81 m. ago SWR train trials Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet to fix New Forest blackspot

A service from London Waterloo to Weymouth used satellite connection on 20 December

Technology

3 h. ago Pep Guardiola warns Man City stars not to get too fat over Christmas lunch

Guardiola has weighed his players and warned that any member of the squad who returns from a short festive break out of condition will not be involved at Nottingham Forest

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4 h. ago Man United’s January transfer stance revealed after shock Bruno Fernandes injury

United were interested in Brighton’s Carlos Baleba in the summer and their long-term targets could include Crystal Palace’s Adam Wharton and Nottingham Forest’s Elliot Anderson

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4 h. ago High ranking Putin general killed in Moscow 'car bomb blast'

A high-ranking Russian military officer has died in a suspected car bomb explosion in Moscow on Monday morning as he travelled to work in Yasenevo district

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4 h. ago Stargazing in the Lake District: a new forest observatory opens in Grizedale

There’s no shortage of stunning scenery and daytime activities in the Lakes. Now, an observatory is offering stellar nocturnal events tooA tawny owl screeches nearby in the dark and her mate replies, hooting eerily from the forest below. A white dome floats in the gloaming above a plain black doorway outlined with red light, like a portal to another dimension. I’m in Grizedale Forest, far from any light-polluting cities, to visit the Lake District’s first public observatory and planetarium, which opened in May.Grizedale Observatory offers immersive films in the planetarium and three-hour stargazing events that go on late into the night. There are sessions on astrophotography and, on moonless nights, dark sky astronomy with the chance to see “a glittering tapestry of stars, galaxies, nebulae and star clusters”. Its director, Gary Fildes, is a veteran in the field, having founded and led three UK observatories over two decades. The goal at Grizedale, he says, is to create “a...

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4 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Late completion of engineering work disrupts Northern line

Engineering works overrunning are causing severe delays, with ticket acceptance via any reasonable route

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5 h. ago ‘It’s upset us all’: New Forest residents unnerved by man leaving animal carcasses by churches

Case of man who apparently targeted Christians is latest in series of incidents in Hampshire of animal remains being dumped The people of the New Forest are accustomed to curious goings-on. The woods and heaths of the national park in southern England are the setting for all manner of tales of witches, pixies, cursed souls and rituals, and, even today, are a magnet for those fascinated by the otherworldly.But residents are aghast at the case of a local man who hit the headlines after admitting dumping the carcasses of animals, including black lambs, near churches in and around the forest, apparently targeting Christian worshippers. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago 'The water came from nowhere': Settlements, hotels and farms flooded in Kenya’s Rift Valley

Dickson Ngome's farm at Lake Naivasha in Kenya's Rift Valley has been submerged due to rising water levels

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12 h. ago Pep Guardiola weighs his Man City players and gives Christmas period warning

He has made clear that any member of the squad who returns from a short festive break out of condition will not be involved at Nottingham Forest.

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13 h. ago From pricey Chelsea knit to cheapest winter woolies this year’s line

IT is the must-have gift on every footie fan’s Christmas list. And this year’s range of Premier League winter woolies have scored highly with all ages. World champs Chelsea sold the priciest – a club-branded Fairisle knit in midnight blue and white, at £50 for adults and £35 for kids. Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest and Brentford...

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19 h. ago Crackdown on rogue landlords renting out mouldy and unsafe homes to be expanded across London boroughs

A pilot scheme in Camden, to force landlords to improve properties in dismal conditions, is being rolled out to Barnet, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Waltham Forest, Havering, Lewisham, Tower Hamlets and Enfield

Society

20 h. ago Jesse Lingard opens up on South Korea transfer from escaping Man Utd ‘noise’ to learning language & eating LIVE octopus

JESSE LINGARD has opened up on his move to South Korea in an attempt to escape the Manchester United "noise". The Englishman made the switch to the East Asian nation after leaving Nottingham Forest. Lingard, 33, was without a club after his contract in the East Midlands expired for some time until he was approached...

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28 h. ago Community spirit and heritage shine at Epping Forest’s Tudor hunting lodge

Community spirit and heritage shine at Epping Forest’s Tudor hunting lodge  Times Series

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28 h. ago The Lake District village that’s ‘like a Christmas fairytale’

Every year it holds a magical Christmas Fair with carols, lanterns and street performers

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29 h. ago The beautiful Peak District walk ending in a cosy pub to do this winter

Only an hour's train ride from Manchester, this circular route takes you through gorgeous countryside with amazing views

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38 h. ago Jake Paul’s artless spectacle robbed boxing of its democratic dream

Netflix’s 300 million global subscribers got just what they wanted: to see a former YouTuber knocked out brutallyGeorge Foreman once said boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire. Putting aside the breathtaking exhibitions of physical and psychological intensity it can produce, boxing has long been a refuge of the underclass, credited with changing the lives of the disenfranchised and impoverished. There are no barriers to entry. In that sense, it has always sold a democratic dream.But boxing is, and has always been, the red-light district of professional sports, its flimsy guardrails making it a longtime haven for brazen criminals and the kind of grift and corruption that strains credulity. There are no barriers to entry. The idea that a sport which gave the world Don King, Frank “Blinky” Palermo and Park Si-hun v Roy Jones Jr could somehow be further debased is almost laughable. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Jake Paul’s artless spectacle robbed boxing of its democratic dream | Bryan Armen Graham

Netflix’s 300 million global subscribers got just what they wanted: to see a former YouTuber knocked out brutallyGeorge Foreman once said boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire. Putting aside the breathtaking exhibitions of physical and psychological intensity it can produce, the sport has long been a refuge of the underclass, credited with changing the lives of the disenfranchised and impoverished. There are no barriers to entry. In that sense, it has always sold a democratic dream.But boxing is, and has always been, the red-light district of professional sports, its flimsy guardrails making it a longtime haven for brazen criminals and the kind of grift and corruption that strains credulity. There are no barriers to entry. The idea that a sport which gave the world Don King, Frank “Blinky” Palermo and Park Si-hun v Roy Jones Jr could somehow be further debased is almost laughable. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Dozens of missing children, some as young as just one year old, rescued from sex traffickers in massive sting

'This was the most successful missing child operation ever conducted in Northern Florida,' Greg Leljedal, acting US Marshal for the Northern District of Florida, said.

Events

43 h. ago Ospreys v Munster Live: TV channel, score updates and team news

The Welsh region host the Irish giants in the URC as Dewi Lake returns to lead the side

Politics

45 h. ago Jordan says its air force joined US strikes on Islamic State in Syria

Jordan confirms its air force joined U.S. strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria

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