76 m. ago Church court acquits a bishop from a small Anglican denomination embroiled in scandal

A church court in the Anglican Church in North America has acquitted a bishop of charges of failing to carry out his duties

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1 hour ago Strictly's Fleur East bursts into tears over Amber Davies' comments

Fleur East couldn't hold back the emotions as she listened to Strictly Come Dancing finalist Amber Davies speak candidly about her time on the show during Friday's It Takes Two

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3 h. ago Woman terrified as 'enormous' Canada goose smashes through her front door while she watches TV

Lynne Sewell heard a loud bang and assumed someone was trying to kick her door in, but after having a geeze saw a massive bird stuck in the glass part of her door at her property.

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4 h. ago Epstein files: Democrats vow to fight Trump officials’ plan to hold back some documents, slamming ‘violation of federal law’ – live

Lawmakers accuse justice department of defying the Epstein Files Transparency ActUS legislators say justice department is violating law by not releasing all Epstein filesEpstein files to be released after months of delays from Trump officialsFBI director Kash Patel has said “no one is above the law” after a Wisconsin judge was found guilty on Thursday of helping a migrant evade a planned immigration arrest outside her courtroom.Patel is the latest member of President Donald Trump’s administration to celebrate what it sees as a victory in its effort to deter interference with its hardline immigration tactics. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Top Democrat slams justice department plan to hold back some Epstein files despite today’s deadline – live

Chuck Schumer comment comes after deputy attorney says ‘several hundred thousand’ files would be released but some may be held back temporarilyEpstein files to be released after months of delays from Trump officialsFBI director Kash Patel has said “no one is above the law” after a Wisconsin judge was found guilty on Thursday of helping a migrant evade a planned immigration arrest outside her courtroom.Patel is the latest member of President Donald Trump’s administration to celebrate what it sees as a victory in its effort to deter interference with its hardline immigration tactics. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago BoE chief Andrew Bailey warns AI could wipe out jobs like the industrial revolution and squeeze opportunities for young people

Andrew Bailey played down fears of mass unemployment as the technology takes a greater hold on society and the economy.

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7 h. ago Avengers: Doomsday trailer – as the hype builds, has Marvel got lost in the multiverse?

Marvel has put the first official trailer for the new Avengers meetup before random screenings of Avatar: Fire and Ash. Recordings of it have leaked online – but many questions still remainIs anything real any more? For the last few weeks there have been rumours that Marvel is about to drop the first official footage for its forthcoming superhero epic Avengers: Doomsday, ahead of screenings of Avatar: Fire and Ash. And it makes a sort of sense: the latest instalment of James Cameron’s 3D mega-project about blue aliens and colonial shame is clearly a visual spectacle, so why not lure fans of Captain America and Thor into cinemas by dangling the promise of a Doomsday trailer in front of them? In a world in which everyone expects everything to be online instantly, could the most radical experiment be to put this thing in cinemas?If it once seemed like a good idea, it increasingly looks less so. There are rumoured to be multiple Doomsday trailers in circulation, to be ushered in ahead o...

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8 h. ago ‘She was like a deer in headlights’: how unskilled radical birthkeepers took hold in Canada

In holistic communities and midwifery deserts, women are turning to the Free Birth Society for information and unlicensed providersWhen the holistic practitioner Emma Cardinal, 32, became pregnant in May 2023, she planned to have a home birth with midwives. Cardinal lives in a town in British Columbia with strong counter-cultural roots. “The community that I live in, home birth is something a lot of women prioritise,” she explains.Then Cardinal stumbled across a podcast from the Free Birth Society (FBS). One episode in particular, she says, made an impact: “Unpacking Ultrasound With Yolande Clark.” In it, the Canadian ex-doula Yolande Norris-Clark falsely links ultrasounds to autism and ADHD and states that “ultrasound damages and modifies and destroys cells”. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Fury as millions of voters face elections being delayed for another year as government plans hit setback

Ministers have written to 63 councils scheduled to hold elections in May 2026

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10 h. ago Add to playlist: the bullish confidence and versatility of JayaHadADream and the week’s best new tracks

A breakout star of the underground rap scene shows vulnerability and wit in her genre-bending tracksFrom CambridgeshireRecommended if you like Manga Saint Hilare, Kojey Radical, Little SimzUp next Happiness from Agony out now“One of the coldest writers but man don’t say it ’cause I’ve got vagina,” JayaHadADream raps on her recent track Bug, calling out those who underestimate her talent – and laying bare her lyrical confidence. In a fertile underground rap scene, the Jamaican-Irish, Cambridge-via-Nottingham artist has cut through thanks to her command and vulnerability, as well as a sharp eye for bullshit. The track Main Characters (featuring Big Zuu), also from her recent mixtape Happiness from Agony, is a critique of the fake love and hollow posturing that saturates the music industry. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Fury as millions of voters could see elections delayed for another year as government plans hit setback

Ministers have written to 63 councils scheduled to hold elections in May 2026

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14 h. ago Dad and daughters 'screaming for help' rescued moments before flames engulf house

A huge fire has engulfed a semi-detached house in Leigh, Wigan, with the blaze completely taking hold of the property within minutes. A dad and his two daughters were rescued

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14 h. ago Chase Infiniti: ‘My parents freaked out more than me when I said I was acting opposite Leonardo DiCaprio’

The breakout star of Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another (the Guardian’s No 1 film of 2025) on learning karate, her love of car chases – and how she got her name You could hardly ask for a better movie debut than Chase Infiniti’s in One Battle After Another, even if the 24-year-old actor was very much thrown in at the deep end. As Willa, the teenage daughter of former revolutionaries, she was called on to do shoot-outs, car chases, karate, and to hold her own against heavyweights like Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro and Regina King. “My whole life has literally changed in the last six months,” she says.Tell us how you got this role? Was there a giant karate tournament where you had to defeat all your rivals?No, thank God. I did six months of auditioning for the film while I was working on my first project, Presumed Innocent. So I was in California when I sent in my first self-tape. And about a month after that, the casting director called me and was like: ...

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15 h. ago Deadly LA Palisades inferno took hold in area firefighters were restricted by woke laws protecting endangered plant species

Revealing texts sent by state park officials in California show they created avoidance areas that banned firefighters from where the devastating blaze ignited.

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16 h. ago Canada and the US to launch formal talks to review their free trade agreement in mid

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office says Canada and the U.S. will launch formal discussions to review the free trade agreement in mid-January

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21 h. ago Australia launches biggest gun buyback in 30 years after Bondi beach terror attack

Prime minister announces first firearm buyback since Port Arthur massacre, and designates Sunday a national day of reflection in honour of Hanukah shooting victimsVictims of Bondi beach shootingTen minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoFollow the latest live updatesThe federal government will launch a new gun buyback scheme in response to the Bondi beach terror attack in what Anthony Albanese says will be the biggest collection of weapons since the Port Arthur massacre nearly three decades ago.It comes as New South Wales announced a suite of gun control measures including capping the number of firearms most recreational shooters can hold at four. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago TikTok finally signs deal to sell its US entity to joint venture controlled by American investors

Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi-based MGX hold 15 percent each in deal that averts app’s shutdown in US

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24 h. ago Escaped reindeer cause havoc as they desperately search for Santa's sleigh

Dramatic footage caught the moment when animal rescue services had to come and find the missing deer as they caused chaos and confusion on a major roadway in Los Angeles

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24 h. ago Niagara Falls could be getting its own amusement park in push to boost tourism

The Niagara region attracts over 13 million visitors annually, with 8 million visiting the U.S. side’s Niagara Falls State Park

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25 h. ago Niagara Falls could be getting its own amusement park in push to try and increase visitor numbers

The Niagara region attracts over 13 million visitors annually, with 8 million visiting the U.S. side’s Niagara Falls State Park

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