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47 m. ago Al Gore compares Trump second term with Nazi Germany in scathing speech

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1 hour ago New Look's £27 denim trousers are 'perfect for summer' as shoppers hail them 'so comfy'

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1 hour ago Copy Rochelle Humes' chic look with her exact £40 linen trousers that are perfect for spring

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2 h. ago Kids prehistoric show heading to West Lothian later this year

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2 h. ago Businesswoman fined and threatened with lawsuit by 'petty' council for 'fly

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2 h. ago Snooker champion John Higgins comforted by BBC presenter after bursting into tears during live interview

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2 h. ago Jack Wilshere handed first manager’s job just six months after leaving Arsenal

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2 h. ago Child sexual abuse scandal cast long shadow over Pope Francis’s papacy

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2 h. ago Child sexual abuse scandal cast long shadow over Francis’s papacy

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3 h. ago Rob McElhenney comes up trumps as dressing room speech inspires vital Wrexham victory

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3 h. ago Meghan Markle admits box hair dye left her looking 'like Elvira' during the pandemic

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3 h. ago Renfrewshire MSP Russell Findlay blasts First Minister's summit on far right

The Scottish Conservative party leader has dismissed a planned summit to tackle the far right as a “talking shop”

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3 h. ago When is Pope Francis’s funeral? Date, time, and how to watch the live burial

The pope’s body was laid to rest in a coffin in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence in the Vatican, where he had lived, on Monday

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