5 h. ago Woman takes sleeper train to Santa's Village in Lapland and is surprised by cost

Train travel expert Monisha Rajesh shared her experience on taking a sleeper train in Finland with her family to go visit Santa Claus' Village in Lapland - and it's cheaper than you might think

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6 h. ago Crews descend as car 'set alight' on Greater Manchester street

It's understood police are investigating the suspected arson

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28 h. ago Georgian MP who accused west of ‘blackmail’ appointed security chief as report warns of autocratic takeover

Mamuka Mdinaradze appointed as study says his Georgian Dream party has consolidated controlA Georgian Dream MP who criticised the west over a “policy of blackmail and threats” has been appointed to lead the country’s security services as an authoritative report warned of an autocratic takeover.Mamuka Mdinaradze, who was the parliamentary majority leader for the ruling party, was confirmed on Wednesday as head of the country’s powerful state security service. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Distraught mother is seen visiting 'drug mule' Bella Culley in Georgian prison for agonising talks as huge sum of cash the family may need to buy her freedom is revealed

Lyanne Kennedy, 44, was seen with tears in her eyes after spending over two hours with her 19-year-old in Women's Penitentiary Number Five.

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3 d. ago Man arrested after boy, 8, 'sexually assaulted in his tent' at Loch Ness

Police Scotland have arrested a 44-year-old man after an eight-year-old boy, who was visiting the Highlands with his family, was allegedly sexually assaulted in his tent at Loch Ness

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3 d. ago Florida State linebacker Ethan Pritchard in intensive care after being shot

Player was shot inside car while visiting familyFreshman listed as in critical but stable condition A Florida State linebacker is in critical but stable condition after being shot while visiting family, the Seminoles said on Monday.Ethan Pritchard, a freshman from Sanford, Florida, was in intensive care at a Tallahassee-area hospital. He was shot Sunday evening while inside a vehicle outside apartments in Havana, about 15 miles northwest of Tallahassee, according to the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump revokes Kamala Harris’s Secret Service detail extended by Biden

President’s new security directive cancels one-year extension signed by Biden before leaving officeDonald Trump has revoked Secret Service protection for the former vice-president and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, according to a letter obtained by CNN and confirmed to the Guardian by a senior White House official.The letter, dated on Thursday and titled “Memorandum for the Secretary of Homeland Security”, instructs the Secret Service to “discontinue any security-related procedures beyond those required by law” effective 1 September 2025. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago UK sought broad access to Apple customers’ data, court filing shows

Document suggests British government’s ‘back-door’ demand was not limited to the company’s most secure iCloud service

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7 d. ago Bruce Willis’s wife makes ‘hardest decision’ to move star out of family home as his condition worsens

Model and entrepreneur said the family visit Willis for breakfast in his new one-storey home

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8 d. ago RNLI issues warning to Brits visiting UK seaside after family and dog rescued from rising tide

They were rescued by two café workers on paddleboards while the RNLI were on their way

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8 d. ago Armed police descend on street after man armed with knife makes 'threats to kill'

One man has been arrested in connection with the incident in Merthyr Tydfil

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8 d. ago Two thirds of pharmacies ‘could close next year’ as financial pressures leave many on the brink

Pharmacy leaders have urged the government to increase funding for services to secure the long-term sustainability of the industry

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9 d. ago Nevada state services shut down as authorities investigate ‘network security incident’

Affected services including the Nevada DMV and the Public Utilities Commission, though governor Joe Lombardo said 911 and other ‘essential services’ remained operational

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9 d. ago Boy, 4, drowns after Amish mom threw him in lake ‘to give him to God’ – as his dad drowned testing his own faith

Vincent Miller and his father, 45-year-old Marcus Miller, died in Atwood Lake during family visit

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1 week ago Family install pet flap and are amazed by 'sneaky' visitor in dog's bed

A dog owner was surprised to find her next-door-neighbour's pet kept coming into her home and taking advantage of the peace and quiet - with her dogs' beds regularly claimed by the animal

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1 week ago Tommy Fury warned not to visit daughter Bambi during heated family exchange

Tommy Fury, who met his partner Molly-Mae Hague on Love Island back in 2019, was issued a stern warning about spending time with his young daughter Bambi

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1 week ago Moment armed police descend on pair of armed robbers who tied up young woman and stole £50k of jewellery

Ints Dombroskis, 45, and Hugo Ignats, 42, were arrested by officers along the A1 following a horrifying robbery in Holbeach, Lincolnshire on May 30.

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1 week ago Terror group Isis threatens new 'real and present danger' to the UK after resurgence in Africa, experts warn

The jihadist organisation, which lost its final stronghold in Syria in 2019, is posing a new challenge to security services, a UN Security Council meeting was told this week.

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1 week ago Thousands to descend on Welsh town for huge independence march

The last Welsh independence march saw over 6,000 people gather

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2 w. ago Mikel Arteta can give Eberechi Eze dream start to life at Arsenal with one simple gesture

Arsenal look set to secure the services of Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze, after beating bitter rivals Tottenham to his signature, and boss Mikel Arteta has the perfect shirt number for the England star

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