92 m. ago Funeral home director 'handed fake ashes to thousands of pet owners

Patrick Vereb, 70, of Pittsburgh, PA, is alleged to have swindled more than £490,000 from around 6,500 people by promising to cremate their deceased cats and dogs for a fee

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1 hour ago Horror moment walker spots 23 inch poisonous snake on UK mountain

Lorraine Flower quickly took out her phone to capture the horror moment a snake from the UK's only venomous species slithered past her on as she enjoyed a mountain walk in the UK countryside

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2 h. ago Belal Muhammad vows to make UFC 315 ring walk with Palestine flag: ‘Nothing will stop me’

An image of the flag was recently removed from the champion’s fighter profile, before being restored

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2 h. ago Netflix's Cheat: Unfinished Business: Which couples are still together now?

Netflix's official synopsis reads: 'Sun, scandal and second chances collide in this reality show in which former cheaters reconnect with their exes.'

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3 h. ago Nigel Farage says the NHS should NOT be funded from general taxation because it 'isn't working' and the 'rich' should pay more

The Reform UK leader, speaking ahead of today's local elections , said the health service in its current form 'is not working' as he suggested 'the rich' should pay more.

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3 h. ago South Ayrshire Provost Iain Campbell quits during stormy meeting and slams "despicable people"

A dramatic meeting saw the Provost walk from the chamber.

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3 h. ago parkwalk record smashed on parkrun and Vitality’s ‘Let’s Walk’ day

This weekend saw a record number of parkwalkers at parkrun across the United Kingdom as the nation came together for parkrun and Vitality’s ‘Let’s Walk’ day with over 13,000 people walking at their local parkrun.

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3 h. ago Strictly’s Katya Jones sticks by Wynne Evans after scandal for simple reason

Katya Jones, who partnered up with Wynne Evans on the last series of Strictly Come Dancing, issued a six-word reason for supporting the opera singer

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3 h. ago Freakier Friday cast and crew criticise ‘hurtful’ Asian stereotypes in 2003 film

Director Nisha Ganatra said she felt they ‘owed audiences to make it right’ in the new filmThe director and leading cast member of Freakier Friday, the soon-to-be-released sequel to Disney’s 2003 body-swap comedy Freaky Friday, have criticised the “hurtful” Asian stereotypes of the older film and said they “owed audiences to make it right”.Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, director Nisha Ganatra, a Canadian whose parents were first generation immigrants from India, said of the 2003 film: “I remember watching it and feeling torn, mostly about the Asian representation It was something I brought up right away when I had my first meetings with the producers. I had a moment of the presentation that was like, ‘problematic Asian representation!’” Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Sinners star Jack O’Connell on his secret Irish dancing past

Jack O’Connell and Delroy Lindo sit down to talk all things Sinners, the highly anticipated supernatural horror from director Ryan Coogler. They share what it was like filming the genre-bending project, what they learned from working with Coogler — and Jack reveals an unexpected history with Irish dancing.

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5 h. ago Move fast and destroy things: 100 chaotic days of Elon Musk in the White House

From mass firings to unprecedented influence, Musk has left little of the federal government untouched in Doge roleOne hundred days after Elon Musk entered the White House as Donald Trump’s senior adviser and the de facto leader of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), the Tesla CEO has left little of the federal government unscathed. Over the course of just a few months, he has gutted agencies and public services that took decades to build while accumulating immense political power.Musk’s role in the Trump administration is without modern precedent. Never before has the world’s richest person been deputized by the US president to cull the very agencies that oversee his businesses. Musk’s attempts to radically dismantle government bureaus have won him sprawling influence. His team has embedded its members in key roles across federal agencies, gained access to personal data on millions of Americans and fired tens of thousands of workers. SpaceX, where he is CEO,...

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5 h. ago Nigel Farage 'doesn't want' NHS to be publicly funded as Reform leader criticises health service

The Reform UK leader was condemned for comments broadcast on the day of the local elections in England.

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5 h. ago Gillian Anderson says she’s spoken to X Files reboot director Ryan Coogler about reprising role: ‘I said, call me’

‘If the phone rings... perhaps,’ said actor, who played FBI agent Dana Scully in original ‘X Files’ series

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6 h. ago NHS Lanarkshire 'sorry' after patient visited A&E five times before cancer diagnosis

The patient's partner made a complaint to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman which was upheld.

Science

6 h. ago Martin Scorsese documentary to bring ‘final dream’ of Pope Francis to life

It will feature conversations between Oscar-winning director Scorsese and the late pontiff.

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6 h. ago Tesla denies board search for Elon Musk’s successor; Trump tariffs to slash growth, says Bank of Japan – business live

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as US electric carmaker says report board is looking for next Tesla boss is ‘absolutely false’National Grid, the FTSE 100 company that owns the UK’s electricity network, has appointed Shell oil executive Zoë Yujnovich as chief executive after the retirement of John Pettigrew.Yujnovich was until recently working at FTSE 100 oil company Shell, where she was director of integrated gas and upstream (oil production) and a member of the executive committee. She previously led the Iron Ore company of Canada, part of Rio Tinto.I firmly believe in the vital function energy companies play in driving change and creating value. On both sides of the Atlantic National Grid has an essential role to play in making energy secure, affordable and reliable for our customers and communities. I’m excited about leading National Grid as it delivers on the growth opportunities ahead. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Rangers kingmaker flattened Gareth Bale and left Joe Jordan raging as insider reckons he's already at work at Ibrox

Gretar Steinsson was tenacious as a player and his former boss Owen Coyle reckons he's similar as a technical director

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8 h. ago A luxury lighthouse stay in northern Spain: ‘Windows look east and west to sunrise and sunset’

A renovated lighthouse on the Bay of Biscay is the perfect base for exploring Asturias’s maritime delightsI have always longed to be a lighthouse keeper and now, at last, I am one. If only for the weekend. Look at my chunky-knit jumper! Feel the waterproof weave of my Donegal tweed cap! Truth be told, I am way too toasty in this quasi-nautical ensemble, having hoped and dressed for ominous fog, murderous gales and oceanic rainstorms. Instead, it is bright, calm and warm on an early spring afternoon in the famously pretty fishing village of Cudillero in Asturias, where the Costa Verde of northern Spain drops away into the deep blue Bay of Biscay.Built in 1858, the local lighthouse – the Faro de Cudillero – stands on a shelf of rock just beyond the harbour, a short walk up stone steps and along a narrow cliff side service path. Its hexagonal beacon tower has been remodelled a few times over the years. The signal lamp inside was first fuelled by olive oil, then paraffin and petrol, bef...

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8 h. ago A horror movie masterpiece featuring one of the UK's best actors is airing on TV tonight

The film was a reunion between an autuer director and his first star

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9 h. ago Rachel Roddy’s recipe for chicken scaloppine with mushrooms and marsala | A kitchen in Rome

A melt-in-the-mouth dish of fried tenderised chicken in a mushroom and sweet wine sauceThe term escalope is borrowed from the old French escalope, meaning “shell or carapace”, which is likely to be borrowed from the old Norse skalpr (“sheath”) or Middle Dutch schelpe (“shell”). This explains the shape, and why the word evolved to describe a slice of meat that has been pounded until it’s the same slimness all over.This week’s recipe is inspired by the restaurant Bocca Di Lupo in Soho, which a few months ago, after a night at the theatre with my parents, was one of the few places still open and more than welcoming to walk-ins at 10.30pm. Sitting on the high stools at the end of the long, marble bar, Dad chose ravioli filled with ricotta and spinach, while Mum and I had scaloppine di pollo al marsala e funghi (thin chicken escalope with mushrooms in a soft, slightly thickened marsala sauce). The meal and wine would have been superb in any circumstance, but the feeling of relief combine...

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