3 h. ago Woman living on cruise ships for 13 years reveals one thing she's 'banned' from doing

Christine Streets-Kesteloo became a cruise director 13 years ago and has been living on ships ever since with her husband Pieter – she now has over 1 million TikTok followers

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5 h. ago Shipping containers of fruit wash up on shore after falling from cargo ship

P&O Cruises ship Iona was delayed at Southampton after the incident.

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7 h. ago Over 100 passengers on world cruise hit with diarrhoea as horror outbreak sweeps ship

Crew members have implemented infection control protocols.

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10 h. ago Heathrow incident live: Woman robbed of suitcase before 21 injured in ‘pepper spray’ attack at airport

One man has been arrested on suspicion of assault as police launch a manhunt to trace remaining suspects

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10 h. ago Met Office maps reveal exact time huge band of rain set to hit UK as weather alerts issued

Greater Manchester is set to be affected by heavy rain in the coming days

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10 h. ago ‘I’ve been living on cruise ships for 13 years and am banned from doing 1 thing'

Christine Streets-Kesteloo fell in love with her life at sea and even met her husband on board – so what's it actually like to spend most of your time on a floating vessel?

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11 h. ago Cruise ship departure delayed by a day after bananas fall overboard

Eight of the containers were reported as carrying bananas, two as carrying plantain, one as carrying avocados

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13 h. ago Cruise ship delayed a day after containers of fruit fall into sea

P&O Cruises ship Iona was stuck at Southampton after the incident.

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13 h. ago Cruise ship suffers departure delay after banana containers fall into sea

P&O Cruises ship Iona was stuck at Southampton after the incident.

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14 h. ago Offaly house fire horror as boy, 4 and woman killed in 'murderous arson attack'

Gardaí are investigating a fatal house fire in Edenderry, County Offaly that claimed the lives of a boy and a woman in her 60s and left a woman in her 50s seriously injured

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14 h. ago Cruise ship trapped in port after banana containers fall into sea

A cruise ship has been forced to delay its departure after shipping containers carrying bananas fell overboard from a ship.

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15 h. ago Cruise ship stuck in port after banana containers fall into sea

P&O Cruises ship Iona has been stuck at Southampton since the incident.

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36 h. ago Cowboy builder leaves couple's home in ruins and makes off with £100,000: Devastated wife reveals how the stress led to her losing a baby

Andy Clarke, 46, and his then-pregnant wife, Lisa Clarke, 43, from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, were forced to pay another firm £150,000 to get the work completed.

Economics

58 h. ago Bank of England and FCA reveal plans to boost 'vital' mutuals sector

City regulators have revealed a package of measures designed to boost Britain's mutuals sector including building societies and credit unions.

Politics

60 h. ago Horror game Horses has been banned from sale – but is it as controversial as you’d think?

Pulled by Steam and Epic Games Store, indie horror Horses shook up the industry before it was even released. Now it’s out, all the drama surrounding it seems superfluousOn 25 November, award-winning Italian developer Santa Ragione, responsible for acclaimed titles such as MirrorMoon EP and Saturnalia, revealed that its latest project, Horses, had been banned from Steam - the largest digital store for PC games. A week later, another popular storefront, Epic Games Store, also pulled Horses, right before its 2 December launch date. The game was also briefly removed from the Humble Store, but was reinstated a day later.The controversy has helped the game rocket to the top of the digital stores that are selling it, namely itch.io and GOG. But the question remains – why was it banned? Horses certainly delves into some intensely controversial topics (a content warning at the start details, “physical violence, psychological abuse, gory imagery, depiction of slavery, physical and psychologic...

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61 h. ago Homeland security head reveals plans to widen US travel ban to more than 30 countries

Kristi Noem said the list of countries from which travel to the US is prohibited will increase to an unspecified numberUS politics live – latest updatesThe US plans to expand the number of countries covered by its travel ban to more than 30, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Kristi Noem, has announced.Noem, in an interview on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle on Thursday evening, was asked to confirm whether the Trump administration would be increasing the number of countries on the travel ban list to 32. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Rochdale crash LIVE: Roads closed as woman cut from car after horror collision

Emergency services have attended a 'major road traffic collision' in Rochdale at the junction of Bolton Road and Eskdale Avenue, with one woman cut from a vehicle and taken to hospital

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4 d. ago King Charles's royal menu for glitzy German state banquet revealed

German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Budenbender are being honoured at a star-studded banquet in Windsor Castle tonight

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4 d. ago I'm a Celebrity Ruby Wax's husband reveals one thing he'll 'ban' in return home

The star is close to reaching the final of the ITV series

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4 d. ago Meghan fawns over UK Xmas traditions, reveals new detail about kids & shares cringe banter with Harry in Netflix special

MEGHAN Markle hosts an all-girl pyjama party on her Netflix holiday special before serving up hubby Harry's most hated meal. The latest episode of the much derided cookery show 'With Love, Meghan' was released today. In the holiday special Meg, 44, tries to introduce the humble Christmas cracker to the American public. And Meg makes...

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