2 h. ago West Lothian locals baffled as demountable camper 'dumped and set on fire'

The massive object was pictured on the side of the road on Drumshoreland Road near Livingston after it was dumped.

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3 h. ago MOVIE REVIEW: We get to know horror sequel 'The Strangers: Chapter 2'

Middle entry of trilogy stalls amid dawdling script, while mystery surrounding its killers unravels.

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4 h. ago Creepy stranger murdered young friends in Arizona wilderness...then called in TIPS about the bloodbath, police say

Thomas Brown was allegedly camping with his wife in the area at the time - before she left the trip early, leaving him alone to allegedly kill the two teenagers in a seemingly random attack.

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6 h. ago Synagogue hero accidentally shot by police is pictured as family pay tribute to 'a down to earth man whose final act was to save others'

Adrian Daulby, 53, was killed outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester, yesterday morning alongside 66-year-old Melvin Cravitz.

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6 h. ago Synagogue hero is pictured as family pay tribute to 'a down to earth man whose final act was to save others'

Adrian Daulby, 53, was killed outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester, yesterday morning alongside 66-year-old Melvin Cravitz.

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8 h. ago Is Trump producing the most popular reality TV show on Earth? | Fiona Katauskas

It’s hard to look awaySee more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Madagascar president who took power in coup accuses protesters of trying to trigger another one

Young people take to streets to voice anger at water and power cuts, and corruption in political systemMadagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, who first came to power in a coup in 2009, has condemned protests calling for his resignation, saying that demonstrators were trying to trigger a coup and were funded by unspecified foreign governments and organisations.Youth-led demonstrations on the Indian Ocean island started on 25 September, initially driven by outrage over water and power cuts, but have grown into demands for action against corruption and reform of the political system. At least 22 people have been killed by security forces, according to the UN, which officials denied. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Asad Rehman’s journey from antiracism campaigner in Burnley to head of Friends of the Earth

Climate crisis is ‘interconnected crisis of inequality’, says Rehman, who began organising at his school in the 1970s Each weekday morning, every child in the south Asian community in Burnley would gather before making the journey to school. It was the 1970s, the National Front were mobilising, and they were the children of south Asian workers invited to Britain a decade earlier to fill labour shortages.Among them was Asad Rehman, who had moved to the Lancashire town with his family from Pakistan at the age of four. “We would all walk together, because it was dangerous to walk alone,” he remembers. “Younger children in the middle, older children around the edge, because we’d be attacked on the way.” Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Scientists give their final verdict on the 'alien object' heading for Earth in weeks

An unexplained alien object heading towards Earth has confused plenty of astronomers for months – but now NASA are convinced they have reached the final verdict on where it's going

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10 h. ago Caves transformed for Babybel Stranger Things immersive experience

It marks the launch of Season 5 - and a new cheese

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10 h. ago Man kidnaps children and makes them chant 'we love Jesus' in strange 18

Dad, James Beckett carried out a bizarre 18-hour abduction of two children in North Devon in order to 'protect them from the devil' and to 'protect their energy'

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10 h. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to be sentenced after conviction on federal prostitution

Music mogul could face lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of some charges in July; court proceedings to begin at 10am eastern timeSean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentencing: what to knowA former girlfriend, R&B singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, testified during the trial that Combs ordered her to have “disgusting” sex with strangers hundreds of times during their decade-long relationship.The jury was repeatedly shown video clips of Combs dragging and beating Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway after one of those multiday sexual marathons, which she referred to as “freak-offs” during her four days of testimony. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Cocktail of the week: Hidden Groove’s pumpkin spice coupette – recipe | The good mixer

A pumpkin spiced latte with a kick of vodka and mellowed with BaileysThe grown-up, late-night cousin of the pumpkin spice latte: same seasonal comfort, just a little less innocent.Michele Gadaleta, assistant bar manager, Hidden Grooves, Virgin Hotels London-Shoreditch, London EC2 Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Big Brother fans are just realising George 'is in a huge Netflix show'

ITV viewers are just discovering that the new housemate is no stranger to TV

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13 h. ago Make green great again: Can appeals to the wallet make climate policy an election

In this week’s newsletter: At a major gathering in New York, climate advocates say that language has to change• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAt stuffy United Nations press conferences, in swanky auditoriums and at sticky socialist dance parties, one word was on everyone’s lips at this year’s Climate Week NYC: affordability.The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, said under that under President Trump the United States is “returning to commonsense energy policies that focus on affordability”. The former energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, said Democrats must focus on renewable power’s ability to shrink power bills to win elections. And supporters of the almost certainly soon-to-be New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, trumpeted their efforts to link green policies with efforts to lower city residents’ rent and make transit affordable.Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a dayUK fracking ban to be brought forward as Labour ...

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17 h. ago ‘Like it had been put on Earth specially for me’: readers’ favourite European city breaks

From the later summer glow of Marseille to polar nights in Tromsø, our tipsters choose their favourite cities • Tell us about a great trip you’ve had since hitting 60 – the best tip wins a £200 holiday voucherSibiu, the former capital of Transylvania, proved a wonderful place to visit. The city’s old town is on a hill, with every other building in the three main squares and the sidestreets seemingly a historic monument, dominated by the medieval Lutheran cathedral of Saint Mary. The characteristic design of attic windows makes it clear why Sibiu is called “the town of a thousand eyes”, and the Teutsch Haus provides a brilliant history of the region and the Transylvanian Saxons. The old town is crammed full of restaurants and cafes, and down by the river there is a local market with giant aubergines, tomatoes and peppers. For an evening glass, Wine Not has a vast selection of Romanian (and Moldovan) wines, and a black cat to talk to.Barbara Forbes Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror review – insiders’ account of cult musical 50 years on

Stars including Richard O’Brien, Susan Sarandon and Tim Curry line up to recount the endearing origin story of the perennial crowdpleaserNot to be confused with the unauthorised, warts-and-all fan history Sane Inside Insanity: The Phenomenon of Rocky Horror, this is an insider’s account all the way, starring the stage-show-turned-cult-film’s writer and co-star Richard O’Brien. Heck, it’s even directed by O’Brien’s son, Linus O’Brien, a fact you couldn’t really miss given interviewees frequently allude cosily to Richard as “your dad”. Given its provenance, it’s no surprise that no one here says, as they do in the rival documentary, that the 1975 film adaptation is a “shitty fucking movie” – but nevertheless there’s honesty on display, mostly about the slapdash origins of the project and the later mistakes made, including the huge flop when the original stage production tried to transfer from Los Angeles to Broadway.But even the most diehard Rocky Horror sceptic would have to concede ...

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22 h. ago I have a crippling fear of being judged. How can I overcome this? | Leading questions

Is it worth paying with your life to avoid being mocked, asks advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Practice valuing your own judgments as much as other people’sRead more Leading questionsI have a crippling fear of judgment and being perceived negatively. Having grown up in a household where mockery was the norm, I believe this has left a lasting mark on my psyche which has resulted in me being afraid to act for fear of mockery, scorn or negative judgment. I feel this has severely stunted my social and romantic life, preventing me from making lasting friendships and relationships. I’m keen to break from this but the gnawing fear holds me back. I spend my non-working days and hours cooped up in my house and alone. Crucially, this fear does not overcome me when I’m working and in fact I’m comfortable leading large groups of people and meeting new people. I believe this is because when I’m at work I know where I stand and I have a specific objective in mind. However, in my personal li...

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24 h. ago A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists say

Scientists are presenting new evidence that the worst effects of climate change can’t be avoided without a major transformation of food systems

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25 h. ago NASA goes dark hours before first look at interstellar object moving closer to Earth

NASA has gone silent just hours before humans get their most detailed look at the mysterious object traveling through the solar system.

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