61 m. ago 'Someone visited our pub from Australia because they thought we had the Rovers Return doors'

For Pub of the Week, we visit a city centre pub with more than just a loose connection to Coronation Street

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1 hour ago Unregulated nicotine 'snus' pouches on rise among Scots teens amid health fears

Known as “snus” or “upper deckies”, under-18s can currently legally buy the sachets placed between the top lip and gum which give strong nicotine hit.

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2 h. ago Inside the university branded a ‘terror hub’ over links to deadly Delhi car blast

Al Falah University students fear this prestigious medical institution could be shut down amid the fevered scrutiny since a high-profile suspected car bombing. Namita Singh reports from Faridabad

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4 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: With no Miami breakthrough, Zelenskyy turns to European allies

Positive tone after Florida talks with Ukrainian president heading to London Street to see Starmer, Macron and Merz. What we know on day 1,383Three days of talks between Ukrainian and US officials in Miami, Florida produced no evident breakthrough by the end of Saturday. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said he joined his negotiators for a “very substantive and constructive” call with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. “Ukraine is committed to continuing to work honestly with the American side to bring about real peace,” Zelenskyy said on Telegram, adding that the parties agreed on the next steps and a format for talks.Zelenskyy will next turn to European allies when he visits London on Monday for an in-person meeting with leaders Keir Starmer of Britain, Emmanuel Macron of France and Friedrich Merz of Germany. Macron said the group would “take stock” of peace negotiations. The four leaders took part in a virtual meeting of the “coalition of the willing” about two w...

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6 h. ago Coronation Street’s Julia Goulding and Lucy Fallon turn heads as they party at soap’s Christmas bash in Manchester

CORRIE stars Julia Goulding and Lucy Fallon bring the sparkle at their Christmas party. Actress Julia, 40, who plays Shona Platt, posed alongside Lucy, 30, who is best known as Bethany Platt on the ITV soap. The soap stars partied at The Refuge in Manchester on Friday night. It comes after Corrie legend Bill Roache...

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6 h. ago The Handmaid’s Tale author fears her dystopian novel can ‘now happen anywhere’

‘I don’t think we’re going to get the outfits, but the rest of it seems more and more plausible,’ says Margaret Atwood

Culture

6 h. ago 'To quell my screams the Soviet doctor aimed a revolver between my eyes and threatened to blow my brains out': HUGH SEBAG

This chilling testimony comes from the memoir of Morris Mills, who with so many other British seamen was treated for terrible wounds while serving on the Arctic convoys during Second World War.

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7 h. ago I'm A Celeb's Martin Kemp names star he didn’t trust to do Bushtucker Trials

Former EastEnders actor Martin Kemp was brutally honest when he was questioned over which celeb campmate filled him with fear when it came to securing meals

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10 h. ago Funding for historic Welsh canal secured after fears it would run dry

Investment of around £2.5 million will be spent on water supply for the canal over the next five years

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11 h. ago Louisiana inmates on the run after removing concrete and using sheets in jailbreak

Three-person escape is second for state in a year, after 10 people crawled through a wall at a different prisonTwo inmates accused of violent crimes, including second-degree attempted murder, are on the run after escaping from a south-western Louisiana jail on Wednesday by removing pieces of a deteriorating interior wall and using sheets to scale another outside wall, officials said.A third inmate who joined in the breakout died by suicide after he was tracked down. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago West Lothian woman terrified as 'giant rat jumps at her' and whole street 'infested'

Stephanie Ireland claims rats are “eating through” the walls into her property.

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12 h. ago Chernobyl radiation fears as Russian drone strikes damage nuclear facility

A structure designed to prevent radioactive leakage at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine is no longer operational after Russian drones targeted it earlier this year

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12 h. ago Chernobyl leak fears as nuclear radiation shield BROKEN by Russian strikes

A drone strike hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant in February - and while Ukraine blamed Russia, the Kremlin denied it was responsible

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13 h. ago Call the Midwife confirms return of Coronation Street star in Christmas specials

The BBC drama Call the Midwife is bringing back a familiar face and Trixie Franklin will be ecstatic

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13 h. ago Woman injured after gunman opens fire on Greater Manchester street

Two men have been arrested

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13 h. ago Cops probe 'unexplained' death of man after he was found injured on Wishaw street

Police say his death is currently being treated as unexplained.

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13 h. ago Call the Midwife confirms return of Coronation Street star in sneak peek photo

Call the Midwife's Nurse Trixie Franklin will be delighted as a familiar face returns to Poplar this Christmas

Culture

14 h. ago Moment champion martial artist bundles suspected sex attacker to the floor as woman screams that he grabbed her outside busy Tube station

Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert Ivan Skoko, 29, used a leg sweep before using his knees to restrain the man in busy Moorgate, central London .

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14 h. ago The Nuked Blood Scandal: Britain's shameful human experiment

Fleet Street Fox on the scandal that just won't die

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14 h. ago Father facing attempted murder charge for attacking alleged sex offender who made remark about his minor daughter

Police urged the public not to take the law into their own hands

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