18 m. ago Inflation live: UK rate rises to 3.8% as latest ONS figures released

New figures reveal highest rate of inflation since January 2024

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21 m. ago Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta: when does Black Ops 7 beta start and how to get early access

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will have an open beta this autumn 🎮

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23 m. ago Now MORE Councils weigh up legal action to stop asylum seekers being housed in migrant hotels after stunning 'victory' in High Court

Yesterday, council leaders won the first step in their bid to have the Bell Hotel closed, after Mr Justice Eyre ruled the establishment must stop housing asylum seekers by September 12.

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27 m. ago US Open mixed doubles order of play: Jack Draper and Jessica Pegula start time

The new mixed doubles event in New York sees a host of top singles players compete for a $1m prize

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29 m. ago 'I went into cardiac arrest watching TV aged 21, but dad had just done a course'

Gary Pitfield had just taken a course in CPR when his daughter Olivia fell seriously ill at home

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37 m. ago Mo Salah delivers telling response after Declan Rice's 'tough' Arsenal comment

Mohamed Salah became the first three-time winner of the PFA Players' Player of the Year award and was joined on stage with his fellow Team of the Year members in Manchester

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48 m. ago Villagers offer harrowing accounts of one of the deadliest attacks in Sudan's civil war

When rebels stormed into a village last month in Sudan, they gunned down civilians in their homes or as they tried to flee

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50 m. ago We criminalise the political stunt at our peril. It is a crucial art form that is impossible to ignore | Mark Borkowski

At the same time as we applaud the suffragettes and the likes of Peter Tatchell, Britain is losing the right to protestMark Borkowski is a crisis PR consultant and authorWe must ask ourselves: how would the heroic suffragettes or the remarkable Greenham Common women be regarded if active today? The answer is simple: they would be locked up. Just as they were locked up then. A century ago, women chained themselves to railings, set fires, endured prison and changed the world, and we celebrate their victories without thinking too hard about their methods. Yet today’s laws would criminalise them on sight.Last month, the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, wore a commemorative sash celebrating the suffragette struggle. Yet this is the same Yvette Cooper presiding over an age of repressive laws and mass arrests. It’s a paradox: we laud the rebels of the past while shackling the rebels of the present.Mark Borkowski is a crisis PR consultant and author. His BBC Radio 4 Archive on 4 documentary, ...

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50 m. ago Hot springs, empty beaches, forests and wine: exploring the unspoilt Greek island of Ikaria

On a trip to the eastern Aegean isle with my mum after my dad died, we found inspiring landscapes, delicious local produce, and a profound sense of peaceThere are no signs to the hot spring, but I locate it on the map and we drive to the end of the paved road. Overlooking the sea is a stone bench someone has dedicated to her parents, “with gratitude and love as deep as the Aegean”. My dad died recently and the words strike home. I’m glad my mum has joined me on this little adventure.We walk down to the deserted cove at Agia Kyriaki thermal springs. There are old fishing shacks with stone-slab roofs, and shuttered cottages. Down an unmarked path, we find a rock pool where hot waters bubble gently from the sand, blending with the sea to a perfect temperature. Immersed in the healing mineral bath, I look up at juniper trees and blue sky, lulled by lapping waves and cicadas. Continue reading...

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50 m. ago Nasa scientist believes mystery planet is home to alien life in stunning breakthrough

A NASA scientist has suggested there may be life in the seas of a dwarf planet saying astrobiologists are constantly "surprised" by the level of activity on the outer edges of our solar system.

Science

99 m. ago 'I was homeless as a kid, now I’m an MP I know how important this is'

Tom Morrison's route to politics was very different to most - now he's using his platform to support an M.E.N. campaign

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1 hour ago How to earn money from solar panels: why you could be making £624 a year

The price of solar panels has been dropping, providing an opportunity for homeowners to generate their own power and cut fossil fuel use

Economics

1 hour ago Misunderstanding UK parking rule could cost you £100 during a summer staycation

This little-known parking rule is catching motorists out, especially the staycation tourists, hitting them with an immediate £100 fine, experts say to research before parking up for your holiday

Economics

1 hour ago Kilmarnock legend and Wishaw boss Paul Wright thought new signing's age was a wind up, as veteran striker makes scoring start

Kris Jarvie has netted two goals in his first two games after joining Paul Wright's side

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1 hour ago Angry Clyde boss blasts side after throwing away lead against Spartans

Darren Young says his side should have been out of sight by half-time as they lost 3-1 at home

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1 hour ago Matheus Cunha has already proved doubters wrong in one game for Manchester United

Man United did not get off to a good start in their defeat to Arsenal but Matheus Cunha did with an enterprising debut.

Sport

2 h. ago ‘Don’t call this racist’: row grows over motives behind England flag campaign

Organisers say they are just being patriotic but some suspect far right is behind ‘dangerous’ lamp-post movement“This is NOT racist never has been never will be,” reads the fundraising page of a group calling itself the Wythall Flaggers, which by Tuesday afternoon had raised more than £2,000, mostly in small donations of £5 and £10. “We have members of the community of all ethnicities and religions stopping by and praising what we are doing so please don’t call this racist.”The money, according to the page’s organiser, will be used for “coating the local community in England flags as this is home and we should be patriotic and proud We need help to cover every street in Wythall with our beautiful St George’s cross.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago The secret life of a child star: how Alyson Stoner survived stalkers, starvation and sexualisation

Stoner was a small child when they began acting professionally – and their experience included extreme pressure, dangerous diets, rehab, dashed hopes and self-doubt. Now, with a new memoir, they consider how they escaped ‘the toddler to train-wreck pipeline’When Alyson Stoner was nine, a wardrobe assistant on the set of a TV show noticed the child actor’s dark leg-hair and told Stoner it was “dirty and unladylike”, and that they couldn’t wear shorts in the show until it was removed. “I started to view my body in a detached way where it was just something to control, to fix, to manipulate for whatever standard was presented to me,” says Stoner. “In this case, the extreme beauty standards of the industry.”It was a lot for a nine-year-old to take on, but by then Stoner had been working for several years – they were a Disney regular, and appeared in films such as Cheaper By the Dozen – and were used to doing whatever adults asked. As a teenager, this would lead to an excessive exercise ...

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2 h. ago Inflation latest: Cost of living expected to rise again in key figures released today

CPI inflation widely expected to have increased to 3.7%

Economics

3 h. ago Mum traumatised after police officer steals her underwear during home search

Marcin Zielinski, 27, was jailed for four months on Monday after he admitted one charge of theft and a charge of corrupt/improper exercise of police powers and privileges by a constable.

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