46 m. ago Lanarkshire paedo asked online contacts to film children being sexually abused

He transferred money for images to bank accounts in the Philippines and Kenya, and also had dozens of pics depicting extreme content involving adults and animals.

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47 m. ago Scottish nostalgia: 8 iconic Scottish sweet shops that will take you back if you grew up in Scotland

For older generations who grew up in Scotland, these sugary havens were more than just shops.

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49 m. ago Roy Keane managerial return 'stance' clear after Man Utd legend's hint

Roy Keane has been out of management since leaving Nottingham Forest in 2019, and his former assistant Martin O'Neill believes the Manchester United legend is content with life as a pundit

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62 m. ago Emmerdale's Nicola star issues warning to parents after adult content storyline

Actress Nicola Wheeler, who plays Nicola King in Emmerdale, has opened up about her latest storyline and how it's impacted her personal life

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65 m. ago VisionQuest: Scottish actor Ruaridh Mollica cast as adult Tommy Shepherd in new Marvel TV series

The Scottish actor will appear in upcoming MCU series VisionQuest as the adult version of Tommy Shepherd, the son of Vision and the Scarlet Witch.

Culture

1 hour ago Dana Schutz review – an orgy of gloop from the painter who outraged New York

Thomas Dane, London The artist, whose painting of Emmett Till caused a scandal, is back with a grotesque, cartoonish, deeply political commentary on American societyDana Schutz cakes her canvases in thick gobs of gooey paint. The American artist’s first proper London exhibition is a splodgy, orgiastic celebration of her material, but there are some big messages smuggled through if you can scratch your way towards them.Schutz’s approach – which has seen her lauded as one of the most important figurative artists of her generation – is all about surface, brush strokes, colour and materiality. It’s painting for painters, real high-level art-nerd stuff. If you get your kicks losing yourself in layers of pigment and shadow, there’s enough here to keep you going for a while. But it’s Schutz’s grotesque, surreal, cartoony, metaphorical imagery that really makes the paintings tick. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Where sick Lostprophets fan who arranged for Ian Watkins to rape her baby is now

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. One of the twisted mothers who offered up her own baby as a victim for slain paedophile Ian Watkins could soon walk free, with a parole hearing understood to be on the cards

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4 h. ago Girl raped and burnt by three generations of own family who rubbed salt in wounds

A girl was sexually abused by three generations of her own family while her mother did nothing to stop the horrific ordeal. A number of her family members, including her father and two brothers, have been found guilty

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4 h. ago They fought with Britain and US in Afghanistan – now Taliban is taking its revenge

After the Taliban takeover of Kabul in 2021, Britain pledged sanctuary to Afghans who faced reprisals for working with UK forces – but thousands are still waiting. Now, as Britain drags its heels, we have verified the killings of more than 100 ex-Afghan forces in the country since 2023 – with one executed in front of his children. Holly Bancroft, Jessica Purkiss, Fahim Abed and May Bulman report

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4 h. ago ChatGPT will now let users make erotica: ‘Treat adults like adults’

OpenAI will reduce the mental health safeguards built into ChatGPT and allow its users to create erotica, it has announced.

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4 h. ago Top five PIP health conditions providing people with up to £749 every month

PIP and Adult Disability Payment are providing financial support for 4.3 million people across Great Britain.

Economics

5 h. ago There's an erotic secret hidden in one of Manchester's biggest venues

Marina Abramovic has married Balkan rituals with nude performance in a stunning show at Aviva Studios - and some of us didn't know where to look

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6 h. ago Britain has lost control of its borders, home secretary admits

Shabana Mahmood says public trust in state will be weakened unless politicians ‘bring order’ to immigration

Society

7 h. ago Fatboy Slim urges Gen Z to stop ‘living online’ and go wild on dancefloor

EXCLUSIVE: Norman Cook – known to fans around the world as Fatboy Slim – has been there, done that and bought the t-shirt. Now he wants the younger generation to do the same

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9 h. ago Murdaugh: Death in the Family review – Patricia Arquette is fantastic in this obscene true

The acting may be brilliant in the horrible real-life story of a family whose sordid tale ends in a double murder. But when everything about the subjects is so rotten, why on Earth would you want to watch?How fascinatingly horrible were the Murdaugh family? Very, according to how much true-crime content they’ve generated. There’s already been a hit podcast about them, untangling a narrative that began in enviable luxury and ended with a sordid double murder. There’s already been a TV documentary. Now the Murdaughs complete the set with Murdaugh: Death in the Family, the plush fictionalised drama retelling the same awful tale.At its heart is a trio of strong performances, primed for awards season. Jason Clarke – also currently excellent as a different kind of alpha male in The Last Frontier on Apple TV+ – is Richard Alexander “Alex” Murdaugh, a powerhouse personal injury attorney and member of a South Carolina dynasty whose men have been the biggest beasts in the courtroom for genera...

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10 h. ago North Carolina woman accused of using ChatGPT to research deadly drugs before trying to poison husband’s drink

Cheryl Harris Gates, 43, was arrested for attempted murder, among other charges

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14 h. ago UK employers cut graduate hiring for second consecutive year, survey finds

Institute of Student Employers cites cost pressures and worries over economic outlook

Politics

14 h. ago One in three pupils say they cannot tell if AI content is true – poll

Nearly half of those polled were concerned their teachers cannot spot when others have used AI to do their schoolwork.

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15 h. ago Less than half of secondary school pupils can judge the accuracy of AI content, survey finds

Eight in ten say they use AI tools for schoolwork but only 47 per cent felt confident identifying accurate AI-generated information.

Events

15 h. ago Trump posthumously awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

President presented award to Kirk’s widow, Erika, on what would have been the far-right commentator’s 32nd birthdayDonald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, to the assassinated far-right commentator Charlie Kirk at the White House on Tuesday.Kirk, who was shot at an event at Utah Valley University in September, was among the most significant rightwing activists in the modern political era, galvanizing a younger generation of conservatives to engage in politics and support Trump’s candidacy ahead of the 2024 election. Continue reading...

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