2 h. ago A popular supplement has been linked to the deaths of six people in California. But no one knows the exact danger it poses

Several states have banned kratom, an unregulated supplement, that has been linked to six deaths in Los Angeles County

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2 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing star arrested on suspicion of rape as BBC issues statement

A man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was released on police bail having been arrested in London in October, Hertfordshire Police have confirmed to the Sun newspaper

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3 h. ago Emergency room doctor issues stern warning about sleeping on your side: 'The damage won't go away'

A popular emergency room doctor has issued a stark warning to the millions of people who fall asleep curled up on their side every night.

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5 h. ago Katie Price planning hair transplant surgery after years of extensions leave her with bald patches

KATIE Price has revealed she is planning her next procedure in the form of a hair transplant. The 47-year-old has confirmed she is undergoing the cosmetic enhancing procedure after being left riddled with bald patches. Katie has been left with the patches after years of using hair extensions which have left her with excessive damage....

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6 h. ago Ruby Wax says new I’m A Celebrity entrants will change the jungle ‘dynamic’

The presenters told the group that Vogue Williams and Tom Read Wilson would give them guidance, support and leadership.

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7 h. ago Who is stalking Zoe in EastEnders? Fans 'work out' culprit as return confirmed

EastEnders viewers are sure they have solved the mystery as Zoe Slater's stalker plot intensifies

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7 h. ago Mercedes F1 announce new team owner as Toto Wolff sells minority stake

Mercedes have confirmed that American billionaire George Kurtz has taken a minority stake in team principal Toto Wolff's share of the Formula 1 team, ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix

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8 h. ago EasyJet launching five new routes for Scotland next summer including holiday hotspots

Popular airline easyJet is expanding their range of flights from Glasgow Airport, offering four new services to 'dream' destinations starting next year

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8 h. ago The 10 most popular middle names in the US this year... is yours on the list?

A new analysis of 1,000 birth announcements determined the top middle names for 2025, revealing five for girls and five for boys.

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8 h. ago Liverpool bar attack left woman with 'fractured ribs and hair torn out'

Police have released CCTV images of a woman they wish to speak to in connection with the assault outside Baa Bar in Liverpool, where a victim of the attack had hair ripped out

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9 h. ago Republicans warn Bondi not to bury Epstein files after law’s passage

Senate majority leader, John Thune, and others push the attorney general to release Epstein records within 30 daysUS politics live – latest updatesWithin hours of Donald Trump signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law, Republican senators were on the ground to issue a pointed message to the US attorney general, Pam Bondi: don’t bury these documents.The bill’s passage marked a rare moment of bipartisan support in an otherwise ideologically fractured Congress as it now sets a 30-day deadline for the release of Department of Justice files related to the actions of convicted sex offender of minors and financier Jeffrey Epstein, dubbed by a judge “the most infamous pedophile in American history”. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Strictly's Dianne Buswell cries 'I can't' over adorable baby insight and Stefan Dennis 'update'

The professional dancer has been flooded with love and support since announcing she's expecting her first child with boyfriend, Joe Sugg

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9 h. ago Stone Roses legend Mani's neighbours speak out on 'good guy' who helped others

Gary 'Mani' Mounfield's neighbours have spoken out after the shock death of the Stone Roses and Primal Scream icon, who died at his home in Stockport on Thursday

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9 h. ago Andy Burnham's office gave Chamber of Commerce £250k 'unsecured loan', but 'doesn't expect' to get a penny back

Officials have confirmed the quarter-of-a-million pound loan, given in 2023 without any collateral, is not 'expected' to be repaid after the Chamber of Commerce entered administration earlier this year

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9 h. ago EastEnders 'gives away' who Jasmine really is after Anthony twist

EastEnders fans think the latest episode of the BBC soap has confirmed who newcomer Jasmine really is, after she was seen looking into someone's medical history

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10 h. ago Support pours in online for overwhelmed mom who called cops on herself for a break from four kids: ‘I needed to just have a minute’

Kylie Grimes was caring for four children under the age of 12 — two with diabetes — and broke down after her youngest began choking on soil from house plant

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10 h. ago Brahms: Symphony No 1, Tragic Overture album review – Petrenko and the Berliners give Brahms organic momentum

(Berliner Philharmoniker)Brahms’s Tragic Overture leaps to life while there is much interest in a careful reading of the composer’s First Symphony in this new recording from the Berlin Philharmonic with their chief conductor The Berlin Philharmonic’s in-house label continues its mission to document chief conductor Kirill Petrenko’s considered interpretations of the classical canon. In this case, it’s Brahms’s First Symphony, captured live at the Philharmonie just two months ago, coupled with the Tragic Overture, recorded last year.For this performance, Petrenko examined Meiningen Court Orchestra scores marked up with specific directions given by the composer himself. The results may strike some as interventionist, however there’s an organic momentum here that is hard to resist with a pronounced flexibility that, according to the excellent booklet essay, clarifies Brahms’s “furious struggle against the bar line”. Balance is impeccable, although solos seem over spotlighted at times by...

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10 h. ago Texas woman filmed pepper spraying BABY enjoying cruise down famous waterway

The attacker was filmed aggressively threatening other occupants of a boat on the popular riverwalk before she got off and allegedly pepper-sprayed a group of eight people.

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11 h. ago US in talks to attend G20 summit after initial boycott, South Africa says

Cyril Ramaphosa says US has had ‘change of mind’ but does not confirm Trump’s attendance in JohannesburgThe US has changed its mind about attending the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa’s president has said, without confirming whether Donald Trump, who had said the US would boycott the event, now wanted to come.Trump has claimed that South Africa racially discriminates against the minority white Afrikaner community, which led the country during the apartheid regime that ended in 1994. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago ‘I made mistakes on TV, he made his on a field’: Panesar strikes back at Smith’s Mastermind jibe

Captain launches attack on former bowler’s quiz answersEx-Test player later urges England to use it as ‘ammunition’Steve Smith, Australia’s acting captain, has confirmed his team for Friday’s opening Ashes Test – but saw his team announcement was overshadowed by an extraordinary verbal attack on Monty Panesar after the former England spinner suggested Ben Stokes and his touring team should try to upset him by rehashing the infamous sandpaper ball-tampering controversy of 2018.Smith insisted the comments “didn’t really bother me”, but apparently demonstrated the opposite by raking over Panesar’s notoriously miserable appearance on the TV quiz Mastermind in 2019. Continue reading...

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