74 m. ago Child molester who sexually abused a girl before changing his name to 'Natalie' is jailed after claiming jury was hypnotised

Child molester Natalie Wolf, 47, who was previously known as Ryan Haley, of Byker, Newcastle, claimed the jury only returned a guilty verdict because they had been hypnotised.

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79 m. ago ‘How brainless can you be’ – Toto Wolff locked in furious war of words with Red Bull F1 rival in Lando Norris claim

RED BULL and Mercedes traded fierce blows as Helmut Marko accused Kimi Anontelli of letting Lando Norris pass him in Qatar. Fuming Merc boss Toto Wolff then hit back slamming Red Bull as “brainless” and calling the claims “utter nonsense”. The British McLaren driver bagged an extra two points by overtaking Antonelli for fourth on...

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2 h. ago Combative Chelsea rattle Arsenal but Maresca’s men stray close to the edge | Jacob Steinberg

Moisés Caicedo was too pumped up before his rash red card but the Blues’ progress under Enzo Maresca is undeniableThis was the resumption of a bitter rivalry. It felt spicy from the moment Marc Cucurella sent Bukayo Saka flying with the first foul of the afternoon and, although it ended with Arsenal still dominant in first place, they will look at Chelsea’s defiant response to Moisés Caicedo’s reckless red card and conclude that Enzo Maresca’s young side will be coming for them in the future.There were probably more reasons for Chelsea to feel positive at the end of this bruising 1-1 draw. Their dominance of Arsenal was once routine, back in the days when Didier Drogba would delight in dragging Philippe Senderos around Stamford Bridge, but the balance of power has shifted in recent years. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Description of Navy SEALs’ second strike on alleged drug boat constitutes a war crime, Sen. Mark Kelly believes

Former Navy captain, Democratic senator who urged military members to refuse illegal orders says ‘double-tap’ strike ‘seems to’ be a war crime, if reports are accurate

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5 h. ago Chaos for London travellers as Leeds station power outage causes major disruption

Countless trains have been delayed and cancelled across the UK today as the power outage causes chaos to rail users

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5 h. ago Crews restoring power in Wisconsin while Iowa airport tries to reopen after plane left icy runway

Utility crews are working to restore power to thousands of people in Wisconsin, the consequence of a weekend storm in the Great Lakes region that brought down power lines

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6 h. ago UK Championship star hit back angrily after being accused of 'sabotaging' his own game

UK Championship Mark Allen was left fuming after his approach was questioned by two of the biggest names in the game

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6 h. ago British businessman is back in the UK... and into the arms of the daughter

Mark Gibbon, 62, was freed by a US court this month after a plea deal in which he admitted one count of battery against Jasmine Wyld, 33, mother of his two grandchildren.

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7 h. ago Alexander Isak finally breaks Liverpool duck to seal Reds win at West Ham

WEST HAM 0-2 LIVERPOOL: Alexander Isak struck home on the hour mark from Cody Gakpo's cross before the Dutchman added a late second after Lucas Paqueta was sent off

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9 h. ago Met Office 'danger to life' warning with storm to hit 18 UK regions in hours

Parts of the UK have been hit with Met Office amber and yellow warnings for heavy rain which could result in flooding, power cuts, and travel delays

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11 h. ago Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright's 'no expense spared' Christmas as first

Michelle Keegan and her husband Mark Wright welcomed daughter Palma earlier this year and now an insider how shared how they plan to celebrate their first Christmas with the little one

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12 h. ago The Power Cleavage is the busty 00s nostalgic look celebs are showing off this winter & they don’t care who stares

CAST your mind back to the 00s - it's the era of the bazooka boob. Katie Price's dominated every magazine, Victoria Beckham's Baden-Baden implants were 'the dream' look and the shift into a surgically-enhanced perky, fake chest was in. Now, 20 years on, that 'power cleavage' is back, evolved and has become 'the look' dominating...

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13 h. ago Comedian Judi Love: ‘I’m a big girl, the boss, and you love it’

Before she was a TV mainstay, Judi Love was a single mum juggling standup with care work. Now she’s back on stage for a show that finds humour in past trauma: ‘It’s laughter that helped me’, she says.Judi Love was 17 when she was kidnapped, though she adds a couple of years on when reliving it on stage. It was only the anecdote’s second to-audience outing when I watched her recite it, peppered with punchlines, at a late-October work-in-progress gig. The bones of her new show – All About the Love, embarking on a 23-date tour next year – are very much still evolving, but this Wednesday night in Bedford is a sell out, such is the pull of Love’s telly star power.She starts by twerking her way into the spotlight, before riffing on her career as a social worker and trading “chicken and chips for champagne and ceviche”. Interspersed are opening bouts of sharp crowd work – Love at her free-wheeling best. Next, she’s at college, studying IT, but mostly “going into the games room looking for ...

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13 h. ago Former BBC correspondent turned away from Turkish Airlines flight to London because of Parkinson’s

Mark Mardell was left stranded for seven hours in Istanbul after Turkish Airlines barred him from a London flight, telling him he needed a doctor’s note because of his Parkinson’s

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15 h. ago Cyber Monday Google Pixel 10 Pro deal for small businesses with Vodafone Business

Cyber Monday shoppers are rushing to upgrade with the Google Pixel 10 Pro as Vodafone Business launches a deal aimed squarely at small teams who want power, speed and proper value.

Economics

17 h. ago All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches

From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-electionA crusading prosecutor in the Balkans comes under pressure to drop a big case. Vietnamese villagers learn they are to be evicted. A convicted crypto kingpin in the Gulf receives a pardon.All have one thing in common: they appear to be connected to the Trump family’s campaign to amass riches around the world. Since Donald Trump’s re-election a year ago, warnings that his use of presidential power to advance personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder. What is less understood – and perhaps even more dangerous – is the damage this is doing everywhere else. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi backtrack on plan to stay in UK while Trump is in power as couple plot return to sunny California to escape chilly Cotswold winter

Ms DeGeneres has told friends she and Ms de Rossi are planning to spend more time in sunny California because they 'miss their friends' and dread the thought of another British winter

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25 h. ago Russian drone and missile blitz on Ukraine's energy infrastructure leaves more than 600,000 in Kyiv without power

Three people were killed and more than 30 injured in the overnight air assault, involving more than 600 drones and 36 ballistic missiles. Among the wounded was a 13-year-old boy.

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27 h. ago Chelsea vs Arsenal prediction: Trossard to make his mark at Stamford Bridge

Follow our football betting tips as Arsenal travel to Chelsea in the Premier League

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32 h. ago I think my father was D.B. Cooper: Son's staggering confession about the mysterious hijacking

This Thanksgiving will mark 54 years since a man identifying himself as Dan Cooper hijacked a plane for $200,000 ransom and skydived out the back, never to be seen again.

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