82 m. ago Young best friends die hand in hand after driver ignored pleas to slow down

Anthony McGinn was driving Kiea McCann, 17, and Dlava Mohamed, 16, to a ball in Monaghan Town, Ireland, when he crashed into a tree after speeding and ignoring pleas to slow down

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5 h. ago UK dubbed nation that always says sorry as list reveals top things we apologise for

A new study has found that we are a nation who loves to say sorry - with 90% of us constantly apologising for things that are not even our fault - such as someone bumping into us

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8 h. ago Armed police raid petrol station and find stash of guns, knives and machetes

Armed officers swooped on a row of businesses around the Gulf Petrol Station in Birmingham today amid a major operation to tackle organised crime .

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9 h. ago Major UK supermarket forced to go 'cash only' with shelves stripped bare

The Co-operative Group's CEO Shirine Khoury-Haq has issued an apology to customers who had to use cash — after the retailer's IT infrastructure was hit by a 'highly sophisticated' cyber attack

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10 h. ago India Test captain Rohit Sharma steps down before next month’s England series

Decision comes after three poor red-ball series First of five Tests start in June at HeadingleyRohit Sharma has retired from Test cricket, his announcement coming hours after reports emerged that he was to lose India’s red-ball captaincy. The 38-year-old, who quit T20 international cricket after leading India to victory at last year’s World Cup, will continue to represent his country in one-day internationals.“Hello everyone, I would just like to share that I am retiring from Test cricket,” Rohit posted on Instagram. “It’s been an absolute honour to represent my country in whites. Thank you for all the love and support over the years. I will continue to represent India in the ODI format.” Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Map reveals most polluted cities in the UK, as fumes are linked to surge in lung and colon cancer...how does your area fair?

The World Health Organisation has long demanded countries take tougher action to combat the scourge of pollution, which is thought to kill 7million people every year.

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11 h. ago Princess Beatrice sends apologies for missing important event in London

Princess Beatrice sends apologies for missing important event in London  GB News

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11 h. ago Amanda Owen labels ex husband Clive a 'frustrating and horrible thing' as tempers flare on TV

The former couple separated in 2022 after 22 years of marriage

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12 h. ago UK politics live: Hunt admits Tories ‘can’t rule out’ party extinction after disastrous local elections

Comes as Starmer and Badenoch clash over government’s newly-struck UK-India trade deal and Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts

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12 h. ago Compensation of over £38 million paid out by NHS Lothian for claims over five

Sue Webber MSP labelled the figures as 'eye-watering'

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12 h. ago Map reveals most polluted cities in the world, as fumes are linked to surge in lung and colon cancer...how does your area fair?

The World Health Organisation has long demanded countries take tougher action to combat the scourge of pollution, which is thought to kill 7million people every year.

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12 h. ago Food and freedom: exhibition charts radical history of gardening in Britain

Artefacts from 11th century on display at British Museum in London, alongside work of modern-day community group“Being able to grow your own food is one of the most radical ways that you can express your freedom, your sovereignty, your liberation,” says Valerie Goode, the founder and chief executive of the Coco Collective, a Black-led community gardening organisation in south London.“When you leave your food production in the hands of other people, you are leaving your health, your wellbeing, your sense of identity in the hands of other people. When we reclaim our food, we reclaim our power.” Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Mum left disgusted after what she saw crawling all over bread at Asda

Asda issued an apology after what the young mum found while doing her weekly food shop for her two-year-old daughter at their superstore in Huyton, Merseyside

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16 h. ago How Eurovision 2024 was wildest ever with act banned, booing crowds and huge blunder

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was full of drama and controversy, which organisers will no doubt be hoping to avoid this year

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17 h. ago New GTA VI trailer finally drops after Rock Star Games apologises for year

Players have been given a closer look at the title's new Miami-inspired map and the main characters

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17 h. ago Red Wall MPs demand Starmer ‘acts now’ to reverse winter fuel cuts as backlash grows

The prime minister’s official spokesperson ruled out a U-turn on cuts to the winter fuel allowance despite disastrous local election results for Labour

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18 h. ago Forget the CV: why values are more important than experience

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18 h. ago Health update on third British Superbikes rider after pair died in tragic Oulton Park crash

British Superbike Championship organisers have issued an update on the condition of Tom Tunstall following the death of Shane Richardson and Owen Jenner at Oulton Park

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22 h. ago ‘You might find it scary’: artist Huma Bhabha squares up to Giacometti with wellies, skulls and teeth

The Pakistan-born sculptor was nervous to show her irreverent work – made using plastic bags, pincers and chairs – beside the Swiss existential hero’s but tells us ‘they’re enjoying each other’s company’Two tonnes of Huma Bhabha’s works greet you before you even reach the entrance of her new exhibition at the Barbican in London. They are four powerful ancient-looking giants, with rough-hewn surfaces, gouged and blackened (the effect achieved by first carving in cork, then casting in patinated bronze). With their enormous skull heads towering above you, baring pincers and rows of teeth, it’s as if you’ve stumbled on the set for an apocalyptic sci-fi film. “It seems they’re suddenly here, as if they’ve just come out of the elevator,” Bhabha says affectionately.Bhabha is here to install her work alongside 10 sculptures by Alberto Giacometti, her first public display in the UK since 2020. “Encounters: Giacometti” is the first in a three-part exhibition series organised with the Giacomet...

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22 h. ago Untold: Shooting Guards review – a devastating tale of elite sport’s ruthless cruelty

These NBA stars had it all – until a changing room prank tore their lives apart. This documentary sensitively examines two basketball players’ struggle to cope with success, and the tragic consequencesElite sport has millions of stories about kids who didn’t quite make it, but the bigger tragedy is the young adult who gets to the big leagues then throws it all away, because they can’t cope with the life that success brings. It is peculiarly upsetting to watch from afar as a rare talent is undone by a personality flaw that has nothing to do with the game itself: this lad can do the difficult bit and get the ball in the net, but he can’t withstand the pressure of the media’s gaze, or the disappointment of sometimes not being picked? Can’t someone please help him?The reliable US documentary strand Untold has found numerous variations on this sad old story over the years, and it’s turned up a devastating one in Shooting Guards, which tracks the parallel lives of basketball pros Gilbert ...

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