67 m. ago I'm A Celebrity's Alex Scott reveals she had her first sexual encounter with a woman when she was 17 as she gives a rare insight into her 'passionate' love life

The footballer, 41, revealed on Wednesday's I'm A Celebrity she had her first sexual encounter with a woman at the age of 17, but was 'fighting' her sexuality.

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92 m. ago Prison nurse helped run £1million smuggling scheme after falling for inmate

Mental health support worker Amy Hatfield helped smuggle drugs, mobile phones and even knives into HMP Lindholme as part of a massive £1 million network run by lover Joseph Whittingham

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1 hour ago Trainee NHS medic, 27, is warned he faces a lengthy prison sentence after he is found guilty of sexually assaulting two female patients

Trainee health worker Ieuan Crump, 27, sexually assaulted two women while carrying out bladder scans at Grange Hospital, Cwmbran.

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1 hour ago Brit woman Victoria Bond found dead in Patagonia snowstorm was 'on trip of a lifetime'

Victoria Bond, 30, from Cornwall, UK, was caught in a "freak severe snowstorm" in Chilean Patagonia with her friends, and her body was found following a major search operation

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1 hour ago Child found abandoned in pram outside in the rain late at night

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of neglect

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2 h. ago FBI trainee claims he was fired for flying Pride flag at his desk and sues Kash Patel

The former FBI employee said the rainbow flag is not a “political statement,” but a “a symbol of inclusion, unity, and equal service.”

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2 h. ago Federal prosecutors charge man with setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train

Federal prosecutors have charged a man with setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train, calling it a terrorist attack

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2 h. ago Love triangle secret of Florida man charged with murdering suicidal British woman... as pretty cabin where horror unfolded is revealed

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Sonia Exelby, 32, was reported missing by her loved ones in the UK after arriving in the states seeking out a violent death.

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3 h. ago FBI worker says he was wrongfully terminated for having Pride flag at desk

David Maltinsky, a 16-year veteran, says in lawsuit agency retaliated against him for engaging in protected speechA longtime FBI employee has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was fired for displaying a Pride flag at his desk, naming FBI director Kash Patel, the justice department and attorney general Pam Bondi as defendants.According to David Maltinsky, an intelligence specialist who had served with the bureau for 16 years, his wrongful termination earlier this year was “unconstitutional and politically motivated”. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Harvey Barnes refuses to close Scotland door as he gets brutally honest over England switch question

The winger is eligible to play for Scotland through is grandparents having only represented the Three Lions in a non-competitive setting

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3 h. ago Reform UK's only Senedd member has been suspended for using racial slur

Senedd members agreed a 14-day suspension for Laura Anne Jones

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3 h. ago Strictly's Vicky Pattison fights tears as 'heart broke' in 'not in my locker' admission

Vicky and Kai Widdrington were sent home from the BBC series one week before Blackpool

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3 h. ago Three pensioners arrested in huge UK probe into historic child sexual abuse

Two men and a woman in their 80s have been arrested following reports of historic child sexual abuse made by eight victims who were housed in children's homes in Bradford

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3 h. ago Family sues for $37 million after elderly Vietnam vet fatally shoots self in VA hospital room

Exclusive: ‘He didn’t go to the VA to harm himself, he went to get medical care,’ attorney Daniel Goldfaden told The Independent of Roy Fred Giddens, Jr.’s death. ‘It did not need to happen. It was completely avoidable.’

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3 h. ago Veteran FBI employee sues bureau after being fired over displaying a pride flag

A veteran FBI employee is claiming in a lawsuit that he was fired last month after displaying an LGBTQ+ flag at his workspace

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4 h. ago Reform UK councillor suspended over WhatsApp group featuring post calling for ‘mass Islam genocide’

Nigel Farage’s party is launching an investigation into the messages

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4 h. ago Tributes paid to British woman who died in 'freak severe snowstorm' while hiking in South America

'She was adored by all who knew her'

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4 h. ago China’s power play: MI5 warns of relentless espionage attempts in Britain

Alert says Beijing trying to recruit British sources in parliament, even if potential gains may be unclearAn unexpected connection on LinkedIn. An offer of work from a headhunter, most likely a young woman, based in China. The chance to earn perhaps £20,000 part-time writing a handful of geopolitical reports for a Chinese company peppered with “non-public” or “insider” insights. Payment in cryptocurrency or cash preferred.It may seem obvious, on this telling, that something about this approach would be amiss. Nevertheless, China’s powerful ministry of state security (MSS) still considers it worthwhile to deploy recruitment consultants to try it – leading MI5 to warn repeatedly about their activity online. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Brit woman killed in Patagonia snowstorm was on 'trip of a lifetime' with friends

Victoria Bond was named as one of five tourists whose bodies were recovered by search teams in Patagonia, Chile, in the aftermath of a horror nearly 120mph snowstorm

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4 h. ago The Guardian view on funding Ukraine’s resistance: a looming financial crisis in Kyiv must be averted | Editorial

Whether by leveraging Russia’s frozen assets, or other means, the EU must deliver the cash necessary to withstand Putin’s war of attritionIn the early part of this year, as the US vice-president, JD Vance, berated European leaders in Munich, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy was subjected to a televised mauling in the White House, it became starkly apparent that the bonds of solidarity between the European Union and Ukraine would need to be strengthened to cope with a new geopolitical reality. As 2025 draws to a close, a moment of reckoning has arrived.According to EU estimates, Ukraine will need more than €70bn in extra financial assistance next year to keep defending itself against Vladimir Putin. That money won’t be coming from Washington, where Donald Trump has refused to seek new funding for military aid from Congress. Yet Kyiv’s ability to negotiate an acceptable peace depends on its capacity to withstand Mr Putin’s relentless war of attrition, which is designed to drain Ukraine of...

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