26 m. ago Now ANOTHER Spain hols hotspot deluged by floods as ‘red warning’ & ‘extreme danger’ alerts issued

ANOTHER Brit holiday hotspot has been issued a red alert as Storm Alice continues to thrash the Mediterranean country with wild weather. Shocking footage has emerged from Valencia, as the region becomes the latest victim of the major weather front. Footage shows cars floating through the flash flooding caused by torrential rain turning roads into rivers of...

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37 m. ago ‘After the reading, the poets hold each other’: what happens when Ukraine’s largest literary festival comes under Russian attack

Fiona Benson was invited to Lviv’s BookForum by Ukrainian poet-soldier Artur Dron’. She recounts falling in love with the city and its thriving literary culture, before an air raid siren soundsI had been working on Exeter University’s Ukrainian Wartime Poetry project for two years when the invitation came to travel to the country’s largest literary festival. I didn’t exactly relish the prospect of a journey to a war zone, but I was assured that visiting BookForum in Lviv, a city so far west it’s practically in Poland, would be safe. I had been leading poetry workshops with exiles and editing translations of Ukrainian poetry, including soldier Artur Dron‘’s collection We Were Here, published last November. So, when Artur and his translator – the incredible poet Yuliya Musakovska – asked me and language professor Hugh Roberts to attend, I couldn’t say no.What I didn’t expect was to fall in love with the city: its gorgeous architecture, its cafes, its parks full of trees, and its write...

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42 m. ago UK homeowners fork out billions to repair DIY mistakes as experts advise caution

A survey of 2,000 people found that 93% have tried their hand at tasks such as fitting pendant lights, re-plumbing radiators, and even demolishing walls - but many of these attempts ended in failure

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45 m. ago BREAKING England legend retires after 88 caps as announcement made

Millie Bright has announced her retirement from international football after 88 caps for her country

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46 m. ago Mega new garden village is coming to UK with 970 homes, shops & country park as blueprint unveiled

PLANS for a giant new "garden village” with nearly 1,000 homes, a school and country park have been unveiled. The massive 164-acre site will be located less than three miles from one of the most historic city centres in England. The huge development near York has been in the pipeline for nearly 10 years, with...

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52 m. ago Row breaks out over £1.5million cycle lane that would be alternative to blocked

Tory councillors want Westminster council to pause cycleway through Marylebone until impact of mayor’s traffic ban becomes clear

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53 m. ago AI could make it harder to establish blame for medical failings, experts say

Report raises concerns about liability issues and lack of testing as development of AI health tools boomsThe use of artificial intelligence in healthcare could create a legally complex blame game when it comes to establishing liability for medical failings, experts have warned.The development of AI for clinical use has boomed, with researchers creating a host of tools, from algorithms to help interpret scans to systems that can aid with diagnoses. AI is also being developed to help manage hospitals, from optimising bed capacity to tackling supply chains. Continue reading...

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55 m. ago Madagascar president flees after losing support of key army unit

Elite Capsat unit that played a major role in Andry Rajoelina’s rise to presidency joined gen Z protests against corruptionMadagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, is reported to have fled the country on a French military aircraft, hours before he was scheduled to address the people.French state radio RFI reported on Monday that the president, who also has French citizenship, had been flown out of the capital, Antananarivo, after a deal with President Emmanuel Macron. It added that he may have headed for Dubai. Continue reading...

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66 m. ago Simon Bird’s life after Inbetweeners from Friday Night Dinner to family’s ‘travel ban’

The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird has been married to his wife Lisa Owens since 2012 and the couple share two children together.

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69 m. ago Madagascar: Is there a coup and why has the president fled the country?

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has reportedly fled the country after an elite military group joined violent anti-government protests

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83 m. ago Major broadband network down as thousands of UK homes hit by internet outage

More than 134,000 users have reported problems on Down Detector this afternoon, mostly in major cities across the country

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86 m. ago 'Coolest' neighbourhood in country has changed completely from working class roots

Canton in Cardiff has been named one of the UK's coolest neighbourhoods by Time Out - and it's no surprise to me, as I was born there and have seen it change completely

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87 m. ago How Trump brought about Israel's 'beautiful day': Since setting foot in the White House, the president set out to end Gaza war

Donald Trump has been described by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the 'greatest friend' his country's has ever had in the White House .

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2 h. ago HSTikkyTokky, 24, is arrested in the UK after failing to appear at court for 'dangerous driving'

HSTikkyTokky, whose real name is Harrison Sullivan, 24, was detained in the UK on Friday after failing to appear at Guildford Magistrates' Court in November last year.

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2 h. ago Farage condemns Starmer after street attack on Reform council leader

Warwickshire council leader George Finch said he was assaulted by a young man who told him he was a ‘racist’ and a ‘fascist’

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2 h. ago Is there a coup in Madagascar? What to know as president flees country amid protests

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina was due to give an address on national television after soldiers turned against the government in an apparent coup

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2 h. ago Irish deputy premier says ‘genocide in Gaza cannot be forgotten’

Simon Harris welcomed the release of hostages on Monday.

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2 h. ago Tommy Robinson 'called officer a c***' when asked for his phone pin, court told

Robinson is accused of failing to comply with the Terrorism Act at the Channel Tunnel when asked for his pin, allegedly saying: 'Not a chance bruv... you look like c*** so you ain't having it'

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2 h. ago Dog put down after man kept starving pets in horrific conditions

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Mohammed Kashif Khan, from Cambuslang, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court where he was found guilty of failing to meet the basic welfare needs of two female Dogue de Bordeaux dogs.

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2 h. ago Starving dog dies after man kept pets in horrific conditions at Cambuslang home

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Mohammed Kashif Khan, from Cambuslang, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court where he was found guilty of failing to meet the basic welfare needs of two female Dogue de Bordeaux dogs.

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