1 hour ago PETER HITCHENS: Lucy Letby's 'confession' notes, and why they may not be worth the scraps of paper they're written on

As the case against nurse Lucy Letby dwindles from slam-dunk certainty to shifting doubt, it is surely time to look again at her supposed 'confession'.

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1 hour ago Is anyone else sick of the nepo brats and their Insta squabbles?: SARAH VINE

The term 'brat summer' took on a whole new meaning last week thanks to the offspring of David and Victoria Beckham and their fellow Nineties icons, the Gallagher brothers.

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2 h. ago MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Our tolerance is being tested to the limit

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: When they drew up the list of human rights 80 years ago, they forgot a very important one: the right of the people not to be insulted by their own governments.

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2 h. ago ZIA YUSUF: No money for potholes... but plenty for migrants' Big Macs

If you want to know why Britain feels broken, why the public no longer trusts government at any level, look no further than the scandal uncovered by Reform UK's DOGE unit.

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6 h. ago 'I fell victim to common crime I'd never heard of on busy road from France to Spain'

He is warning anybody thinking of driving in that area to be aware and exercise extreme caution

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6 h. ago Scottie Scheffler issues Open warning to rivals with sharper Scots showing after 'scraping around' the Renaissance

World No.1 satisfied with the progress forward at Renaissance ahead of Portrush

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7 h. ago Women’s Euro 2025 live: England hope to avoid scrap as Wales out to ‘spoil the party’

England’s Lauren Hemp has vowed the Lionesses won’t be complacent as they look to reach the quarter-finals

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8 h. ago Women’s Euro 2025 live: England hope to avoid scrap against rivals Wales in ‘must

England’s Lauren Hemp has vowed the Lionesses won’t be complacent as they look to reach the quarter-finals

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9 h. ago PETER HITCHENS: Britain has become France's Rwanda as we usher ashore the migrants they don't want

The old joke is that France is a monarchy pretending to be a republic, while Britain is the other way round. It's largely true.

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9 h. ago DAN HODGES: If Starmer really wants to stop the boats he needs to get nasty and come up with his own Alligator Alcatraz

Even by Trump 's standards, it was an outrageous spectacle. He walked around the detention facility, boasting about it being policed by man-eaters.

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11 h. ago 'Army' of police shut down crime boss 'Hotdog' Smith's house on illegal scrapyard as wife says she will be forced to live 'in a TENT'

A 'small army' of police surrounded and shut down a crime boss's illegal home and scrapyard this week as his wife sat by in despair in a move she says will force her to 'live in a tent'.

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13 h. ago 2024 book review: Trump, Biden, Harris and a turbulent election full of what

Deeply sourced narrative charts the delusions of the main players and the disastrous debate that reset the campaignDonald Trump is on a roll. The “big, beautiful bill” is law. Ice, his paramilitary immigration force, rivals foreign armies for size and funding. Democrats stand demoralized and divided. 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America, by Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf, is a book for these times: aptly named, deeply sourced.Kamala Harris declined to speak. Joe Biden criticized his successor in a brief phone call, then balked. Trump talked, of course.2024 is published in the US by Penguin Random House Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Trump cuts questioned as role of Fema in Texas highlights agency’s importance in natural disaster response

White House appears to be backing away from pledge to ‘phase out’ disaster-relief agency, even as key leaders have leftAs the cleanup continues from this month’s torrential rain storms and flooding in Texas that left more than 120 dead, recently departed officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) say the organization is dangerously underresourced and overstretched in the event of further natural catastrophes.A mass staff exodus, plunging morale and a loss of key leaders has left the main US disaster-relief organization ill-equipped to cope with an anticipated deadly spate of storms in the current hurricane season, former agency insiders say. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago UEFA make rule change immediately after kicking Crystal Palace out of Europa League

Crystal Palace have been left devastated after being demoted from the Europa League having breached UEFA's multi-club ownership rules, but the regulations are reportedly set to be scrapped within the next year

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15 h. ago People are only just learning they've been pronouncing Moet wrong their whole lives

Moët & Chandon is one of the world's largest champagne producers, and although they produce over 28 million bottles every year, there's still a big debate about how to pronounce the name

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16 h. ago Starmer and Reeves promised honesty about public finances. Can they stay the course?

Labour is being pulled one way by a desire to cut debt and the other by slumping poll ratings. With growth nowhere to be seen, tax rises loomDuring the first televised debate in the run-up to last summer’s general election, Keir Starmer used a phrase that received enthusiastic – and unanticipated – applause from the Salford audience.“I don’t pretend there’s a magic wand that will fix everything overnight,” he told them. Labour strategists were surprised by the clapping, and encouraged him to deploy the line again in future. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Former WWE star dies in horror shooting near busy major road

Fans and wrestling organisations have been sharing tributes online for a former WWE star that was found 'bleeding from his abdomen' before being rushed to hospital

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18 h. ago Liverpool’s mourning players prepare to honour Diogo Jota back on the pitch

Arne Slot’s squad face an emotional afternoon at Preston on Sunday but believe it is better to start again at Deepdale than on tour in Hong KongOutside Anfield, the red sea of tributes to Diogo Jota and André Silva has continued to grow this week along with questions over whether Liverpool could play at Preston on Sunday, their first game since the brothers’ tragic loss. Inside Anfield, and specifically a grieving Liverpool dressing room, there was no major debate over the pre-season friendly. The Premier League champions intend to honour their teammate in the best way they know how.It will be only 10 days since the deaths of Jota and Silva when Liverpool appear at Deepdale for what is certain to be a hugely emotional occasion, and less than two days since the club retired Jota’s No 20 shirt. There was no pressure on Liverpool to honour a friendly that could have been cancelled easily – unlike their commitment to a tour of Hong Kong and Japan at the end of the month – but at no poin...

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18 h. ago Harry Potter star Emma Watson caught speeding near Oxford in £30k Audi

Watson was behind the wheel of a £30,000 Audi S3 when she was captured by a speed camera on a restricted road

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21 h. ago ‘Sheer luck’: how German backpacker Carolina Wilga was found after 11 nights lost in dense Australian outback

With minimal food and water, the 26-year-old used the sun for navigation, eventually flagging down a passing motoristCarolina Wilga spent 11 freezing nights lost in the Western Australian outback, convinced she would never be found.By “sheer luck” the confused and disoriented German backpacker came across a road, where she flagged down a woman in a passing car on Friday afternoon. Continue reading...

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