49 m. ago ‘Honest folk are paying for this’: the fight against Britain’s billion

From raids on marijuana farms to illegal bitcoin miners, suppliers are finding new ways to tackle the rise in gas and electricity theftMore British households struggling with bills will resort to energy theft, campaigners sayBy the time a team of police officers and engineers stormed a disused office block in Wigan, Greater Manchester, on a November morning last year, the building had been abandoned.Left behind were rooms filled with thousands of cannabis plants: a nursery on the first floor, the growing crop on the second, and leaves drying out on the third. The criminal gang behind the marijuana farm is thought to have fled after the grid operator cut off the stolen electricity used to power scores of LED lamps. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Australia’s student strikers for climate believed they could change their future. Where are they now?

Young people rode a wave of hope and power when hundreds of thousands protested with them in 2019. Then, momentum was lostGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastOn a stinking hot November day, seven years ago, Grace Vegesana and a handful of other young climate activists set up a small stage in a large square in Sydney’s CBD – and waited. Inspired by the first school striker for climate, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, the high school students decided to organise their own rally.Vegesana expected a hundred people to show up. Five thousand came. “It was like, oh my God, we’ve unleashed some kind of beast, people want more,” she recalls. In the months afterwards crowds doubled and then tripled. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Trump Tower incident: Man arrested after being spotted inside Donald Trump's skyscraper

The male suspect, whose identity and motives remain undisclosed, was reportedly stopped by security personnel before he could reach the roof of the Trump Tower skyscraper

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5 h. ago Free school breakfast clubs launch TODAY in 'game changing' moment

The first 750 schools will host free breakfast clubs from today in a move Keir Starmer has branded 'game-changing' - see the full list to see if your child is affected

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8 h. ago Moment oblivious man has phone swiped from his hand by thug on an electric bike as he strolls down London street

The pedestrian was strolling along the Broadway in the Southall area of west London on Saturday when the crook struck.

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8 h. ago Neil Lennon insists Celtic can smash Champions League glass ceiling using power Brendan Rodgers is desperate to unleash

Lennon believes the last 16 is achievable for Celtic if they are willing to spend enough to make it happen

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9 h. ago Moment oblivious man has phone swiped from his hand by thug on an electric bike as he strolls down London stre

Moment oblivious man has phone swiped from his hand by thug on an electric bike as he strolls down London stre  Daily Mail

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9 h. ago Moment Asda shopper grabs vegan protestor's megaphone and smashes it before running away

The demonstration, held at an Asda store in Kent, suddenly descended into chaos when the furious man yanked the megaphone from a vegan protester and smashed it into the ground before charging off

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9 h. ago WrestleMania fan run over by a golf cart carrying WWE star Dom Mysterio in shocking backstage moment

'Dirty Dom' claimed the WWE Intercontinental Championship Sunday night but the wrestler's celebrations were cut short when his golf cart shockingly hit a member of the audience.

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10 h. ago Woman's 'injustice' at parking fine given for unbelievable reason

Welsh businesswoman Chloe Parr said she 'couldn't believe it, I was incensed'

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11 h. ago The Guardian view on Pope Francis: an outsider who was a force for good in the world | Editorial

The Argentine pontiff was a vital progressive influence on issues such as migration, and fought for a more merciful, less rigid Catholic churchDefying doctors’ orders to rest following his battle with double pneumonia, a weak Pope Francis last week visited Rome’s Regina Coeli prison, where he blew kisses towards inmates and spent half an hour in discussion with some of those incarcerated. Sadly, this Maundy Thursday encounter turned out to be one of the last acts of a supremely hardworking papacy. In retrospect, its location was entirely appropriate.Throughout his 12 years in Saint Peter’s chair, Francis sought admirably to refocus the Catholic church’s energies on the marginalised, while challenging the power of entrenched interests. Coming, as he put it, “from the ends of the earth”, the first non-European pontiff of modern times was an outsider pope and a radical one. Within the church, the Argentine was a sometimes spikily direct reformer; outside it, he was a signific...

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11 h. ago Moment brazen ticketless youths leap fence at Terminal V festival

Groups of ticketless youths leaped fences to gain entry to the techno music festival, while paying attendees forked out over £140 for a weekend ticket.

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11 h. ago Delta flight with 200 passengers on board bursts into flames shortly before takeoff in Florida

A Delta Air Lines flight caught fire shortly before takeoff on Monday (April 21) forcing passengers to use emergency slides to reach safety.

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12 h. ago Simone Biles’ coach says gymnast suffered from ‘twisties’ before 2016 Olympics

Condition disrupted American’s performance in 2021Former coach reveals new details in bookSimone Biles suffered from the “twisties” in the run-up to the 2016 Olympics, five years before the condition severely disrupted her performance at the Tokyo Games.Aimee Boorman, Biles’s longtime coach, outlines the story in her new book, The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles. The twisties cause gymnasts to lose their orientation while in the air, a dangerous situation in a sport where falls can cause serious injury. The condition, along with mental health concerns, caused Biles to withdraw from all but one final at the Tokyo Olympics, where her only medal was a bronze on the beam. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Joss Stone reveals why she doesn't sleep with her husband Cody DaLuz anymore after 18 months of marriage

Joss Stone has revealed she no longer sleeps with her husband as they struggle to balance their bedtime preferences with raising three children.

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13 h. ago Delta Air Lines flight emergency as Orlando airport plane ON FIRE with passengers evacuated

Shocking video footage showed the moment the plane became engulfed in flames, sending plumes of black smoke into the sky - with passengers forced to escape via the plane's emergency slides

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13 h. ago Baby boomers: if Sue Storm is pregnant then what’s going to happen in the Fantastic Four’s first outing?

That Vanessa Kirby’s character might be having a baby raises mind-bending questions about the trajectory of Matt Shakman’s instalment of the new Marvel franchise You might have thought that the introduction of Marvel’s first family, the Fantastic Four, into the MCU would be enough heavy lifting for one movie. But while all eyes were on the potential ramifications of villain Galactus turning up for planetary snack time, the new trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps delivers a mind-bending revelation: Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby) is pregnant. This looks like big news. As they prepare to take on their colossal nemesis and his gleaming, emotionally unavailable emissary Silver Surfer (Julia Garner), Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards, Joseph Quinn’s Johnny Storm and Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s the Thing will be doing so in the knowledge that they’re protecting more than just the future of this Apollo-era-inspired version of Earth. And if you’ve even lightly skimmed the back catalogue of Fantastic ...

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13 h. ago Extraordinary moment meteorite lights up the Australian sky before crashing to the ground: 'Homes were shaking'

Millions of Aussies were treated to a spectacular light show that could be seen from as far as Bundaberg in central Queensland right down to Lismore in the NSW northern rivers region

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13 h. ago Terrifying moment boy, 13, thrown from theme park ride after falling from seat

Eyewitnesses watched in horror as the 13-year-old lad fell from the ride, landing hard on the ground, breaking a leg and two fingers at the Jatim Park in Indonesia

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13 h. ago Boy, 13, thrown from theme park ride after desperate attempt to cling on

Eyewitnesses watched in horror as the 13-year-old lad fell from the ride, landing hard on the ground, breaking a leg and two fingers at the Jatim Park in Indonesia

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