73 m. ago Geri Halliwell cooks up fresh row with neighbours over 'illegal' brick

The former Spice Girl and ex-Red Bull Formula One team principal have already found themselves at loggerheads with residents over a pergola and gazebo built without planning permission.

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83 m. ago New Zealand storms: people missing after landslide hits campsite as minister compares east coast to ‘war zone’

Record-breaking rains spark landslide at Mount Maunganui campsite, with helicopter teams retrieving families from rooftops and local states of emergency declaredEmergency services in New Zealand are searching for several people, including a child, believed missing after a landslide hit a campsite during storms that have caused widespread damage across the North Island.Emergency minister Mark Mitchell told RNZ that parts of the east coast looked like “a war zone”, with helicopters deployed to rescue families sheltering on rooftops from flooding, and local states of emergency declared in five regions across Northland and the East Cape due to days of record-breaking torrential rain. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago DAN HODGES: Starmer stood up to Toxic Trump. Kemi and Farage would be wise to do the same

Stop all the clocks. Cut off the telephone. Keir Starmer has finally discovered a backbone and stood up to Donald Trump.

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2 h. ago Real reason Nicola Peltz's 'whole view of other people is so warped'

Brooklyn Peltz Beckham shared an explosive statement on his Instagram story where he accused his parents - Sir David and Lady Victoria - of prioritising "Brand Beckham" over family

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2 h. ago 100 MPs back Waspi letter urging Government to ‘reach the right decision’

Angela Madden, chair of Waspi, said it is ‘high time that ministers stopped stalling and started compensating Waspi women’.

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2 h. ago John Swinney calls for intervention to increase number of affordable homes

The First Minister says another 36,000 such homes will cost up to £4.9 billion.

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3 h. ago Thug revved chainsaw at dog walker before ‘chopping’ him with tool after row while cutting down trees

A CHAINSAW wielding thug who attacked a dog walker has been jailed. Lewis Whitsey, 34, assaulted Paul Mills while cutting down trees near his home in Gospel Lane, Solihull, on May 28 last year. The terrifying encounter unfolded after he inserted himself into a row between Mr Mills and a fellow dog walker. Mr Mills was...

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3 h. ago 'Kowtow Keir' Starmer to visit Beijing for trade talks with President Xi Jinping

The Prime Minister is expected to make his first visit to China next week with a host of British business chief executives in tow.

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4 h. ago I’ve found the best supermarket butters to slather on your toast, from Tesco, Asda and more

As the cost of butter rises, it's worth knowing which brands are worth their salt

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4 h. ago Moisés Caicedo saves face for wasteful Chelsea against battling Pafos

The brief ripple of applause at full time said it all. This was a deeply unconvincing display from ­Chelsea, who took 78 agonising minutes to find a way past the might of the champions of Cyprus, and it was not a surprise that Stamford Bridge greeted victory with such a muted response.The mood was one of relief. There was plenty of angst on a night when the home fans continued their protests against Chelsea’s ­owners. The football was too slow, too ­predictable, and it hardly seemed to register that Moisés Caicedo shattering Pafos FC’s defiance ensured that Liam ­Rosenior’s side will have a chance to secure direct qualification into the ­Champions League last 16 when they visit Napoli in their final game next week. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Rachel is branded 'the best Traitor to ever exist' as she and Stephen perfectly set Matthew up for banishment in dramatic episode

Rachel was branded 'the best Traitor to ever exist' as she and Stephen perfectly set Matthew up for banishment in Tuesday's dramatic episode.

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6 h. ago Tories lost Jenrick because of ‘personal ambition’, Badenoch tells party

Ex-shadow justice minister Robert Jenrick defected to Reform UK on Thursday, describing Britain as ‘broken’.

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6 h. ago UK tourists warned as Storm Ingrid triggers RED ‘extreme’ alerts in Spain

The storm has been branded a 'very significant' event

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7 h. ago British Army sets up 'drone degree' to train up civilian students as unmanned craft specialists amid Putin's war in Ukraine

Supported by a £240,000 investment from the Ministry of Defence, the undergraduate course will train 15 civilian students and up to five soldiers a year in the design, build and testing of drones

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7 h. ago The Guardian view on Keir Starmer and Donald Trump: quiet diplomacy has reached its limit | Editorial

The prime minister has a duty to be candid with the British public about the scale of the global realignment caused by a volatile US presidentOne foreign policy achievement that Donald Trump prefers not to boast about is his role in helping Mark Carney win last year’s Canadian general election. The incumbent Liberal party faced crushing defeat before Mr Trump threatened to annex Canada. Mr Carney’s candidacy was buoyed up by a patriotic rally against US bullying.Perhaps because his country has also been coveted by Mr Trump, Mr Carney has given one of the most clear-sighted responses of any democratic leader to the US president’s designs on Greenland. Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, the Canadian prime minister set out the challenge for countries whose security and prosperity have depended on a global system underwritten by the US.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to b...

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8 h. ago UK would be ‘crazy’ not to consider new EU customs union, says minister

Lib Dem MP claims business secretary Peter Kyle is contradicting himself in comments made earlier this week

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8 h. ago Kemi Badenoch meets with Northern Ireland veterans as she urges Keir Starmer to abandon Labour's plans to scrap immunity measures from Troubles laws

The Tory leader and some of her senior MPs spoke with a group of ex-soldiers in Parliament as they protested against Labour's repeal of Northern Ireland legacy laws.

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8 h. ago Peaky Blinders star's 'raw' 92% rated prison drama streaming on Netflix

It has been branded a "masterpiece" by fans and is based on a true story

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8 h. ago Man United transfers news as club urged to sell £110m duo and contact made with Barcelona

Manchester United transfer round-up with a Barcelona star up for grabs while former player rips into a long-serving duo

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8 h. ago Starmer toughens rhetoric on Trump and decries pressure over Greenland

PM also accuses Kemi Badenoch of supporting efforts by the US president to ‘undermine the government’s position’UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has noticeably hardened his rhetoric towards Donald Trump, telling the Commons that the US president’s condemnation of the Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius was intended to weaken the UK’s resolve over Greenland.In a sometimes angry exchange with Kemi Badenoch at prime minister’s questions, Starmer denounced the Conservative leader’s use of Trump’s words to push back against the Chagos deal, saying the president had not been sincere in his objections. Continue reading...

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