85 m. ago Glastonbury 2025 fans make plea for iconic act after 'huge' return

As the fourth day of the festival arrived, fans were excited to see one act perform after 30 years

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96 m. ago Ruben Amorim makes specific new arrival request at Man Utd as negotiations begin

Ruben Amorim has made a specific arrival request to the Man Utd board in the hope of avoiding a repeat of his first season in charge that saw the Red Devils endure their worst-ever Premier League campaign

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2 h. ago Celtic strongest starting XI following £1.2m arrival and Kuhn transfer exit links

What does Celtic’s strongest starting XI look like following the arrival of their three summer signings?

Economics

6 h. ago Woman orders from Vinted but is floored when item arrives in 'baffling' packaging

A woman shared a video of the package in which her Vinted order arrived, prompting others to share the most bizarre items they've received or sent their items in

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7 h. ago Border Force seizes enormous £100m cocaine shipment at London port

An massive haul was discovered hidden beneath containers on a ship arriving at London Gateway port from Panama, the Home Office said.

Economics

8 h. ago ‘People told me it gave them a sense of hope’: Ismail Zaidy’s best phone picture

The Moroccan photographer intended this portrait of his sister, taken during the Covid pandemic, to bring optimism in uncertain timesIsmail Zaidy took this image, with the help of his siblings, in the gardens of the famous La Mamounia hotel in Marrakech. The Moroccan photographer received special authorisation to shoot there in 2021, when Covid restrictions were in place. He took his brother, Othmane, as shoot assistant and his sister, Fatimazahra, was the model in the image, wearing a vintage dress their mum had bought at a flea market. The small team fixed flowers to a plastic sheet and took a number of shots over a three-hour period; Othmane appeared in some, too.Zaidy recalls what a treat it felt to be outside. “Getting access to open spaces was limited, so being outdoors – even briefly – felt refreshing and special,” he says. “ It was a fairly chaotic period for all of us, but over time things calmed down and we found a rhythm. It actually gave us more time to cr...

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8 h. ago Major £96m cocaine haul seized at UK port in one of biggest drugs busts in years

A huge drug haul was found under containers on a ship arriving into London Gateway port from Panama, a Home Office spokesperson said

Economics

9 h. ago Managing Celtic – £25m exit jackpot funds transfer spending spree as 3 arrivals near after Nygren deal

It's been a busy window at Celtic Park but what business do they have left to do?

Economics

9 h. ago ‘Unless you see it, you can’t believe how bad it is’: the peer demanding a minister for porn

We’ve got into a mess with extreme content because nobody wants to talk about pornography, says Gabby BertinWhen the Conservative peer Gabby Bertin arrived for a meeting with the the science and technology secretary, Peter Kyle, earlier this year she startled him by laying out an array of pornographic images across his desk.“They were screengrabs showing little girls, their hair in bunches, and massive, grown men grabbing little girls’ throats,” she says. She had selected images which appeared to depict child abuse, and yet were easily and legally available on a popular website. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Woman orders Vinted parcel but is floored by 'baffling' packaging it arrives in

A woman was left dumbfounded when she went to pick up her Vinted parcel from her nearest InPost locker, only to find that the wares had been posted in rather quirky packaging

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12 h. ago ‘We are privileged’: liberal Afrikaners reject Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims

As white South Africans arrive in US to escape ‘unjust racial discrimination’, many progressives feel angry at Trump’s portrayal of them as victimsFor some white Afrikaner South Africans, Donald Trump’s offer of refugee status in the US has been seen as a godsend. For others, it has provoked anger and frustration that they are being falsely portrayed as victims of a “white genocide”, 31 years after their community’s own oppressive minority rule ended.In February, Trump signed an executive order claiming Afrikaners, who make up about 4% of South Africa’s population, or about 2.5 million people, were victims of “unjust racial discrimination”. The order cut aid to the country and established a refugee programme for white South Africans. The first group arrived in May. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago The 1975 at Glastonbury review – amid the irony, ego and pints of Guinness, this is a world

Pyramid stagePerhaps joking, or perhaps not, Matty Healy pronounces himself ‘the greatest songwriter of my generation’ – and that’s only a slightly ridiculous statementThe 1975’s first Glastonbury headlining slot arrives preceded by some intriguing rumours about what’s going to happen. Some fairly eye-popping figures are being bandied about regarding the cost of their set’s staging – which allegedly vastly outweighs the fee the band are being paid – while one dubious online source insists Healy has shaved his head for the occasion. He hasn’t (he appears onstage tonsorially intact), but clearly large sums of money have been spent somewhere along the way.What ensues isn’t quite as complex as their last tour, which featured lead singer Matty Healy eating raw steak, doing push ups, climbing through a television and Prince Andrew’s face appearing on a bank of television screens accompanied by the strains of Mahler’s 5th Symphony. Nevertheless, there are huge video screens everywhere: not...

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17 h. ago Truth about your takeaway drivers. You thoughtlessly open your door to these masked strangers when they drop off your food

What I found strange about the delivery bikers arriving at my door was that I could never see their faces. They were invariably masked in motorbike helmets, with only their eyes showing

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21 h. ago How a camel herder from Qatar who can't speak a word of English ended up living in London's smartest street

According to his barrister, he had little contact with the outside world or any experience of modern or urban life before his arrival in the UK to receive treatment for a rare heart condition.

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21 h. ago World Health Organization is STILL siding with China over Covid's origins as report rules out lab leak

A group of experts investigating Covid origins on behalf of the World Health Organization revealed they still aren't sure how the pandemic began and have sided with China's theories.

Science

23 h. ago Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 20 years for cheating customers and government

Jon Hallford will also face sentencing in August for state case after pleading guilty to 191 counts of corpse abuseA Colorado funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 dead bodies in a decrepit building and sent grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 20 years in prison in federal court on Friday for cheating customers and defrauding the federal government out of nearly $900,000 in Covid-19 aid.Jon Hallford, the owner of Return to Nature funeral home, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud last year and had faced a maximum of 20 years in prison. Federal prosecutors are seeking a 15-year sentence and Hallford’s attorney asked for 10 years. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago A rundown of recent Trump administration vaccine policy changes

The Trump administration is continuing to make its imprint on U.S. vaccine policy in recent days

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24 h. ago Three in four Londoners struggle to relax on holiday due to home security fears

New research suggests many of us are struggling to truly switch off once we arrive at our holiday destination

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24 h. ago Jeff Bezos arrives for $20m wedding to Lauren Sanchez as Oprah and Ivanka Trump lead glamorous guests: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Amazon billionaire Jeff couldn't stop smiling as he was taken by boat to his Venetian wedding to Lauren.

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25 h. ago Blue’s Clues star Steve Burns is back and launching a podcast about ‘death, sex and taxes’

‘Alive with Steve Burns’ is expected to arrive this fall

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