2 h. ago Stranger Things star says favourite series five episode had ‘important visitors’

The 37-year old British actor plays antagonist Vecna in the hit supernatural Netflix show which premiered part of its final season last week.

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4 h. ago Jeremy Corbyn's breakaway Your Party finally decides on a new name after months of head scratching

Closing its inaugural conference in Liverpool, Jeremy Corbyn announced the results of a members vote, telling supporters: 'Your Party is the name of your party.'

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4 h. ago Liverpool boss Arne Slot hails 'very important moment' as he makes Mo Salah statement

Goals from Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo handed Liverpool all three points against West Ham United as they bounced back from their miserable midweek defeat to PSV Eindhoven

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4 h. ago The Guardian view on the Send crisis: Bridget Phillipson must be tough with the Treasury so children aren’t penalised | Editorial

Tory special needs reforms upended council finances, but Labour’s plan to rebuild public provision won’t come cheap if it’s done properlyThe crisis over special educational needs and disabilities in England is not just a question of cash. Children and parents spend months and years battling for support to which the law entitles them, schools lack the funding to meet needs, and specialist provision is inadequate. An adversarial system shunts families towards tribunals that councils almost invariably lose.Tory reforms created obligations for local authorities but did not adequately fund them – allowing ministers to duck responsibility. The result has been financial chaos, with the overall overspend on special educational needs and disabilities (Send) predicted to reach £6.6bn by next March, and keep rising. Taking responsibility for funding away from councils and handing it to the Department for Education is the right move. But the most important questions about Send go beyond account...

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4 h. ago Arne Slot hails Alexander Isak’s ‘important’ first Liverpool Premier League goal

Slot took drastic action in a bid to halt the Reds’ slide by dropping Mohamed Salah for Isak.

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7 h. ago Thousands rally in Madrid to demand snap election over corruption allegations

Pressure grows on Pedro Sánchez amid series of claims involving his family, party and administrationTens of thousands of people have attended an anti-government demonstration in Madrid to demand a snap general election as the country’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, tries to weather a series of corruption allegations involving his family, his party and his administration.Sunday’s protest, called by Spain’s conservative People’s party (PP) under the slogan, “This is it: mafia or democracy?”, was held three days after one of Sánchez’s closest erstwhile allies, the former transport minister José Luis Ábalos, was remanded in custody by a judge investigating an alleged kickbacks-for-contracts scheme. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago The beautiful hospital that is now a tourist attraction – and most Brits don’t know about it

YOU'VE heard of the Sagrada Familia and Park Güell - but you may not have heard of this other magnificent site that's in the middle of the city. It has over 600 years of history and is now an incredibly impressive Art Nouveau Site worthy of being just as famous as its grand neighbours. Sant Pau...

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10 h. ago ‘I took literary revenge against the people who stole my youth’: Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu

As the first part of his acclaimed Blinding trilogy is released in the UK, the novelist talks about communism, Vladimir Nabokov – and those Nobel rumoursIn 2014, when he was travelling around the US on a book tour, Mircea Cărtărescu was able to fulfil the dream of a lifetime: a tour of Vladimir Nabokov’s butterfly collection. Cărtărescu is a great admirer of the Russian-American author, and shares with him a literary career that bridges the western and eastern cultural spheres – as well as a history of being mooted as the next Nobel literature laureate but never having won it.Above all, the Romanian poet and novelist shares Nabokov’s fascination with butterflies. As a child, he harboured dreams of becoming a lepidopterist. On a visit to Harvard, Cărtărescu was allowed access to Nabokov’s former office and marvelled at specimens the St Petersburg-born author had collected. “His most important scientific work was about butterflies’ sexual organs, and I saw these very tiny vials w...

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11 h. ago Pigeons wreak havoc on Scots flat block as residents 'abandoned' in homes

Residents say the block of flats has been plagued by pigeons, with the birds even taking down the TV aerial.

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11 h. ago Tributes pour in for 'genuine and funny' man, 25, who died in Sowerby Bridge tower block fall

Travis Lodge tragically died after injuries caused by falling from a block of flats in Sowerby Bridge

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12 h. ago Everything we know about Paul Doyle's wife from 'important job' to neighbour's fear

Liverpool attacker Paul Doyle has admitted to ploughing his car into fans at a football parade, injuring 134 people - including children. Here's what we know about the dad-of-three's wife and family

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13 h. ago Dog owners must follow key rule from day one or risk behaviour problems

If you're thinking of getting a new puppy for Christmas, there's one important rule you need to follow. Failing to do so could result in your dog developing behavioural issues

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14 h. ago Dog trainer urges owners to enforce important rule 'from day one'

Dog trainer Will Atherton has shared vital advice for new puppy owners – and it's important for everyone to keep in mind when raising their pets

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20 h. ago 'Death was closing in on me': Survivor of Hong Kong inferno made final calls to loved ones while trapped in burning tower block before last

William Li, 40, was at home on a day off when his wife rang just after 3pm to warn him their building in the Wang Fuk Court complex was on fire.

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23 h. ago Tributes pour in for ‘genuine, honest & funny’ lad, 25, who fell to his death from tower block as suspect, 37, arrested

TRIBUTES have poured in for a man who fell to his death from a tower block with one man arrested on suspicion of assault. Travis Lodge, 25, suffered devastating injuries after falling from height in Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire. Cops raced to the scene at a block of flats on Thursday morning at Tower Hill in West Yorkshire...

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23 h. ago Man accused of shooting Glasgow gangsters dead at Spanish bar pictured

Michael Terrence Riley, 45, who is accused of shooting two Scottish gangsters, Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr dead in Fuengirola Spain, has been pictured as he awaits trial

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25 h. ago 'Genuine and funny' man, 25, who fell from Sowerby Bridge tower block pictured

Travis Lodge, 25, has been named locally as the young man who fell from a height at a block of flats in Sowerby Bridge, in West Yorkshire

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27 h. ago Rainforests, rivers and sacred sites are being ‘ripped to shreds’ by feral pigs, Queensland traditional owners warn

Destruction wrought by swine-borne disease is thinning the canopy of bunya pine forests and the problem is getting worse, experts sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHigh up in an ancient conifer rainforest, at what was once the largest Indigenous gathering place in eastern Australia, there is sunlight where there shouldn’t be.Among the eponymous pine trees of the Bunya Mountains, in south-east Queensland, a deadly disease has taken root. Walking through the forest, Adrian Bauwens, a Wakka Wakka man, says pockets of sunlight have replaced what is “usually quite a dense canopy where’s it’s quite heavily shaded”. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Residents flee block of flats after incident causes 'pandemonium'

"Every single floor on one side was flooded. It was pandemonium, water was just gushing through," said one resident

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27 h. ago Moment wanted man is arrested as he tells police: "I've been away for ages"

Sean Farrell fled to Spain to evade justice

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