22 m. ago German elections: Why Bauhaus design has become the target of far

As political tensions rise in Germany, the design school has come under fire, Katrin Schreiter writes

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88 m. ago Death of a neighbourhood: Fury as uni students who don't pay council tax and host noisy parties turning suburban street into a 'family

A £550k home for sale on Sunbury Avenue, on the outskirts of Newcastle, is set to become a HMO. Of the 51 homes on the street, 48 are lived in by undergraduate students.

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97 m. ago Holly Willoughby tears up as she reunites with saviour from 'scariest moment of her life'

Tonight's instalment of Michael McIntyre's Big Show saw a tearful Holly Willoughby reunited with the midwife who helped her through the 'scariest moment' of her life

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2 h. ago Criminals with devices used in 40% of car thefts face up to five years in prison

A new law will be introduced to Parliament on Tuesday.

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3 h. ago Our teenage son died on the bathroom floor of a remote holiday cottage he had no idea of the deadly danger that lurked inside

Tom Hill, 18, died after he fell unconcious on the bathroom floor of a holiday cottage as the portable gas heater leaked deadly carbon monoxide into the enclosed room.

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3 h. ago Can a brown Hindu be English? English people say yes. Why do so many on the right say no? | Kenan Malik

An argument about Rishi Sunak’s identity reveals how ideas of ethnicity and race have become conflated‘They think they’re English because they’re born here. That means if a dog’s born in a stable it’s a horse.” That was a staple of the comedian Bernard Manning’s routine back in the 1970s. Enoch Powell had, a decade earlier, expressed the same sentiment in more refined language: “The West Indian or Asian does not, by being born in England, become an Englishman. In law he becomes a United Kingdom citizen by birth; in fact he is a West Indian or an Asian still.”Few today would laugh along with Manning or take seriously the claim that only white people can be English. Britain has transformed over the past half-century and most English people now embrace Ian Wright and Idris Elba as being as English as David Beckham or Joanna Lumley. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Waste Wars by Alexander Clapp review – the filthy truth about trash

A globe-spanning study of the waste industry reveals how wealthy nations dump their garbage on the poor while the rate at which we produce near-indestructible rubbish only increasesYou know the drill: plastic and glass containers go in the blue recycling bin, paper and cardboard in the blue sack, vegetable matter in the green compost bin, and the rest in the grey general rubbish bin. Households up and down the land go through variations of these familiar refuse-sorting tasks each week. But where does it actually all go?Into the trucks that pick them up, yes, but after that? It’s a kind of act of faith that we imagine our detritus that we’ve carefully – or not so carefully – categorised is transported to the right location where appropriate measures are taken to dispose of it in the most sensible and ecological manner. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Music visionary Tinashe on finding her freedom (and her 'freak')

Tinashe’s forward-thinking R&B brought her attention but also clashes with her label. Now an independent artist she is thriving at last

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5 h. ago Kash Patel tells FBI staff to ignore Elon Musk’s productivity email as signs of power struggles emerge in D.C.: reports

Elon Musk’s DOGE email ultimatum to federal workers may have revealed internal tensions in Trump administration

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6 h. ago Kash Patel tells FBI staff to ignore Elon Musk’s productivity email as signs of power struggles emerge in D.C.

Elon Musk’s DOGE email ultimatum to federal workers may have revealed internal tensions in Trump administration

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6 h. ago Ohio bathroom law targeting transgender students has brought internal strife to some campuses

An Ohio law designating school bathrooms for use by people based on their sex at birth kicks in soon

Society

6 h. ago Can Moldova – population 2.4m – show the world how to stand up to Putin?

The tiny former Soviet republic’s determination not to be cowed by the Kremlin could provide a template for the west on how to hold back the tide of subversion and corruptionHow can a democracy defend itself from an attacker who does not respect any democratic rules?When your assailant uses corruption, blackmail, economic war, cyber attacks, covert campaigns and street violence – while all you have are inefficient courts and even slower international institutions. Can you lose your sovereignty by being too soft? If you respond with censorship or even cancelling elections, don’t you lose your values? Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Owners of these 20 cat and dog breeds warned they go missing the most

A law that took effect last summer requires all cats to be microchipped, even those that primarily live indoors

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9 h. ago British Airways owner to reveal soaring profit after strong travel demand

More people wanted to travel while fuel bills fell last year, helping BA’s parent company International Airlines Group to a strong expected profit.

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10 h. ago Governors reveal what it was REALLY like inside room when Trump clashed with Maine's Democratic leader

At a White House meeting, Maine Governor Janet Mills clashed with President Trump over his executive order on transgender athletes, defiantly telling him, 'See you in court.'

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11 h. ago MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Police need reminding their job is to serve us, NOT to boss us about

In civilised European nations the police are regarded by many law-abiding citizens with dislike and mistrust.In less happy lands, corruption and brutality are normal among police officers.

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11 h. ago Sunderland vows strong action after Romaine Mundle suffers racist abuse online

The 21-year-old was targeted in the wake of Saturday’s 1-0 defeat by Hull.

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11 h. ago Watch out for the bare Botticellis! In the craziest trigger warning yet, students are told they'll encounter 'images of nudity' in two of the Italian master's greatest works

The University of Roehampton warned undergraduates taking a module on medieval and Renaissance gods and heroes they will find 'images of nudity' in The Birth of Venus.

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14 h. ago Alex Carey’s acrobatics lay foundation for Josh Inglis’ fireworks | James Wallace

A pair of of stunning catches to dismiss dangerous England batters helped set Australia up for making record run chaseCatches win matches? Well, they certainly help set them up. Alex Carey’s brace of afternoon wonder-grabs sent the dangerous duo of Phil Salt and Harry Brook trudging back to the sheds blinking not from the afternoon Lahore sun but in disbelief.Carey’s acrobatic, sinew straining exertions in the outfield (gloves? who needs ’em) exemplified a razor sharp Australian performance in the field that kept England’s progress constantly in check and eventually paved the way for a historic run chase, the highest ever in International Cricket Council tournaments no less. The Aussies can turn it on in major tournaments, who knew? Continue reading...

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14 h. ago BBC The Apprentice filming halted over boardroom health scare

The BBC show was brought to a standstill as one contestant fell ill

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