40 m. ago Hamza Igamane faces Morocco decision time as Rangers star to battle it out with striker rival

Igamane has been capped for Morocco's U23 team but has yet to feature at senior level

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48 m. ago World Book Day: Why more schools are asking pupils not to wear costumes of their favourite characters

A number of schools have scrapped children dressing up as their favourite book character this Thursday

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61 m. ago Fifa Club World Cup ‘solidarity money’ figure revealed in bid to appease Chelsea and Man City rivals

$150m out of total $2bn prize pot earmarked for clubs not taking part, with concerns raised over the money’s potential to worsen inequality in the sport

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68 m. ago The untold stories of female climbers summiting the world’s tallest peaks

In 1970, Grace Hoeman led the first all- female team in an attempt to climb North America’s highest peak, DenaliIn 1970, Alaskan doctor and mountaineer Grace Hoeman led a team of six women in the first all-female attempt to summit Denali – which was the first all-women’s ascent of any of the world’s big peaks.At the time, people thought that women were incapable of climbing mountains without men’s help. We had sent men to the moon, and women still hadn’t stood on the highest points on Earth. Which made Hoeman’s bold idea all the more audacious. Continue reading...

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77 m. ago Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper edges closer to major money milestone

The TV favourite is seeing the money roll in thanks to the hit Amazon show, his tour and book

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78 m. ago Lanarkshire producers invited to join hunt for the world’s best haggis

Participants will present their finest versions of Scotland’s national dish at the World Haggis Championship 2025, being held in Perth in May.

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81 m. ago ‘We didn’t see who she is’: Anora missed chance to spark real change, say sex workers

Sean Baker’s film accused of lacking representation, as some say he and Mikey Madison could have used speeches to call for policy reformAs well as winning five Oscars and catapulting its lead actor, Mikey Madison, into true stardom, the film Anora has been mooted as a signifier of society taking another step towards sex work being normalised as an occupation.The film is a dark love story about a stripper who marries the feckless son of a Russian oligarch and slowly watches her vision of a fairytale ending disappear before her eyes. But real-life sex workers have said the film portrays an optimistic view of the industry. Continue reading...

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97 m. ago Neil Gaiman asks US court to dismiss lawsuit alleging rape and sexual assault

The author’s motion to dismiss argued that the case should be heard in New Zealand, where the alleged abuse took place, and called accuser Scarlett Pavlovich ‘a fantasist’Neil Gaiman has asked a US district court to throw out a civil lawsuit accusing him of rape and sexual assault, filed last month by a woman who previously worked for the author and his former partner, Amanda Palmer.The motion to dismiss, filed on Tuesday, argued that the case should be heard in New Zealand, where the alleged abuse took place, rather than in the US. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Churchill’s grandson says Trump team ‘despises Europe’ and UK

Former ambassador to Washington warns US could abandon its allies in a way that was “inconceivable” before President Trump regained office

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2 h. ago Porsche ploughs into Nando's restaurant at Greater Manchester retail park

Pictures from the scene showed the car appearing to have become wedged in the wall at the back of the restaurant

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2 h. ago England lineup vs Italy announced as Marcus Smith is dropped in dramatic shake

Head coach Steve Borthwick has opted to make three changes

Events

2 h. ago Gatehouse Pharmacy marks first birthday by offering new earwax removal service

Soenaid Anderson and her team recently held a small open night to mark one year since the independently owned and run business opened.

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2 h. ago Jannik Sinner’s pointed Indian Wells absence leaves door open for rivals

Banned world No 1 casts a shadow as tour returns to tournament at which sequence of events began that led to punishmentEarly on during his stay in the Californian desert a year ago, Giacomo Naldi allegedly reached into his treatment bag one morning and accidentally brushed his left finger across the blade of a scalpel used to remove calluses, immediately drawing blood. Two days later, after Naldi had removed the bandage from his finger, his colleague Umberto Ferrara suggested he use the over-the-counter ointment Trofodermin to treat his healing wound.Naldi and Ferrara were in Indian Wells as Jannik Sinner’s physio and fitness trainer respectively. According to Sinner and his team, as Naldi began to use the ointment to treat his wound while also conducting his daily treatment on Sinner without gloves and Sinner undertook two doping tests in the subsequent two weeks, these events put into motion the most high-profile anti-doping case in tennis history as he twice tested positive. Cont...

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2 h. ago New Dries Van Noten designer blends the archive with a new voice in Paris

Julian Klausner has presented his first womenswear collection as creative director of Dries Van Noten at the Opéra Garnier in Paris, a setting that reflected the historical influences woven throughout his designs

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2 h. ago Adrien Brody’s partner reveals her thoughts on his Oscars kiss with Halle Berry

Kiss was called ‘disrespectful’ by social media users

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2 h. ago Couple who had sex with their pug painted normal life on Facebook as pics resurface

Graham Marshall, 39, and Paige Reaney, 33, painted a picture of a normal, law-abiding life, but beneath the surface lurked a depraved sexual obsession with animals

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2 h. ago Nominations open for south of Scotland tourism industry’s equivalent of the Oscars

The Thistle Awards are back for a third year, giving people the chance to show their support for hotels, restaurants, attractions and events.

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3 h. ago Gene Hackman mystery latest from shocking dog error to neighbour twist and gas horror

Police are still trying to piece together what happened to Oscar winner Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa following their 'suspicious' deaths at their Santa Fe home

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3 h. ago England drop Marcus Smith to bench as Henry Slade axed for Italy clash

Henry Slade is also left out of the backline as Elliot Daly and Fraser Dingwall come in

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3 h. ago Marcus Smith benched for England’s crucial Six Nations clash with Italy

Borthwick makes controversial call to revamp back lineSlade out of the squad completely for weekend gameMarcus Smith and Henry Slade have been dropped for England’s Six Nations clash with Italy on Sunday with Steve Borthwick overhauling his backline in an effort to kickstart his side’s spluttering attacking.Elliot Daly is preferred at fullback while Fraser Dingwall comes into the side at inside centre as one of five starting Northampton backs with Borthwick making one of the boldest team selections of his tenure to date. Jamie George has also been recalled at hooker to make his first start since losing the captaincy on what will be his 100th appearance for England. Continue reading...

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