22 m. ago Terrifying moment private jet plummets to the ground in Mexico, killing all ten on board including three young children

The children, believed to be members of the same family, were a four-year-old boy and two girls aged nine and two.

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22 m. ago Jimmy Carr opens up on losing his virginity aged 26 as he reflects on his religious upbringing and close relationship with his mother

Jimmy Carr has reflected on his upbringing and his 'enmeshed' relationship with his mother.    

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36 m. ago Martin Grelis dead: The Matrix actor dies aged 57 as tributes paid

Australian actor Martin Grelis, who starred in the 1999 sci-fi classic The Matrix, has died at the age of 57 after a career spanning over three decades

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43 m. ago New DWP update on State Pension age compensation review for WASPI women

An estimated 3.5 million women affected by changes to the official age of retirement could be due compensation.

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45 m. ago This is another ‘ozone layer’ moment. Now, we must urgently target methane | Mia Mottley

The oil and gas industry must be legally bound to cut methane emissions. With climate tipping points approaching, time is running out • Mia Mottley is the prime minister of BarbadosThe timing is brutal. Just as the world celebrates the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Paris climate agreement this month, new evidence shows that the world is crashing through the main defence that was constructed against climate catastrophe.The three-year temperature average is – for the first time – set to exceed the Paris guardrail of 1.5C above preindustrial levels. According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, 2025 will join 2023 and 2024 as the three warmest since the Industrial Revolution, reflecting the accelerating pace of the climate crisis.Mia Mottley is the prime minister of Barbados Continue reading...

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59 m. ago The best jazz albums of 2025: Jim Gilchrist picks his highlights

It’s been a vintage year for Scottish jazz records, writes Jim Gilchrist

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75 m. ago I’ve found the perfect last minute Christmas gift that is really affordable

Take the stress out of shopping this year with this affordable bouquet from Bunches.

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92 m. ago Dramatic moment Rob Reiner’s son is handcuffed & arrested over parents’ murder after ‘trail of blood found at LA hotel’

SHOCKING pictures of Rob Reiner's son being arrested have been released after he was charged over the double murder of his parents. Nick, 32, was forced to the ground and handcuffed as he was put in the back of a police car by armed officers in Los Angeles. Nick was detained near a Metro station...

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1 hour ago Brave moment Bondi beachgoers walking past gunmen's car try to disarm the terrorist before he started shooting

Two victims of the Bondi Beach shooting were caught on camera moments before their tragic deaths - as they battled to stop one of the gunmen.

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1 hour ago Delizioso! Six of Italy’s tastiest local food delicacies – and where to try them

It will come as little surprise that Italian cuisine has been added to Unesco’s cultural heritage list. Here are a select few of the country’s countless regional specialitiesLast week’s announcement that Italian cuisine has been added to Unesco’s intangible cultural heritage list came as no surprise to anyone familiar with that country’s obsession with food. Unesco called Italy’s cooking a “communal activity” in which “people of all ages and genders participate, exchanging recipes, suggestions and stories”.It might have added people of all walks of life, too, because in Italy being a foodie is not the “preserve” of the chattering classes. I’ve heard building workers in a low-cost trattoria gravely discussing what starter and wine best complement a certain lunch dish, and a shabbily dressed nonna at Turin’s Porto Palazzo market enthusing over a variety of carrot available only at her favourite stall. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago That sinking feeling: boys, beaches and Brexit voters – in pictures

From tender coming of age stories to images that question the meaning of home, Ed Alcock’s photography blurs the personal with the political Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Aung San Suu Kyi’s son says jailed Myanmar leader not seen for years and ‘could be dead already’

Kim Aris says no one has heard from his 80-year-old mother, who has been suffering an array of health issues in her old age, in two years

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1 hour ago ‘I went down to save lives’: Hero shopkeeper who tackled Bondi Beach gunman thought he was going to die

Father-of-two, who moved to Sydney from Syria in 2006, has been hailed as a hero

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2 h. ago My white wine habit almost killed me. Weeks after my last drop, I received the diagnosis every woman fears

Kathryn Elliot had finally had enough in 2019. But 55 days after pouring her bottles of chardonnay down the drain, her life changed forever.

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2 h. ago Inside festive village that Phil Foden booked out that families love

The former farm has been transformed into a shopping village with fairground, play area and a magical woodland light trail, and it hit the headlines this month after Phil Foden booked the entire place out for a Christmas party

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2 h. ago How a Syrian immigrant denied evil Bondi Beach killers the spotlight they craved

Put yourself in Ahmed al Ahmed’s shoes and imagine doing what he did, knowing that at any moment the killer could have turned around and shot him

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2 h. ago Stranger Things season 5 part 2 'unveils' huge death and it's not who you think

Stranger Things fans have pinpointed a specific tragic moment in the season 5 volume 2 trailer.

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2 h. ago Two brave Bondi heroes pictured trying to disarm alleged terrorist before losing their lives

A picture showed the incredible moment two passers-by bravely tried to disarm one of the alleged gunmen in Sunday's Bondi Beach attack, tragically losing their lives among 13 other innocent victims

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2 h. ago Pat Cummins says Bondi terror attack ‘hit home pretty hard’ as tributes flow before third Ashes Test

Australia captain lives close by and takes his kids to beach ‘all the time’Players to wear black armbands and join moment’s silence in AdelaideAustralia captain Pat Cummins has said the tragic events at Bondi beach ‘hit home pretty hard’ as they unfolded on Sunday night just down the road from his home in the neighbouring Sydney suburb of Bronte.As the cricket world prepares to pay tribute to the victims of the Bondi beach terror attack when the third Ashes Test gets under way in Adelaide on Wednesday, Cummins and England captain, Ben Stokes, revealed the profound impact the massacre had on them and their teammates. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Libya looks to its past to build a new future as national museum reopens

It is hoped the institution can help foster new bonds in a fractured nation, but such optimism will be a stretch for someIt was a night at the museum like no other. As the staccato sound of firecrackers and explosions rang out across Martyr’s Square in the heart of Tripoli, for once it was not Libya’s militias battling it out for a larger stake in the country’s oil economy, but a huge firework display celebrating the reopening of one of the finest museums in the Mediterranean.The National Museum of Libya – housing Africa’s greatest collection of classical antiquities in Tripoli’s historic Red Castle complex – had been closed for nearly 14 years due to the civil war that followed the former dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s downfall. Its ceremonial reopening came at the climax of a lavish show compressing Libya’s rich history and attended by diplomats and Arab celebrities, with a full-size Italian orchestra, acrobats, dancers, arches of fire and lights projected on to the fort. It did not l...

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