87 m. ago Brits warned after tourists targeted by new extortion scam in Amsterdam

City breakers heading to Amsterdam are being advised to be cautious if approached by someone appearing to be in need, after reports on social media of fabricated stories.

Events

99 m. ago 'We’ve spent four years housesitting our way through retirement’

Donna and Frank have been able to get ‘a really nice holiday every year’ thanks to their retirement side hustle

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9 h. ago Teddi Mellencamp says cancer is ‘gone’ after years of treatment: ‘I was in such shock’

Mellencamp recently paused immunotherapy treatments to regain strength

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10 h. ago Tonight's rugby news as top Wales star tipped to leave and lock out for three months

The rugby stories making headlines on the evening of Friday, October 3

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17 h. ago Good Morning Britain guest breaks down in tears discussing 'heartbreaking' Manchester attack

Emotions were running high as the presenter were joined by a panel of guests to discuss the latest news stories, including the attack that happened on Thursday.

Events

19 h. ago Sports quiz of the week: Ryder Cup, World Cup winners and Harry Kane

Have you been following the big – and small – stories in football, golf, rugby union, cricket and rugby league? Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Leigh Halfpenny nears rugby return and coach's tragedy during Lions tour emerges

The latest rugby news stories from around the world today

Sport

23 h. ago US archivist ousted after refusing to let Trump give Eisenhower’s sword to King Charles – reports

The Trump administration ultimately gave the King a replica sword on the president’s recent state visitThe Eisenhower Presidential Library’s director has exited his position after advocating against giving a sword from the collection to King Charles as a gift during Donald Trump’s recent state visit, according to US media reports on Thursday.Todd Arrington left his post on Monday after being told to “resign or be fired”, he told CBS News, which did not specify who had relayed the message to the historian. Continue reading...

Politics

26 h. ago Trump news at a glance: President hails shutdown as ‘opportunity’ to further campaign of cuts

The government has already announced the cancellation of billions of dollars in federal funding for projects tied to Democrats. Key US politics stories from Thursday 2 October at a glanceAs the US government shutdown stretched into its second day, Donald Trump on Thursday hailed the funding lapse as an “unprecedented opportunity” to further his campaign of firing federal workers and downsizing departments.The president announced on social media that he would sit down with Russell Vought, the White House office of management and budget chief, an architect of the mass firings and buyouts of federal workers. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Virgil Abloh: The Codes review – archive show sews up status as his generation’s leading designer

Grand Palais, Paris Teeming display from Abloh’s vast collection shows him spinning Evian bottles, Air Jordans and mixtapes into landmark looksBefore his death in 2021 aged 41, Virgil Abloh was often called the most important fashion designer of his generation. Not the best – not even close. Even at Louis Vuitton, where he became the first Black man to oversee the label’s menswear in 2018, he preferred to print on T-shirts rather than tailor them. But as a pop-culture-obsessed polymath who approached fashion with a teenager’s enthusiasm, his high-low take on streetwear sought to open up the rarefied world of fashion to kids like him who had historically been shut out of it, whether he was putting his stamp on Evian bottles, Ikea rugs, or £8,000 bags.The scale of his impact on design can’t be measured in stuff, but Virgil Abloh: The Codes, the first exhibition devoted purely to the late fashion designer’s whopping 20,000-item archive, demonstrates that he was as much a voracious coll...

Culture

34 h. ago Kingdom of Kubala: Two arrested as 'African' tribe evicted from Scottish Borders camp

The group claim they are ‘reclaiming land that was stolen from their ancestors 400 years ago’.

Events

34 h. ago Crystal Palace XI vs Dynamo Kyiv: Starting lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Conference League today

Eagles are flying high ahead of trip to Poland, with Oliver Glasner’s squad almost at full strength

Events

36 h. ago Kilmarnock boss backs Bruce Anderson to go from 'strength to strength' amid striker injury blow

The forward bagged his first league goal of the season last week - but a fellow striker faces a spell on the sidelines

Events

36 h. ago From the Archives: Stuart Kelly reviews La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman in 2017

With the third instalment of Philip Pullman’s Book of Dust trilogy due to be released later this month, we revisit Stuart Kelly’s review of the opening book in the series from 2017

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38 h. ago Vote in our Independent Money poll: Have proposed pension or inheritance tax changes affected your retirement savings plans?

Each week, we invite readers to share their views on the financial stories making headlines – and impacting your bank balance

Economics

39 h. ago ‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativityJosh was at the end of his rope when he turned to ChatGPT for help with a parenting quandary. The 40-year-old father of two had been listening to his “super loquacious” four-year-old talk about Thomas the Tank Engine for 45 minutes, and he was feeling overwhelmed.“He was not done telling the story that he wanted to tell, and I needed to do my chores, so I let him have the phone,” recalled Josh, who lives in north-west Ohio. “I thought he would finish the story and the phone would turn off.” Continue reading...

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41 h. ago King of 'African tribe' is removed from Scottish woodland where they have been camped for weeks by immigration officers

Kofi Offeh, 36, originally from Ghana, Jean Gasho, 42, from Zimbabwe, and 'handmaiden' Kaura Taylor, from Texas, were seen being led away by law enforcement early on Thursday morning.

Events

41 h. ago Kingdom of Kubala in Pictures: How an African 'tribe' lived in Scottish Borders woodland for five months before being evicted

Police and immigration enforcement officers moved onto the site today.

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41 h. ago 'African tribe' evicted from Scottish forest as mother calls for 'brainwashed' daughter's deportation

Three people, who claim they are from the ‘Kingdom of Kubala’, have been residing in woods near the town of Jedburgh after moving to the area last spring

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41 h. ago Mum calls for 'brainwashed' daughter living with 'African tribe' in Scotland to be deported

The mum wants authorities to send her daughter back home to Texas.

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