72 m. ago Reform UK councillor suspended over WhatsApp group featuring post calling for ‘mass Islam genocide’

Nigel Farage’s party is launching an investigation into the messages

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85 m. ago Tributes paid to British woman who died in 'freak severe snowstorm' while hiking in South America

'She was adored by all who knew her'

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1 hour ago Southern Charm star Madison LeCroy shares health update on husband Brett Randle after cancer diagnosis

Exclusive: LeCroy spoke with ‘The Independent’ days before BravoCon 2025 about the latest season of ‘Southern Charm’ and her husband’s cancer status

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1 hour ago China’s power play: MI5 warns of relentless espionage attempts in Britain

Alert says Beijing trying to recruit British sources in parliament, even if potential gains may be unclearAn unexpected connection on LinkedIn. An offer of work from a headhunter, most likely a young woman, based in China. The chance to earn perhaps £20,000 part-time writing a handful of geopolitical reports for a Chinese company peppered with “non-public” or “insider” insights. Payment in cryptocurrency or cash preferred.It may seem obvious, on this telling, that something about this approach would be amiss. Nevertheless, China’s powerful ministry of state security (MSS) still considers it worthwhile to deploy recruitment consultants to try it – leading MI5 to warn repeatedly about their activity online. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Brit woman killed in Patagonia snowstorm was on 'trip of a lifetime' with friends

Victoria Bond was named as one of five tourists whose bodies were recovered by search teams in Patagonia, Chile, in the aftermath of a horror nearly 120mph snowstorm

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1 hour ago I'm A Celeb star Kelly Brook's husband says show is 'hard to watch' as she breaks down in jungle

Kelly Brook's husband Jeremy Parisi has opened up about seeing his wife on TV every night on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! as he admits it has been 'tough'

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2 h. ago "I had a feeling": Kieran Tierney lifts lid on Scotland message amid mystic prediction with Celtic teammate

The Celtic star scored a dramatic injury-time goal to send Scotland to the World Cup.

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2 h. ago Kelly Brook's husband speaks out as Page 3 icon breaks down in tears on I'm A Celeb

Kelly Brook's husband Jeremy Parisi has admitted spending time away from the Page 3 icon is "tougher than I could have ever imagined", after she choked up on the ITV show

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2 h. ago I'm a Celeb Kelly Brook's husband gives a heartbreaking response after her tears in jungle

Kelly Brook's husband Jeremy Parisi opens up to the Mirror in the wake of her tears in the Bush Telegraph when she was given a picture of him, and their dog Teddy

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2 h. ago Kieran Tierney reveals prophetic message sent to Celtic star ahead of his World Cup glory goal

The Scotland star hadn’t even crossed the white line before he was relayed an instruction that ultimately came true

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2 h. ago Arsenal sent clear Premier League title message after Gabriel injury update

Gabriel Magalhaes is expected to be sidelined for at least a month after suffering an injury while on international duty with Brazil

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2 h. ago I I refused to sell my home or force my husband to get a low

Take pause, if you go to the cinema this weekend to see the new film The Running Man. The basic plot of this dystopian thriller is that the contestants must compete to stay alive.

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2 h. ago Vogue Williams addresses rumours she and Spencer Matthews are 'heading for a breakup'

Vogue Williams has furiously spoken out on claims that she is "heading for a breakup" with husband Spencer Matthews, after the couple have been spending some time apart

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2 h. ago The incredible Lake District retreat worth £4.5m that you could live in for £15

The five-bedroom countryside retreat comes complete with its own private lake

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3 h. ago Mikel Arteta's message to Viktor Gyokeres speaks volumes as Arsenal star told to lose weight

Arsenal star Viktor Gyokeres has endured a rollercoaster start to life at the Gunners but amid growing scrutiny on the forward, Mikel Arteta has reiterated he is a big fan of the Swede

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3 h. ago One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at 50: the spirit of rebellion lives on

The 1975 drama, one of the only films to ever receive the big five Oscars, remains a touchstone of American cinema with a resonant message of resisting conformityA movie winning the big five Academy Awards – best picture along with honoring the lead actor and actress, writing and directing – happens so rarely that there’s not much use in examining the three movies that have pulled it off for common ground. But among It Happened One Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and The Silence of the Lambs, it may be Cuckoo’s Nest, released 50 years ago on Wednesday, that feels like the unlikeliest across-the-board triumph. It Happened One Night and The Silence of the Lambs both belong to rarely awarded genres (romantic comedy and horror, respectively), which makes their big wins unusual but also clearcut: here is an example of the best this type of movie has to offer. Cuckoo’s Nest, meanwhile, is potentially much thornier. It’s a comedy-drama made at least in part as allegory – an anti-co...

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3 h. ago I refused to sell my home or force my husband to get a low skill job to save us from tax

Take pause, if you go to the cinema this weekend to see the new film The Running Man. The basic plot of this dystopian thriller is that the contestants must compete to stay alive.

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3 h. ago Scots podcaster James English appears in court for domestic abuse trial

English was in the dock at Glasgow Sheriff Court accused of abusing the woman over a period of 16 months.

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3 h. ago Strictly Vicky Pattison's husband sends sweet message after 'cruel' exit as 'lie' admitted

It comes after the reality TV star and presenter was the seventh celebrity to be eliminated from the BBC One dance competition

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3 h. ago Urgent warning to WhatsApp users as cybersecurity experts discover a vulnerability allowing access to 3.5 BILLION profiles

Researchers say that a simple weakness allowed them to access 3.5 billion profiles on the Meta-owned messaging app.

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