32 m. ago Maine principals fight DOJ request for student names in transgender athlete case

A Maine principals' group is resisting a U.S. Department of Justice subpoena seeking the names of all students playing interscholastic sports

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59 m. ago UFC president addresses crowd numbers for White House fight event and ‘sniper’ factor

The UFC is working on hosting an event at the White House in 2026, with US president Donald Trump a friend of White and a fan of the fight promotion

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63 m. ago ‘Heartbroken’ family of Ukraine refugee stabbed to death on train break silence

Speaking publicly her family said that her death was “the most horrific way” to lose a life. “We are heartbroken beyond words,” they added in a statement following the horriffic stabbing

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2 h. ago Canelo vs Crawford undercard and running order: Who is fighting and what time does it start?

Full timings and schedule for fight night at the Allegiant Stadium

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2 h. ago Ryan Garcia reveals Canelo’s ‘biggest issue’ for Terence Crawford undisputed fight

Garcia has quesrioned whether the reigning undisputed champion has the same ‘intensity’ as he enjoyed at his peak

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2 h. ago Miriam Margolyes shares 'death' hope as she says there's 'no light at end of tunnel'

Harry Potter actor Miriam Margolyes has reflected on her mortality as she nears the end of her life, admitting that she "thinks about death a lot" and "wonders how she'll be remembered"

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3 h. ago Canelo vs Crawford predictions: Boxing legends and experts tip their winner for huge fight

Oleksandr Usyk, Mike Tyson, Tyson Fury and Eddie Hearn all have their say on blockbuster Las Vegas showdown

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3 h. ago West Lothian 'life saver' mental health fund can now cover two

Third Sector organisers hope the extension will enable the funding reach more people through different grass roots projects.

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3 h. ago Man was lucky to escape injury when he was hit by car after fight with sister’s ex partner

Andrew Doig’s Ford Fiesta mounted the pavement at speed, striking the man who landed on the bonnet before falling to the ground.

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4 h. ago Canelo Alvarez told career could be OVER after Terence Crawford fight

Canelo Alvarez puts his four super-middleweight world titles on the line against Terence Crawford in Las Vegas on Saturday night

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4 h. ago UK one ‘discarded ham sandwich’ away from food security disaster, Commons hears

Alistair Carmichael MP has warned illegal meat smuggling could be the ‘biggest threat to food security we have had for a long time’.

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4 h. ago Carrie Hope Fletcher, Joel Montague Will Lead Elf The Musical in London's West End

Carrie Hope Fletcher, Joel Montague Will Lead Elf The Musical in London's West End  Playbill

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4 h. ago Spanish schools to teach pupils how to cope with climate crisis disasters

Children as young as three will have lessons on wildfires and flooding under 10-point emergency response planSpanish children will be taught how to respond to floods, wildfires, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in a drive to help prepare them for the growing impact of the climate emergency.The plan was unveiled on Thursday after a summer of forest fires killed four people and less than a year after catastrophic floods claimed more than 220 lives in eastern parts of the country. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Number of ‘Neets’ a societal and economic disaster, warns David Blunkett

The Labour peer urges the Government to look at a welfare-to-work programme he introduced as employment secretary back in 1998

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4 h. ago Celebrity farmer Jimmy Doherty is 'absolutely heartbroken' as polar bear dies during dental operation at his wildlife park

Jimmy's Farm and Wildlife Park, run by TV presenter Jimmy Doherty, announced the death of 11-year-old bear Hope today.

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4 h. ago Canelo explains why he left his training camp just weeks before Terence Crawford showdown

Canelo is just days away from his ‘once in a lifetime’ fight with Terence Crawford in Las Vegas.

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4 h. ago Fitness influencer shares 11 Aldi products that helped her drop 20lbs

A fitness coach has shared the foods she buys from Aldi that have helped her lose weight and she's given fans a 'skip in their step' with her recommendations

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5 h. ago Jared Harris: ‘Dad knocked out an Irishman then brought him round by throwing Guinness in his face’

Ahead of his new film Brave the Dark, the star of Mad Men and The Terror (and the son of Richard Harris) answers your questions about his favourite pub, feeling seasick in Hamlet and playing John LennonYou seem to have a predilection to play real-life characters who die prematurely. Who would you like to play who lives to old age? NeilHVWell, I don’t know if that’s true. Captain Crozier [from The Terror] didn’t die, and Lane Pryce [from Mad Men] wasn’t real. I would love to play [the 19th-century US president] Ulysses S Grant. His history has largely been written by southern US historians and so his achievements have largely been denigrated. But his campaigns are taught in all the military academies around the world. Despite a pretty disastrous presidency, he still managed to [sign a] Civil Rights Act – and he destroyed the Ku Klux Klan.When the civil war broke out he sold firewood by the side of the road to try to put food on the table for his family. Eight years later, he was pres...

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5 h. ago China suffered damage worth £2.2bn in August as monsoon wreaked havoc

Beijing says more than 10 million people affected by succession of disasters ranging from flash floods to droughts

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6 h. ago Peter Mandelson revelations on Epstein friendship are 'very uncomfortable', says Anas Sarwar

Mandelson is reported to have told Epstein to "fight for early release" shortly before he was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

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