40 m. ago Gregg Wallace called BBC MasterChef winner a 'sexy b***h' in string of tweets

The former MasterChef presenter has a history of calling women sexy on social media in posts that are still up, including several contestants from the BBC cooking show

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59 m. ago Liverpool black history researchers discover slaver ship advert from 1805

Ad, which states vessel can hold ‘about 185 slaves’, comes to light as city dock is being turned into ‘contemplation space’An advert for a 19th-century British slaver’s ship has been discovered in Liverpool, where a site formerly at the centre of the transatlantic trade in enslaved people is being transformed into a “contemplation space”, highlighting a long-hidden history.Liverpool Black History Research Group (LBHRG) found the advert for the Metis, dated 25 July 1805, while looking into the history of the River Mersey’s Canning Dock, in work commissioned by National Museums Liverpool. Continue reading...

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62 m. ago Good Morning Britain hit with further cuts as ITV axe major segment

Good Morning Britain is set to make a big change for the first time in its 11-year history amid ITV's Daytime programming cuts

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1 hour ago Ninja Thirsti water bottle that keeps 'drinks ice cold for hours' has £16 off with deal

The Ninja Thirsti is a premium water bottle that is engineered to keep carbonated drinks fizzy and cold drinks icy for longer - and it's now on sale for just £18.82.

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1 hour ago Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ is the ultimate betrayal of his base | Sidney Blumenthal

The measure exposes the most elaborate charade in recent US political history. But betrayal is Trump’s operating principleDonald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill”, which will eviscerate the living standards, healthcare and aspirations of his white, working-class base, conclusively draws the curtain down on his Maga populist conceit, the most elaborate charade in recent American political history.The price will be staggering: $1tn in cuts to Medicaid; throwing 17 million people off health coverage closing rural hospitals and women’s health clinics; battering food assistance for families, children and veterans; the virtual destruction of US solar and wind energy manufacturing; limiting access to financial aid for college; and, according to the Yale Budget Lab, adding $3tn to the national debt over the next decade, inexorably leading to raised interest rates, which will depress the housing market. These are the harsh, brutal and undeniable realities of Trumpism in the glare of da...

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2 h. ago ‘It fully altered my taste in music’: bands reflect on the awesome power of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater soundtracks

The games’ runaway success introduced a whole generation to hopped up US punk and metal. Bands including Less Than Jake, the Ataris and AFI pay tribute to a gaming megastar who loves them backWhen millions of parents bought their kids a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game in the late 90s and early 00s, they couldn’t have understood the profound effect it would have on their children’s music taste. With bands from Bad Religion to Papa Roach and Millencolin accompanying every failed spin and grind, these trick-tastic games slyly doubled up as the ultimate compilation CD.While the Fifa games have an equally storied history with licensed music, those soundtracks feel impersonal – a who’s who of whichever artists EA’s associated record labels wanted to push at the time. Pro Skater’s soundtrack, by contrast, felt like being handed a grubby and slightly dog-eared handmade mixtape, still battered from its last tumble at the local skate park. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Rightwing campaigners claim there is covert deal to return Parthenon marbles

Liz Truss reportedly among those who signed letter organised by hard-right group calling for end to talksThe former prime minister Liz Truss, the historian David Starkey and the former Wales secretary John Redwood are reportedly among 34 signatories to a letter alleging the British Museum is part of a “covert” campaign to return the Parthenon marbles to Greece.The letter, seen by Sky News, has been reportedly sent to Keir Starmer, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, and trustees of British Museum. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Stirling Council chiefs quizzed over "one day" council tenancy acceptance fears

The council session raised the question of whether prospective council tenants were only given a single day to make up their mind and accept a property.

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2 h. ago Mystery of the demolished cottage baffles village: Neighbours tell how gang of 'rough' workers tore down 300

Locals in Nursling, near Southampton in Hampshire, said the 17th century property was regarded as the 'hallmark' of their parish.

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3 h. ago Stirling Albion to join in with alcohol at football pilot as first steps taken

Alcohol sales will be available on a limited and controlled basis for home fans at the Binos' home match with Hamilton Accies tomorrow as a pilot scheme kicks off.

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4 h. ago Good Morning Britain face budget cuts as ITV 'scraps' major part of daytime show

Good Morning Britain is set to cut out a major part of the show for the first time in its 11-year history

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4 h. ago Holidaymakers face summer travel chaos as Glasgow Airport strikes confirmed this month

Ambassadors, airside support officers, engineers and managers are set to walk out for two days later this month.

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4 h. ago Good Morning Britain dealt huge blow as ITV axe major part of show

Good Morning Britain is set to lose a major part of the show for the first time in its 11-year history as part of its Daytime programming cuts

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4 h. ago Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano III: trailblazing rivals’ last dance headlines historic night

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano have already shared 20 rounds and two razor-thin decisions. On Friday, they return to Madison Square Garden to settle their rivalry for goodKatie Taylor and Amanda Serrano have thwacked one another with 861 punches across two punishing, brilliant encounters. There’s been not a single knockdown between them, nor an ounce of quit. And not, it seems, a shred of closure either. That will change, or so they hope, on Friday night in New York.For the third and likely final time, two of boxing’s most decorated champions and fate-bound dance partners will meet inside the ropes, returning to Madison Square Garden, the site of their epochal 2022 classic, for what is being billed as the decisive chapter in a rivalry that helped transform women’s boxing. Taylor’s WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO junior welterweight titles are once again on the line. So is a legacy greater than any belts. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Delays on the Bakerloo, Lioness and Metropolitan lines

The late finish of engineering work at Wembley Park is causing severe delays on some London Underground lines

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4 h. ago Good Morning Britain hit with further budget cuts as ITV show axe major segment

Good Morning Britain has removed a major section for the first time in the show's history as ITV announce further budget cuts

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4 h. ago How to watch Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano 3: TV channel and live stream for boxing today

Historic rivalry reaches its climax once more in New York City

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6 h. ago BBC Bargain Hunt's Anita Manning's real age and transformation after making show history

Glasgow-born Anita Manning has been a familiar face on the BBC's Bargain Hunt for over a decade and has also made numerous appearances on other TV shows. Here's everything you need to know about the antiques expert

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6 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Delays on the Jubilee, Bakerloo and Metropolitan lines

The late finish of engineering work at Wembley Park is causing severe delays on some London Underground lines

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7 h. ago It’s 12ft tall, covered in feathers and has been extinct for 600 years – can the giant moa bird really be resurrected?

Colossal Bioscience is adding the extinct animal to its revival wishlist, joining the woolly mammoth, dodo and thylacine. But scepticism is growingStanding more than three metres (10ft) high, the giant moa is the tallest bird known to have walked on Earth. For thousands of years, the wingless herbivore patrolled New Zealand, feasting on trees and shrubs, until the arrival of humans. Today, records of the enormous animal survive only in Māori oral histories, as well as thousands of discoveries of bone, mummified flesh and the odd feather.But this week, the US start-up Colossal Biosciences has announced that the giant moa has joined the woolly mammoth, dodo and thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, on its list of animals that it is trying to bring back from the dead. The announcement has provoked public excitement – and deep scepticism from many experts about whether it is possible to resurrect the bird, which disappeared a century after the arrival of early Polynesian settlers in New Zealan...

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