47 m. ago EuroMillions winner of record £208m prize comes forward as lottery chiefs issue warning

The winning Euromillions ticket was sold in Co Cork and the winning numbers were 13, 22, 23, 44, 49, with lucky stars 3 and 5. The National Lottery confirmed the winner has come forward

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50 m. ago Supermodel Jourdan Dunn donates blood for sickle cell disease and calls on Black donors

Runway model, Jourdan Dunn, donated blood for World Sickle Cell Day to raise awareness of the importance and need for blood transfusions - the NHS say they need 250 donations per year to meet demands

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56 m. ago Met Police officers to face misconduct hearing after woman with dementia, 90, handcuffed and put in spit hood

A 90-year-old Black woman with dementia was ‘red-dotted’ with a Taser, handcuffed and put in a spit hood

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59 m. ago Winner of 250 million euro EuroMillions jackpot has made contact

The winning ticket was bought in Cork, the National Lottery said.

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87 m. ago Feel TOO close to you right now? Calvin Harris installs 'privacy glass' at his £3.6m Cotswold mansion after discovering local bus passengers can see inside

After buying a mansion for £3.6million, flattening it and rebuilding it over five long years, Calvin Harris has discovered that a bus route roars right past - allowing anyone on board to look right into his house.

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2 h. ago Saudi journalist is executed 'after years of torture' for writing a TWEET

Turki Al-Jasser, who was in his late 40s, was put to death on Saturday, according to the official Saudi Press Agency, after the death penalty was upheld by the nation's top court.

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2 h. ago Spain threatens to block NATO 5% defence spending target in snub to alliance chief who demanded nations boost spending

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is pushing bloc members to boost their defence spending to 5% GDP by 2032, after Trump declared America's allies were shirking their responsibilities

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2 h. ago Deafening black swarm clouds of 50,000 bees coming this week, keeper says

Bee expert Laurence Edwards expects a 'massive increase' in large swarm clouds over the days ahead

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2 h. ago South Africa declares national disaster as flooding death toll rises to 92

South Africa's Eastern Cape provincial authorities say the death toll from recent floods has risen to 92

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3 h. ago The Titanic gives up its forgotten treasures: Lost black glass necklace is recovered from the shipwreck after nearly a century underwater

The stunning necklace was extracted from the wreck by RMS Titanic Inc - the only entity legally permitted to remove items from the famous ship's remains.

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3 h. ago A US senator’s X posts after the Minnesota shootings were horrific – and predictable | Austin Sarat

Mike Lee knows better than to turn tragedy into disinformation. But outrageousness has become the name of the gameNational tragedy used to bring national unity. If only momentarily, partisanship was put aside, and people of all political persuasions came together.No more. The nation received a startling reminder of that sad fact on Sunday when Republican senator Mike Lee went online to share his reaction to the weekend’s horrible shooting of two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses.Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College, is the author or editor of more than 100 books, including Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Maro Itoje on Australia tour and wife's response to becoming first black British Lions captain

The England and Saracens second row joins an illustrious group of men to lead the Lions as they head Down Under to face Australia with Itoje taking on his third captaincy role in less than 12 months

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3 h. ago Tensions rise as New Zealand freezes millions of dollars in aid to Cook Islands over China deals

New Zealand says funding won’t resume until Pacific nation takes ‘concrete steps to repair relationship and restore trust’

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3 h. ago Two signings could complete Manchester United's new starting XI

Another squad rebuild is needed at Man United but strengthening their attacking options needs to be the priority this summer.

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4 h. ago Federico Chiesa: Gennaro Gattuso tells Liverpool struggler to push for more minutes amid Napoli links

The Italian last appeared for his nation at Euro 2024

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4 h. ago Grooming gang survivors make plea to ‘put politics aside’ ahead of new inquiry

Exclusive: Telford survivors say people are ‘exploiting the exploited’ and push for women to shape investigationThe political “tug-of-war with vulnerable women” abused by grooming gangs must stop ahead of a new national inquiry into the crimes, survivors have told the Guardian.Holly Archer and Scarlett Jones, two survivors who played a key role in a “gold-standard” local inquiry into the crime in Telford, have urged politicians and those without experience of abuse to allow women to shape the investigation. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago The US is woefully underprepared for wildfire season, say insiders: ‘The stakes are life and death’

‘Efficiency’ cuts across offices have left teams understaffed, firefighters underpaid and uninsured, and without adequate equipmentSummer temperatures are rising and the US is bracing for another hot, dry and hectic wildfire season. But with the promise of extreme conditions in the months to come, federal fire crews are also growing concerned that a series of changes brought on by the Trump administration have left them underprepared.Severe cuts to budgets and staff have hamstrung the agencies that manage roughly 640m acres of the nation’s public lands, leaving significant gaps in a workforce that supports wildfire mitigation and suppression. The administration’s crackdown on climate science and the dismantling of departments that provided world-class research and weather forecasting, may also undermine early warning systems, slowing response and strategic planning. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe – major report

False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalisedRampant climate misinformation is turning the crisis into a catastrophe, according to the authors of a new report.It found climate action was being obstructed and delayed by false and misleading information stemming from fossil fuel companies, rightwing politicians and some nation states. The report, from the International Panel on the Information Environment (Ipie), systematically reviewed 300 studies. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Harriet Tubman’s church in Canada was a crucial force in the abolitionist movement. It’s still standing today

Located in Ontario, the church provided shelter and aid to Black Americans who participated in the Underground Railroad to escape slavery in the USOn a cold day in January 2024, Rochelle Bush walked up the steps of Salem Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal Church in St Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Bush, the owner and primary tour guide of Tubman Tours Canada and Salem Chapel’s historian, moved quickly through the church pointing out the history, which spans across generations back to when the building was built centuries ago.The church’s roots stretch to about 1788 when Black people, many of whom were seeking freedom from slavery in the US, began to settle in the St Catharines area. Along with their hopes, dreams and plans for the future, these settlers, many of whom were followers of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, and Richard Allen, a founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, brought their religions with them. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago 'Horrifying fate' of mummy in Egypt has huge repercussions for human history

The oldest confirmed case of the illness shows the bubonic plague circulated in North Africa thousands of years before the Black Death was around

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