2 h. ago Cillian Murphy says there was no demand for him to lead major projects after Oscar win: ‘Maybe it’s too late’

Murphy won Best Actor in 2024 for playing scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer

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2 h. ago Ospreys let another South Africa lead slip after scoreless second

Mark Jones' side ran out of steam in Cape Town, going down 26-10 at DHL Stadium

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3 h. ago Desperate hunt for missing Brit, 71, who vanished on hike to croc

Tourist Elaine McSorley, 71, was staying at a hotel in Mkhuze in South Africa’s KwaZulu Province with her husband Leon, 81, when the pair decided to go for a walk to search for wildlife

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3 h. ago Robert MacIntyre battles brutal conditions to take share of lead on home soil

Ryder Cup star and local hero MacIntyre rose to the occasion.

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4 h. ago Taylor Swift fans go wild over brutal 'Joe Alwyn dig' in The Life of a Showgirl single The Fate of Ophelia

Fans have seized on her latest album's lead single, which about how she 'pledges allegiance to' a love interest who 'dug me out of my grave' and 'saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia.'

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4 h. ago Bob MacIntyre tames wild conditions before play suspended at Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

Home favourite MacIntyre signed for a 66 to take a share of the lead as Storm Amy struck Scotland

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4 h. ago Robert MacIntyre battles brutal conditions to take share of lead at St Andrews

Ryder Cup star and local hero MacIntyre rose to the occasion.

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5 h. ago Police race to surround plane after it lands back at Heathrow Airport

An American Airlines flight was headed to Philadelphia from Heathrow when it was forced to turn back just after passing England’s south coast, with fire and police crews swarming the runway

Society

5 h. ago Winter heating payment reminder for South Lanarkshire pensioners

It is estimated that over one million pensioners in Scotland will receive Pension Age Winter Heating Payment.

Economics

5 h. ago The WNBA Finals begin on Friday. Here are some things to know

WNBA Finals coaches Becky Hammon and Nate Tibbetts share a South Dakota heritage with both growing up there

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6 h. ago Africa's oldest golf tournament that Rory McIlroy last played in to make its long

The event has a rich history, having previously been won by Open champion Bobby Locke, while golfing legends like Rory McIlroy and Gary Player are among those to have played the tournament

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7 h. ago Linsey Smith delighted to contribute as England open with thumping win

The spinner took the new ball and picked up three for seven to prevent South Africa building any early momentum.

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7 h. ago Asad Rehman’s journey from antiracism campaigner in Burnley to head of Friends of the Earth

Climate crisis is ‘interconnected crisis of inequality’, says Rehman, who began organising at his school in the 1970s Each weekday morning, every child in the south Asian community in Burnley would gather before making the journey to school. It was the 1970s, the National Front were mobilising, and they were the children of south Asian workers invited to Britain a decade earlier to fill labour shortages.Among them was Asad Rehman, who had moved to the Lancashire town with his family from Pakistan at the age of four. “We would all walk together, because it was dangerous to walk alone,” he remembers. “Younger children in the middle, older children around the edge, because we’d be attacked on the way.” Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Engineer's dignity 'could have been violated' in trans toilet incident, boss says

Maria Kelly, people and capability lead for aerospace defence company Leonardo UK, is taking legal action against her employer.

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8 h. ago England make World Cup statement by dismantling South Africa in opener

Linsey Smith set the tone to back up the faith placed in the spinner as England won by 10 wickets after skittling South Africa for 69

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10 h. ago Inside Taylor Swift's new album The Life of a Showgirl as she puts on dazzling display

Taylor Swift’s 12th album The Life of a Showgirl is here! Packed with glittering tracks, a Sabrina Carpenter collab, and her lead single 'The Fate of Ophelia'

Culture

10 h. ago Ange Postecoglou has been hit for six as the mood rapidly shifts at Nottingham Forest

Ange Postecoglou is the lead character in a genuine Greek tragedy being played out at Nottingham Forest - and what is Evangelos Marinakis going to do about it?

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11 h. ago ’I’m facing bankruptcy after my South London café was burgled over 50 times

’I’m facing bankruptcy after my South London café was burgled over 50 times - no one has been convicted'  My London

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11 h. ago Weather tracker: wet conditions raise risk of flooding in south

Warnings issued for Serbia, Romania and Greek islands amid forecast of prolonged rainfall and strong winds While storms and hurricanes have churned in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, Europe has faced extreme conditions of its own. A low-pressure system that developed over the Mediterranean midweek moved north-east into south-eastern Europe on Thursday, bringing widespread showers, thunderstorms and prolonged rainfall.The system is expected to persist into Friday, with models on indicating 48-hour totals of 80-130mm of rain across much of the Balkans. Red weather warnings were issued for Serbia, south-west Romania, north-east Greece, and the Dodecanese and North Aegean Islands, highlighting the risk of flooding and threat to life. Strong winds also closed schools on Zakynthos in the Ionian Islands. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago 'Most beautiful autumn town' and now is the 'perfect' time to visit

A town in the south-west of England has been labelled as one of the "most beautiful autumn towns" in the UK, with people saying it's a "beautiful place with tons of character"

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