41 h. ago Oh Duckett. I was fearing for Crawley when I should have been worrying about Ben | Max Rushden

Up against the brilliant Mitchell Starc and his band of bowlers, even a dot ball for England in the Ashes is a moment of relief “Must be amazing to be in Australia for the Ashes, what’s the atmosphere like?” It’s an understandable, if slightly daft question. Brett Lee isn’t in my house. I don’t wake up next to a furious Jonathan Agnew. “WHY AREN’T YOU IN CANBERRA, MAX?” I’m 850 miles from Brisbane.Apart from me the atmosphere is one of wild indifference amongst the family. The good news is I’m hosting the Guardian Ashes Weekly podcast - now a professional excuse to watch another five (or two) days of agony. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Killer whales 'violently' attack yacht carrying terrified family in the middle of the night

Killer whales have struck yet again off the coast of Spain and Portugal, terrifying a Dutch family with a 'violent' attack in the dead of night

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64 h. ago Killer whales ‘violently’ attack family yacht weeks after orcas sink ship in same waters

‘Violent’ night time assault on family’s boat left it taking on water, only just making it to shore

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66 h. ago Unseen pictures that'll change the way you see the past: These rare photos from the Mail's archive show 20th century Britain at it's vibrant, scandalous and joyful best

This is 20th-century Britain as captured in the photographic archives of the Daily Mail. It's a country teeming with zest and vigour, the black and white images belying the joy and colour of so many.

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3 d. ago Magical book that will transform the way you see the 20th century

This is 20th-century Britain as captured in the photographic archives of the Daily Mail. It's a country teeming with zest and vigour, the black and white images belying the joy and colour of so many.

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3 d. ago Killer whales 'violently' attack yacht carrying terrified family in the middle of the night with vessel then limping to shore in Portugal and tipping over

The attack took place off the coast of Nazare, a municipality in the Portuguese district of Leiria, as the family were sailing from Lisbon to Porto.

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4 d. ago ‘It would take 11 seconds to hit the ground’: the roughneck daredevils who built the Empire State Building

They wrestled steel beams, hung off giant hooks and tossed red hot rivets – all while ‘strolling on the thin edge of nothingness’. Now the 3,000 unsung heroes who raised the famous skyscraper are finally being celebratedPoised on a steel cable a quarter of a mile above Manhattan, a weather-beaten man in work dungarees reaches up to tighten a bolt. Below, though you hardly dare to look down, lies the Hudson River, the sprawling cityscape of New York and the US itself, rolling out on to the far horizon. If you fell from this rarefied spot, it would take about 11 seconds to hit the ground.Captured by photographer Lewis Hine, The Sky Boy, as the image became known, encapsulated the daring and vigour of the men who built the Empire State Building, then the world’s tallest structure at 102 storeys and 1,250ft (381m) high. Like astronauts, they were going to places no man had gone before, testing the limits of human endurance, giving physical form to ideals of American puissance, “a land w...

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6 d. ago 'It doesn't matter who your mum or dad are... you are amazing': Watch the heartwarming moment Robbie Williams' actress daughter Teddy is praised by fan's mother

This is the heartwarming moment Robbie Williams' daughter, Teddy, shared a sweet exchange with a fan and parent at the London premiere of her Christmas movie, Tinsel Town.

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6 d. ago ‘We had to swim to safety. I didn’t think we would make it out alive’: the people fleeing climate breakdown – in pictures

Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer capture the families, farmers and fishers who have been forced to leave their homes by extreme weather – and the landscapes they left behind. Introduction by Dina NayeriIn 2009, Swiss photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer set out to document the people suffering the first shocks of the climate crisis. They had just returned from China, where rapid, unregulated development has ravaged the natural landscapes. Back home, though, the debate still felt strangely theoretical. “In 2009, you still had people who denied climate change,” Braschler recalls. “People said, ‘This is media hype.’” So the couple, working with the Global Humanitarian Forum in Geneva and supported by Kofi Annan, began The Human Face of Climate Change, a portrait series that showed the people on the frontline of a warming world.Sixteen years later, climate change is no longer up for debate; the urgent discussions now revolve around solutions. Braschler an...

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7 d. ago Young Scots wildlife photographer captures incredible animal scenes

Eighteen-year-old Caitlyn McDonald struggled for years with busy environments, talking to strangers and coping with unexpected changes to her routine. Until she found photography.

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8 d. ago Former AP photographer's vintage images of Ireland capture a world before it disappeared

Rare photographs from 1963 show a disappearing Ireland, captured by German photographer Diether Endlicher

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1 week ago Amazon delivery driver under investigation after throwing child's Christmas present on ground

This is the shocking moment an Amazon delivery driver throws a child's Christmas present straight into the ground.

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1 week ago Amazing moment drone pulls man to safety from raging flood waters

Dramatic footage captured the moment a rescue drone nearly fell into surging flood water during a daring makeshift attempt to save a farm worker who became stuck on an island

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1 week ago ‘The flowing red saree on the bank of the Ganges was incredibly striking’: Divyanshu Verma’s best phone picture

The Indian photographer captured a quiet moment at the popular Maha Kumbh Mela religious festival in PrayagrajDivyanshu Verma regards the north Indian city of Prayagraj as deeply special: not only is it home, it is also where he began his journey into street photography. This image was taken in the Sangam area during the huge Hindu purification festival Maha Kumbh Mela – maha meaning great because this was the 12th in a row of the ritual that takes place once every 12 years.“It’s a massive spiritual gathering and the energy is entirely unique,” Verma says. “The place was incredibly crowded with people who had travelled from far and wide, all drawn by faith, but there was a strange sense of calm within the chaos. I wandered through the crowds with my phone, observing rituals and soaking up the powerful atmosphere.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Commentary classics: McLean, Parrott and a week of unbridled content joy | Max Rushden

When you work in the game it is easy to get cynical but this week I’ve been consuming all the #limbs I can findFor the second time in a week, I’m welling up. This time in a cafe on Northcote High Street in Melbourne at 9am. I punched the air when Kieran Tierney curled that one in. But Kenny McLean. From the halfway line. As the ball sails over Peter Schmeichel my hands involuntarily shoot to the sky. What a moment. The commentary is amazing. Before long I’m watching it on a loop. The unwritten rule of not talking over each other goes out of the window. In fact it’s better. You want the comms to feel like you feel.On BBC Scotland, Liam McLeod, Steven Thompson and James McFadden absolutely nail it. McLeod: “They’ve given it away.” Thompson: “SHOOT SHOOT.” McLeod: “He’s gonna shoot.” (McFadden is grinning wildly.) Thompson: “OH HE’S DONE HIM, HE’S DONE HIM, HE’S DONE HIM.” McLeod: “HAS THAT GONE IN? OOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOO THAT’S UNBELIEVABLE ” The fixed camera set on Thompson an...

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2 w. ago The Fall of Icarus: Photographer captures an 'absolutely preposterous' snap of a SKYDIVER appearing to fall from the sun

The stunning image, titled 'The Fall of Icarus', was created by astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy, who specialises in taking photos of the sun.

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3 w. ago My fate is NOT sealed! Incredible moment seal escapes killer whales by jumping onto boat

Dramatic video, filmed in waters off Seattle, shows the seal fleeing for its life as the hungry predators close in.

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3 w. ago Photographer captures amazing moment seal jumps on her boat to escape killer whales

‘You poor thing,’ Drucker can be heard saying, as the seal looks up at her

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3 w. ago Wildlife photographer captures moment seal jumps onto boat to escape killer whales

‘You poor thing,’ Drucker can be heard saying, as the seal looks up at her

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3 w. ago The great escape: seal flees killer whales by jumping on to photographer’s boat

Charvet Drucker captures dramatic video and photos of seal being hunted by orcas in Salish Sea, north-west of SeattleA wildlife photographer on a whale-watching trip in waters off Seattle captured dramatic video and photos of a pod of killer whales hunting a seal that survived only by clambering on to the stern of her boat.Charvet Drucker was on a rented 20ft (6 metre) boat near her home on an island in the Salish Sea about 40 miles north-west of Seattle when she spotted a pod of at least eight killer whales, also known as orcas. Continue reading...

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