23 m. ago Blasts heard in Tel Aviv and Tehran left looking 'like a war zone' as Iran and Israel exchange airstrikes for third day

Blasts have been heard in Israel's Tel Aviv while Iran's capital city Tehran has been left looking like a war zone, as the countries entered the third day of massively escalating tit-for-tat strikes

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46 m. ago British man travels to Canada and is left stunned after spotting huge difference

A British man who travelled to Canada to see his partner was left gobsmacked after spotting a 'mad' difference in houses when driving to her house - but some locals say he's got the wrong idea

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48 m. ago Maya Jama’s favourite skincare duo is now available for less than £3 with this deal stack

Love Island is back and it’s time to glow up. This Maya Jama-approved skincare duo is the perfect place to start

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59 m. ago Kerry Katona shares outrageous Father's Day post that leaves fans in stitches

Kerry Katona shared a hilarious Father's Day post on Instagram that tickled fans - as daughter Heidi praised her mum for 'doing both jobs'

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66 m. ago Kieran Trippier's estranged wife Charlotte 'consults lawyers' over marriage after England star seen with arm around mystery woman in Ibiza

The Newcastle United defender, 34, was seen mingling at the Spanish island resort - fuelling further speculation about his split from wife of nine years Charlotte.

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67 m. ago Brit who visited Canada says he 'can't get over' one major difference

A British man who travelled to Canada to see his wife for the first time was left amazed by the size of the houses in the Toronto area - but many locals were quick to tell him 'the truth'

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77 m. ago British 'miracle' sole survivor of Air India plane crash is reunited with his family as he mourns loss of brother

Vishwashkumar Ramesh, 40 is being treated at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, just a short distance from where the Gatwick bound flight crashed into buildings.

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86 m. ago Blitz on Tehran: Iranian capital is left looking like 'a war zone' after being rocked by dozens of huge explosions as Israel strikes back

Iran's capital city has been left looking like a war zone, following dozens of Israeli missile strikes that came as part of a set of massively escalating tit-for-tat strikes against each other

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1 hour ago Right back at ya! Trump’s crude but effective rhetorical standby | Chris Taylor

The president has spent the past decade employing a familiar tactic. Accusing protesters of ‘insurrection’ is just the latest exampleDonald Trump and his allies wasted little time in branding the people protesting against immigration enforcement raids in Los Angeles as “insurrectionists”. Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy – particularly the vindictive kind – spoke darkly of a “violent insurrection”. JD Vance, the vice-president, inveighed against “insurrectionists carrying foreign flags” on the streets of the nation’s second-biggest city.It didn’t escape notice that an insurrection was exactly what the president was accused of instigating on 6 January 2021, when the flag being paraded through the Capitol was that of the Confederate secessionists. And that Trump hadn’t shown quite the same enthusiasm for sending in the troops then.Chris Taylor is a subeditor at the Guardian US and author of The Black Carib Wars: Freedom, Survival, and the Making of the ...

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1 hour ago Kathy Lette looks back: ‘Older women are invisible, so I make sure to do something outrageous every day’

The author on her love for Spike Milligan, the furore over Puberty Blues, and why being middle-aged is greatBorn in 1958 in Sydney, Kathy Lette burst on to Australia’s literary scene in 1979 with Puberty Blues. Co‑written with Gabrielle Carey, the irreverent portrait of teenage girlhood became a cult classic, a film and a TV series. Relocating to London in the 1980s, Lette has worked as a columnist, television writer and campaigner, and has published a string of bestselling comic novels. She lives in London and has two children, Julius and Georgina, with her former husband, the human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson. Her latest novel, The Revenge Club, is out now.When I was 19, I was in a band called the Salami Sisters. As well as the occasional gig in a pub, we’d busk. The problem was, we kept getting arrested. I was furious. How come we were getting arrested for singing, when actual rapists were running free? My sister was a police constable at the time, so one day I bor...

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2 h. ago British man weighs 'risky' desert escape from Israel amid Iranian missile strikes

James Eden, 72, is planning a four-hour bus journey through the Negev Desert to escape Iranian bombardment

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2 h. ago Isle of Skye castle, cottages, museum and holiday cabins on market for £2.75m in controversial sale

Protests and opposition has come around the sale of historic clan property Armadale Castle

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2 h. ago British man stuck in Israel 'may have to escape through desert'

Grandfather James Eden is in Jerusalem

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3 h. ago British man weighs desert escape from Israel amid Iranian missile strikes

James Eden, 72, is planning a four-hour bus journey through the Negev Desert to escape Iranian bombardment.

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3 h. ago Son of Air India crash victim says he missed her last call: ‘My worst nightmare’

The son of a British-Indian woman who died in the Air India plane crash has revealed he missed her last phone call, made just hours before she boarded the ill-fated flight.

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3 h. ago British politics is in a loop and it's Farage's vision that's stuck on repeat | John Harris

Unlike Keir Starmer and his cabinet, Reform UK’s leader actually understands and exploits the rules of engagement in our digital ageAs so often happens, what Nigel Farage said on a recent visit to south Wales deserved endless pejoratives. It was ludicrous, condescending, half-baked, opportunistic and plain stupid. Even he didn’t seem to know exactly what he wanted. At a Reform UK press conference in Port Talbot, he seemed to make the case for reopening the town’s steel-making blast furnaces, before admitting that “it might be easier to build a new one”, though he also acknowledged that it would “cost in the low billions” to do so. But he had even more dizzying visions of reopened Welsh mines. “If you offer people well-paying jobs many will take them,” said Farage, “even though you have to accept that mining is dangerous.”The climate crisis, predictably enough, was not worth considering. He also did not offer any opinions about coal-related issues such as slag heaps, land slips, rive...

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3 h. ago Why the most expensive house in the world is actually a British beach hut

What a treat to own a seaside beach hut. You can gather with your family to picnic and shelter from the sun (and rain). But how much would you be happy to pay for one?

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3 h. ago I tipped this British stock when its shares cost 19p. Today they're worth £1.44... and here are four more UK stocks that deliver through thick and thin: MIDAS SHARE TIPS

Some firms are one-hit wonders - all the rage for a year or two before fading into insignificance or collapsing altogether. It's much harder to keep a company going for decades.

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3 h. ago Love Island hunk reveals shock diagnosis after terrifying brush with death

EXCLUSIVE: Love Island star Marcel Somerville found out he was about to become a dad, then days later ended up in hospital almost dying due to a health condition he had no idea about

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5 h. ago Is London really worried about Manchester having its moment?

Sadiq Khan has suggested London is being 'levelled down' as insiders say there is genuine concern about the capital losing out

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