53 m. ago Fashion and punk icon dies as tributes paid to 'highly influential' figure

Model Soo Catwoman was closely associated with the Sex Pistols and once shared a flat with the punk band's bassist Sid Vicious - with chaotic results

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75 m. ago Trump pauses $2.1B for Chicago infrastructure projects, leveraging shutdown to pressure Democrats

White House budget director Russ Vought says the Trump administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown

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97 m. ago Alison Hammond wears a colour block trench and shoppers are loving it

The TV presenter put on the autumn wardrobe classic during an outdoor shooting, but her stylist chose one with special designs to brighten the days

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2 h. ago Rogue planet outside our solar system is expanding rapidly in huge ‘growth spurt’

Free-floating planet is consuming gas and dust at a rate of six billion tonnes a second

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2 h. ago Husband stabbed 'truly wonderful' judge's daughter to death then set her £1.4m home on fire to spark enormous gas blast

Annabel Rook, 46, was a 'truly wonderful' charity co-founder and the daughter of Peter Rook KC, one of the most respected and well-liked Old Bailey judges of the last 25 years.

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2 h. ago Trading In London’s Blue Chip Stocks Is Surging — in New York

Trading In London’s Blue Chip Stocks Is Surging — in New York  Bloomberg.com

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2 h. ago North Lanarkshire Council tenants to benefit from £40m investment in modern central heating systems

Four-year contract with Sureserve Compliance North (Gas Call) and Saltire Facilities Management will see around 1500 new central heating systems installed in first year alone.

Economics

3 h. ago A timeline of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs' career and legal problems as he is set to be sentenced

For more than two decades, Sean “Diddy” Combs was one of hip-hop’s most nimble entrepreneurs

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3 h. ago Make green great again: Can appeals to the wallet make climate policy an election

In this week’s newsletter: At a major gathering in New York, climate advocates say that language has to change• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAt stuffy United Nations press conferences, in swanky auditoriums and at sticky socialist dance parties, one word was on everyone’s lips at this year’s Climate Week NYC: affordability.The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, said under that under President Trump the United States is “returning to commonsense energy policies that focus on affordability”. The former energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, said Democrats must focus on renewable power’s ability to shrink power bills to win elections. And supporters of the almost certainly soon-to-be New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, trumpeted their efforts to link green policies with efforts to lower city residents’ rent and make transit affordable.Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a dayUK fracking ban to be brought forward as Labour ...

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3 h. ago OAPs at retirement block who vape and take drugs told 'action will taken'

Homemanor House in Watford, Herts, sent a letter to all residents warning against smoking and illegal substance use last week, but one resident said he 'had to laugh'

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3 h. ago Massive explosion sparks inferno at Chevron oil refinery in Los Angeles

Chevron confirmed no injuries at its El Segundo Refinery

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3 h. ago Controversial plans to demolish six 'doomed' block of flats on Greater Manchester estate thrown out

The six empty blocks have long been earmarked for the wrecking ball

Politics

4 h. ago Sean 'Diddy' Combs sentencing: What to know from likely sentence to grovelling letter

Sean 'P Diddy' Combs is set to be sentenced in New York today, after he was convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution earlier this year

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4 h. ago ‘It is a process’: CRH CEO Jim Mintern on leaving London for New York

‘It is a process’: CRH CEO Jim Mintern on leaving London for New York  https-//www.semafor.com

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4 h. ago Wessex Grove Plans New York Version Of Cate Blanchett's 'The Seagull'

Wessex Grove Plans New York Version Of Cate Blanchett's 'The Seagull'  Deadline

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4 h. ago ‘We’re all in this together’: New York cathedral pays tribute to immigrants with new mural

At St Patrick’s Cathedral, the largest permanent artwork commisioned in its 146-year history is a plea for acceptance and community at a difficult timeIn the neo-gothic splendor of New York’s St Patrick’s Cathedral, a throng of today’s immigrants – mostly Latino, Asian, and Black – pause on a hillside slope with their humble sacks and bags. A man in a T-shirt cradles an infant, a kid in sneakers sits glumly in the foreground. Overhead in the towering clouds, the Lamb of God stands on a white altar amid the clustering gleam of golden pendulous stripes evoking the presence of God.The scene, humane and magnificent, is a part of what is perhaps the most significant new piece of public art in today’s riven America. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago At Frieze Masters Show, Gallery Wendi Norris Focuses on the Surreal

At Frieze Masters Show, Gallery Wendi Norris Focuses on the Surreal  The New York Times

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4 h. ago Tourism bosses welcome possible changes to potential Dumfries and Galloway visitor levy

Industry leaders are now calling for a consultation to be halted while the Scottish Government decides whether to allow local authorities to charge a flat fee.

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5 h. ago PGA chief to apologise to Rory McIlroy and wife Erica after Ryder Cup abuse ‘crossed the line’

McIlroy was a primary receiver of heckling and abuse on Europe’s way to a 15-13 win at Bethpage Black in New York

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6 h. ago World media reacts as Celtic suffer in their own cursed land with help from 'nostalgic' nickname

Braga became the first ever Portuguese team to win at Parkhead on a flat Europa League Thursday night

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