60 m. ago Bank holiday changes as Boxing Day moves and extra days are added

This year, the next nationwide bank holidays will take place on Monday, May 5, as well as Monday, May 26, and on December 25 and December 26

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62 m. ago Meghan Markle lashes out in row over HRH title after agreement with Queen

Meghan Markle has used the title HRH in a gift card to a friend. The use of the title goes against a reported agreement with the Queen to stop using the title after stepping back as a senior royal

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62 m. ago Liverpool became champions without any major changes, but who could they sign?

Captain Virgil van Dijk says a “big summer” is planned

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71 m. ago Formula for a Happy Dog 2025: Leading dog behaviourist shares nine

This advice will help you make sure your dog lives its best life.

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72 m. ago New GTA 6 update and trailer could be on the way after YouTube makes key change

Some official GTA 6 news is expected in the next couple of weeks, but a fresh YouTube update has suggested the game is still on track for 2025 as Rockstar stays tight-lipped on the project

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77 m. ago ‘Last chance for humanity’: the cold reality of monitoring global heating on a glacier

Scientists on Union glacier in Antarctica fear the region is reaching a dangerous tipping point• Words and photographs by James Whitlow DelanoEvery time Dr Ricardo Jaña crosses the turbulent seas that separate Chile from Antarctica, it feels like his first time. The glaciologist at the Chilean Antarctic Institute (Inach) has sailed each year for 12 years through the Drake Passage, where the prevailing westerly winds, unimpeded by any land mass, raise the waters in chaotic waves that lash his boat.“I feel powerless and resigned to the forces of nature,” says Jaña, who is the research chief at the Union Glacier Joint Scientific Polar Station.Jaña skis around the glacier making global navigation satellite system measurements Continue reading...

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85 m. ago Senior Labour council leader says Government must do more to counter Reform UK

Sir Stephen Houghton, chairman of the body representing metropolitan district councils, questioned benefits changes and investment strategy.

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92 m. ago McLaren F1 chief makes major Lando Norris statement: 'The answer is yes'

Lando Norris has been hyped up by McLaren for years and one of his closest aides is adamant the Englishman can become a world champion despite some recent frustrations

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94 m. ago Tony Blair calls for radical reset of climate change policies in major intervention

Former PM warns climate policy has become disconnected from ‘political, public, and economic reality’ and claims COP is struggling to ‘deliver change at the speed required’

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1 hour ago 'I'll always sing a political song while doing the splits': Meow Meow returns to London with cabaret catharsis

Prepare for audience interaction and lashings of sequins as the diva plans her grand return to Soho Theatre

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2 h. ago Helen Mirren urges people over 50 to make 'small change' for healthy ageing

The 79-year-old Oscar winner encouraged people in midlife to make "little changes to help them later in life"

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3 h. ago Immigration law changes: New rules to reduce migrant hotel use and restrict sex offender refugee claims

Measures to be introduced following cases such as the chemical attack by Abdul Ezedi, who threw a corrosive substance over his former girlfriend and two children in Clapham last year

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4 h. ago Swansea council moves all its lorries and vans into a new depot

Staff are being consulted on the change, said the authority

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4 h. ago Canada election 2025 live: Mark Carney says ‘Trump is trying to break us’ after Liberal win

Prime minister says America ‘wants our land, our resources, our water’ and promises to protect countryCanada election 2025: latest results as Mark Carney seeks to stay on as PMFull report: Canada’s liberal party, led by Mark Carney, secures election victory after dramatic reversal of fortuneA record number of people – 7.3 million – have already voted during an early voting period that was held last weekend. That topped the 5.8 million Canadians who voted early at the last federal election in 2021.All ballots in a Canadian federal election are counted by hand in front of witnesses, and the final results are validated over a period of time then made available online. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Canada election 2025 live: Pierre Poilievre congratulates Mark Carney after Liberal party wins

Public broadcaster and other outlets project Liberals will form next government, but it was not yet clear if they would hold a majorityCanada election 2025: latest results as Mark Carney seeks to stay on as PMFull report: Canada’s liberal party, led by Mark Carney, secures election victory after dramatic reversal of fortuneA record number of people – 7.3 million – have already voted during an early voting period that was held last weekend. That topped the 5.8 million Canadians who voted early at the last federal election in 2021.All ballots in a Canadian federal election are counted by hand in front of witnesses, and the final results are validated over a period of time then made available online. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago 'I'm going to vote Reform, we need change': On the streets of the only place in Greater Manchester voting this week

The voters of Balderstone and Kirkholt in Rochdale will have the chance to select their newest councillor at the by-election this week

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5 h. ago Why is Labour getting bolder on Europe? It knows even leave voters can now see the benefits | Gaby Hinsliff

With Labour losing votes to pro-European parties, an intriguing new deep-dive makes clear that the public mood has shiftedIt’s nearly nine years now since Britain lost its collective mind.More than enough time, then, to put the Brexit referendum into perspective. Leavers have moved on to the point where only 11% of British voters still kid themselves that it’s turned out brilliantly. It’s remain politicians who had started to look strangely stuck in the past, still frightened of sounding too pro-European in case they somehow woke the monster. But joyfully – now there’s a word I haven’t typed much lately – it looks like something is finally shifting.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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5 h. ago How Sonali Shah left the City, fed Ben Affleck and found her flavour

After walking away from a career in finance, Sonali Shah found herself cooking on film sets, throwing supper clubs and writing a cookbook all about dips. Camilla Foster meets the food stylist who followed her gut — and ended up feeding the stars

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6 h. ago Asian American veterans share emotional stories 50 years after Vietnam War

Five decades after the end of the U.S.-led war in Vietnam, Asian American and Pacific Islander veterans are reflecting on the life-changing ordeal that was at time made more complicated by their race

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7 h. ago Canada’s liberal party, led by Mark Carney, secures election victory after dramatic reversal of fortune

Party written off months ago secures fourth term in stunning comeback after Donald Trump’s threats boosted campaignResults trackerJoy for Liberals: follow the election results liveCanada’s Liberal party has won a fourth term, capping a miraculous political resurrection for the party – and marking a landmark victory for former central banker and political novice Mark Carney as he prepares to face off against US president Donald Trump.Late on Monday, the Liberals had won or were leading in enough seats to prevent any other party from forming government, according to the national broadcaster CBC. As results from Canada’s Atlantic provinces and vote-rich Quebec and Ontario came in late on Monday, supporters at the Liberals’ election night party erupted in cheers. Continue reading...

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