40 m. ago Robbie Williams makes huge announcement in apology video after 10 year wait

Robbie Williams sent a message to his fans, apologising for their long wait as he gears up for an eventful summer

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53 m. ago Liverpool XI vs Man City: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Premier League today

Arne Slot could have Cody Gakpo back for huge showdown at the Etihad Stadium

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62 m. ago Huge fire breaks out at battery recycling centre as 'explosions' heard for miles

A huge fire has broken out at a battery recycling facility, with locals reporting seeing 'explosions' and a black cloud of smoke gushing into the air.

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65 m. ago Amy Dowden says there's one question people should not ask after cancer as Strictly says 'I'm just grateful for another shot'

BBC Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden has issued a new update on her cancer battle, after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023

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75 m. ago Ford fans baffled after only just noticing 'odd detail' about car brand's logo

Ford is one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world, and almost everyone can pick out its distinctive logo - but there's an odd detail that some people are only just noticing

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96 m. ago Residents unable to return home a year after terrifying Edinburgh flat block fire

Over 100 people were evacuated from their homes after fire gripped the premises on March 14, 2024.

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1 hour ago Watch the incredible moment Olympic gold medallist rescues people trapped in cars and STRANDED in floods

An Olympic gold medallist answered the call of duty as he rescued cars of people who had been caught in flooding.

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1 hour ago Helen Flanagan hits back as she's slammed for partying with partner's child, 14

Helen appeared to hit back at people who criticised her night out with her boyfriend Robbie Talbot and his daughter Sophie, 14

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1 hour ago 'My daughter is 19 and I still don't even let her take driving lessons without me'

Bobbie Jo Houston says she is against the idea of daughter Honie being alone with strangers due to concerns for her safety. But denies that she is 'overprotective' of the 19-year-old

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1 hour ago People are only now realising what Panic! At The Disco really means

Panic! At The Disco first entered our lives way back in 2005 when "I write sins, not tragedies" was released. But, after 20 years, people are only now learning what inspired the group's name

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2 h. ago Wythenshawe fire: Huge blaze seen for miles as 'popping sound' explosions heard

A local posting footage of black smoke being coughed into the sky above Wythenshawe said they heard "explosions popping off", and that the blaze was visible for miles

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2 h. ago EastEnders 40th fallout revealed: Multiple exits, devastating funeral and Vicki returns

EastEnders' 40th anniversary twists have paved the way for huge scenes ahead on the BBC soap, including the fallout to Martin Fowler's shocking death, exits and big returns

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2 h. ago Our teenage son died on the bathroom floor of a remote holiday cottage he had no idea of the deadly danger that lurked inside

Tom Hill, 18, died after he fell unconcious on the bathroom floor of a holiday cottage as the portable gas heater leaked deadly carbon monoxide into the enclosed room.

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3 h. ago ‘Called out their names but did not get an answer’: Rescue underway for trapped tunnel workers in India

Dozens managed to escape as the tunnel in Telangana collapsed, but eight people are feared trapped

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3 h. ago Can a brown Hindu be English? English people say yes. Why do so many on the right say no? | Kenan Malik

An argument about Rishi Sunak’s identity reveals how ideas of ethnicity and race have become conflated‘They think they’re English because they’re born here. That means if a dog’s born in a stable it’s a horse.” That was a staple of the comedian Bernard Manning’s routine back in the 1970s. Enoch Powell had, a decade earlier, expressed the same sentiment in more refined language: “The West Indian or Asian does not, by being born in England, become an Englishman. In law he becomes a United Kingdom citizen by birth; in fact he is a West Indian or an Asian still.”Few today would laugh along with Manning or take seriously the claim that only white people can be English. Britain has transformed over the past half-century and most English people now embrace Ian Wright and Idris Elba as being as English as David Beckham or Joanna Lumley. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago ‘I stripped away this caricature that I created’: Pamela Anderson on makeup, activism and gardening

The star of Baywatch and The Last Showgirl answers questions from Observer readers and famous fans including Stella McCartney, Liam Neeson, Ruby Wax and Naomi KleinPamela Anderson, makeup-free and beautiful in a floral Westwood suit, is making a fuss of my dog. My dog likes her. I’m not a particular believer in the idea that animals are great character judges but, in this case, me and the dog are aligned. I like Anderson too. She combines openness with a kind of vulnerability, and you warm to her immediately.Settled on a sofa in a small dressing room off a photography studio, she asks for a coffee and promptly spills it everywhere. “I strive for imperfection,” she jokes. “I strive for it, and I just hit it every time.” Cortado mopped, she takes a breath, before talking excitedly of a new phase in her eventful life. “A door opened, and I walked through,” she says. “It’s hard to believe.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago 'I used to hide curvy body but now I flaunt it – they need more models like me'

A plus-size influencer has shared that she believes big industry events such as London Fashion Week should have more diversity, as people need to 'see themselves' when they're growing up

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3 h. ago Slash heating bills and stop heat 'slipping away' with task that makes a 'noticeable difference'

People are being urged to make some quick checks at home that could help you save over £100 a year

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3 h. ago What can Keir Starmer say at the White House that Donald Trump might listen to? | Andrew Rawnsley

The stakes couldn’t be higher and the risks couldn’t be greater when the prime minister visits Washington this weekFor British prime ministers, with their ideas about the world shaped by the histories of Churchill and Roosevelt, Maggie and Ronnie, and the rest of the folklore about the transatlantic alliance, the prospect of a visit to the White House usually causes tingles of excitement. One of our senior diplomats once offered me an explanation of the allure: “The red carpet is laid out, the national anthems are played, all that stuff is very seductive.” This will be customarily accompanied by ritualistic words about the importance and invincibility of the “special relationship”.Number 10 lobbied hard to get Sir Keir Starmer across the Atlantic early in the second term of Donald Trump and, until recently, Downing Street people were telling themselves that an encounter between the two men needn’t be a disaster and might even turn out to be a success. In the weeks since Trump’s re-e...

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4 h. ago One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This by Omar El Akkad review – Gaza and the sound of silence

This powerful new book examines the moral contradictions of the west and asks what liberal values mean in the face of such brutal and sustained obliteration of human lifeLike many people, I have followed the unrelenting horror that has unfolded in Gaza since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 mainly through the medium of social media. The Instagram reels of citizen journalists on the ground have become for me and countless others the most powerful testimony to the slaughter, destruction and trauma visited on the already beleaguered Palestinian population. Recorded at great risk, they are often heartbreaking and enraging: so many dead infants; so many maimed and traumatised children; so many obliterated families and communities.Some of these witnesses have achieved heroic status among their millions of followers, the likes of Motaz Azaiza, a photojournalist who was evacuated to Qatar after 108 days covering the carnage at close hand; Wael Al-Dahdouh, the Al Jazeer...

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