43 m. ago Taylor Swift song used in White House video a year after Trump declared his 'hate' for her

They posted a light-hearted patriotic parody of the 35-year-old pop star's chart-topping single, The Fate of Ophelia, which they changed to 'the fate of America' in the captions

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49 m. ago 'They're not our people. They never will be': How the Cotswolds are being invaded by a loud 'new money' set with black Porsche SUVs, bristling security and bizarre late

For years now, reams of extremely rich and very famous people have hot-footed it to The Cotswolds - or, as some locals call it, the Costsloads.

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51 m. ago I went to America's most divided neighbourhoods and a year of Donald Trump is tearing them apart

Wisconsin voted for Trump by 0.9% last year - so we returned to Milwaukee to see if there's any buyers remorse

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54 m. ago Lidl reveals 2025 Christmas advert announcing one meaningful service is returning to stores

Lidl has revealed it will be bringing back one popular service in the run up to Christmas

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55 m. ago Mortgage war erupts: Nationwide cuts rates to 3.64% as households see cheapest deals since 2022

A mortgage rate war has fully erupted after Nationwide became the latest lender to announce it's slashing home loan prices.

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56 m. ago Sadiq Khan revives his feud with Donald Trump as he urges New Yorkers to elect left

The London mayor threw his support behind Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani in the battle to run America's largest city.

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59 m. ago ‘Reject the premise’: Mike Johnson doesn’t like having tables turned over Trump’s Gatsby bash as Americans go hungry

The speaker rejects a question from The Independent about the president holding a lavish bash at his Palm Beach estate

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61 m. ago EU could admit new members by 2030, says its foreign policy chief

Kaja Kallas tells reporters more countries could join 27-country bloc, including Montenegro, Albania and UkraineThe European Union could admit new members by 2030, its foreign policy chief has said, as officials praised reform efforts by frontrunners Montenegro and Albania, while criticising backsliding in Serbia and an even steeper democratic decline in Georgia.The verdicts came as the European Commission published its annual report cards on 10 countries that aspire to join the EU, after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 injected new momentum into a process that had long been moribund. Continue reading...

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63 m. ago Major UK bank slashes mortgage rates as low as 3.64 per cent

Rate reductions are being made on two, three, five and 10-year fixed-rate products

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66 m. ago Jon Stewart rails against president: ‘Trump doesn’t give a f*** about even looking like he gives a f***’

The Daily Show host accuses president of showing complete indifference towards Americans going without food stamps by hosting decadent Halloween party amid shutdown

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71 m. ago Trump and his media buddies are taking the muddling of reality to a whole new level | Arwa Mahdawi

How scared should we be by Trump’s heavily edited appearance on a US news programme this weekend, and Elon Musk’s Grokipedia?You know how I’m going to be able to tell that I’ve really made it as a writer in America? When our very handsome (much better-looking than Zohran Mamdani!) and very high-IQ leader Donald Trump gives me a personal shoutout to commend me on what a wonderful job I’m doing. As we all know, a good journalist should always make the rich and powerful feel comfortable.While I wait for that day to come, I’m watching and learning from the head honchos at CBS. Trump appeared on CBS News’s 60 Minutes on Sunday night for his first sit-down with the show in five years and commented on how much better the network has become after its owner, Paramount, was taken over by his billionaire allies, the father-and-son duo Larry and David Ellison. Continue reading...

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71 m. ago Sydney Sweeney addresses Trump weighing in on American Eagle jeans ad controversy

Actor finally addressed the backlash in a new interview with ‘GQ’

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72 m. ago Bill Gates hits back at Trump after climate memo response: ‘It’s a gigantic misreading’

The billionaire Microsoft co-founder also questioned climate scientists’ criticism of what he wrote: ‘What world do they live in?’

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76 m. ago Renovation project underway in Wishaw's Phyllis Jane Court to enhance living environment for residents, staff and visitors

The retirement housing complex in Drummond Drive will benefit from refurbishment works embracing dementia friendly design principles

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79 m. ago Man who threw sandwich at federal agent calls it an act of protest. Prosecutors argue it's a crime

A man charged with assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent calls it an act of protest

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81 m. ago My neighbours have a disgusting habit that's ruining my home life. I've asked them to stop but they refuse. What can I do? DEAN DUNHAM reveals the drastic solution

There is a potential route you could take to deal with the issue.

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96 m. ago Sarah Ferguson's outrageous 'Plan B' as she 'plots dramatic return from exile'

Sarah Ferguson, formerly known as Sarah, the Duchess of York, is reportedly looking ahead to an unexpected Plan B, as she forms a new identity away from the Royal Family, inw hat one critics has deemed, 'a laugh till you cry moment'

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97 m. ago Amy Dowden reveals when she will return to Strictly Come Dancing after surgery announcement

Amy Dowden has revealed when is hoping to return the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom following her surgery announcement as she thanked fans for messages of support

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1 hour ago Waitrose issues urgent 'do not eat' warning over popular product sold in stores

Shoppers are urged to return the item to their nearest Waitrose store

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1 hour ago Teenager taken to Ghana away from UK ‘gang culture’ to stay for now, court rules

Boy had sought court order to force his return, after parents took him on trip to Ghana and returned without himA British teenager whose parents left him in Ghana, fearing he was at risk from “gang culture” in the UK, should stay there until at least the end of his GCSE exams, a judge sitting at London’s high court has ruled.The boy took legal action against his parents, seeking a court order that would force his return, after they enrolled him in a boarding school and arranged for him to live with extended family in Ghana without telling him. Continue reading...

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