3 h. ago Shin Yamada must get Celtic SOS call for Hearts title blockbuster as time called on toxic Rangers duo

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3 h. ago The lost princesses: What will happen to Beatrice and Eugenie amid Andrew's dramatic downfall?

As Prince Andrew’s fate remains fiercely debated by the public, and pressure mounts to revoke his royal title, Alice Cockerell delves into what this means for his two daughters

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7 h. ago Conor McGregor breaks silence after drugs ban with emotional speech

Conor McGregor has been handed an 18-month ban from competitive competition after missing three drugs tests last year - but the Irishman has now broken his silence

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7 h. ago Rachel Reeves is in a desperate search for scapegoats for her own incompetence

At the City of London Regulators' dinner at the Mansion House, a deputy governor of the Bank of England was positively lyrical about how the UK was faring after cutting ties with Brussels.

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11 h. ago Desperate Rachel Reeves is 'actively discussing' smashing Labour's manifesto by hiking income tax at Budget as she struggles to fill '£40bn' black hole

Increasing income tax is said to be a 'live debate' between the Chancellor and her aides amid fears she cannot bring in enough cash by solely targeting the 'rich'.

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18 h. ago HARRY MCCALLION: It's time for Westminster to stop dancing to the IRA's tune

Soldier F was a disciplined corporal who had a glittering career ahead of him, and he was a far cry from the cold-blooded assassin propagandists would have us believe.

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19 h. ago BBC Question Time audience laugh as Nadine Dorries squirms amid immigration debate

Nadine Dorries, a former nurse who last month ditched the Conservative Party for Reform UK, was grilled on Question Time on BBC One on Thursday about immigration

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20 h. ago Celebrity Traitors viewers 'in tears' over emotional exit speech from banished star

The Traitors returned on Thursday evening for another dramatic episode, and viewers were left "in tears" following the latest banishment

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21 h. ago Celebrity Traitors fans left 'in tears' over star's emotional exit speech

Fans of BBC One's Celebrity Traitors were left feeling emotional after another celebrity was banished at the roundtable

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25 h. ago Keir Starmer under pressure to allow MPs to debate Prince Andrew in Parliament

Keir Starmer is under pressure to allow MPs to debate Prince Andrew in Parliament after Downing Street said the Government is not planning to make time to debate the royal scandal

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26 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: The latest Budget horror has landed... and this daylight robbery means we'll NEVER be able to escape Starmer's socialist misery

Fancy a winter break abroad, a brief respite from the socialist misery at home? Better book now, then, just to be on the safe side...

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27 h. ago Brazilian president will seek fourth term at age 80: ‘I’ve got as much energy as when I was 30’

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who first ran for elected office in 1982, announced he will run again in next year’s electionThe Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has announced he will seek a historic fourth term in next year’s presidential election, potentially extending one of the most remarkable and enduring political careers in modern Latin American history.The former metalworker, who returned to the presidency in 2023 after beating the far-right incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, confirmed his decision during a speech in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Downing Street dismisses calls for MPs to be given time to debate Prince Andrew

On Wednesday, Keir Starmer said he would support ‘proper scrutiny’ of the Crown Estate arrangements

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29 h. ago No10 refuses to give MPs time to debate Prince Andrew's conduct despite pressure on King's brother over rent

No10 said that the Royal Family 'would not want to take time from other important issues' amid a growing clamour from MPs about the scandal surrounding the former Duke of York.

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30 h. ago Royals want MPs to focus on ‘important issues’ not Prince Andrew, No 10 says

Downing Street said the Government would not allocate time for a Commons debate on Andrew’s conduct or his living arrangements.

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30 h. ago UK manufacturers hit by largest drop in orders since 2020; FTSE 100 hits record high – business live

Shares in oil companies jump after US sanctions Russian energy firms, while manufacturers see weak prospects aheadYesterday’s weaker-than-expected UK inflation report has sparked chat that the Bank of England could cut interest rates sooner than expected.Deutsche Bank say there is now an “interesting debate” on whether there may be enough ammunition for the Bank’s monetary policy committee to cut borrowing costs as soon as its next meeting in early November.What’s the case for November? Relative to the Bank’s projections, growth has surprised to the downside, private sector AWE growth has surprised to the downside, unemployment has risen in line with Bank expectations, and inflation now sits a healthy amount below the Bank’s projections. Indeed, one could make the argument that the ingredients for a November rate cut are there.So, why not November? We think three things will be important for the MPC to see before dialling down restrictive policy again. One, the MPC may want to see s...

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30 h. ago Downing Street dismisses calls for MPs to get time to debate Prince Andrew

On Wednesday, Sir Keir Starmer said he would support ‘proper scrutiny’ over Crown Estate arrangements

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30 h. ago Leading conservationists just decided that genetically engineering wild animals is OK – sometimes. They’re right | Helen Pilcher

Humans have been selectively breeding animals for millennia. If we can help species survive by tweaking their DNA in a lab, I say bring it onDo you think we should genetically modify wildlife? What if we could make seabirds resistant to the flu that has been exterminating them en masse, just by tweaking their DNA a smidgen? Or make fish that can shrug off pollution, or coral that can survive warming waters? Engineer in the sorts of change that could occur naturally, given enough time, if only the wildlife would stop dying already.Thanks to newly emerging methods, such as Crispr, these feats are within reach. Recently, conservationists met at the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) 2025 World Conservation Congress where they debated GM wildlife and voted on a proposed moratorium that would stymie their release into the wild. Ahead of the meeting, a group of more than 90 NGOs issued a press release urging the IUCN to “say no to engineered wild species.” But humans ...

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30 h. ago What we misunderstand in the debate over free speech | Avram Alpert

Freedom of speech requires freedom of thought – and the American political climate poses a serious threat to itFor all the opinions about free speech and censorship that rage around us, there is remarkably little argument about what the “free” in free speech means. Most defenders of “free speech” only seem to care about the freedom to express themselves. They fight for the right to say anything, not whether the speech itself comes from a position of freedom.Focusing on what makes free speech free is fundamental to our moral and political futures. Because free speech, properly conceived, is not just about the right to say what one wants. It is also about being the kind of person who has been so conscientious in their thinking, learning and discussion that they have become a free subject whose speech is directed toward the pursuit of truth. And there are serious threats today against the freedom of thought on which free speech relies. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Oxford Union to vote on ousting second president amid 'racism' claims following Charlie Kirk row

Moosa Harraj, who is heading up the debating society until Christmas, is locked in a war of words with George Abaraonye, who was due to take over in January.

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