in coordinated Chrome Hearts looks for the LA premiere of Chalamet’s new film

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20 h. ago I'm A Celebrity's Angry Ginge shared his £450 'dinner lady' wages with nan as huge future prediction

The 24-year-old streamer and YouTuber has now been crowned King of the Jungle

Economics

20 h. ago World Cup 2026: Great road trips for England and Scotland football fans

England supporters can motor from Dallas to Boston, arriving shortly after Scotland supporters have departed south to Miami

Sport

20 h. ago 'I was trafficked to the UK and told my organs would be harvested for strangers'

Daniel was promised a "life-changing opportunity" in the UK - but he had no idea what was in store for him when he arrived. He was told his organs would be harvested for strangers

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21 h. ago All hail Avatar! How event movies are trying to bring back the box office blockbuster

Ahead of James Cameron’s latest Avatar sequel hitting the big screen, we look at how studios aim for ‘theatricality’ to get streaming film fans from sofa to cinemaIf anyone still knows how to fill a movie theatre, it’s James Cameron. Having broken the all-time worldwide box office record in 1997 with Titanic and again 12 years later with Avatar, his work is the acme of big-screen spectacle.His latest offering, Avatar: Fire and Ash, arrives in radically different circumstances. With several years now between us and the pandemic, it is clear that theatrical box office is likely not coming back to what it was: US total box office for 2025 currently stands at $7.6bn (down from $11.3bn in 2019); the worldwide haul is expected to be around $34.1bn, a 13% drop from pre-Covid times. All the more onus on Cameron’s hypertrophic Smurfs to bring in the box office cavalry at year’s end. And hopefully supply some further indications about the magic elixir needed to break the Netflix’n’chill stran...

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21 h. ago ‘This is the real Santa’s workshop’: a trip to Germany’s toy village

You don’t have to be a child to enjoy Seiffen, the magical ‘home of Christmas’ where they’ve been making traditional wooden toys for hundreds of yearsI feel terrible I’ve left the children at home and Seiffen, nicknamed Spielzeugdorf (The Toy Village), is literally a Christmas wonderland. Every street is alive with sparkling fairy lights and soft candlelight. There are thousands of tiny wooden figurines, train sets and toy animals displayed in shop windows, wooden pyramids taller than doorframes and colourful nutcracker characters. Forget elves in the north pole, this is the real Santa’s workshop. For hundreds of years, here in the village of Seiffen, wood turners and carvers have created classic wooden Christmas toys and sold them around the world.Near the border of the Czech Republic, Seiffen may be well known in the German-speaking world as the “home of Christmas”, but so far it has been largely missed by English-speaking seasonal tourists. Tucked away in the Ore Mountains, about...

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