76 m. ago Minister weighs in on Keir Starmer’s drink preferences amid Chagos Islands deal

Baroness Chapman of Darlington stated she had never observed the Labour leader consuming sparkling white wine

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2 h. ago Puffin numbers plummet on conservation islands in ‘concerning’ new survey

The National Trust says the data alone doesn’t tell the whole story

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2 h. ago Puffin numbers down by almost a quarter on Farne Islands, annual survey shows

The National Trust has said it will closely monitor numbers and that several factors could be behind the decline.

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3 h. ago Nauru president accused in parliament of corruptly siphoning off millions of Australian funding

Senator uses parliament to accuse Albanese government of knowing David Adeang was ‘seriously corrupt’ yet still signing $2.5bn deportation dealFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNauru’s President David Adeang, a predecessor and other individuals have been accused in the Senate of corruptly siphoning off millions of dollars of Australian taxpayer money intended for the island’s arcane offshore processing regime.A previously unreleased report by Australia’s financial intelligence agency, Austrac, suspected Adeang of “corruption and money laundering” after detecting a “rapid movement of large volume and value of funds”, the Senate has been told. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Federal Bureau of Prisons says falling concrete is forcing it to close a prison near Los Angeles

The federal Bureau of Prisons is shutting down its Terminal Island facility near Los Angeles over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling concrete that threatens to knock out the facility’s heating system

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6 h. ago US climber among 2 killed in fall on New Zealand's highest peak

Authorities have reported that a U.S. climber was among two people killed in a fall on Aoraki, New Zealand's tallest peak

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6 h. ago Heartbreak as oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, Gramma the Galapagos tortoise, dies at estimated 141 years old

Gramma was brought from the Galapagos Islands to the Bronx Zoo in the 1900s and survived more than 20 US presidents and both World Wars.

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6 h. ago FEMA agents couldn’t survey Chicago storm damage because ICE had swarmed the area for raids: report

FEMA agents were reportedly concerned that presence of ICE agents would spark backlash from community members and impede operations

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7 h. ago Grandad crushed to death by own luggage truck as he helped tourists with bags on remote UK ‘holy’ island

A GRANDFATHER was crushed to death by a luggage truck in a freak accident on a remote "holy" island, an inquest hears. Christopher Lamont, 63, was killed whilst transporting baggage from passenger ferries to accommodation on Bardsey Island, North Wales. Christopher suffered fatal chest injuries when he tried to stop the 4x4 utility truck from...

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8 h. ago Inside Richard and Joan Branson's life from private island to 3 kids and tragedy

Richard and Joan Branson married in 1989 on their very own private island and had three children together - Daily Star has taken a deep dive into their relationship after Joan's unexpected death

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8 h. ago Tucker Carlson puts Republican party on blast: ‘I hate them too much’

Carlson’s criticisms come in the wake of an interview he conducted with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, which has divided parts of the conservative movement

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8 h. ago Richard Branson's wife Joan Templeman dies as Virgin boss recalls 'love at first sight' with Scot

Sir Richard described Joan, who he married in the British Virgin Islands in 1989, as his 'guiding light'

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9 h. ago Kemi blasts Streeting for taking trans argument 'back to square one' with puberty blockers experiment on children

The Conservative leader has written to the Health Secretary calling on him to halt the trial before 'more damage is done' as 'no child is born in the wrong body'.

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9 h. ago British kids would rather spend time with family than game alone this Christmas, study finds

A survey found that 61% of five to 16-year-olds would prefer to spend Christmas Day watching films and playing board games with their family

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9 h. ago Richard Branson announces death of wife Joan and says she was 'my rock, my world'

Virgin mogul Richard Branson and his wife Lady Joan Branson were happily married for 36 years and the business tycoon even bought the famous Necker Island for her

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11 h. ago Guns seized and federal drug arrests drop dramatically as Trump team turns agents attention to deportations

Homeland Security hails record high numbers of civil immigration arrests while certain criminal arrests plummet

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12 h. ago Love Island's Maura Higgins slips into a racy cutaway gown as she celebrates her 35th birthday on a lavish girls' trip to Dubai

The Love Island star jetted off to Dubai this week with her pals, model Sophia Laura and photographer Liat Benezra.

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12 h. ago William hails young marine conservationists on visit to Colwyn Bay

The Prince of Wales met members of the Marine Conservation Society’s Youth Ocean Network.

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12 h. ago Kemi Badenoch calls on Wes Streeting to stop puberty blocker trial

The Health Secretary has said the trial will ‘provide better evidence for how the NHS can support and treat young people with gender incongruence’.

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12 h. ago Prince William braves a chilly walk down memory lane on the beach in North Wales where he worked as an RAF pilot

William, 43, braved 8C temperatures as he strolled down Colwyn Beach this morning with members of the Marine Conservation Society's Youth Ocean Network.

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