99 m. ago The West must not be frightened by dictator Putin, warns Britain's head of Armed Forces

In a rare and hard-hitting intervention, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin - the head of Britain's Armed Forces - urged NATO to be 'assertive in every domain', from nuclear weapons to cyberspace.

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3 h. ago West must not be cowed by Putin in pursuit of peace in Ukraine, head of British armed forces warns

Sir Tony Radakin stressed that ‘Russia is weak’ and that Nato allies needed to demonstrate confidence

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3 h. ago Government teams up with TikTok influencers over cosmetic surgery warnings

The initiative is part of a wider Government drive to tackle so-called medical tourism

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3 h. ago Brits considering 'cosmetic cowboy' surgery abroad to be warned of risks on TikTok

More people are using social media apps like TikTok to research potentially risky operations abroad as they are often cheaper or more readily available than in the UK

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3 h. ago Government turns to TikTok to highlight risks of cosmetic surgery abroad

The move is part of a wider drive to combat surgical tourism.

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3 h. ago Abortion drug could help reduce risk of breast cancer, group of medics says

Stigma around mifepristone is stopping studies, experts in reproductive health claim in Lancet opinion pieceA drug used in medical abortions could help prevent women at high risk of breast cancer from developing the disease, according to an international group of doctors and scientists.However, “stigma” around mifepristone is stopping pharmaceutical companies from investigating its potential as a new treatment doctors could offer to reduce the risk of breast cancer, they say. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Full list of 12 Claire's stores in Wales at risk as chain files for administration

Claire's confirmed that it had fallen into administration on August 13

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5 h. ago Judge trashes ICE arrests at courthouses, warning ‘millions could be swept up’ under Trump administration rules

Arrests in immigration court hallways have turned proceedings into a ‘game of detention roulette,’ judge says

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7 h. ago Eating this surprising fruit might be the key to getting a better night’s sleep

Better sleep is linked to a decreased risk of heart disease, among other cardiovascular conditions

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7 h. ago Countries urged to ‘hold the line’ in Geneva plastics treaty negotiations

Talks continue amid warnings from environmental groups over being ‘sold out’ without meaningful or legally binding measuresTalks between nations to hammer out a plastics treaty to end plastic pollution continued behind closed doors in Geneva on Thursday, the final day of negotiations, as civil society groups urged countries to “hold the line” to secure a strong agreement.With time running out to seal a deal between 184 countries, environmental groups expressed concern that frontline communities, Indigenous people and others suffering the worst impacts of the world’s growing plastic crisis were being “sold out” in an effort to secure a treaty, without meaningful or legally binding measures that would address the scale of the problem, “at any cost”. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago 'We never knew why our little girl struggled so much, then Manchester scientists made a world

Doctors suspected Rose might have a rare condition at her mum's 20-week scan - and it wasn't long before she started experiencing horrible seizures

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8 h. ago Family's heartbreaking tribute to dad with 'infectious personality' killed in horror pick

Five teenagers were arrested after the fatal collision

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8 h. ago Hit horror Weapons doesn’t have a deeper meaning but that’s OK | Jesse Hassenger

A frenzied search for answers in the wake of the box office smash has some assuming there’s a weightier allegory but its power is in something simpler and more primalMajor spoilers aheadFor years now, horror fans and critics have grown increasingly and understandably impatient with the tendency of genre films to orient their scares toward a clearly conveyed central metaphor.The real monster in these movies is parenthood, personal trauma or that old horror-movie standby, grief. Writer-director Zach Cregger is no stranger to this line of thinking; his 2022 horror movie Barbarian is very much a spooky-creature-in-the-basement movie for the #MeToo era. Now Cregger has returned with a movie that may well stymie anyone who has been trained by the last decade to search for an easy-to-track allegory within their viscerally depicted fears. His new movie Weapons has received mostly rave reviews and positive audience response. But at least a few critics and fans are pivoting from complaining a...

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8 h. ago Over 100,000 Drinkmate carbonation bottles recalled due to risk of explosion

More than 100,000 Drinkmate-branded bottles are being recalled across the U.S. and Canada

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9 h. ago 'Terrifying' horror series on Disney+ hailed a 'masterpiece' by viewers after two episodes

The prequel series explores a beloved film franchise's universe

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9 h. ago Teenagers arrested after boy, 17, left seriously injured in horror machete attack

Two boys, aged 15 and 17, remain in custody

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9 h. ago ‘We thought with The Crown: “Is anyone going to watch this?”’ director Benjamin Caron on risk, realism – and royalty

A ‘safe pair of hands’ in high end TV, Caron now reunites with Vanessa Kirby for hyperactive Netflix thriller Night Always Comes about the terror of urban homelessnessIt’s quite a schlep from Buckingham Palace to the mean streets of working-class Portland, Oregon, but it is one that Midlands-born film-maker Benjamin Caron and actor Vanessa Kirby have undertaken with their new thriller Night Always Comes, adapted from the taut novel by Willy Vlautin. Caron and Kirby met nearly a decade ago when he directed episodes of The Crown, in which she played the young Princess Margaret from behind a cloud of cigarette smoke.Now Kirby stars as a former sex worker called Lynette, toiling in multiple jobs and living with her disabled brother (Zach Gottsagen) and their wrecked, wayward mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh). They have cobbled together the funds to buy their dilapidated house at a snip, only for Lynette’s mother to recklessly blow her half on a new car. Cue one manic night in which Lynette ...

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9 h. ago Jaecoo 7 review: A premium bargain (despite the warning beeps)

Handsome plug-in hybrid SUV offers impressive value and quality, and a decent electric range, but poor ride quality and infuriating beeps and bongs

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10 h. ago What is Legionnaires’ disease and how to protect against Legionella bacteria during summer heatwave

As the weather heats up, so does the risk of Legionnaires’ disease 🚨

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10 h. ago Trump’s space order risks environmental disaster while rewarding Musk and Bezos, experts say

US president is pushing an ‘end run around’ on safeguards, risking harm to wildlife, air and water, attorney saysA draft executive order from Donald Trump that aims to largely exempt space launches from environmental review is viewed as a gift to commercial space industry players such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others who have long targeted the regulations.But its central components may be illegal and the US president “is trying to do an end run around” on the law, said Jared Margolis, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, which has litigated environmental issues around launches. Continue reading...

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