8 h. ago Potatoes won't sprout at all for months if left in one unusual location

Potatoes are a staple in most households, but if not stored properly, they can go to waste. A simple hack can keep them free from sprouts for longer - and all you need is an apple

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24 h. ago Trump cuts questioned as role of Fema in Texas highlights agency’s importance in natural disaster response

White House appears to be backing away from pledge to ‘phase out’ disaster-relief agency, even as key leaders have leftAs the cleanup continues from this month’s torrential rain storms and flooding in Texas that left more than 120 dead, recently departed officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) say the organization is dangerously underresourced and overstretched in the event of further natural catastrophes.A mass staff exodus, plunging morale and a loss of key leaders has left the main US disaster-relief organization ill-equipped to cope with an anticipated deadly spate of storms in the current hurricane season, former agency insiders say. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Revealed: Liam Payne left TWO secret albums recorded months before his tragic hotel balcony fall. Insiders tell FRED KELLY what they sound like

'When we came together to film Building The Band,' begins former Backstreet Boys star A J McLean, 'we never imagined we'd soon be saying goodbye to our friend Liam Payne.'

Society

45 h. ago Celtic 'film set' exit confirmed for star man as club releases statement on latest departure

The German winger has left Celtic just 17 months after his arrival at Parkhead.

Economics

47 h. ago Trump heads to Texas a week after devastating floods – US politics live

President reportedly backing away from abolishing FEMA but is still describing tragedy as a ‘once-in-every-200-year deal’ as at least 120 have diedAt least eight core members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have left their positions in the last six months, Politico reported on Friday, citing internal records and sources familiar with the matter.A senior White House official explained the departures by pointing to the fact that many DOGE staffers were special government employees, a designation that has a required end date, the report said. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Man, 33, given months to live following devastating diagnosis

Stephen Lea, 33, started experiencing back pain last year - a devastating diagnosis means he may only have months left to live

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3 d. ago Roofer, 33, may have just 2 months left to live after noticing back pain

Stephen Lea, 33, from Bootle, Merseyside, started to experience back pain last year and was given a devastating diagnosis after he went in for an MRI scan to find out the cause

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3 d. ago Kendrick Lamar & SZA review – a pyrotechnic party of dark and light

Hampden Park, GlasgowHe’s icy, she’s all sunshine – but the rapper and R&B star’s talents prove perfectly complementary in a historic two-handerHe’s icy and controlled, she’s a beam of sunshine. Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Grand National stadium tour has already broken records as the biggest co-headline tour in history, and they’ve still got five months left on the road. This yin-yang spectacle is a rare chance for fans to see the world’s most influential figures in rap and R&B in one night, and to bask in their chemistry as storied collaborators.Their sets weave together over three hours, welcoming us first into Lamar’s incisive (and enjoyably irritable) state-of-the-artform address, filmed austerely in black and white, before blossoming into full colour for SZA’s tactile songwriting about exes, bad habits and heart-leaping, interplanetary hope. The contrast is abrupt but high-energy, and when they overlap for duets, everything changes again: Lamar permits himself a broad grin...

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3 d. ago Potatoes won't sprout and will 'last the longest' time if kept in one place

Storing potatoes here can significantly increase their shelf life, say experts

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5 d. ago This simple kitchen storage hack will help keep potatoes sprout

Here's how to extend the shelf life of your potatoes

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6 d. ago Harrowing last moments of baby boy drowned in bucket of detergent by monster dad

Eliasard Moneus, 29, drowned his three-month-old son in a vat of detergent and left his body in a sealed bucket before going to the next room to viciously attack the baby's mother

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7 d. ago 'I noticed something was wrong with my body after posting TikTok videos every day'

EXCLUSIVE: Felipe Escobedo rewatched daily videos of himself late last month and was shocked to notice the left side of his neck appeared 'curvy' and immediately went to the doctors

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8 d. ago Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy posts heartbreaking memory taken just 12 months ago

Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy was left devastated when a memory from just 12 months ago popped up on Snapchat, as she mourns the One Direction singer's death

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9 d. ago Inside the mystery of shocking new images of Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre, battered and bruised just weeks before she claimed to have four days to live

Photographs of a bruised Giuffre are purported to have been taken in January, two months before she claimed on social media a car accident had left her with 'four days to live'.

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1 week ago Paul Hogan, 85, has a spring in his step and looks healthier following a long trip Down Under after arriving from the US in a wheelchair

Paul Hogan was looking much healthier and happier as he left Sydney on Wednesday following a month-long holiday in Australia. 

Society

1 week ago Ryanair left family feeling like 'second class citizens' after refusing boarding over confusing rule

Christina Finn, her husband, Cameron, and their five-month-old baby were left stranded in London after they were refused entry onto a Ryanair flight back to Dublin

Society

1 week ago Gran left 'disfigured and unrecognisable' after sun poisoning from nap outside

Jean Hill, 67, fell asleep on a sun lounger in her garden last month - and was left with a swollen and blistered face which left her unrecognisable due to sun poisoning

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1 week ago Former Man Utd striker Mason Greenwood returns to Manchester for training session

Mason Greenwood has returned to Manchester for a training session, 12 months after he left the city following his departure from Manchester United and move to Ligue 1 side Marseille

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2 w. ago Ruud van Nistelrooy receives clear Man United response after Leicester City decision

Manchester United legend Ruud van Nistelrooy has left Leicester City after just over six months in charge and the Reds icon has received a response from those connected to his old side

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2 w. ago Iconic Lush product spotted in store five months early as shoppers gobsmacked

Shoppers have been left floored after an iconic Lush product has been spotted five months before it usually appears, but there is a little catch with the beloved item

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