10 m. ago Celtic Boys Club abuse victim Gordon Woods admits he’s close to death in emotional social media post

A CELTIC Boys Club abuse survivor has told how he is receiving “end-of-life” care just a day after his daughter's 16th birthday. Gordon Woods took to social media to tell his followers that this would be his “last post” endured a 50-year battle for justice. The 71-year-old was one of 28 ex-starlets who took the...

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28 m. ago Polish 'stalker' who claimed to be Madeleine McCann tells court 'American psychic Fia Johansson kept her captive in US after arranging for her to appear on Dr Phil show'

Julia Wandelt said Fia Johansson also made her 'hand over' her social media accounts after promising to help her get a DNA test to prove she was Madeleine.

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29 m. ago NIAMH KIRK: Men need a wake up call as 1 in 3 Brits feel uncomfortable giving CPR to women

St John's Ambulance have revealed that one in three people are reluctant to give a woman CPR due to worrying about being 'inappropriate'. It's 2025 and women are literally having to fight for their lives

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71 m. ago Remote tribes could be 'wiped out' in 10 years thanks to YouTubers and influencers

Social media influencers looking to make 'first contact' with Indigenous groups are risking their survival by exposing them to new diseases which they have no immunity to, a charity has warned

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72 m. ago Celebrity Traitors' star says 'I feel invigorated' after escaping to Welsh beauty spot

Clare posted a video of her Swansea adventures on social media, saying 'I love working on BBC Ramblings so much'

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84 m. ago Jimmy Lai’s son sends message to Trump before key summit: Please convince Xi Jinping to free my father

Exclusive: Son of British media tycoon welcomes US president’s promise to raise issue during Thursday’s landmark meeting

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87 m. ago I visited eerie Edinburgh tomb at Greyfriars Kirkyard that's 'haunted' by poltergeist

Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh has become world-famous as the site of the Mackenzie Poltergeist phenomenon.

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93 m. ago M&S Christmas turkey stirs controversy among shoppers over price

A furious shopper took to social media site, Reddit, to ask if they were wrong for thinking that £150 for a single Christmas turkey was a ludicrous price

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1 hour ago Ukraine floods Putin troops by blowing up dam, leaving several Russian units cut off

Footage shared on social media shows water gushing out of the damaged reservoir which reportdly left Russian troops stranded.

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1 hour ago "Horrific" Balloch dog attack leaves beloved pooch facing stitches and surgery

The incident took place in the town earlier this month, with Australian Labradoodle Charlie left shaken following the attack.

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1 hour ago Sickening CCTV footage shows rapist hunting for women to spike in club

Kenan Baki spiked the drinks of both women after meeting them at a nightclub in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on 2 September 2023.

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1 hour ago Warning to Sky, TNT Sports and Virgin Media users over 'dodgy' Firestick devices

Officials warned that it is taking action against those using 'dodgy' or 'fully loaded' Firesticks to illegally stream sports and paid-for content

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2 h. ago Thursday Murder Club writer Richard Osman is victim of identity theft as he warns fans over TikTok pretender

EXCLUSIVE: It sounds like a plot out of one of his scintillating crime novels - a multi-millionaire author impersonated by a shameless, scheming social media personality.

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2 h. ago Atlanta journalist says he ‘won’t be the only’ one deported by Trump officials

Emmy award-winner Mario Guevara warns administration ‘has the power’ after he was arrested and sent to El SalvadorMario Guevara has said he may have been “the first” immigrant journalist whom Donald Trump’s administration deported from the US while working – but the Emmy award-winner added: “I don’t think [I’ll] be the only one.”“Just be careful because [immigration agents are] very aggressive,” Guevara recently said from El Salvador in a virtual interview with the US Freedom of the Press Tracker, during which he was asked whether he had any message for other immigrant colleagues in the industry. “They showed they are – they don’t care about journalists. They don’t believe in the media.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Love Island star shows off result of boob job just five days after going under the knife

Love Island star Andrada Pop has unveiled the results of a recent trip to Turkey for plastic surgery, documenting the process on her social media accounts

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4 h. ago Sky, TNT Sports and Virgin Media warning over 'dodgy' Firestick monitoring

'Fully loaded' devices are being used to stream paid for content including football - full list of UK areas targets most recently

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4 h. ago Dutch athlete and convicted child rapist denied visa to compete in Australia

Steven van de Velde was convicted in 2016 and sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to raping a 12-year-old British girl he had met on social media

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4 h. ago People left baffled at '0 bedroom' flat on the market for £1,850 per month

The '0 bedroom' second-floor flat in the affluent Belsize Park area in Hampstead has caused a storm after being shared on social media this week.

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4 h. ago Expanded state powers on fossil fuel projects and water ‘betrayal’ of Australians, nature law critics say

Extracts of planned changes to the EPBC Act prompt ‘anger’ from conservation organisations that fear nature protection will be weakenedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastState governments could be given expanded powers to make decisions on fossil fuel developments under Labor’s proposed overhaul of environment law, prompting “shock and anger” from community-based conservation organisations that fear nature protection would be weakened.The Albanese government plans to introduce its planned changes to the national law – the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act – to parliament later this week, and has been briefing interest groups on its plans. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago This hotels saga isn’t really about asylum seekers: it’s a window on to a far bigger scandal | Gaby Hinsliff

A blistering new report tells a tale of billions wasted and vulnerable people left traumatised, while companies profit from a blundering stateA young man lounges under a beach umbrella in shorts, the sunny Dubai skyline visible over his shoulder. You, too, he tells his followers, can live the millionaire lifestyle plastered all over his social media accounts; the secret is housing vulnerable people at the taxpayer’s expense. The TikToker Luigi Newton, who says he started out working in a call centre and now manages a string of mostly social housing properties remotely from overseas, is just one of a new breed of landlord influencers boasting about the supposedly rich pickings to be made from buying up and renovating cheap housing to rent to social housing providers, ensuring a steady, hassle-free stream of government-backed income dropping into their accounts.In one video, Newton admits he’s had flak online because one of his main clients is the outsourcing giant Serco, which mostly...

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