6 m. ago Anger grows at Prince Harry for saying 'I don't know how much longer' cancer

Prince Harry faces criticism for sparking speculation surrounding His Majesty's health after saying he didn't 'know how much longer' his 76-year-old father, King Charles, has left to live. 

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15 m. ago Where Coronation Street fans have seen Theo Silverton before as past CBBC role unveiled

Coronation Street fans have been shocked to discover where they've seen Theo Silverton star James Cartwright before.

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42 m. ago NHS doctor shares four products she uses for 'smooth and glossy' hair

An NHS doctor has shared the four simple products she uses to get 'shiny and glossy' hair. She shared her go-to products on her Instagram page and many praised her transparency

Society

95 m. ago Tech oligarchs are gambling our future on a fantasy | Adam Becker

Musk and Bezos are the heirs to a quasi-religious belief in tech salvation. The rest of us are stuck in the real worldIt’s tempting to believe that tech billionaires’ embrace of Donald Trump and the far right is a sudden rupture with the usual political ideology of Silicon Valley. Op-eds in the New York Times and elsewhere have made this case. Even Marc Andreessen, one of the billionaires in question, claims that this is what happened – he said that it was a change in the Democratic arty that pushed him and his fellow oligarchs into the arms of the GOP.Yet this is a serious misunderstanding of the situation. There wasn’t a sudden shift in the politics of tech – it was a homecoming. While it’s true that Silicon Valley has long supported Democratic candidates for political office – and that rank-and-file tech workers still vote overwhelmingly for Democrats – the fundamental ideology underpinning the culture of Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists and CEOs has always had a far-right li...

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2 h. ago NHS symptoms of 'silent killer' often mistaken for other conditions

It takes an average of four and a half years to receive a diagnosis

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3 h. ago ‘You get attached to them’: nesting ospreys get villagers excited in Wales

Webcam set up to monitor egg-bearing nest atop oak tree guarded by dozens of volunteers in Usk valleyAt 9.15am the male bird took off and soared towards the reservoir in search of a meal. Sixty minutes later he was back, and over the next hour or so he and his mate took turns sharing the fish he had caught and sitting on their three eggs.The appearance of these two ospreys on farmland in the Usk valley in mid-Wales is seen as a milestone in the recovery of the species. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Netflix addresses claim it sent celebrity chef legal threat over Meghan Markle criticism

Chef claimed his anti-Meghan comments saw him receive a warning from streaming service

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3 h. ago Dying Syrian grandmother allowed to come to UK in Home Office U

Soaad Al Shawa had been barred from spending final days with her family, who fled Damascus to settle in GlasgowA Syrian grandmother who is dying of cancer has been given permission to come to the UK to spend her final days with the grandchildren she has never met, after a Home Office U-turn.The government had wanted to bar Soaad Al Shawa, who has liver cancer and has been given just weeks to live by doctors, from travelling to spend her last days with her daughter Ola Al Hamwi, son-in-law Mostafa Amonajid and their three children aged seven, five and one. Al Shawa has only been able to communicate with her grandchildren on video calls. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago This vitamin could slash colon cancer risk by half – but there’s a catch

The potential role of vitamin D in preventing and treating colorectal cancer (CRC) has attracted growing research interest – especially as CRC rates are rising, particularly among younger adults. This isn’t a new area of study. Low vitamin D levels have long been linked to a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer.

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6 h. ago 31 of England’s prisons are Victorian. Do they work? – visual investigation

Many jails still in use today were built by the Victorians. Here’s how their 19th-century design is contributing to a 21st-century crisisEngland in the 1840s was a place of dizzying industry, rapid urbanisation and technological progress.Among the proliferation of inventions, a new type of building was unveiled to the world. A prison, K-shaped with long corridors made of sure, thick walls, and small windows in cold, solitary cells.The new prison will be most conducive to the reformation of prisoners and to the repression of crime It resolves itself into a greater uniformity of plan and purpose than has yet been exhibited in prison architecture.The Illustrated London News in its coverage of the new facility on August 13, 1842.The piers or partitions between them are 18 inches thick, and are worked with close joints, so as to preclude as much as possible the transmission of sound. A description of HMP Pentonville in the Illustrated London News, 1843 Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Donald Trump's 2026 budget proposal: Trump wants $1 trillion for defense but slashes domestic spending

The White House unveiled President Donald Trump's 2026 budget proposal on Friday, which aims to drastically reduce or even eliminate funding for numerous government programmes

Economics

9 h. ago NPR stations targeted for cuts by Trump have provided lifelines to listeners during disasters

After Hurricane Helene devastated Asheville, North Carolina, the sound coming from open car windows as residents gathered on a street at the top of a ridge trying to get cell service last fall was Blue Ridge Public Radio

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9 h. ago NHS doctor combines two foods each morning for 'powerhouse' against disease

A leading NHS doctor and other experts have revealed one simple snack that can help keep your brain sharp for years and chances are it's not in your current diet

Society

14 h. ago Military parade to celebrate the Army's 250th anniversary will be held on Trump's birthday

The Army has confirmed there will be a military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June, as part of the celebration around the service’s 250th birthday

Events

16 h. ago Woman rushed to hospital after 'hit and run' in Glasgow as police make arrest

Emergency services were called to Birgidale Road, at Downcraig Road, in Castlemilk after the alarm was raised at around 10.25am on Friday.

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16 h. ago Brit woman becomes flatpack world champion after rapid bedside table build

Taking a mere nine minutes and 33 seconds to build a bedside table, Hayley McAuley proved she had the speed and determination needed to become a champion.

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20 h. ago Moment young Scots woman celebrates beating cancer by driving off in supercar

Erin Lavery shared her big news that she had overcome her fight with stage 3 Hodgkin’s lymphoma in style.

Transport

20 h. ago CCTV appeal after KFC staff member racially abused at M6 service station

Police were called to the KFC restaurant at Lymm Services on April 21

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20 h. ago Cordon in place as emergency services called to Greater Manchester shed explosion

Emergency services are at the scene and a cordon is in place

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20 h. ago Prince Harry says king ‘won’t speak to him’ and he would ‘love’ to be reconciled

Duke of Sussex says he does not know how long King Charles has left to live and that he has ‘forgiven’ himThe Duke of Sussex has said it is “impossible” for him to bring his wife and children back to the UK after losing his legal challenge over personal security, and revealed he would “love” a reconciliation with his family.In an emotional interview with the BBC, Prince Harry said his father, King Charles, will not speak to him “because of the security stuff”, but said he wanted reconciliation as life was “precious” and he did not know how long his father, who has been diagnosed with cancer, had left to live. Continue reading...

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