28 h. ago Extreme heatwave may break records in Victoria as firefighters warn of bushfire risk in ‘very dry’ state

Ouyen and Mildura in northern Victoria forecast to break state’s all-time maximum on Tuesday, as weather warnings issuedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA day of record-breaking heat looms for Victoria, with temperatures forecast to hit 49C in the Mallee and Melbourne facing its hottest day since Black Saturday 2009.It was 26.1C as the sun rose on Tuesday over the small Victorian town of Ouyen, the Mallee town of 1,170 people whose forecast high of 49C would break the state’s temperature record of 48.8C set in Hopetoun on Black Saturday in 2009. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Line of Duty fans go wild as cast spark rumours series return is imminent as stars reunite for boozy night out

LINE Of Duty fans got very excited when the show's major stars came together for a cheeky pint. The record-breaking BBC cop drama finished in May 2021, but The Sun exclusively revealed last year how the show was returning for a seventh series. Filming is set to begin this spring in Belfast but the reunion of stars Martin Compston,...

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4 d. ago Moment 1,000 feral camels rampage through Australian outback town in search of water

A huge mob of 1,000 feral camels have been spotted rampaging through a town in the Australian outback searching for water amid record-breaking temperatures. 

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4 d. ago Robbie Williams breaks The Beatles’ record to make UK music history

The former Take That star admitted he ‘desperately’ wanted to beat The Beatles’ record

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4 d. ago Robbie Williams breaks the Beatles’ record for UK No 1 albums, with 16th chart

New studio album Britpop goes straight to No 1 in opening week, after Williams moved its release date to avoid a chart battle with Taylor SwiftRobbie Williams has scored his 16th UK No 1 album, surpassing a tally set by the Beatles in 2000 to become the all-time chart record holder.Britpop, Williams’ homage to the lairy and zeitgeist-setting guitar music of the mid-1990s, went straight to No 1 in its first week of release. All but one of his studio albums have now reached the top – except 2009’s Reality Killed the Video Star, kept off the top by boy band JLS – plus three greatest hits compilations and his soundtrack to the biopic Better Man. Not counted in that tally are two other No 1 albums Williams recorded as a member of Take That. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Weather tracker: Record snowfall in eastern Russia leaves people stranded

Town of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky gets 1.8 metres of snow in places, burying cars and cutting off roads and buildingsA record-breaking snowfall event unfolded in far eastern Russia last week when the town of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, located on the Kamchatka peninsula’s east coast, received more than 1.8 metres (6 feet) of lying snow in places.Strong winds accompanying the snowfall caused extreme drifting of more than 3 metres against buildings and cars. Two key ingredients combined to cause such an extreme snowfall event. Strong Pacific low pressures dragged moist air from the tropics northwards, which clashed with cold Arctic air already over the region. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Oscar nominations 2026 – live: Sinners director Ryan Coogler reacts after film breaks record as fans express shock at best picture nods

’Sinners’ and ‘One Battle After Another’ leads this year’s movie crop

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5 d. ago Sinners BREAKS Titanic's Oscars record as it earns most nominations of any movie in history

The record was previously held by Titanic, All About Eve and La La Land, which earned 14 nominations apiece in a three-way tie.

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5 d. ago Powerful winter storm to bring heavy snow across much of US this weekend

Storm expected to hit from south Rockies and plains into mid-south on Friday before spreading eastA powerful winter storm is set to sweep across much of the US this weekend, bringing potentially record-breaking cold, heavy snow and ice that forecasters warn could cause hazardous conditions, potential power outages and travel disruptions.The storm is expected to bring “widespread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain” from the south Rockies and plains into the mid-south beginning on Friday, before spreading east to the mid-Atlantic and New England areas this weekend, according to the US National Weather Service on Thursday. The impact in New England will potentially linger into Monday. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Oscars 2026: The full list of nominations for the Academy Awards

This year’s favourites include record-breaking Sinners, One Battle After Another, Marty Supreme, Frankenstein, Sentimental Value and Hamnet

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5 d. ago Oscars 2026 nominations: Jessie Buckley and Wunmi Mosaku among stars up for Academy Awards

Vampire horror film Sinners was nominated for 16 out of the 24 categories, breaking the Oscars record

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5 d. ago Oscar 2026 nominations: Timothee Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio to battle it out for biggest honor in film as full Academy Awards list is revealed

It was a record-breaking morning as Sinners made history as it earned most Academy Awards nominations ever with 16 including biggest prize of the night Best Picture.

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5 d. ago Watch in full: Oscar nominations 2026 announced as Sinners breaks record

Watch as the Oscars nominations are announced on Thursday, 22 January, ahead of the 98th Academy Awards.

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5 d. ago Birmingham’s major move shows where fiscal power lies in women’s football

Ambitious owners and financial growth have allowed WSL and WSL2 clubs to assert dominance in the transfer market“If anyone didn’t take our ambition seriously, I hope they really do after this window, because it shows what we’re pushing for.”Amy Merricks was answering a question about Birmingham City breaking the second-tier transfer record to sign Wilma Leidhammar from Norrköping, but the head coach’s words could easily sum up the English January transfer window as a whole, as teams in the Women’s Super League, and in WSL2, demonstrate where the financial power lies in the women’s game. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago ‘Way out of line’ – Jamie Carragher slams criticism of Liverpool boss Arne Slot and demands he’s shown more respect

JAMIE CARRAGHER has slammed criticism of Liverpool manager Arne Slot as "way out of line" and insisted he "deserves more respect". Slot won the Premier League in his first season with the Reds last year. However, despite a gargantuan level of investment including record-breaking deals for Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak both well north of...

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6 d. ago New Zealand storms: people missing after landslide hits campsite as minister compares east coast to ‘war zone’

Record-breaking rains spark landslide at Mount Maunganui campsite, with helicopter teams retrieving families from rooftops and local states of emergency declaredEmergency services in New Zealand are searching for several people, including a child, believed missing after a landslide hit a campsite during storms that have caused widespread damage across the North Island.Emergency minister Mark Mitchell told RNZ that parts of the east coast looked like “a war zone”, with helicopters deployed to rescue families sheltering on rooftops from flooding, and local states of emergency declared in five regions across Northland and the East Cape due to days of record-breaking torrential rain. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Taylor Swift will be inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame and sets new record

Taylor Swift will be inducted into the iconic Songwriters Hall of Fame this Summer and breaks another record with her recognition

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6 d. ago I shopped at 'cheapest supermarket' and found one thing that sets it apart from Aldi

The retailer is celebrating a record-breaking Christmas

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7 d. ago Take That star admits feeling 'hatred' towards Robbie Williams in Netflix doc

Take That's series on Netflix charts the rise and fall of the record-breaking British group

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7 d. ago King Harold coins from 1066 and Roman artefacts top UK’s 2024 treasure finds

British Museum hails record-breaking year for archaeological discoveries – thanks largely to metal detectoristsA hoard of pennies linked to Harold II and most likely buried on the eve of battle in 1066, a rare Roman vehicle fitting, and a group of early medieval objects are among the archaeological finds and treasure discovered in Britain in 2024.It was a record-breaking year for archaeological and treasure finds in Britain, with the highest number recorded in a single year – thanks in large part to metal detectorists. Continue reading...

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