91 m. ago UK seaside town with beautiful beach is home to best fish and chips and iconic landmark

The bustling seaside resort is less than half an hour's drive from the heart of the city and is home to a famous landmark, a luxury fish and chip restaurant and one of the best places to go for ice cream in the area

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3 h. ago British seaside town launches £30m bid to save beach that could be lost forever

Blackpool council plans to place five new rock groynes on Anchorsholme Beach to protect against the threat of coastal erosion.

Economics

4 h. ago Sentebale volunteers say Prince Harry 'lost interest' in charity 'after marrying Meghan'

According to the brother of Prince Seeiso, the charity's co-founder, Harry's swindling attention 'killed the spirit' of the charity after he married Meghan in 2018.

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4 h. ago From a powerful Moroccan equestrian performance to a female Peruvian prison: The breathtaking winners of the 2025 Sony World Photography Awards revealed

The winners of the 2025 Sony World Photography Awards have been revealed in the 18th annual competition. The images are currently on display at Somerset House in London.

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6 h. ago Postmortems of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’

Findings likely to increase pressure on Israel to give a full account of incident amid accusations of war crimeThe Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timelineThe doctor who carried out the postmortems of the 15 paramedics and rescue workers who were killed by Israeli troops in Gaza in March has said they were mostly killed by gunshots to the head and torso, as well as injuries caused by explosives.There was international outcry last month after it emerged that Israeli troops had launched a deadly attack on a group of paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent, civil defence and United Nations workers, as they carried out a rescue operation in southern Gaza. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Michelle Obama's brother didn't think relationship to Barack would last more than a 'month' amid 'divorce' speculation

Michelle Obama's brother Craig Robinson said in a new episode of their IMO podcast that he didn't think her relationship with Barack Obama would last more than a month.

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7 h. ago Autopsies of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’

Findings likely to increase pressure on Israel to give a full account of incident amid accusations of war crimeThe Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timelineThe doctor who carried out the autopsies of the 15 paramedics and rescue workers who were killed by Israeli troops in Gaza in March has said they were mostly killed by gunshots to the head and torso, as well as injuries caused by explosives.There was international outcry last month after it emerged that Israeli troops had launched a deadly attack on a group of paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent, civil defence and United Nations workers, as they carried out a rescue operation in southern Gaza. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Serena Williams admits surprise over Jannik Sinner’s ban: ‘I would have got 20 years’

World No 1 Sinner is serving a three-month suspension after settling with Wada

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8 h. ago Serena Williams on Jannik Sinner doping case: I’d have been banned for 20 years

Sinner is serving a three-month suspension that expires on May 4 after returning two positive tests last year.

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8 h. ago Dad, 42, left in coma after devastating motorbike crash now faces three

John Jeffrey, 42, from Harlow, Essex, spent two weeks in a coma, his wife now asking 'who's going to walk Jessica down the aisle? Who's going to teach James to shave?'

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9 h. ago US universities’ faculty unite to defend academic freedom after Trump’s attacks

Indiana University leads the push for a pact among 18 institutions as Donald Trump targets diversityFaculty members from US universities – including public ones which do not receive endowments – are banding together in attempts to resist the Donald Trump administration’s attacks on academic freedoms.This month, Indiana University’s Bloomington faculty council followed in the footsteps of Rutgers University in passing a resolution to establish a pact with all 18 universities under the Big 10 academic alliance to defend academic freedoms. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Spring Break 'tough guys' ridiculed by Panama City Beach cops send 'not welcome' warning

Handcuffed 'tough' kids were reduced to tears after they were arrested by tired cops in a Spring Break party hotspot that became infested with guns and drugs

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9 h. ago US senator says El Salvador denied request to meet Kilmar Ábrego García

Chris Van Hollen condemns ‘unjust situation’ and says vice-president blocked access to wrongly deported manWho is Kilmar Ábrego García, the man wrongly deported to El Salvador?Maryland’s Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen says the government of El Salvador has denied his request to visit Kilmar Ábrego García, his constituent who was wrongly deported to the Central American country last month.Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday with the intention of meeting Ábrego García at the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot), where US authorities have said that the Maryland resident is being held along with others deported at Donald Trump’s orders. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Serena Williams admits surprise over length of Jannik Sinner’s ban: ‘I would have got 20 years’

World No 1 Sinner is serving a three-month suspension after settling with Wada

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9 h. ago In Sweden, I got paid time off to settle my child at school. Here’s why I want US families to have the same right

Parents can do inskolning as part of their 480 days of paid leave per child – as an American abroad, this was a foreign concept. But here’s what the US could learnAbout a month ago, I sat on a tiny wooden chair, hand-embroidering a thick cotton pillowcase in dim candlelight. Eight Swedish children softly sang a good morning song over tiny cups of peach-colored herbal tea.This is not a tale of a tradwife textile artist living off the grid in the Swedish countryside or the opening of some eerie Midsommar-style folk horror scene. It was the first day of my three-year-old’s inskolning, the introductory period to her new daycare/preschool. Continue reading...

Society

9 h. ago Serena Williams makes feelings clear on Jannik Sinner ahead of return

Jannik Sinner was hit with a three month ban for doping earlier this year but plenty thought the punishment was lenient with Serena Williams making her feelings clear

Politics

10 h. ago Chris Eubank brands Eubank Jr a 'disgrace' as boxing legend tells son 'I'll never be in your corner again'

Chris Eubank Jr is set to take on Conor Benn in a highly-anticipated grudge match at Wembley Stadium later this month - but his father has no interest in being there

Economics

10 h. ago Man beaten unconscious by two teens kicking him in head on popular Cornwall beach

The victim was kicked in the head by two teenagers during the unprovoked attack at Crinnis Beach in Cornwall - police have now launched an investigation and are appealing for witnesses

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11 h. ago Pastor is charged with raping a child weeks after he abandoned his Louisiana church

Shane Phillip Wiggins was picked up by police in Texas earlier this month after a warrant was put out for his arrest

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11 h. ago Liam Payne's sister Ruth Gibbins shares moving tribute to the late star six months after his tragic death as she admits 'living without him has been impossible'

The One Direction singer died on October 16 aged 31 after falling 45 feet from his third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ruth Gibbins penned an emotional message on Instagram.

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