62 m. ago Euston chaos as 'do not travel' warning issued with signal fault wrecking travel plans for thousands

A ‘do not travel’ warning has been issued by Avanti West Coast for all routes between London and Manchester, Liverpool, Holyhead and Preston

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99 m. ago Moment diver finds ‘Russian spy buoy’ off UK coast on route used by Britain’s nuclear submarines

A SUSPECTED Russian spying device has been found on a route used by our nuclear subs.  The cylindrical “sonobuoy” was hauled up by volunteer divers who were clearing the sea of litter.  It had lurked undetected beneath the Irish Sea near Skomer Island, off the southwestern tip of Wales. A Navy source said it may have been...

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1 hour ago Shootings of people who mistakenly go the wrong house test limits of stand your ground laws

The fatal shooting in early November of a house cleaner who mistakenly went to the wrong address in Indiana feels hauntingly familiar

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1 hour ago Cangas de Narcea mine collapse sees two dead as search continues for trapped miners

A mine has collapsed in the Spanish village of Vega de Rengos in Cangas del Narcea, Asturias, as officials have confirmed two people have lost their lives in the tragedy

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2 h. ago Pension change warning issued to Rachel Reeves ahead of Autumn Budget 2025

'Any limitation could cause long-term damage to people’s retirement prospects'

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2 h. ago Shocked US driver calls 911: ‘I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield’

Motorist told dispatcher ‘you may not believe me’ and said windshield was shattered while driving on North Carolina highwayA motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger side of her front windshield along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains national park.In a call to 911, the unidentified driver on US Route 74 in Swain county, near Bryson City, told a dispatcher that a bald eagle dropped the cat. Bryson City is about 65 miles south-west of Asheville. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Netflix’s Selena doc sensitively focuses on her incredible life over her tragic death

The 23-year-old ‘Queen of Tejano music’ was murdered just as her music was set to cross over and revealing new film Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy finds new ways to celebrate herThe tragic circumstances surrounding Selena Quintanilla’s death are well documented. In 1995, while on the verge of US pop crossover success, the 23-year-old Queen of Tejano Music was murdered by one of her employees, Yolanda Saldívar.Selena’s life story has already been told in multiple ways, including through a movie, a musical and a podcast series. However, the touching Netflix documentary Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy is the most empathetic and personal look at her life and career to date. Working alongside Selena’s family, who generously opened their archive of rare photos and home videos and sat for extensive interviews, director Isabel Castro uses intimate recollections and vivid primary sources to trace the artist’s ascent. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago People who are homeless in South London experience widespread stigma and discrimination

People who are homeless in South London experience widespread stigma and discrimination  Phys.org

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3 h. ago PM says leaders should ‘stick to their word’ but fails to reaffirm tax pledge

The Prime Minister repeatedly declined to rule out hitting working people with extra tax in the Budget.

Politics

3 h. ago Story behind forgotten Scotland goal and the player who has a case to be in Steve Clarke's World Cup XI

Ferguson reveals inspiration behind Scotland corner kick routine

Sport

3 h. ago Keir Starmer insists it's 'important politicians stick to word' in Budget grilling

Keir Starmer has insisted it is 'important that politicians stick to their word' as he was grilled on possible taxes hitting working people at next week's Budget

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3 h. ago People left raging after flocking to festive market at one of the UK’s most iconic spots – just to discover it’s a scam

CHRISTMAS shoppers been left baffled after going to Buckingham Palace to visit its ''first ever'' festive market - just to discover it doesn't exist. Images circulating online had promised a festive attraction with market stalls, a gorgeous Christmas tree and fairy lights in front of the iconic UK spot. But after flocking to the Palace this week, eager Christmas...

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3 h. ago Avanti West Coast LIVE: 'Major fault' sees services from London Euston cancelled

Multiple Avanti routes have been affected, with the train company issuing an 'avoid travel' warning on major routes due to the major disruption

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3 h. ago Woman slammed as entitled after sharing 'embarrassing' Toby Carvery story

People have reacted to Toby Carvery refusing to serve 45-year-old Amy Jones a kids meal as she is over 12-years-old

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3 h. ago ‘I wouldn’t compare us’: Sindre Walle Egeli, the Ipswich teenager who has outscored Haaland

Record scorer for Norway’s age-group sides discusses his World Cup hope, being frozen out at 15 and fake tickets heartbreak at AnfieldLiverpool against Aston Villa on 18 January 2014. It was impossible to measure the excitement in an seven-year-old from Norway making his first pilgrimage to Anfield. Inside was the promise of watching his favourite player, Daniel Sturridge, and the rest of a freewheeling side throwing everything at a title push. But as Sindre Walle Egeli and his family reached the turnstiles, the cruelest of realities dawned.“It’s not a good memory,” Walle Egeli says. “We showed up, ready to go, and it turned out we’d got fake tickets. I don’t know what happened, maybe my parents bought from some shady people. It was heartbreaking.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Nine early life habits set you up for a lifetime of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, study finds

Bad habits stemming all the way back to infancy could lead to obesity, diabetes and heart disease later in life, a recent study from health experts at Penn State suggests.

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3 h. ago 15 bus routes diverted or shortened as more details of Oxford Street pedestrianisation revealed

TfL sparks concern from residents as it aims to solve conundrum of how to remove hundreds of buses to part-pedestrianise Oxford Street

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4 h. ago Ralph Lauren captures the magic of gifting with heritage style and timeless designs

Because they’ll always remember who gave them the pieces that last a lifetime

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4 h. ago The Guide #218: For gen Zers like me, YouTube isn’t an app or a website – it’s the backdrop to our waking lives

In this week’s newsletter: When the video-sharing site launched in 2005, there were fears it would replace terrestrial television. It didn’t just replace it – it invented entirely new forms of content. ASMR, anyone?• Don’t get The Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereBarely a month goes by without more news of streaming sites overtaking traditional, terrestrial TV. Predominant among those sits YouTube, with more than 2.5 billion monthly viewers. For people my age – a sprightly 28 – and younger, YouTube is less of an app or website than our answer to radio: the ever-present background hum of modern life. While my mum might leave Radio 4 wittering or BBC News flickering in the corner as she potters about the house, I’ve got a video essay about Japan’s unique approach to urban planning playing on my phone. That’s not to say I never watch more traditional TV (although 99% of the time I’m accessing it through some other kind of subscription streaming app), but when I get home after...

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4 h. ago Universities blame ‘societal shift’ for axing foreign language degrees

Numbers taking languages at A-level and beyond has been falling for decades, although Duolingo says its app is most popular with young people Universities are blaming a “societal shift” for the axing of dozens of foreign language degrees and even entire departments, citing a lack of demand among students – but can years of study be easily replaced by AI or online translation tools?Not so, according to Michael Lynas, the UK country director for the Duolingo language app, who argues there is no good substitute for the hard graft of learning a language as a way of seeing another country’s culture from the inside. Continue reading...

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