1 hour ago Ashes LIVE: England on the brink of becoming the WORST Ashes side in over 100 years following Travball clinic at Adelaide Oval

Ashes LIVE: Australia take a commanding 356-run lead into day four of the third Test in Adelaide, after a Travis Head clinic. With six wickets in hand, the Aussies will be hard to stop

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2 h. ago Life ring, lifeboat piece from Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck sell at auction for $150,000

A life ring and a lifeboat remnant from a famous Great Lakes shipwreck have sold at auction for $150,000

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3 h. ago Willie Collum denies 'handball problem' as contentious Rangers, Celtic and Hearts decisions addressed

SFA head of referees breaks silence on major VAR talking points

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5 h. ago Hollyoaks legend Jamie Lomas pays tribute to Waterloo Road pal after tragic death of Corrie actress’s son

HOLLYOAKS actor Jamie Lomas has paid tribute to Waterloo Road star Will Rush following his tragic death. The star was left saddened following the passing of the actor aged just 31. Jamie took to Instagram to share a collage of four photos of him and Will taken over their years. He simply said: "Rest in...

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6 h. ago ‘It’s natural enough for me’ – Rangers v Livi John Beaton VAR audio in full as Willie Collum admits major handball error

WILLIE COLLUM has held his hands up over the failure to award a penalty for handball against Rangers defender Manny Fernandez vs Livingston. Fernandez blocked a tame, if goal-bound effort, from Tete Yengi with his arm with the game at Ibrox tied. Referee Ross Hardie missed the incident at the time - with VAR official...

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6 h. ago Desperate search for man who left home 1 year ago and was never seen again as cops share CCTV & family issue Xmas plea

THE family of an elderly man who disappeared a year ago have issued a plea for information ahead of a "difficult time of year". Les Davis, was last seen leaving his home on December 19, 2024 in CCTV footage. Les was 85 at the time he vanished and is described as 5ft 4in tall, of...

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7 h. ago Police trawl through CCTV in search for missing man last seen on Perth bridge

Declyn Cunningham, 30, from Perth was last seen at Smeaton's Bridge in the early hours of Thursday morning.

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7 h. ago Perth and Kinross Council ending £50 million waste contract due to changes in circumstances

In 2023 Paprec Energies Binn signed a 10-year contract with PKC to work together to convert the council's residual waste into energy.

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7 h. ago Popular Perth pub allowed to expand beer garden after licensing officer noticed area was being used without a licence

The Capital Asset on Tay Street is right next door to Perth and Kinross Council's headquarters.

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8 h. ago Harry and Meghan share sweet new pic with Archie and Lilibet for Christmas card

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have unveiled their 2025 Christmas card photo, which features a sweet new family snap with their two children, Archie and Lilibet

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8 h. ago Putin admits he's ‘in love’ but refuses to reveal name of his ‘first lady’

President Putin revealed in his year-end Q&A that he's 'in love' but didn't let on who's captured his heart, sparking speculation given his complex love-life and passion for secrecy

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9 h. ago ‘A black hole’: families and police say tech giants delay investigations in child abuse and drug cases

US law enforcement officers say Meta and Snapchat routinely delay or reject warrants. The companies disagreeMax Osterman was 18 when he connected with a drug dealer on Snapchat who used the handle skyhigh.303. Max would message him whenever he wanted to buy Percocet, and they would meet. After about a year, and just days after their last exchange, Max collapsed. The pills he ordered had been laced with fentanyl. He died from the overdose in February 2021 at his home in Broomfield, Colorado.The dealer continued selling prescription painkillers until 2023, when he was jailed on two drug distribution convictions. When handing down the sentence, the judge said he was responsible for four deaths, yet he never faced charges for supplying the pills that killed Max. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Perth and Kinross Council declares a Health and Social Care Emergency

Councillors have urged the Scottish Government, COSLA and NHS Scotland to provide the funding needed to ensure vital services can continue.

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9 h. ago Parenting a ‘Velcro kid?’ Experts share tips and tricks to find a moment alone

Clinginess is often a temporary phase in toddlers, children and teenagers – though sometimes it can be a sign of separation anxiety disorder

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9 h. ago Crystal Palace target Brennan Johnson, Maresca on Manchester City links: football – live

⚽ All the latest news going into the weekend programme⚽ Premier League: 10 things to look out for | Mail DomRe the players that have made it to Afcon, this is a handy explainer of the extent to which Premier League teams will be affected.Some of the names not featuring at Afcon are remarkable, and feature some of the most talented footballers from the continent. The main reason for this is that their nation has not qualified (for example, Ghana), but there have also been omissions from squads that have made it (unexpectedly Ivory Coast’s Simon Adingra, who was voted the best young player at Afcon 2023, providing a fine assist for the winner in the final) and there has even been an unexpected retirement on the eve of the tournament (Nigeria’s William Troost-Ekong, who was voted the player of the tournament at the last Afcon). Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Bondi Beach hero's emotional reaction as he's handed £1.25million cheque in hospital bed

Unarmed Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, was seen grappling with a gunman in a video that went viral shortly after the attack which left at least 15 dead as Jewish families celebrated the start of Hanukkah

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10 h. ago Guardiola says ‘no discussions’ about City exit amid Maresca speculation: football – live

⚽ All the latest news going into the weekend programme⚽ Premier League: 10 things to look out for | Mail DomRe the players that have made it to Afcon, this is a handy explainer of the extent to which Premier League teams will be affected.Some of the names not featuring at Afcon are remarkable, and feature some of the most talented footballers from the continent. The main reason for this is that their nation has not qualified (for example, Ghana), but there have also been omissions from squads that have made it (unexpectedly Ivory Coast’s Simon Adingra, who was voted the best young player at Afcon 2023, providing a fine assist for the winner in the final) and there has even been an unexpected retirement on the eve of the tournament (Nigeria’s William Troost-Ekong, who was voted the player of the tournament at the last Afcon). Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Strictly's Joe Sugg fights tears as he and Dianne Buswell share adorable baby scan update

The YouTuber and the professional dancer, who met on the show in 2018, are expecting their first child

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11 h. ago What’s the nicest thing a stranger has done for you? This year more than 50 people gave me their answer

While every story has been unique in loveliness, I’ve found that many share a similar pulseRead our kindness of strangers series hereEarlier this year, I had a phone call with a woman named Debbie about one of her toughest days as a parent. While she was carting her two sick toddlers to buy medicine, one abruptly vomited across the floor of the local shopping mall. A passing stranger stopped, grabbed a roll of paper towel from the display in front of the chemist, and sopped up the mess – then went inside to pay for what she’d used, insisting on footing the bill. It was a small but lovely act that spoke to the decency of other people.Working as a journalist often involves speaking to people on, or about, the worst day of their life. But for the past year I have had the tremendous pleasure of interviewing Australians (and the occasional Briton) about something very different – the acts of kindness they’ve received from a total stranger. Guardian Australia asked readers to send in thes...

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11 h. ago As a child, our family Christmas photo was an annual trauma. As a parent, I understand it now | Sean Szeps

In our house, the Christmas photo still exists. But it follows a very different set of rules: Keep it quick, keep it casual, and if it’s not funny what’s the point?In my family, Christmas isn’t just a holiday It’s an obsession. And my mother? She’s the matriarch of mistletoe.Every December, our home transformed into a living snow globe. We didn’t just buy ornaments, we made them. We didn’t watch Christmas movies, we lived them. We’d cut down our own trees, hand-string popcorn garlands and spend full afternoons debating the correct angle of the angel on top of the tree. Continue reading...

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