49 m. ago The tiny town that Vladimir Putin could use as an excuse to invade Nato

Tim Wilsey, a former diplomat, has warned that the brutal Russian leader's 'project' is not yet finished as he anticipates Putin will 'have a good year in 2026'.

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68 m. ago 'I'm a primary school teacher but quit after 'sniggering' eight

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. A primary school teacher has opened up about the traumatising ordeal she faced after her eight-year-old pupil made deepfake pornography of her, only for the headteacher to tell her, 'They're just children'

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74 m. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Amber Davies was given warning by bosses before BBC debut

Welsh star Amber Davies was a contestant on the 2025 series of Strictly Come Dancing and spoke about taking part in the BBC series on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch

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92 m. ago Scotland World Cup tracker as Harvey Barnes claim rings out, party date set and Ancelotti makes key Brazil change

The in-form winger has been pitched as an option for Thomas Tuchel and the Three Lions.

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94 m. ago Katie Price ignores desperate message from mum as she goes under the knife for more surgery

Katie Price has undergone more cosmetic surgery after her mum Amy sent her a desperate message saying she looked 'too thin' and asking if she was 'using a pen'

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1 hour ago Meloni warns Trump over Greenland tariffs as EU ambassadors summoned for emergency talks – Europe live

European leaders hit back at Trump ‘blackmail’ as president escalates plan for the US to acquire GreenlandThe United States will also suffer if president Donald Trump implements threats to impose tariffs on European countries opposing his plans to acquire Greenland, a French minister said on Sunday.“In this escalation of tariffs, he has a lot to lose as well, as do his own farmers and industrialists,” French agriculture minister Annie Genevard told broadcasters Europe 1 and CNews. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago How can we defend ourselves from the new plague of ‘human fracking’?

Big tech treats our attention like a resource to be mercilessly extracted. The fightback begins hereIn the last 15 years, a linked series of unprecedented technologies have changed the experience of personhood across most of the world. It is estimated that nearly 70% of the human population of the Earth currently possesses a smartphone, and these devices constitute about 95% of internet access-points on the planet. Globally, on average, people seem to spend close to half their waking hours looking at screens, and among young people in the rich world the number is a good deal higher than that.History teaches that new technologies always make possible new forms of exploitation, and this basic fact has been spectacularly exemplified by the rise of society-scale digital platforms. It has been driven by a remarkable new way of extracting money from human beings: call it “human fracking”. Just as petroleum frackers pump high-pressure, high-volume detergents into the ground to force a litt...

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2 h. ago Beauty queen tracked down and exposed 'Scotland's most notorious catfish'

Abbie Draper was first contacted by catfish, Adele Rennie in 2014 and has spent over a decade gathering evidence and speaking to other victims to bring her crimes to light

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2 h. ago Poundland closes UK store today as six more branches to shut within days

UK budget high street chain Poundland is set to close more stores in England and Scotland this week in its latest wave of closures following over 50 shutting shop for good back in September last year

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2 h. ago UK could become Trump’s ‘poodle’ if it fails to invest in defence, Badenoch warns

Her comments come after Trump threatened to slap fresh tariffs on the UK and Europe over their opposition to his threats to annex Greenland

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2 h. ago Millions of Nationwide members told to look out for six words

Nationwide has warned its customers, urging them to follow the simple steps

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2 h. ago Surgeon's eye symptom warning after his own emergency surgery

An eye surgeon who noticed a blind spot underwent emergency treatment to save his sight

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2 h. ago Oliver Glasner sent stern Man Utd warning after explosive Crystal Palace rant

Oliver Glasner looks set to leave Crystal Palace sooner rather than later but he has been sent a warning to reconsider his options should Manchester United make a move for his services

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2 h. ago King Charles torn between Prince Harry and William in 'impossible decision'

Prince Harry desperately wants King Charles to open the Invictus Games Birmingham 2027 alongside him, but royal experts warn this could force the King to choose between his warring sons

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2 h. ago Sydney shark attack: Warning issued as boy, 12, fights for life

A popular swimming spot in Sydney's National Park has been closed after a brutal shark attack has left a young boy fighting for his life.

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3 h. ago Starmer faces calls to cancel King's US visit over Trump's Greenland 'gangster' threats

President warns UK and allies face tariffs if they oppose American takeover of Danish territory

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3 h. ago Poll: Support for Nigel Farage's Reform UK stalls in Scotland

A Norstat survey shows backing for Nigel Farage’s party dropping slightly

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3 h. ago BBC weather presenter issues major snow warning just days away

Simon King said wintry hazards are possible in January

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3 h. ago South Australian premier urged Adelaide Writers’ Week board to drop Palestinian writer, letter reveals

Malinauskas urged the festival board to drop Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah, warning of public backlash

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4 h. ago ‘Still here!’: X’s Grok AI tool accessible in Malaysia despite ban

Experts warn use of VPNs makes it hard to limit access to technology that can create nonconsensual explicit imagesDays after Malaysia made global headlines by announcing it would temporarily ban Grok over its ability to generate “grossly offensive and nonconsensual manipulated images”, the generative AI tool was conversing breezily with accounts registered in the country.“Still here! That DNS block in Malaysia is pretty lightweight – easy to bypass with a VPN or DNS tweak,” Grok’s account on X said in response to a question from a user. Continue reading...

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