48 m. ago The friendly Scottish area that was named 'most welcoming in the world'

It makes for a perfect staycation destination.

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55 m. ago Holidaymaker's dream birthday trip turns into nightmare as hotel room 'BED BUGS' leave her curled up in fear

Vivi Shi went abroad with her best friend to celebrate her 30th birthday. The pair from Toronto, Canada, flew nearly 4,000 miles across the pond - and were shocked by what they found.

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70 m. ago Palestine Action prosecutions should be suspended, say UK rights groups

Campaigners tell attorney general that proceeding with trials before judicial review raises legal and moral questionsUK politics live – latest updatesProtesters arrested for supporting Palestine Action should not be prosecuted until a legal challenge to a ban on the group has been heard, organisations including Greenpeace and Human Rights Watch have told the attorney general for England and Wales.In a letter to Richard Hermer KC, also signed by Friends of the Earth, Global Witness and the Quakers, they say proceeding with charges or trials before the judicial review, which is expected to be heard in November, would raise significant legal and moral questions. Continue reading...

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76 m. ago Roman Kemp's model girlfriend and heartbreaking admission over tragic friend

The One Show Host will front a new show on Sky Sports this year; Premier League Friday

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1 hour ago ‘Kept fighting despite the odds’: the Russian journalists who risked everything to report the truth

In an expansive five-hour documentary, young journalists are branded ‘foreign agents’ for continuing to report independently as authoritarianism spreadsIn the fall of 2021, the director Julia Loktev traveled from her Brooklyn home to Moscow, with the intent to film some friends under pressure. That summer, the Russian government had cracked down on the remaining independent media in the country, designating outlets and journalists it found irksome as “foreign agents”. Loktev, who moved to the US from the Soviet Union at age nine, had several journalist friends now required to submit detailed financial reports to the government and affix an all-caps disclaimer to any output, be it an article or an Instagram post of their cat, declaring it the work of a foreign agent.Loktev began shadowing her friend Anna Nemzer, a host on the country’s only remaining independent news channel, TV Rain (Dozhd, in Russian), which was on the growing list of “foreign agents” meant to chill any press criti...

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2 h. ago 'Good value' portable neck fan is shoppers' 'favourite purchase' for heatwave

The handy gadget sits around the neck, blowing cold air and cooling down the body with shoppers applauding how it's comfortable and 'so quiet'

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2 h. ago Man United outcast Jadon Sancho all but confirms romance with American rapper Saweetie by inking her name on his neck

Manchester United outcast Jadon Sancho has all but confirmed his relationship with American rapper Saweetie after inking her name on his skin.

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2 h. ago Why Jillian Michaels left Biggest Loser, is she still friends with Bob Harper and new job

Jillian Michaels does not appear in new Netflix documentary despite her huge role on show

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3 h. ago Predictor picks: Find out who our expert is backing this weekend... and play the game with £1,000 up for grabs

The money must go and a winner must be crowned. After selecting your seven results, there is a tie-breaker to determine an eventual winner should there be more than one player on the same score.

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6 h. ago Market stall holder was a friendly regular at the café, then things turned 'weird'

Jitander Mistry has been jailed

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6 h. ago He was a 'nice guy' and a café regular, then his true nature came out

Jitander Mistry has been jailed

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7 h. ago Dog 'let down at last minute' still waiting for home after heartbreaking reason

Romilly, a two-year-old black Labrador, is a "gorgeous" and "super friendly" dog who has sadly been "let down at the last minute" by her potential adopter and rescuers worry she'll be "overlooked" for a sad reason

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7 h. ago Loneliness is rife among young men. It’s time to get offline and talk to each other | Alexander Hurst

It’s tempting to scoff, but don’t dismiss the data. Modern man’s failure to forge real, meaningful friendships is bad for everyoneAt first I was startled when the psychologist Angelica Ferrara told me that most of the time it’s women, not men, who want to write about her research into male loneliness. But this is the crux of the issue, isn’t it? That we men need to talk, and we don’t: not nearly enough, anyway.Since 1990, there has been a sharp decline in how many people men say they are close to, says Ferrara, who is a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford and a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics. In the US, two-thirds of men aged between 18 and 23 think that nobody really knows them; one third haven’t seen anyone outside their household in the past week; only a fifth say they have friends they can really count on; and a staggering 69% of young men think “no one cares if men are OK”.Alexander Hurst is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

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7 h. ago London Powers | Family, friends honor NC Central University student killed by ex

London Powers | Family, friends honor NC Central University student killed by ex-boyfriend in domestic violence situation  ABC11

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8 h. ago Friends and family of London Powers honor her memory with a balloon release

Friends and family of London Powers honor her memory with a balloon release  WRAL.com

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9 h. ago Amid the chaos after the fall of Kabul, two men became my lifeline | Shadi Khan Saif

Exactly four years later, our reunion in the safety of my new home in Melbourne was sweetSitting cross-legged on a richly patterned Afghan rug in a Melbourne living room, we chatted for hours, reflecting on the fall of Kabul four years ago that brought us together and nurtured a bond of friendship across continents.We had first connected in the chaos of August 2021, when the fall of Kabul shattered decades of fragile progress towards democracy, freedom and peace in Afghanistan. Our reunion this winter in Melbourne should have been pure joy – a celebration of survival and friendship – but it began in the quiet rows of a Muslim graveyard. We were there for the funeral of our mutual friend, Barez. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Boy, 12, with rare genetic skin disorder can now play football after breakthrough medical trial

Gabrielius Misurenkovas can finally play football with his friends after being diagnosed with a rare genetic condition as a baby

Science

12 h. ago Night Always Comes review – Vanessa Kirby gets lost in poverty thriller

A woman is forced to take extreme measures to save her family home in an initially stressful yet ultimately meandering Netflix dramaThere’s been a recent overkill of stories told about the super-rich, glossy films and shows set in ostentatious houses filled with characters as superficially on trend as they are painfully out of touch. It felt like needed escapism as we crawled out of the very worst of the pandemic, with The White Lotus, Triangle of Sadness, The Menu and Glass Onion all hitting a sweet spot, but it’s grown rather tiring, as Sirens, The Better Sister and Your Friends and Neighbors have felt less eat the rich and more what if we just admired their kitchens instead.It’s become especially uninteresting as the gap between the uber-wealthy and the rest of us has widened, food prices up and empathy down. That particular anger pulses through Night Always Comes, a well-intentioned yet often inert Netflix drama based on the 2021 novel by Willy Vlautin. It’s told over one awful ...

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12 h. ago VJ Day 80: 'Forgotten hero' who survived deadly Burma jungles finally recognised

Charlie Richards fought in the jungles of Burma, seeing his best friend die. Now he says this could happen again unless 'lunatics' Putin and Trump bash their heads together and see sense

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14 h. ago Trump and Putin's bromance – from 'my new best friend' to 'playing with fire'

From lovely words to social media rants, Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States President Donald Trump have had a wild relationship . . . so lets explore it

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