59 m. ago Chilling remark Karen Matthews made about her missing daughter Shannon that showed truth behind evil kidnap

Matthews, from Dewsbury, Yorkshire, was dubbed 'Britain's worst mother' after engineering a plot with Michael Donovan, the uncle of her then-boyfriend, to kidnap nine-year-old Shannon.

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71 m. ago Nicola Sturgeon book 'causing heartache for Alex Salmond's widow', claims former SNP minister

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Neil said the former first minister's "attacks" on her predecessor are hurting Moira, the later former first minister's widow.

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81 m. ago Man seriously assaulted and robbed in Scots town as police launch appeal

The man was walking in Dumfries in the early hours of Sunday morning when he was attacked by another man.

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86 m. ago Recognising Palestinian state must not distract from ending Gaza mass deaths, UN expert says

Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur for the occupied territories, calls for practical actions and warns against distracting ‘attention from where it should be: the genocide’The United Nations special rapporteur for the occupied territories has warned that moves to recognise a Palestinian state should not distract member states from stopping mass death and starvation in Gaza.“Of course it’s important to recognize the state of Palestine,” Francesca Albanese told the Guardian after several more countries responded to the mounting starvation in Gaza by announcing plans to recognize an independent Palestine. “It’s incoherent that they’ve not done it already.” Continue reading...

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88 m. ago Take the dread out of unpacking after holidays! Expert reveals how to declutter your case in 5 quick steps

I am committing one of the cardinal sins of unpacking, according to home organisation expert and founder of Pocket Storage, Max Wilson.

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89 m. ago Japanese pop idol Kenshin Kamimura convicted of indecent assault but avoids jail in Hong Kong

Japanese pop idol Kenshin Kamimura has been found guilty of indecent assault on a female interpreter

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94 m. ago Girl, 11, screams in horror as mountain lion brutally attacks her in garden

The 11-year-old girl was feeding chickens near the property on Sunday evening when the cougar attacked her from behind, biting her arm, leg and lower back

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99 m. ago DC takeover latest: National Guard hit streets of Washington DC as mayor attacks Trump’s ‘authoritarian push’

Troops spotted at armory and Washington Monument as first night of operations for president’s crime crackdown got underway

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1 hour ago Royal Navy flexes its military muscles in show of strength to China as HMS Prince of Wales joins fleet of warships from US, Japan and Australia in northern Philippine Sea

The huge display of military might comes as tensions between China and the West continue to flare, as Beijing threatens war against its neighbour Taiwan - which borders the Philippine Sea in the north.

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2 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon 'besmirching a man now dead' with attacks on Alex Salmond in new book

Kenny MacAskill, who succeeded Salmond as Alba Party leader, claimed Sturgeon had "demeaned the office of First Minister".

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2 h. ago Foundation set up in Southport victim’s name to spread ‘magic’

The parents of Alice da Silva Aguiar have launched Alice’s WonderDance.

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2 h. ago Police told to reveal ethnicity of suspects under interim guidance

The change is hoped to combat misinformation spread on social media

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2 h. ago DC takeover live: National Guard hit streets of Washington as mayor attacks Trump’s ‘authoritarian push’

Troops spotted at armory and Washington Monument as first night of operations for president’s crime crackdown got underway

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2 h. ago Europe begs Trump not to sell out Ukraine: Zelensky and other leaders urge Donald not to give in to Putin's demands... as Russia surges through frontlines and Hungary's PM says 'they've won the war'

The uncertainty over what the Alaska talks could produce has raised fears in European capitals that Trump and Putin might take major decisions without Kyiv's involvement.

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2 h. ago The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar review – whimsical fantasy in a kingdom long, long ago

In this first adult novel from the acclaimed children’s author, an immortal magician returns to tell the story of a royal court where he cast his spells some 500 years beforeThe American author Louis Sachar’s most celebrated book, 1998’s YA novel Holes, was a huge word-of-mouth success on both sides of the Atlantic. Its short, punchy chapters tell the story of plump, hapless Stanley Yelnats, sent to a summer camp for wayward boys, where a terrifying Warden has peculiar ideas about character reformation. The 5ft-deep holes the boys are required to dig turn out to have a surprising purpose. Shifts of time, register and perspective render a simple premise mesmerisingly intricate. It has peril, love, crime, wickedness, redemption and friendship in, well, spades.A quarter of a century later, Sachar has written his first supposedly adult novel, in which many of the same ingredients reappear. A man “dressed like a typical American tourist”, but with an odd habit of storing cake crumbs in t...

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2 h. ago Trump alone in a room with Putin is a recipe for disaster – just look to their last meeting

The two plan to meet behind closed doors Friday in Alaska to discuss ‘land swapping’. What will happen this time?The lessons of Helsinki are clear: putting Donald Trump alone in a room with Vladimir Putin is an unpredictable – and often dangerous – affair.It was 2018 when the two leaders met at the invitation of Sauli Niinistö, the Finnish president, to discuss a collapse in US-Russia relations, accusations of elections interference, and the grinding war in east Ukraine, among other topics. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Police issue major update after man fights for life following Deansgate attack

Officers believe there may be another victim

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2 h. ago Trump has suggested Ukraine swap land with Russia – but that’s illegal

The president says a land swap would be ‘to the betterment of both’ sides

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2 h. ago Travel expert reveals trick that saved her 21% on holiday booking

Chelsea, known as 'The Holiday Expert', regularly shares her tips for bagging bargain trips and and travelling hacks on her social media.

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2 h. ago Dumfries crime: Man, 33, seriously assaulted and robbed in early morning attack

The 33-year-old was attacked on Sunday morning

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