5 h. ago Stop rats invading your garden this autumn with these three easy steps

As autumn sets in, many people will start feeding garden birds but are concerned about attracting rats

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6 h. ago US military under fire in Virginia, but were Trump and Hegseth shooting blanks?

President and his defence chief took aim at the ‘fat generals’, but some doubted there was much substance to the swagger on showThis week marked an inflection point in Donald Trump’s relentless politicisation of the US armed forces, as he delivered a partisan – if scattershot – campaign speech to the very room of people he is not supposed to: the commanders of the most powerful military in the world.For those declaring a five-alarm authoritarian fire in the US, there was plenty of smoke: the anti-woke rhetoric that has become a commonplace of the political right, the threats to summarily dismiss the generals who disagree with him, the transparent pleasure at deploying the military to perform police actions in major US cities. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Barry McGuigan remembers Thrilla in Manila 50 years on from legendary fight

This week marked the 50th anniversary of the Thrilla in Manila between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Former world champion Barry McGuigan gives his memories on the momentous fight

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34 h. ago Nightmare on the Day of Atonement: How synagogue was attacked on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar

Heaton Park synagogue was packed with worshippers taking part in a series of long and solemn services for Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, when it was attacked.

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51 h. ago Cleaner at the Houses of Parliament was sacked after it was revealed she had secretly worked 17

Mulikat Ogumodede worked 17 hours days by completing day shifts at Deutsche Bank and night shifts at the Houses of Parliament five days a week between 2008 to 2024.

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3 d. ago Late own goal rescues point for Spurs at Bodø/Glimt after Hauge double

These are strange times for Tottenham. Historically they’ve often been a side whose performances didn’t match their results, but tradition has it they would be pretty and ineffective. Under Thomas Frank they’ve become the opposite. Just as at Brighton they went 2-0 down and came back to draw; again, there was more to admire in their character than how they played. And if Andreas Helmersen’s effort hadn’t hit the bar with a couple of minutes remaining, it would have been a very different story.This was Bodø/Glimt’s first home game in the group phase of the Champions League, and they were determined to make the most of it. The pre-match singing of the club anthem was heartfelt and gently moving, and followed by the rhythmic detonation of a series of fireworks, startlingly loud in the still Arctic night. European football has little place these days for romance but Glimt remain an example of what can be achieved by enlightened leadership even in a remote town of just over 50,000 popula...

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3 d. ago I rewatched the Thrilla in Manila with Muhammad Ali. He still winced at the blows years later

This week marks the 50th anniversary of one of boxing’s greatest fights. As Muhammad Ali’s biographer, I knew the toll the bout took on himIn 1989, with Muhammad Ali sitting beside me, I watched a tape of Ali’s historic triumph over Joe Frazier in Manila, which took place 50 years ago this week.For months, Ali and I had been reviewing his fights for a book I was writing as his authorized biographer. We’d watched Henry Cooper knock Cassius Clay to the brink of oblivion with a picture-perfect left hook. From the vantage point of my living room, that had amused Muhammad. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago What every Celtic player said after Kelechi Iheanacho's first training session

The ex-Man City and Leicester hitman was a late arrival after joining the night after deadline day

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4 d. ago Rachel Reeves says Labour’s Youth Guarantee will ‘abolish long

Chancellor will make pledge at Labour party conference in echo of Gordon Brown’s flagship schemeReeves ended her LBC interview by saying that anyone saying the government should just borrow more “makes no economic sense”. That was in response to a question about Andy Burnham and his comments about the bond markets in an interview last week.Ferrari asked her if she was saying that Burnham was “Trussesque”.Anybody that says you can just borrow more – I do think that risks going the way of Liz Truss.I think there are lots of people who back Reform would be horrified by the thought that people who came to this country legally, are working and contributing, will be deported from this country. And we had to call out Reform for their policies. And this is a racist policy, and it’s a bad for our country, and we need to call that out. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy urges west to cut off Russia’s energy revenues, saying decisive action ‘long overdue’

President’s plea comes after Russia bombards Kyiv and elsewhere in one of its most sustained attacks of the war. What we know on day 1,314See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageVolodymyr Zelenskyy has again urged the international community to act decisively to cut off Russia’s energy revenues that fund its Ukraine war after Moscow carried out one of its worst attacks on Kyiv of the war. “The time for decisive action is long overdue, and we count on a strong response from the United States, Europe, the G7 and the G20,” the Ukrainian president said on Telegram. While the United Nations was holding general assembly sessions, Russia had “literally used every day, every hour, to strike at Ukraine”, he said in his nightly video address. Ukraine has so far failed to convince US president Donald Trump to impose punitive sanctions on Moscow.The onslaught on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine killed at least four people in what Zelenskyy called a described as a “vile and cowardly” attack, Luke ...

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5 d. ago UK set for 'Autumn Covid surge' as hospitalisations reach year

Data suggests we might be at the start of a Covid 'Autumn wave' with more people admitted to hospital lately, but rates are still low compared to what we've previously seen

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5 d. ago Sam Thompson spotted with glam mystery woman on night out days after ex Zara McDermott cuts all ties with him

SAM Thompson was spotted with a very glamorous mystery woman on a night out. This comes just days after his ex-girlfriend Zara McDermott cut all ties with him. Sam, 33, cut a casual figure in a knitted long sleeve jumper with an open polo neck on a night out over the weekend. He was spotted...

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5 d. ago Brits can keep warm as temperatures drop and only add £3.66 to their bills

As the days and nights continue to get colder, UK households are starting to question whether or not to put the heating on, but with this 1p solution, they won't have to while they sleep

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6 d. ago All the new places to eat, drink and shop opening in Cardiff this autumn

Cardiff is getting some banging addtions this autumn, so start booking

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6 d. ago Zuckerberg hailed AI ‘superintelligence’. Then his smart glasses failed on stage | Matthew Cantor

The Meta CEO fumbled a demo of his AI Ray-Bans, giving us hope that the robots might be too dumb to take overAs humanity inches closer to an AI apocalypse, a sliver of hope remains: the robots might not work.Such was the case last week, as Mark Zuckerberg attempted to demonstrate his company’s new AI-enabled smart glasses. “I don’t know what to tell you guys,” Zuckerberg told a crowd of Meta enthusiasts as he tried, and failed, for roughly the fourth time to hold a video call with his colleague via the glasses. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Manager's double tragedy in space of six days: Boss who 'loved' and gave debut to ex

The death of 21-year-old forward Billy Vigar has rocked the footballing community. Perhaps none more so than Mark Beard, who lost his brother, Matt Beard last week.

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8 d. ago Win the ultimate Thorpe Park Fright Nights® experience and overnight stay

We’ve partnered with Thorpe Park to give one lucky winner a full Fright Nights® experience for four — all-day entry, Ultimate Fastrack (including a one shot Hyperia Fastrack ticket), access to all 4 live-action scare mazes and an overnight stay at the Thorpe Shark Cabins to complete your scare-filled experience.

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8 d. ago ‘I lost everything!’ Chris Sarandon on Dog Day Afternoon, ex

At 83, the star of The Princess Bride, Fright Night and so much more is carving out a new career as a podcaster. He remembers the movies that defined him – and working with ‘malevolent’ Michael Winner on The SentinelChris Sarandon is doing great, thanks. The veteran actor looks extremely well for his 83 years, over Zoom from his home office in Connecticut, exuding warmth and geniality. More than once in our conversation – filled with digressions, anecdotes and impersonations – he talks about how he doesn’t take anything for granted.“I occasionally do autograph conventions at Comic Cons,” he says. “And I was standing and talking to [fellow actor] Giancarlo Esposito. He said, ‘Well, how you doing?’ I said, ‘Giancarlo, look around you. There are thousands of people here just to see us and tell us they love us.’ If I said anything other than ‘I’m great’, just grab the nearest inanimate object and smack me with it.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Mystery drones menace FOUR airports in one night across Denmark – after Zelensky blames Putin and WW3 tensions soar

MYSTERY drones menaced four airports in one night across Denmark just days after Volodymyr Zelensky blamed Russia for the reckless incursions. It comes just days after Copenhagen Airport was plunged into chaos amid claims Moscow is behind the sabotage. Drone activity was spotted overnight Wednesday into Thursday near Aalborg Airport in northern Denmark. The airports in...

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9 d. ago Breathtaking twist over Pheobe Bishop's house of horror where she lived out her final days in vile squalor

The body of the missing teenager was found in Queensland 's Good Night Scrub National Park on June 6, 22 days after she vanished on her way to Bundaberg Airport.

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