5 h. ago ‘The whole back of my HiLux was covered in rats’: what to do about Sydney’s growing vermin problem?

Urban rat populations are booming across the world and the Australian city is no exception. Is the solution pesticide, conceding defeat – or more rats?Nathaly Haeren has seen patios in Sydney collapse because brown rats have tunnelled under and created sinkholes. She’s been electrocuted in the roof of a house after they chewed through air conditioning wiring. She’s even visited a hairdresser where they’d gnawed a circle through double brick.More recently, Haeren has started seeing rats standing in the street in the middle of the day, “oblivious” and unbothered – like they just don’t care. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Last Orders for humans as pubs of future will be run by AI bots, say boffins

Tavern chiefs are experimenting with "self-aware" artificial intelligence tech capable of hiring staff, organising rotas, and ordering beer from the brewery as the robot takeover begins with pubs

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7 h. ago ITV This Morning star Ashley James warns trolls she has 'duty to care'

EXCLUSIVE: ITV This Morning star had an exclusive chat with the Daily Star about how she deals with trolls as she admits "You’re never going to please everyone"

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13 h. ago Horrific moment elderly British tourist is mugged and dragged to the ground in front of his shocked wife in Majorca

The robbery happened just after midday on Wednesday in Cala Millor, the largest tourist destination on Majorca's east coast and a short drive from the Love Island villa.

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13 h. ago Renfrewshire care staff praised by inspectors for "warm trusting relationships

The Care Inspectorate issued a positive report after a visit to Catch Scotland Ltd in Houston.

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14 h. ago ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ showcases Trump’s surreal brand of stylized cruelty | Moira Donegan

Immigrants are living in brutal conditions at the Florida detention camp, built on a sense of scripted unrealityThe concentration camp seems to have been erected largely for the sake of a photoshoot. Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis – eager to rehabilitate his reputation among the Maga right in the wake of his humiliating and disastrous 2024 presidential run – has been among the most eager foot soldiers of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. He has dedicated funding to capturing migrants and holding them at facilities like the Krome detention center in Miami, where dramatic overcrowding, the absence of air conditioning, rapidly spreading disease, and a shortage of food, sanitation, and medical care have contributed to an outcry among immigrants imprisoned there and the deaths of multiple detainees, including a 29-year-old man from Honduras, a 44-year-old man from Ukraine and a 75-year-old Cuban national who had lived in the United States since his teens.For his effor...

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15 h. ago Wimbledon's new robot judges are ‘s***show’, tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios claims

Australian hell-raiser Nick Kyrgios says Wimbledon organisers rushed in new technology which has been a ‘disaster’, with calls frequently being challenged by players

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22 h. ago 'I'm the worst boxer in Britain but I’d be skint if I didn’t carry on fighting'

Robin Deakin doesn’t care he’s widely known as Britain’s worst in his field and says he’ll keep going as long as he can to ‘earn some coin’

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25 h. ago Two men charged after elderly women die in Sunderland care home crash

Two women, aged in the 90s and 80s, have died after a stolen BMW which was being pursued by police crashed into a care home in Sunderland, Northumbria Police said

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27 h. ago Two men charged after elderly women die following care home car crash

Two men have been charged in connection with a collision at a car home in Sunderland on Wednesday.

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27 h. ago Police charge pair, both 21, after two elderly women were killed when a suspected stolen BMW crashed into a care home

A blue BMW ploughed into Highcliffe Care Home, in Witherwack, Sunderland, on Wednesday night.

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29 h. ago Flavio Nazinho fits Celtic transfer bill as Brendan Rodgers 'targets' Kieran Tierney back up solution

The former Sporting CP kid is currently with Cercle Brugge in Belgium after making the move from Portugal last year

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33 h. ago ‘Spiritual healer’ raped woman after claiming sex would rid her of evil spirit

Met Police have urged any other victims of Bernard Williams, 77, to come forward, fearing he ‘abused his trust’ as a respected ‘elder’ of Brixton

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33 h. ago ‘A vastly superior way to live’: why more seniors should choose cohousing

Unlike nursing homes or living alone (and lonely), cohousing emphasizes community and mutual supportEarlier this year, Angela Maddamma, 72, loaded all her belongings into her car. She drove from a house in suburban Richmond, Virginia, where she had lived for 20 years, to her new life about five hours west, in a senior cohousing project called ElderSpirit.Cohousing communities are “thoughtfully designed neighborhoods with private homes” arranged around common areas, where people may gather and build relationships with their neighbors, according to the Cohousing Company design firm. Cohousing is typically multigenerational – of the roughly 170 total cohousing units in the US, most are home to people of all ages, from young families to seniors. But about 12 are senior-specific. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Help smaller birds and keep jackdaws and rooks out of your garden with simple trick

Jackdaws and rooks are known for being pretty disruptive, swooping in and taking over the bird feeders in your garden - but a wildlife expert has revealed a simple solution

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35 h. ago Simple ingredient will stop iced coffee tasting watery and bland during heatwave

Iced coffee is the perfect way to cool down in a heatwave, but there's nothing worse than it tasting watery after five minutes - and the solution is so simple

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35 h. ago Trans youth fight for care as California clinics cave to Trump: ‘How can this happen here?’

These teens say gender-affirming care saved their lives – now they’re protesting as two leading US hospitals halt their treatmentsEli, a 16-year-old Los Angeles student, is spending his summer juggling an internship at a natural history museum, a research project, a physics class and cheer practice – and getting ready to apply for college.But in recent weeks, he has been forced to handle a more urgent matter: figuring out how he is going to access vital medical treatments targeted by the Trump administration. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Elderly Palestinian man forced to live in scrapped minibus after Israel rips up major refugee camps

An elderly Palestinian man is living in a scrapped minibus after Israeli military operations emptied and tore through two major refugee camps in Tulkarem.

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35 h. ago Two dogs die after being found in car 'in distress due to hot weather' as man and woman reported

"With the hot weather set to continue, police are urging people to follow the Scottish SPCA guidance on dog care in the summer."

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36 h. ago Extreme wildfire risk warning as busy weekend expected across Stirling and National Park

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is urging everyone to take extra care - and not to make matters worse.

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