75 m. ago Whisky industry supplier Guala Closures invests £52m in new Scottish plant to house 300 workers

“The investment is one of the largest made by an Italian business in the UK” – Adrian Gillespie, Scottish Enterprise

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79 m. ago 'I'm tempted to organise a wild orgy – I want revenge after my ex dumped me at the beach'

JUST JANE: Today our agony aunt Jane O'Gorman is dealing with a new issue from a Daily Star reader who can't get over being humiliated on a family holiday

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1 hour ago Tommy Fury fans 'so happy' as he gushes over 'life' with Molly

The boxer shared a new photo of himself and Molly-Mae, which quickly sent fans wild

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1 hour ago Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov review – how it feels to lose a father

The International Booker winner explores Bulgarian family life under communism in this moving depiction of a son’s bereavementThe Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov was published quietly in the Anglophone world for years before he won the 2023 International Booker prize with Time Shelter, about an Alzheimer’s clinic that recreates the past so successfully, it beguiles the wider world.He is perhaps now Bulgaria’s biggest export. Ever playful, never linear, his new novel Death and the Gardener consists of vignettes of a beloved dying and dead father, told by a narrator who, like Gospodinov, is an author. Gospodinov has spoken publicly about losing his own father recently, and the novel feels autobiographical in tone. When we read “My father was a gardener. Now he is a garden,” it is not the beginning of an Archimboldiesque surrealist tale, but rather a more direct exploration of how we express and where we put our love. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Manchester United receive injury boost after positive update on defender

Man Utd defender Lisandro Martinez suffered a serious knee injury in February and the defender is on the comeback trail.

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2 h. ago AD FEATURE: Manchester Day returns with a riot of colour, culture and music

Manchester Day and the Music for the Senses trail offer everything from fantastical creatures to iconic guitars

Culture

7 h. ago CBS to cancel Late Show with Stephen Colbert just days after host blasted company's settlement with Trump as 'big fat bribe'

CBS executives have announced that they have canceled the Late Show with Stephen Colbert , just days after the host blasted the network's settlement with President Donald Trump .

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7 h. ago The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to end in 2026 as CBS cancels show

Colbert told shocked audience he only found out the night before, as CBS announced it will end the entire Late Show franchise after 33 yearsThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been cancelled and will end in May, with network CBS announcing it will retire the Late Show entirely after a 33-year run.Colbert, who has hosted the talkshow since 2015, announced the news during Thursday night’s taping, telling the audience he had only been told the news the previous night. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago 'Inspiring' influencer plunges 600ft to death in Italian Dolomites cycling crash

Andreas Tonelli's family raised the alarm on Tuesday evening after he failed to return home from a ride in the Italian Dolomites, sparking a huge helicopter search at around 9pm

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9 h. ago Lionesses bounce back from being on brink of Euros heartbreak to send fans wild

It was a sensational comeback for the England Women who went from being two goals down to equalising with just 10 minutes left on the clock - and they then beat Sweden on penalties

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9 h. ago Damian Lillard reportedly finalizing deal to return to Portland Trail Blazers

Lillard finalizing three-year, $42m contract per ESPNNine-time All-Star waived by Bucks after achilles tearDamian Lillard is returning to the Portland Trail Blazers. The nine-time NBA All-Star is finalizing a three-year, $42m contract with the franchise where he spent the first 11 seasons of his career, ESPN reported Thursday. The deal includes a player option for the 2027–28 season and a no-trade clause.Lillard, who turned 35 this week, was waived by the Milwaukee Bucks on 7 July. The team stretched the $113m remaining on his contract to make room for free-agent center Myles Turner. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Extreme sports influencer falls 600ft to death into Italian Dolomites ravine crash

Extreme sports influencer Andreas Tonelli, 48, is believed to have crashed his mountain bike moments before he plummeted 600ft into a ravine in the Italian Dolomites

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10 h. ago Wild video shows passenger of $142K BMW brawling with witnesses after London crash

Wild video shows passenger of $142K BMW brawling with witnesses after London crash  New York Post

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10 h. ago The first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound dies in crash in Italy, city's mayor says

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound more than a decade ago, died in a crash Thursday along the eastern coast of Italy

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10 h. ago Tadej Pogacar dedicates Tour de France win to teenage Italian cyclist who died in crash

Authorities are investigating the circumstances of the crash which killed 19-year-old Samuele Privitera

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11 h. ago 30 million Americans at risk as monster storm shifts path in new spaghetti models

Meteorologists have warned that a surge in tropical moisture could set off dangerous flash floods all the way from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley, impacting residents in parts of 11 states.

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12 h. ago Felix Baumgartner dead at 56: Wingsuit daredevil who jumped from space is killed in paragliding crash after his craft ploughed into Italian hotel swimming pool leaving woman injured

The Austrian sportsman, 56, reportedly lost control of his aircraft on Thursday at around 4pm in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Marche., Italy.

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12 h. ago Man who sent Facebook message about committing a campus sexual assault pleads guilty

A man accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said “So I raped you” has pleaded guilty

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13 h. ago People smuggling gang who loaded terrified migrants as young as five inside locked trailers and shipped them from UK to France are jailed for 70 years

Videos were found on the phone of Algerian Azize Benaniba, 41, the head of the gang, of terrified families screaming for help.

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13 h. ago Shooting of bear that swam to tiny Canadian island frustrates First Nations

Indigenous groups had offered to rehome grizzly nicknamed Tex who was killed without authorizationThe journey of Tex, a young grizzly bear that gripped public attention in Canada after swimming to a tiny populated island, came to a violent end this week after he was shot and killed without authorization, despite plans by Indigenous groups to relocate him.The four-year-old bear’s landfall on 25 May on Texada Island, a tiny island off the west coast, set off a controversy between differing interpretations of how to treat wild predators. Its shooting on Tuesday has advocates calling for the British Columbia government to act faster when it comes to working with First Nations on environmental stewardship. Continue reading...

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