27 h. ago Ridiculous reasons people have ended up behind bars from sausage roll drama to golden loo theft

From gold toilets to stolen sausage rolls, here's an absurd round up of real-life crimes that prove you really can go to jail for the downright ridiculous - and the court will never be amused

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29 h. ago Israel urges US to join bombing as Iran sends HUGE missile shower: Tower block turns to rubble with at least 13 dead and hundreds more injured amid retaliation strikes that leave Tehran 'burning'

Children are among the at least 13 people who have died in Israel following Iran's barrage of missiles it sent in the latest round of escalating strikes between the two nations. 

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30 h. ago Israel urges US to join bombing as Iran sends HUGE missile shower: Tower block turns to rubble with at least 10 dead and hundreds more injured amid retaliation strikes that leave Tehran 'burning'

Children are among the at least 10 people who have died in Israel following Iran's barrage of missiles it sent in the latest round of escalating strikes between the two nations. 

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32 h. ago WW3 edges closer as Iran sends HUGE missile shower over Israel: Tower block turns to rubble with at least 10 dead and hundreds more injured amid retaliation strikes that leave Tehran 'burning'

Children are among the at least 10 people who have died in Israel following Iran barrage of missiles it sent in the latest round of escalating strikes between the two nations. 

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4 d. ago Skinsuits, superspikes and a sticky headband: how Faith Kipyegon hopes to run sub

Kenya’s Olympic champion, backed by Nike’s sports scientists, is striving for the perfect formula to set a new world recordEight seconds. It’s barely enough time for most people to tie their shoelaces. But when you are Faith Kipyegon, and you’re trying to become the first woman to shatter the four-minute mile barrier, those eight seconds constitute a chasm.But now we know how the 31-year-old Kenyan, who set the mile world record of 4 mins 7.64 secs in 2023, intends to close the gap and emulate Sir Roger Bannister’s historic feat. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago My unexpected Pride icon: Fast & Furious is my favourite camp classic

Any film where cast members talk about chosen family and Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson busts a cast off his broken arm by flexing his biceps has a place in the gay canonI am a 42-year-old lesbian who can’t drive. And, since I’m baring all, I will add that I loathe people who drive extremely fast in obnoxiously large cars. Which, unfortunately, seems to be every third person in the US. In short, I’d wager I’m probably not the target audience for the Fast & Furious films.I’m sure I don’t need to explain the blockbuster franchise to you: the first instalment came out in 2001 and the series has generated billions. But if you are somehow unfamiliar with them, the basic premise is that a ragtag team of misfits and street racers travel around the world, driving cars fast and furiously, beating up baddies. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Cadbury Dairy Milk's new summer flavour hits shops as people race to buy it

The new bar was spotted in BandM and people can't wait to try it

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6 d. ago SBS Savings Barometer shows three in four people have seen their savings hit this year

Three in four people in Scotland expect their savings to be negatively affected this year as economic pressures continue to mount.

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6 d. ago ‘They tell you every minor inconvenience’: bartenders on which generation has the worst behavior

Gen Z patrons have stopped opening bar tabs and can’t order quickly, but older customers’ etiquette isn’t perfect eitherGen Z are used to headlines about the things they’ve “killed”: writing in cursive, getting their driver’s licenses, knowing how printers work, wearing skinny jeans. Their latest offense, according to a recent New York Times article: opening bar tabs.Bartenders and drinkers alike spoke to the Times about young people’s hesitancy to leave their credit cards behind the bar, instead preferring to close out and pay after every single drink – no matter how many rounds they order. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ‘They tell you every minor inconvenience’: US bartenders on which generation has the worst behavior

Gen Z patrons have stopped opening bar tabs and can’t order quickly, but older customers’ etiquette isn’t perfect eitherGen Z are used to headlines about the things they’ve “killed”: writing in cursive, getting their driver’s licenses, knowing how printers work, wearing skinny jeans. Their latest offense, according to a recent New York Times article: opening bar tabs.Bartenders and drinkers alike spoke to the Times about young people’s hesitancy to leave their credit cards behind the bar, instead preferring to close out and pay after every single drink – no matter how many rounds they order. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago People left disgusted by bizarre new 'hairy' Dubai chocolate bar and say it looks like 'loft insulation'

People have been left disgusted by a bizarre new 'hairy chocolate bar' from Dubai. The Hairy Daddy pink chocolate bar combines the texture and sweetness of candy floss with chocolate

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8 d. ago Man flies 1,000 miles to Portugal to deliver Greggs sausage rolls to pregnant sister

A Welsh online influencer jetted over to Portugal on a whim after his brother rang him to say his pregnant wife was craving the flakey goodness of a Greggs sausage roll

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9 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: We bomb their warplanes, they bomb our civilians, says foreign minister

Repeated shutdowns at Moscow airports due to drone threat; military airfields and fuel depots inside Russia hit. What we know on day 1,200Russia’s missile and drone barrage against Kyiv on Friday killed at least six people, Ukrainian officials said. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, said three emergency workers who went to a bomb site were “killed in a repeat Russian strike”. Two died in an attack on the northern city of Chernihiv and at least one more in the north-western city of Lutsk. Eighty people were injured in attacks across Ukraine.Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, said Russia had “‘responded’ to its destroyed aircraft by attacking civilians in Ukraine Multi-storey buildings hit. Energy infrastructure damaged.” Ukrainian spies last weekend destroyed Russian strategic bomber aircraft on the ground using quadcopter drones hidden on top of trucks in Operation Spiderweb.Russian aviation authorities restricted flights at Moscow regional airports on Friday nig...

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1 week ago Iceland giving away free food as scale of barbecue disasters uncovered

People miss out on five barbecues every summer for one reason

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1 week ago Russia bombards Kyiv after Putin vows revenge for Operation Spiderweb

Four people killed and 20 wounded as missiles and drones strike Ukrainian capitalEurope live – latest updatesRussia launched an intense missile and drone barrage at Kyiv overnight, killing four people, after Vladimir Putin had vowed to respond to Operation Spiderweb.Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Friday that Russia had launched more than 400 drones and more than 40 missiles at the country, as he urged allies to build pressure on the Kremlin to end its war. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Man flies Greggs sausage roll 1,000 miles to pregnant woman craving snack abroad

Seven months pregnant Lauren Nyland was holidaying in Portugal when a 'hero' came to her aid, jetting in from the UK armed with the Greggs sausage roll she craved

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1 week ago Man flies 1,000 miles to bring pregnant woman Greggs sausage roll she's craving

Pregnant Lauren Nyland and her husband Jamie were met by a surprise visitor whilst holidaying in Portugal as a family member responded to her craving for a Greggs sausage roll

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1 week ago People are confused if this popular family restaurant still exists but it does, just somewhere else

'It was a bit of a confusing one', admit the owners, who are keen to get some of their old regulars back who may not know they are still going

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1 week ago Two Chinese scientists arrested for smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism weapon’ into US

Investigators say the pathogen can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice and sicken livestock and people

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1 week ago FBI says it broke up effort to bring toxic fungus to Michigan lab from China

Two scientists from China have been charged in Michigan in what the FBI says was an effort to bring a toxic fungus to the U.S. Investigators say the pathogen can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice and sicken livestock and people

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