87 m. ago Young adults ‘less confident about DIY skills but more likely to finish tasks’

YouTube and TikTok are replacing dusty DIY manuals for home improvement tips, research from Nationwide Building Society indicates.

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2 h. ago Donald Trump orders Israel to ‘immediately’ stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to free hostages

Palestinian militant group accepts part of US president’s plan but seeks further negotiations on many termsDonald Trump ordered Israel to “immediately” stop bombing Gaza as he welcomed Hamas’s partial acceptance of his ultimatum to end the nearly two-year long war.Hamas has agreed to release all hostages in return for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, as well as surrender governing power in the Gaza Strip, in accordance with Trump’s plan. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Tenerife heart attack leaves Brit in coma and prisoner on holiday island

John Lockyer Drury, 55, was on holiday in Tenerife with his wife Lisa when he suffered a heart attack - he is now in a coma and his wife claims their insurer is not helping them

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2 h. ago Ruben Amorim says criticism from pundits is getting into the heads of his Man United players

Ruben Amorim fears criticism of his system and approach from pundits is getting into the heads of his Manchester United players and ultimately making them doubt his way of playing.

Sport

2 h. ago A senator’s wife, a tragic suicide and bullying claims: Strand Books owner accuses late assistant of major theft in new twist

Exclusive: Nancy Bass Wyden told The Independent that Brandon O’Brien made a ‘deliberate effort ... to ingratiate himself with [my] children over time, gaining their trust in order to twist isolated interactions and steal from me and my family’

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3 h. ago Hamas agrees to release all Israeli hostages as it accepts part of Trump’s plan

Palestinian militant group issues response to US president’s stipulations, but seeks further negotiations on many termsHamas said on Friday that it approved parts of Donald Trump’s ultimatum to end the war in Gaza, agreeing to a hostage exchange and to surrender governing power in the Gaza strip, but insisted on further negotiations over aspects of the plan.The group did not say whether it would lay down its arms – a key part of Trump’s proposal – and kept its response vague to other parts of the 20-part proposal unveiled on Monday. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Agents race to Texas crash site as balloon from space is found in crops

Agents rushed to a West Texas farm after a massive balloon from space crash-landed in a crop field.

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5 h. ago Welsh football club placed up for sale in bid to 'take the next step'

The club has set its sights on ultimately winning the Cymru Premier

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5 h. ago Inside Anthony Perkins' life from Psycho 'curse' to wife's tragic 9/11 death

Charlie Hunnam plays Ed Gein in Netflix’s new true crime series, but it was the late acting icon Anthony Perkins who played the original Psycho.

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5 h. ago Creepy stranger murdered young friends in Arizona wilderness...then called in TIPS about the bloodbath, police say

Thomas Brown was allegedly camping with his wife in the area at the time - before she left the trip early, leaving him alone to allegedly kill the two teenagers in a seemingly random attack.

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7 h. ago Manchester synagogue terrorist was on bail for alleged rape at the time of his rampage and was 'struggling with debt' after 'splitting up with his wife and young son'

The terrorist responsible for the Manchester synagogue attack was reportedly out on bail for alleged rape when he carried out the massacre - and 'struggling with debt following a marital split'.

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7 h. ago US government shutdown: White House halts $2.1bn of Chicago transport funding; ‘I don’t have anything to negotiate’, says Mike Johnson – live

Trump aide Russ Vought said hold would affect work to extend and modernize city’s transit lines amid little hope Senate can agree a way out of shutdownUS government shutdown day three: Republicans and Democrats make little progress on dealTrump administration freezes $2.1bn in funds for Chicago transit projectsAs the world waits for Hamas’s response to Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, the US president has issued a new deadline for the militant group of 6pm ET on Sunday.Trump, who on Monday gave Hamas “three or four days” to respond to his ultimatum, said they were being given “one last chance”. He wrote on his Truth Social platform this morning:Every Country has signed on! If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's private wife, daughters' acting roles and 'painful' allegations

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink will be hoping to impress the Strictly Come Dancing judges when he takes to the ballroom - and he has a very good reason for doing so

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8 h. ago Trump and White House ramp up racist memes blaming Democrats for shutdown: ‘Dollar Store Obama’

President continues to troll House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries with mariachi jibes as U.S. government remains mired in shutdown with federal jobs and public services at stake

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8 h. ago Man fined for parking millimetres over line as he collected wife's medication

Nick Palit, from Penarth, said he couldn't believe it when he returned to his car in the town and he had a parking ticket

Science

8 h. ago Grandparents who beat toddler, two, to death in campaign of horrific abuse are jailed for life

Michael Ives, 48, and his wife Kerry Ives, 46, have been jailed for life at Mold Crown Court with minimum terms of 23 years and 17 years respectively for the murder.

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9 h. ago James May suffers embarrassing moment as only HALF a theatre turn up to his one

The harsh reality of life after Top Gear and The Grand Tour is hitting home for former presenter James May, with disastrous ticket sales for his new one-man stage show.

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9 h. ago Trump issues chilling Gaza ultimatum to Hamas: 'All HELL will break out. This is your final warning'

Trump promised on Truth Social that if the militants did not accept his peace plan that 'all hell' will 'break out against Hamas.'

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9 h. ago Manchester synagogue terrorist was 'reclusive weightlifter living with his mother after splitting up from wife'

The Manchester synagogue terrorist was a reclusive weightlifter who was living with his mother after splitting up from his wife and would work out in the garden, neighbours said.

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9 h. ago Vernon Kay says ‘it’s just not on’ as he's left in disbelief over Strictly update

BBC presenter Vernon Kay has spoken out about the upcoming first eviction on Strictly Come Dancing, which his wife Tess Daly co-hosts with Claudia Winkleman

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