56 m. ago Cat hit by train makes miracle recovery after having tail and leg amputated

Rescue cat Hector has used up 'at least one of his nine lives' after surviving horror train smash in Ayrshire last year, say owners.

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1 hour ago Government Cheese stars explain why they were 'thrilled' that racism isn't a major theme in new Apple drama

Apple TV+ drama Government Cheese follows the Chambers family in the 1960s

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2 h. ago Parents, uncle and cousins jailed over ‘honour’ killing of 18

The case has become a symbol of the brutal mistreatment of immigrant women who rebelled against inflexible family rules

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2 h. ago Graham Linehan hails Supreme Court transgender ruling... and reveals his hopes for comedy comeback

EXCLUSIVE: Father Ted writer Graham Linehan, 56, hailed the Supreme Court decision that trans women are not women but said the war on woke has only just begun.

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2 h. ago Rampaging dog owner's three words before beloved cavapoo savaged in brutal attack

Steven Yorke revealed the terrifying ordeal he and his dog faced when an off-lead pet attacked his beloved cavapoo on a woodland walk - leaving it fighting for its life

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2 h. ago Ukraine war live: Trump denies being ‘played’ by Putin as Russia launches overnight attack

Ukraine says five regions damaged overnight after wave of drone and missile attacks by RussiaAnalysis: Trump team reveals lack of expertise – and patience – as it threatens to abandon peace talksDonald Trump has said the US will “take a pass” on a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine if “parties make it difficult”. The US president made the comments to reporters during the swearing-in ceremony for Mehmet Oz as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.Trump added that he believed there was a “good chance” of “solving the problem”. The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, had earlier said the US will abandon its efforts “within days” to broker a peace agreement unless there are clear signs a settlement can be reached. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago ‘I dealt with everyone at a distance’: what do Joan Didion’s therapy diaries reveal about guilt, motherhood and writing?

The writer’s previously unpublished notes from her sessions with a psychiatrist offer an incredibly intimate insight into her relationship with her daughter, depression and creativityLast month, the New York Public Library opened the doors on one of its most thrilling acquisitions of recent times: the archive of Joan Didion and her husband and collaborator John Gregory Dunne. After two years of preparation, both scholars and anyone with a library card can arrange a visit to pore over the material contained in a total of 336 boxes of correspondence, photographs and screenplays from the couple’s joint projects, which included the 1976 version of A Star Is Born and the film that in 1971 provided Al Pacino with his first leading role, The Panic in Needle Park.Alongside material evidence of two long writing careers, there is much that is deeply personal: paperwork recording the naming of orchids in honour of Didion, Dunne and their adopted daughter Quintana, the couple’s only child;...

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2 h. ago Couple who murdered daughter in ‘honour’ killing have life sentence upheld

The case has become a symbol of the brutal mistreatment of immigrant women who rebelled against inflexible family rules

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3 h. ago What the most stereotypical football fans from major clubs around the UK look like, according to AI

Fans of several of the UK's biggest sides have been forced to confront the brutal reality laid bare by an AI generation of their club's stereotypical supporter.

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3 h. ago Trump has found in El Salvador a model for the repressive state he wants to build – and he’s just getting started | Jordana Timerman

Nayib Bukele has shown how brutal control can be sustained not just through force, but by raising the cost of speaking outThe Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) maximum security prison in El Salvador is the crown jewel of President Nayib Bukele’s efforts to quash not only criminal gangs, but also criticism and political opposition to his government. The “mega-prison” is also one of the more visible destinations in the emerging map of American deportations – a sprawling archipelago that includes conservative US districts, the Guantánamo military base and Central American waypoints connected by a tangle of military and charter flights.That the two states have connected their penal architecture is no coincidence. Donald Trump’s aggressive policies towards foreigners build on Bukele’s infamous iron fist crackdown against criminal gangs: it’s a political toolkit that leverages anti-establishment anger to justify an authoritarian slide. In deploying strongman tactics to address social c...

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3 h. ago What is Youth Demand? Inside the activist group following in Just Stop Oil's footsteps

The announcement that climate activist group, Just Stop Oil, is effectively disbanded has allowed Youth Demand to become the new face of civil resistance. But what exactly are they demanding?

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3 h. ago Government Cheese stars admit why they were ‘thrilled’ Apple TV+ drama didn’t include Civil Rights movement

The stars of the new Apple TV+ drama Government Cheese have shed light on the show’s unique approach to the depiction of race relations in 1960s America

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4 h. ago Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington's forgotten 'masterclass' war movie

Crimson Tide is set during a period of political unrest in Russia. The movie sees a large-scale showdown between military units loyal to Russian ultra-nationalist rebel Vladimir Radchenko and the crew onboard USS Alabama

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5 h. ago Blind date: ‘She called me a dork, which is what every man dreams of’

Kat, 30, who works in the music industry, meets Matt, 30, a civil servantWhat were you hoping for? Great food, a fun story and hopefully someone to explore London with. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Could Trump’s tariffs give a green light for corporate profiteering?

Expectations of inflation, and recent waves of price rises, could be self-fulfilling and fuel ‘greedflation’ – and it may not only apply to US consumersOver the past few years consumers have grown used to seeing prices rise at an exorbitant rate. The cost of everything – from used cars to utility bills and the humble loaf of bread – has rocketed in the worst inflation shock across advanced economies since the 1980s.While inflation has cooled in the past year, talk of fast-rising prices is back on the agenda from Donald Trump’s escalating trade war. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago 250 years after America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacy

Let the arguments begin

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7 h. ago John Swinney urged to host summit on tackling organised crime in Scotland as gang war rages

A growing turf war between rival gangs of drug dealers has escalated across Edinburgh and Glasgow in recent weeks.

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7 h. ago Young Scots woman collapsed two weeks into 'brutal' cancer treatment

"One minute I was out in the garden making a TikTok video the next I was in an ambulance."

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7 h. ago Feral teens used Snapchat to "hunt" schoolgirl victim before brutal beating in restaurant

Sofia Todd, 13, had been enjoying a meal with friends when she was ambushed by a gang of girls at Black Rooster in Paisley earlier this week.

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8 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv sanctions three Chinese companies accused of helping Russia

The companies are believed to have helped produce Iskander missiles used by Russia in the conflict; Trump says he could soon ‘pass’ on peace talks. What we know on day 1,151Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Continue reading...

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