3 h. ago He was the 'king' of our family but a 'horrible and cruel' disease took him from us

Paul Sloots had regularly been tasked with removing asbestos lagging from pipework during his career as a burner in the demolition of buildings

Politics

3 h. ago Thomas Tuchel claims England can win the World Cup WITHOUT Jude Bellingham as Three Lions boss launches into extraordinary exchange with reporters after leaving out star man from upcoming squad

IAN LADYMAN: The England manager has sent shockwaves across the game by refusing to recall fit-again Bellingham for this month's friendly against Wales and World Cup qualifier in Latvia.

Politics

4 h. ago Hegseth reveals fourth airstrike on ‘narco’ boat off Venezuela after Trump declares ‘armed conflict’ with traffickers

Trump ordered another ‘lethal’ strike after telling Congress that US is formally engaged in ‘armed conflict’ with cartels

Events

4 h. ago Scientists discover key part of the brain that degrades in Alzheimer's... paving way for breakthrough therapies

Researchers have uncovered a key part of the brain that causes older people to become less familiar with their surroundings as they age, a potentially early sign of Alzheimer's disease.

Politics

4 h. ago The five every day habits experts say you can always rely on for better health

Doctors say certain simple practices can help you live longer and fight off disease

Science

6 h. ago US military under fire in Virginia, but were Trump and Hegseth shooting blanks?

President and his defence chief took aim at the ‘fat generals’, but some doubted there was much substance to the swagger on showThis week marked an inflection point in Donald Trump’s relentless politicisation of the US armed forces, as he delivered a partisan – if scattershot – campaign speech to the very room of people he is not supposed to: the commanders of the most powerful military in the world.For those declaring a five-alarm authoritarian fire in the US, there was plenty of smoke: the anti-woke rhetoric that has become a commonplace of the political right, the threats to summarily dismiss the generals who disagree with him, the transparent pleasure at deploying the military to perform police actions in major US cities. Continue reading...

Events

6 h. ago ‘Starting to be very afraid’: Italy’s Gaza protests raise pressure on Meloni

With strikes and demonstrations, intensifying Italian opposition to Israel’s war is challenging the PM’s stanceA piercing chorus of tooting horns and dockers shouting “we don’t want you” greeted an Israeli-owned container ship when it arrived in Livorno, a port city on the coast of Tuscany this week.For two days, the striking dockworkers stood their ground, refusing to unload and reload the ship’s cargo in a display of defiant solidarity for Palestinians and the Global Sumud flotilla attempting to bring aid to Gaza. The protest was a triumph and the ship, bound for the US and Canada, left. Continue reading...

Events

9 h. ago Welsh supermarket chain caught selling potentially lethal food

It failed to declare ingredients on certain products which could cause people fatal allergic reactions

Events

9 h. ago Veteran MP Diane Abbott admits declaring £40,000 of earnings late as she blames 'pressures of work'

The 72-year-old blamed 'the pressures of work' for breaching House of Commons rules on the registration of financial interests.

Economics

10 h. ago Detained oil tanker linked to Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ makes shock move

The vessel’s captain has since been charged with refusing to follow instructions from the French navy

Events

10 h. ago ‘We called ourselves the lifeboat crew’: how fired USAID workers launched a rescue project ‘to save as many babies as we can’

After the Trump administration closed the organisation down, a group of former staff secured new funding for almost 80 programmes, benefiting an estimated 40 million peopleThey call themselves the “lifeboat crew”. After losing their jobs abruptly when the Trump administration slashed US overseas aid earlier this year, a group of dedicated workers decided to launch their own rescue package.Refusing to “wallow in misery”, Rob Rosenbaum, a former USAID economist, and a group of like-minded former agency staff began efforts to save some of the vital programmes that faced closure after the cuts. Continue reading...

Events

11 h. ago The silent symptom of Parkinson’s that appears years before other signs

Identifying early symptoms could provide access to more effective treatments for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s

Politics

11 h. ago 'Daughter refuses to go to school, and my marriage is suffering because of it'

Agony aunt Coleen Nolan has advice for a reader who's struggling to cope with her daughter's anxiety around going to school, and her relationship is under pressure too

Politics

11 h. ago Storm Amy declared 'danger to life' as Brits told to brace for 95mph winds

Brits have been warned the oncoming Storm Amy could pose a 'danger to life' as weather warnings have resulted in closures of schools, rail links, air travel and ferries

Events

12 h. ago Strictly's Vito Coppola declares love and says 'miss you' in emotional family update

The professional dancer, who has been part of the show's line-up since 2022, shared a family update

Politics

12 h. ago ‘I use cannabis as medicine’: the US basketball player facing execution in Indonesia over $400 of gummies

Unlike his fellow basketball player, Brittney Griner, Jarred Shaw has received scant attention after being arrested for a drugs offence overseasWhen Jarred Shaw, an American basketball player in Indonesia, stepped down to the lobby in his apartment complex earlier this year to collect a package containing illegally imported cannabis gummies, he thought that the medicine to ease his Crohn’s disease had arrived.It had – but so too had 10 undercover police officers. A video on social media shows Shaw, wearing a black T-shirt and shorts, shouting for help as the swarm of officers move to apprehend him.The Indonesian National Police did not respond to a request for comment for this story. Continue reading...

Sport

12 h. ago Liverpool: What games Alisson Becker will miss after injury update as Manchester United 'surprise' revealed

Slot has refused to put a timeframe for the Liverpool star’s return from a hamstring injury

Sport

13 h. ago Why Browns refused to promote Sanders in London and chose 'inevitable' rookie QB

Why Browns refused to promote Sanders in London and chose 'inevitable' rookie QB  talkSPORT

Politics

14 h. ago Woman, 22, horrified to be told flu she caught at the pub was actually 'Victorian disease' scarlet fever

Indigo Duffy, from Kingston in London , suddenly developed a 'burning sore throat' after attending a 'really packed' and 'hot' gig in a Brixton pub last year.

Events

15 h. ago One diet slashes risk of premature death, heart disease and diabetes

The Planetary Health Diet has been linked to a 27 per cent drop in premature death

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