98 m. ago Donald Trump team 'trying to bully' UK into scrapping ban on sick trophy hunting

Doug Bergum, Trump's Interior Secretary has written to Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds urging her to think again on the ban on

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2 h. ago Heartstopping moment two toddler girls wander onto busy Florida freeway

John Brittingham, rescued the pair of toddler girls from the A1A freeway in Cocoa Beach on Sunday and reunited them with the parents.

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2 h. ago Jesy Nelson shares new pictures of her twin baby daughters on a walk after opening up about their heartbreaking muscle weakening condition

Jesy Nelson has shared new pictures of her baby daughters on Wednesday after revealing their heartbreaking diagnosis.

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2 h. ago Cole Palmer and Reece James out as Chelsea dealt fresh Liam Delap concern for Arsenal clash

Five first-team players are missing for the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg

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2 h. ago Worker dies after getting trapped in chemical mixer at Arizona manufacturing plant and suffering horrific injuries

Jose Fernando Partida was trapped for five hours while rescuers worked to free him

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2 h. ago BREAKING Chelsea injury update as multiple stars missing from Arsenal tie explained

Chelsea were missing a huge number of first team players going into the first-leg of their massive League Cup semi-final clash to fierce rivals Arsenal

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2 h. ago Chelsea injury update as multiple stars missing from Arsenal tie explained

Chelsea were missing a huge number of first team players going into the first-leg of their massive League Cup semi-final clash to fierce rivals Arsenal

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3 h. ago Nigeria XI vs Morocco: Starting lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for AFCON semi

Big blow for Super Eagles as Wilfred Ndidi sits out AFCON semi-final tie

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3 h. ago Cole Palmer and Reece James out as Chelsea dealt fresh Liam Delap injury concern for Arsenal clash

Five first-team players are missing for the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg

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3 h. ago X ‘acting to comply with UK law’ after outcry over sexualised images

New polling suggests 58% of Britons think X should be banned in the UK if the social network fails to crack down on nonconsensual imagesElon Musk’s X is understood to have told the government it is acting to comply with UK law, after nearly a fortnight of public outcry at the use of its AI tool Grok to manipulate images of women and children by removing their clothes.Keir Starmer told the House of Commons on Wednesday that photographs generated by Grok had been “disgusting” and “shameful”, but said he had been informed “X is acting to ensure full compliance with UK law”. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Freedom pass saved! Labour councils block threat to free travel for over

The sensational development comes a week after The Standard revealed that a review of the scheme had been requested

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3 h. ago One million tickets on sale for 2028 Olympics at bargain cost of just £20

The LA prices are a welcome boost to Team GB fans. We were the second best supported team behind France at Paris 2024, with more than 1m tickets sold to 500,000 UK addresses.

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3 h. ago Ariana Grande to make London stage debut alongside Jonathan Bailey in Sunday in the Park With George

The singer will reunite with her Wicked co-star in a revival of the musical inspired by artist Georges Seurat in summer 2027Wicked co-stars Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey are to reunite on stage in Stephen Sondheim’s Pulitzer prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park With George. The production, hotly rumoured and finally announced on Wednesday, will run at the Barbican Centre, London, in summer 2027.Sunday in the Park With George, which has a book by Sondheim’s long-term collaborator James Lapine, is a tale of two artists. One is inspired by the pointillist Georges Seurat and the other is the character’s great-grandson. On Wednesday, Bailey and Grande shared a photo on Instagram of them sitting in front of the Seurat painting that inspired the production, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, which is on display in the Art Institute of Chicago. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Former British soldier who fought for Ukraine but killed himself after being left in agonising pain from war injury was 'failed' by country's military

Tom Phillips, 29, from Colwyn Bay in North Wales, joined the International Battalion after Russia invaded the country and became a sniper and team leader.

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3 h. ago Moment paraglider plunges 500ft into ocean in front of shocked beachgoers

A paraglider plunged into the ocean from almost 500 feet after his aircraft malfunctioned mid-air.

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4 h. ago How can he cling on? West Midlands Police chief 'refuses to quit' over Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban despite losing the confidence of Shabana Mahmood

The force has come under intense scrutiny after supporters of the Israeli football team were barred from travelling to the football match at Villa Park in Birmingham last November.

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4 h. ago Nigeria vs Morocco LIVE: AFCON 2025 match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

Giants go head to head for place in Africa Cup of Nations final

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4 h. ago Chelsea vs Arsenal LIVE: Carabao Cup match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

First leg of a huge London derby to decide Wembley finalists

Sport

4 h. ago UK Sport director rebukes athletes for ‘incredibly sad’ decision to join Enhanced Games

UK Sport’s director of performance said she had ‘some degree of compassion and understanding’ for athletes choosing to join the Enhanced Games but that the much-debated event ‘stands in direct opposition’ to the Olympic movement

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4 h. ago Rachel Reeves makes major 'hard cash' vow as she issues Reform UK warning

The Chancellor promised even more funding would be unveiled at the spending review to ensure people feel and see the difference in their journeys and communities as soon as possible

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