38 m. ago UK snow maps show '3cm per hour snow' and torrential rain tomorrow – just one region spared

Almost all of the country is set to be hit by a deluge of rain tomorrow, with at least 3cm feared to hit over the day, while other areas will also be hit by snow as winter continues

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41 m. ago Australia v South Africa: Champions Trophy cricket match washed out – live

Updates from the match at Rawalpindi Cricket StadiumPlay was due to start at 2pm local/8pm AEDT/9am GMT“Just a heads up Rob...” begins Alistair Connor. “Check out weather.com , the rain’s only getting worse in Rawalpindi. Can’t see any sort of match happening. Or are you contractually or diplomatically obliged to avoid mentioning that?”It’s more that I’m one of nature’s optimists you can’t always trust the weather apps. Continue reading...

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49 m. ago George Carey among clergy facing possible disciplinary action over Makin report

He is one of 10 people named regarding potential failures in handling abuse allegations.

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49 m. ago Man Utd warned Bruno Fernandes is 'frustrated' with struggles as new theory emerges

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has leapt to the defence of Bruno Fernandes, who he feels is left frustrated by shortcomings among some of his team-mates

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2 h. ago The Chase's Paul Sinha says show 'won't survive' if one star quits

The Chase star Paul Sinha said that if one cast member decided their 'acting career comes first' and quit the show, it would be the end of the ITV hit

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2 h. ago Netflix Zero Day fans told to watch 'addictive' thriller that left viewers 'utterly gobsmacked'

Fans have been told to check out a release they may have missed

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3 h. ago Boots shoppers rave about Rimmel 'no smudge' mascara that makes lashes 5 times longer

The Thrill Seeker Extreme Mascara has left shoppers amazed with its volumising effect and you can get it for free with Boots' special promotion

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3 h. ago Australia v South Africa: start delayed in Champions Trophy cricket – live

Updates from the match at Rawalpindi Cricket StadiumPlay was due to start at 2pm local/8pm AEDT/9am GMTStill raining in Rawalpindi. It’s very light, frustratingly so, but the outfield is in good condition so the turnaround should be very quick if/when the rain stops.Here’s something to read while we wait. The bogeyman is back. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Met Office predicts exact time ‘heavy rain’ will fall in Greater Manchester this week

When will rain fall this week in Manchester?

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3 h. ago Zero Day is a political thriller without a political position or even point

Netflix’s new Robert De Niro-led hit series toys with real-world references but hasn’t got the faintest clue what to do with themSpoilers aheadFor decades, movies and TV shows that feature the president of the United States as a character have tried, often playfully, to keep pace with the headlines. Sometimes they even managed to move a little faster than real-life progress; Morgan Freeman was chosen to lead the nation in Deep Impact a decade before the election of Barack Obama, and plenty of women have occupied the on-screen Oval Office, anticipating a glass-ceiling break that has yet to actually happen.So at first, the new Netflix series Zero Day comes across like a slightly and understandably mistimed attempt at topicality by focusing on George Mullen (Robert De Niro), a former US president known for bipartisan cooperation, who only served one term before stepping down to deal with the death of his son, and who later works closely with the current president, Evelyn Mitchell (Ange...

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3 h. ago Cold Wallet review – blackly comic revenge fable goes into crypto’s corrupt heart

Fickle financial dealings leave a man and his friends in debt, prompting them to go in search of the slippery crypto king responsible and hold him to accountThe opening crawl for this timely, acute thriller proclaims it’s a Steven Soderbergh presentation, although that’s the only place that the veteran film-maker’s name crops up in the credits. No doubt kudos here should mostly be due to director Cutter Hodierne and screenwriter John Hibey, as well as their crew and cast, but it’s tempting to sense a light Soderberghian touch in Cold Wallet’s blackly comic look at how cryptocurrency eats the soul of all who meddle in its black arts.Charismatic Raúl Castillo stars as protagonist Billy, a bit of a screw-up who is neck deep in a crypto called – tellingly for those aware of the history of bubble stocks – Tulip. Hoping to cash out enough to buy a house so he can gain better access to his daughter who lives with his bitter ex-wife (Zoe Winters from Succession), Billy is the proverbial thi...

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3 h. ago When It Rained for a Million Years by Paul Farley – thrilling leaps of imagination

An impressive collection of poems – largely set in industrial wastelands and musing on time and distance – makes the mundane magicalThe deluge of abstract thought in Paul Farley’s sixth collection, When It Rained for a Million Years, flows impressively far and wide. In this startlingly imaginative work, blood runs backwards and language itself has eyes – somehow, each word on the page “looks back, puzzled, like it dwells / on distances – between dip / and driving quill”.The “distances” these poems span are unremarkable in geographic terms. Farley is fond of scruffy car parks and cooling towers, PO boxes and photocopiers, taxi cabs and chimney stacks. I cannot always follow the beauty he sees in bus timetables or in a study of stacked chairs. But although the height of glamour involves a flying visit to the dismal grey of Heathrow, this subverted play on grandeur only renders his imagery more sublime. In one poem, a flag memorably “shivers like / a bolt of silk on a bed of nails, / o...

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4 h. ago Secret Service Agent who jumped on JFK’s limo after assassination dies aged 93

The Secret Service agent who leapt onto the back of President John F. Kennedy's limousine after the president was shot has died

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4 h. ago Paul Merson urges Ruben Amorim to make major change at Manchester United

Latest Manchester United news and gossip as Paul Merson issues a message to Ruben Amorim over the tactics used at United

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4 h. ago ITV Unforgotten fans call out 'plot hole' as series comes to gripping end

Once again the popular ITV drama captivated audiences with its thrilling storyline

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6 h. ago Why 200ft 'greatest thrill ride ever invented' has disappeared from Barry Island

Where has the famous thrill ride vanished to? We asked the owner of the Pleasure Park after questions were posed about where it might have gone and if it was coming back

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13 h. ago Hollyoaks star hints at 'split' from girlfriend a year after going public

Hollyoaks star James Sutton, who plays John Paul McQueen in the Channel 4 soap, has reportedly split from his girlfriend of one year, Tamara Jane

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13 h. ago Drivers' chilling 30cm water warning as 96 flood alerts grip UK with 14 killer alarms

Weather boffins are warning of a danger to life in the latest flood misery to blight Britain - authorities have also raised the alarm for drivers ahead of expected rain

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15 h. ago Secret Service Agent Clint Hill who famously jumped on back of JFK limo after assassination dies at age 93

The Secret Service agent who leapt onto the back of President John F. Kennedy's limousine after the president was shot has died

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15 h. ago 'Freak accident' as missing fisherman pulled overboard by huge shark during competition

Avid fisherman Paul Barning, 58, was taking part in the Game Fishing Association state tournament off the coast of New South Wales in Australia when he disappeared into the ocean

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