5 h. ago This year’s song of the summer is a ballad, not a banger. Here's what that says about us

Every summer, one song emerges as the inescapable summer anthem

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6 h. ago Trump readies SIEGE of Chicago as feds prepare for massive immigration raid in showdown with crime

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is gearing up for a massive immigration raid of Chicago - the city President Donald Trump said he'd selected for the next federal military takeover.

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7 h. ago Katie Price the pop star is BACK! Glamour model is releasing new track after surprise chart success after her singing abilities were cruelly mocked

The former glamour model, 47, is trying for another music comeback after her 2017 track I Got U unexpectedly climbed up the iTunes chart last week to number one.

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9 h. ago Honeytrap blackmail gang who held football stars' barber hostage with a machete for half a million pounds ransom are jailed

Quentin Cepeljac was rescued by police at St Pancras train station in the early hours of June 6, last year after he was held captive in a basement Airbnb flat in Shepherds Bush for nine hours.

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9 h. ago Andrea Jenkyns belts out own song in bizarre Reform conference entrance

Dame Andrea Jenkyns walked onstage at the Reform UK conference, belting out a song entitled "Insomniac" that she said she wrote.

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9 h. ago Moment Dame Andrea Jenkyns makes rock star entrance to Reform UK conference in a blue sparkly jumpsuit singing 'I'm an insomniac' song she co

Wearing a sparkly blue jumpsuit, the Reform UK Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire belted out 'I'm an insomniac' to a sell-out crowd at the party's rally in Birmingham today.

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9 h. ago Philadelphia's mass transit agency says it'll comply with order to restore deep service cuts

Philadelphia’s public transit agency says it'll restore services that it eliminated after a judge ordered it to undo the two-week-old cuts that were challenged in court as discriminatory toward poor and minority communities

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9 h. ago Cringe moment Reform UK mayor Andrea Jenkyns breaks into song in full sequin outfit

Greater Lincolnshire Mayor Andrea Jenkyns - who branded herself 'a bit of a rebel' - then entered the stage in a fully sequinned blue jumpsuit singing about 'insomniacs'

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10 h. ago Airline tells delayed passengers to email minister with their complaints

Ryanair is urging passengers affected by air traffic control (ATC) delays to email Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander directly with their complaints. The Dublin-based airline has published the Cabinet minister’s personal parliamentary email address on a website named ‘Air Traffic Control Ruined Your Flight’.

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10 h. ago ‘Amazing’ period drama adaptation of beloved novels is unmissable

The series is based on a classic series of novels that have remained a favourite to this day

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11 h. ago Proposed changes at Helensburgh Fire Station branded 'reckless' at Holyrood

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is reviewing a proposal that could see the full-time station in Helensburgh adopt a "day crewing" system, meaning crews would be based at the station only from 8am to 6pm.

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11 h. ago Dermatologist reveals the popular skincare products that are actually AGEING you

Dr Emma Amoafo-Mensah, a dermatologist based in London, has warned that some anti-ageing products are being misused by people under 25.

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13 h. ago Ganavya: Daughter of a Temple at the Barbican review — moved people to tears

The California-based singer’s biggest headline show to date included a reading from Ted Lasso’s Sarah Niles

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13 h. ago National Lottery operator sees sales boosted by record EuroMillions draws

Czech-based Allwyn reported a 14% jump in UK underlying constant currency sales for the three months to the end of June.

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13 h. ago Angela Rayner's home 'valued higher than what neighbouring properties sold for' before being transferred to trust funded by disabled son's NHS payout

The Deputy PM sold a 25 per cent stake in the Ashton-under-Lyne property for £162,500 to a trust established for her disabled son earlier this year, based on a valuation of £650,000.

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14 h. ago The deleted Thursday Murder Club scene that never made it into Netflix film

The crime comedy film, based on Richard Osman's 2020 book of the same name, hit the streaming service on August 25 2025.

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14 h. ago Potential illegal migrants to be hit with ADVERTS in latest lame Labour bid: Targeted ads warning people in France are unveiled by 'smash

The Home Office is paying for YouTube and Facebook adverts that aim to target would-be illegal migrants in northern France based on their location, nationality and gender.

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14 h. ago Downton Abbey star and Coronation Street actress in 'scandalous' Channel 5 period drama

The Forsytes, a six-part series, is based on the novels of John Galsworthy and comes after a 1967 adaptation on the BBC, The Forsyte Saga

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14 h. ago Fast fashion’s quick decline: Asos and Boohoo have that post

Once worth £5bn, Asos dropped out of the FTSE 250 this week and other brands face sharp competition in a tough marketOnce the feared enemy of the high street and worth more than £5bn, the online fashion retailer Asos has seen its value slump as it faces difficulties that could herald the demise of fast fashion.The London-based seller dropped out of the FTSE 250 with a whimper this week, valued at about £320m. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Sacred Lodge: Ambam review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

(Avon Terror Corps)Matthieu Ruben N’Dongo amps up the intensity on a second album that makes an uncanny atmosphere out of swarming electronics, grisly vocals and polyrhythmic percussionSacred Lodge is the side project of Paris-based producer and sound artist Matthieu Ruben N’Dongo. Rooted in his ethnomusicological research, which explores the role of music in ritual contexts and his own Equatoguinean heritage, the results are unsettling but compelling, characterised by heady percussion and swarming electronics. But while his 2019 debut Hijos Del Sol was made up of murky downtempo instrumentals, N’Dongo’s follow-up amps up the intensity almost beyond recognition, with a collection of sludgy, abrasive tracks.One of the starkest differences is the use of vocals, which have previously only featured as echoey background textures. On Ambam, N’Dongo makes full use of his voice. Inspired by the tradition of field hollers and ritual chants (specifically of the Fang people, from which his fat...

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