62 m. ago Billie Shepherd reveals devastating Lyme disease diagnosis that left her bed bound as she becomes latest celeb to open up about battle with the condition

The TV personality, 35, opened up about her 'really tough' battle with the condition that saw her struggling through periods of agonising pain and extreme fatigue.

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84 m. ago Olly Murs' wife 'lonely' after 'brutal' birth amid 'fear of losing who you are'

EXCLUSIVE: Singer Olly Murs and his wife Amelia are expecting their second baby and have opened up becoming parents and their struggle after Amelia's first difficult birth

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84 m. ago Olly Murs' wife's struggle after 'brutal' birth left her with heartbreaking fear

EXCLUSIVE: Singer Olly Murs and his wife Amelia have opened up about expecting their second child after Amelia's difficult first birth

Politics

90 m. ago Manchester MP quits government role after photo emerges from 'unacceptable' trip abroad

Afzal Khan's actions were condemned as 'unacceptable and provocative'

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8 h. ago The Albanian small boat migrant who flooded the streets with crack cocaine after boasting about how easy it was to sneak into Britain

EXCLUSIVE: Elvis Zoto, 22, gloated on social media about entering the UK illegally and even posted a photo of his Home Office registration form showing his arrival in Dover in 2022.

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9 h. ago Vanessa Feltz, 63, jokes 'looking gaunt is fantastic' as she joins Lizzie Cundy, 57, to discuss weight loss jabs after news Mounjaro cost is set to double

The former This Morning presenter, 63, has long been open about her struggles with her weight, which have seen her fluctuate between a size 10 and 22.

Economics

9 h. ago Tuvalu considers pulling out of Pacific leaders’ summit amid China

Exclusive: Prime minister Feletei Teo says Tuvalu may withdraw from crucial meeting after key countries such as Taiwan were barred from attendingTuvalu’s prime minister Feletei Teo said his country may pull out of the region’s top political meeting next month, after host nation Solomon Islands moved to block all external partners – including China, US and Taiwan – from attending.The Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting will be held in Honiara in September. On 7 August, Solomon Islands prime minister Jeremiah Manele told parliament that no dialogue partners would be invited to the annual gathering. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Photos of border patrol arresting a woman selling food and workers at an LA car wash

U.S. border patrol agents made more arrests in Los Angeles and the surrounding area, arresting a woman selling food outside a Home Depot in Los Angeles and workers at a car wash in Montebello, California.

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11 h. ago Student from 'poor' background admits plot to sell drugs at Creamfields festival to make money so she 'could keep up with her middle class friends'

Student Jasmine Mattis, now 20, decided to smuggled drugs into Creamfields music festival to make money because she struggled to ape her former classmates' lavish lifestyles, a court heard.

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12 h. ago Donald Trump health fears intensify as he 'can't walk straight' at Vladimir Putin summit

Donald Trump touched down in Alaska and immediately made his way to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. However, the US President appeared to be struggling

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13 h. ago Former mayor is killed trying to defend Portuguese town from wildfire inferno

The former mayor of a Portuguese town has died after trying to fight dramatic wildfires which have ravaged Europe including Spain and Greece.

Events

13 h. ago Piers Morgan quickly backtracks after ‘mistakenly’ posting photo of Trump wearing kneepads ahead of Putin summit

‘I didn’t see the kneepads on that pic, so just deleted and reposted with a different pic,’ Piers Morgan tweeted after pulling the original post down

Politics

14 h. ago Anyone bad at replying to messages should try this iPhone tip

If you're someone who struggles to keep on top of messages, there's a quick iPhone hack that can help

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14 h. ago Ministers aim to export London’s academic success to England’s struggling schools

Ministers aim to export London’s academic success to England’s struggling schools  The Guardian

Politics

14 h. ago The US plans to build a $750M fly factory in Texas to stop a flesh

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies to ramp up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots now in Mexico from damaging the American cattle industry

Politics

15 h. ago Photos of mourners and searches for the missing from flash floods in Pakistan and India

Communities in mountainous areas of India and Pakistan are mourning the loss of hundreds of lives due to recent flash floods, with many families holding funerals as the search for those still missing continues.

Events

16 h. ago ‘I thought no one would believe me’: Wallaby sightings reported in Suffolk

Wallabies are native to Australia but small wild populations descended from escapers exist in the UKAt first glance Steven Ellis thought the small creature in the distance was a deer, but he soon realised he was witnessing something far more unusual.Ellis was near the village of Ilketshall St Andrew in Suffolk when he took out his camera and took a photograph of the animal, which turned out to be a wallaby. Continue reading...

Politics

16 h. ago White House defends DC takeover of police after city alleges ‘brazen usurpation’ in lawsuit against Trump administration – live

Trump police takeover will create ‘immediate, devastating, and irreparable harm’ for DC, federal lawsuit saysDC sues Trump administration over ‘hostile takeover’ of city policeWashington DC’s only Home Depot was busy with contractors and customers on Thursday morning – but the Hispanic day laborers who usually gather and wait for work under the parking lot’s sparse trees were nowhere to be found.Two days earlier, masked federal agents swarmed the area and made several arrests, which were photographed by bystanders and posted on social media. Juwan Brooks, a store employee who witnessed the raid, said the agents grabbed anyone who appeared Hispanic. Continue reading...

Society

16 h. ago Football rallies around teenage star, 16, who suffered vile trolling mocking her unveiling photos on what should have been happiest day of her life

It should have been one of the happiest days of Skye Stout's life when she signed for Scottish side Kilmarnock on Thursday, with the club announcing the news on their official social media pages.

Culture

16 h. ago As Netanyahu starves Gaza, there is a whole new battle to be fought in Israel – against complacency | Aluf Benn

Here in Tel Aviv, beaches and restaurants are packed. Amid that distraction, the PM is playing his power games and purging his generalsAluf Benn is editor-in-chief of HaaretzThe extreme heatwave that has hit our region this week does not distinguish between Israelis and Palestinians. But while we Israelis hide in our air-conditioned houses, offices and cars, the besieged residents of Gaza can only add the unbearable hot and humid atmosphere to their struggle to eat, drink and sleep, in constant fear of death. The starvation crisis that has exploded in Gaza this summer, following Israeli-imposed restrictions on the flow of humanitarian aid, continues to worsen despite mounting international pressure to allow in more food, medicine and critical supplies. And the killing has never stopped, while Israel is preparing for the next stage of the war to “annihilate Hamas”.Most Israelis are self-immunised to the horrors being endured by Palestinians in Gaza. Told by our government and mainstr...

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