97 m. ago 'Excellent' Phillips electric shaver drops from £140 to £59.99 in massive Argos discount

Now less than half price, the Philips Series 3000 shaver offers a solid 4.3 rating from 663 reviews.

Economics

1 hour ago Teenage yobs slammed for lighting flare in forecourt of Newmains petrol station

The youths were captured on CCTV causing havoc at the Cooper Brothers filing station in Overtown Road with shocked staff contacting police after the worrying incident.

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2 h. ago ‘Forgive me, Reader: I ghost him.’ The best dating apps, tested

I spent two months testing the most popular dating apps, from those for hookups to the best for relationships. Here’s what happened• Online dating advice: five ways to stay safe, according to the expertsIf you want to make a single person angry, ask them about dating apps. Chances are they’ve tried using them at least once – just under 5 million adults in the UK visited an online dating service in May 2024, according to Ofcom’s Online Nation report – and will have a diatribe ready to go.They might lament how the apps have gamified dating, turning us all into Charlie Brooker-engineered ciphers playing aimlessly with one another until we get bored. Perhaps they’ll carp on about how vacuous it all feels, making snap judgments about whether or not someone is a potential life partner depending on their “typical Sunday afternoon”. Or they’ll complain about how the apps have plagued the dating landscape with callous cruelty, giving us myriad new methods to hurt one another. There’s no shor...

Politics

3 h. ago 'All kinds of nutty about climate.' New York's Rochester draws residents fleeing extreme weather

One of America’s first boomtowns and a former manufacturing hub, Rochester, New York, has captured the eye of some looking to escape extreme weather events

Society

4 h. ago India and Pakistan exchange captured soldiers after ceasefire deal

Soldiers detained for inadvertently crossing over to other side before outbreak of military conflict last week

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4 h. ago Chimps set up forest hospital to heal each other's wounds as they know 'first aid'

Chimpanzees are more like humans than originally thought, claim scientists, who captured footage of the primates making a makeshift forest hospital to treat wounds

Politics

6 h. ago ‘I terribly wanted to be liked. Still do’: Status Quo’s Francis Rossi on money worries, his deepest neuroses – and sounding like Nellie the Elephant

Lampooned by critics but loved by fans, Quo turned boogie into blockbuster rock. As a live album captures their 70s peak, their frontman remembers late friend Rick Parfitt – and reconsiders his whole sense of selfIf you want to contemplate quite how far back Status Quo’s roots go, consider this: the band’s founders came together before the Beatles had released their first single, before the idea of “the band” was even a thing in pop music. They’re often dismissed as one-song wonders, or as proponents of brutally simplistic music – but as much as the Stones or the Who, Status Quo are carved into British rock.Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster formed the Spectres in 1962, when the guitarist and bassist were still at school. Drummer John Coghlan signed up a year later and Rick Parfitt completed the “Frantic Four” when he joined after sharing a bill with the Spectres at Minehead Butlin’s in 1966. The Beatles showed Rossi not just what he could do with his life, but touched something very ...

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10 h. ago Harrowing footage captures moment man falls to his death from hot air balloon

Horrifying footage showed flames consuming the lower half of the balloon mid-flight, with thick black smoke pouring into the sky - and a lone figure dangling desperately from a rope before falling

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11 h. ago Horror moment man falls to his death after dangling from burning hot air balloon

Horrifying video footage captured the shocking moment a man fell to his death after dangling on a rope from a hot air balloon.

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11 h. ago Lee Miller ‘buried’ frontline war experiences, archive says ahead of show

Unseen shots by US photographer to be shown at Photo London, which also features images from Ukraine conflictThe photographer Lee Miller “buried” her experiences from the frontline of the second world war, where she captured the liberation of France, according to the team behind unseen images of hers that are being displayed this week.The photographs from Miller’s time in St-Malo, France, and various sites in Germany are being shown at the 10th edition of Photo London. They depict the violent confrontations at the end of the conflict but also show more casual images of celebrating US troops. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Doorbell footage captured thug armed with Rambo knife threatening to 'cut up' neighbour

Oliver Bevan, 23, was later found in possession of the blade with a serrated edge and cannabis.

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24 h. ago Statues of JRR Tolkien and his wife to be unveiled in East Yorkshire

The wooden statues commemorate the author’s time in the area while recuperating after the first world war and a moment that inspired a tale of star-crossed love in Middle-earthWooden carved statues of JRR Tolkien and his wife, Edith, will be unveiled in an East Yorkshire village next month, celebrating the area’s influence on the writer.Tolkien spent nearly 18 months in Hull and East Yorkshire while recovering from trench fever during the first world war, and the area’s landscape is believed to have inspired his works, including The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Continue reading...

Politics

25 h. ago Disturbing doorbell camera footage captures last sighting of 'spooked' missing teen

Cole Cooper, from Banknock in Falkirk, was last seen in the early hours of Sunday, May 4, after attending a party in the area.

Events

25 h. ago ‘Theatre puts a finger in the wound’: Willem Dafoe returns to his first love in Venice

He is a transfixing screen presence – but he lives for the raw thrill of the stage. As he takes over the Venice theatre biennale, the star lets us know what to expect: cut-up plays and a Pinocchio unlike any otherSitting in his house in Rome, an overstuffed bookcase and a distressed wooden door behind him, Willem Dafoe scrunches his hair as though kneading the thoughts in his head. The 69-year-old, Wisconsin-born actor could pass today for any genial, bristle-moustached handyman in checked shirt and horn-rimmed specs. (Perhaps he even built the bookcase and distressed the door himself.) But it’s that hand that is the giveaway: it keeps scrunching as he talks until the hair is standing in jagged forks. As a visualisation of what is happening in his brain, it is second to none.We are speaking in April on the anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth (and death), which feels apt given that it is Dafoe’s two-year appointment as artistic director of the international theatre festival at the Ven...

Politics

25 h. ago Scots nurse suspended over row with trans doctor welcomes Supreme Court ruling on definition of woman

Sandie Peggie issued a statement via her solicitor stating she was "determined" to continue her legal claim against NHS Fife.

Events

26 h. ago Moment of heart’s formation captured in images for first time

Time-lapse footage reveals cardiac cells in a mouse embryo begin to organise themselves during early developmentThe moment a heart begins to form has been captured in extraordinary time-lapse images for the first time.The footage reveals cardiac cells in a mouse embryo begin to spontaneously organise themselves into a heart-like shape early in development. Scientists say the technique could provide new insights into congenital heart defects, which affect nearly one in 100 babies. Continue reading...

Politics

26 h. ago First inflation report since tariffs announced stuns Wall Street

April's consumer price index, the first reading that captures some prices since President Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs, released on early Tuesday.

Economics

26 h. ago NASA telescope captures auroras that glow 'hundreds of times brighter' than the Northern Lights

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured new details of the 'huge' auroras on the largest planet in our Solar System

Politics

27 h. ago Inflation cools in April and egg prices drop to lowest mark in months

April’s consumer-price index report is the first to capture the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcements on April 2

Economics

27 h. ago New investigation under way to find killer of Wirral florist

Merseyside Police has appealed for any witnesses to the 1987 attack to come forward.

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