57 m. ago 'This pretty cream blush stick knocks years off my skin and feels so hydrating'

These new blush sticks are available in six shades and can be used on the cheeks and the lips. Here, we put them to the test – and are super impressed...

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70 m. ago Air fryer expert shares six common mistakes she'd 'never make' again

Air fryers can make mealtimes a breeze, but there are a few common mistakes many of us make when using them. Cookbook author Clare Andrews has shared six blunders to avoid

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2 h. ago Edinburgh boarding school 'protected abusers for six decades'

Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry chairwoman Lady Smith has published her findings on the provision of residential care at Merchiston Castle School.

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2 h. ago Oasis Murrayfield Production Tickets: Here's how you could bag a last minute ticket to the Britpop band's Edinburgh gigs

Oasis fans may about to be given a final chance to be at one of the most talked-about gigs of the summer.

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2 h. ago British teacher, 25, dies in China just 90 minutes after 'excited to come home' call

Bradley Hall passed away from a suspected heart issue around six weeks ago while working in China, but his family haven't been able to bring his body back

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2 h. ago Brit who claimed he 'accidentally' hacked Finnish pensioner to death with an axe after the 75

Garo Jlitakryan, 32, admitted lashing out at his victim, who has not been named, with an axe at least six times on July 29, 2024 in the victim's home town of Seinäjoki

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2 h. ago Chemical attack at McDonald's sees six people rushed to hospital

Police have stressed that such behaviour will "not be tolerated", as an investigation gets underway.

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3 h. ago From Chimpanzini Bananini to Ballerina Cappuccina: how gen alpha went wild for Italian brain rot animals

If you were born after 2000, or know someone who is, the chances are you’ve come across this ludicrous AI-generated meme. If not, be reassured that its chaotic, nonsensical banality is the pointWhen one of Tim’s year 8 pupils asked him about his “favourite Italian brain rot animal”, he thought he’d misheard. “My hearing is not great at the best of times – I had to ask her to repeat this probably four or five times,” he says.Tim (not his real name) was familiar with the term “brain rot”, used to describe the sense of mental decline after too much time spent mindlessly scrolling online (and voted Oxford University Press’s word of the year for 2024). But what was this about it being Italian? Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Woman and child injured after 'rollercoaster cart crashed off track at North Wales funfair'

Terri Murray, 39, took her nephew, 10, on the Gold Mine Express when she heard a "sudden bang" and their carriage came off the track and plunged around six feet before hitting the floor

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3 h. ago Strictly partners Dan Walker and Nadiya Bychkova 'raise eyebrows' at TRIC Awards

They spent six months dancing closely together but it's commonplace for Strictly Come Dancing partners not to remain friends after the BBC show wraps, often they don't speak again.

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3 h. ago Edinburgh boarding school for boys ‘protected abusers’ for six decades, inquiry finds

Lady Smith said there was a ‘more or less continuous line of indecency’ from two named perpetrators at Edinburgh school.

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3 h. ago Hull teenager becomes second Briton ever to join professional sumo stable

Nicholas Tarasenko, 15, gets rare chance to break into professional sumo ranks after winning amateur tournaments and learning JapaneseA teenager from Hull has arrived in Japan to pursue his dream of becoming a grand champion sumo wrestler, as only the second Briton to win a place at one of the ancient sport’s professional stables.Nicholas Tarasenko, 15, left Yorkshire for Japan straight after finishing his GCSEs, to become the first British hopeful to join a stable since Nathan Strange – a Londoner who fought under the ring name Hidenokuni – in 1989. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Conservatives fear welfare reforms will not head off ‘tax rises’ this autumn

Shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride warned that ‘tax rises are coming’ in this autumn’s budget, opposite Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.

Economics

3 h. ago Boarding school ‘protected abusers’ for six decades, inquiry concludes

Lady Smith said there was a ‘more or less continuous line of indecency’ from two named perpetrators at Merchiston Castle School.

Events

3 h. ago ‘Like a trap’: NHS surgeon describes death of nephew, 16, at Gaza food point

Mohammad went missing after becoming separated from his uncles. His family later found his body mutilated beyond recognitionMohammad’s family spent four days searching for him after he became separated from his uncles at a food distribution point in northern Gaza.They clung to the chance that he had been arrested by the Israel Defense Forces, as the boy was not among the corpses recovered after troops opened fire. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Wife's heartbreaking letter after tourist husband gunned down in Bali

Mother-of-six Jazmyn Gourdeas asked her lawyer to read out the letter, which described the late Zivan Radmanovic, 32, as a "loving man and the best dad in the world" after he was gunned down in Bali, Indonesia

Politics

4 h. ago Electric car brand offering free bungee jumps to anyone who visits its showrooms

A new electric car brand is giving showroom visitors the chance to bungee jump from a 50 metre crane in London

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4 h. ago Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua has to happen as former world champ lays the blame at boxing matchmakers

Ricky Hatton knows time is running out to deliver the fight every boxing fan wants to see

Sport

4 h. ago Eurostar services disrupted after ‘cable theft’ leads to delays and cancellations – business live

Six trains between London and Paris cancelled after theft of cables at Lille leave passengers strandedPeople in the UK: how is AI changing job-seeking for university graduates?The price of the world’s first malaria vaccine for children in endemic countries will be reduced by more than half, to less than $5, according to the drugmakers GSK and Bharat Biotech.The vaccine, called Mosquirix or RTS,S, was developed by GSK and the non-profit health organisation PATH, and was the first malaria vaccine to be recommended by the World Health Organization in October 2021. It is one of two malaria shots recommended by the WHO.“As an epidemiologist working in malaria vaccine development and delivery, I have seen the impact malaria vaccines are already having on children in high-burden regions of Africa. As a result of the collaboration between the research community in implementing endemic countries, industry, NGOs and multilateral organisations, the world’s first malaria vaccine is helping to r...

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4 h. ago Homes can't be built on empty site because bats might be there

An inspector found the benefits of six new homes would be 'modest' and would not 'outweigh the harm to biodiversity interests'

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