4 h. ago Jenrick’s defection strategy calls him ‘new sheriff in town’ – reports

Kemi Badenoch dismissed Mr Jenrick as shadow justice secretary and suspended him from the Conservative Party on Thursday.

Politics

5 h. ago European Figure Skating Championships: Costly mistake leaves Scottish ice dancers with bronze medal

The pair were lying in second after the rhythm dance

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5 h. ago Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson miss out on maiden European ice dance title

The British pair took bronze for the second year in a row, behind France’s Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Italy’s Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri

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6 h. ago Major cold front hits Midwest and East Coast, parts of Florida could even see snow

A blast of winter weather is set to bring snowfall and subfreezing wind chills across the Midwest and East Coast as well as near freezing temperatures in parts of the South, including in normally warm Florida

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6 h. ago ICE agent threw tear gas canister under a family’s SUV, leaving infant in need of hopsital treatment

The family was driving home from the middle school child’s basketball game

Society

8 h. ago The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast Antarctica’s ice sheets melt. We don’t know what’s coming

Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequencesOn one side of Dr Ben Galton-Fenzi’s view across the vast Totten ice shelf, the sun sat low on the Antarctic horizon. On the other, a full moon.The ice shelf is “flat and white”, says Galton-Fenzi. “If there’s cloud around, you lose the horizon.” Continue reading...

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9 h. ago 'The new sheriff in town!': Surreal Robert Jenrick defection notes REVEALED as turncoat Tory summoned up the courage to jump ship to Reform

A private 'media plan' drawn up by the former Shadow Justice Secretary while he was plotting to join Nigel Farage's party also called his move 'the biggest defection story Reform has ever had.'

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9 h. ago Abbey Clancy claims world number one sports star 'flirted' with Peter Crouch

Abbey Clancy's remarks surfaced in a recent episode of the couple's podcast, The Therapy Crouch, in which they opened up about a family trip to the United Arab Emirates

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10 h. ago ‘You don’t want this smoke’: US sheriff reflects on her viral remarks about ICE

Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal’s words have become a rallying cry against Trump’s immigration crackdown“You don’t want this smoke,” Rochelle Bilal, Philadelphia’s sheriff, warned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during an 8 January press conference. Her words have since become a rallying cry for resistance to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. At the conference with Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s district attorney, and city council members, Bilal spoke out against the 7 January fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. “We stand here today with all those who stand against the made-up, fake, what you can call ICE, professional law enforcement,” she said at the conference. “I don’t call them none of that. I call them made-up, fake, wannabe law enforcement. Because what they do is against not only legal law, but the moral law.”Bilal is part of a growing body of elected officials who are speaking out against the Trump administ...

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13 h. ago Reform UK’s London mayoral candidate condemned over ‘dangerous’ burqa stop and search comments

Crossbench peer says Laila Cunningham’s remarks were a ‘dogwhistle’ to racists

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14 h. ago Firefighters warn against dangerous viral air fryer cleaning hack

More than half the country now owns an air fryer, but firefighters are warning that some popular online cleaning hacks could do more harm than good, urging homeowners to follow manufacturer instructions instead

Events

14 h. ago Stacey Solomon shares emotional throwback and reminisces on early days of Joe Swash romance

The Sort Your Life Out host got emotional as she shared some of her favourite memories with Joe Swash as part of a social media 'throwback to 2016' viral challenge

Politics

14 h. ago Dancing on Ice star ditches neutrality to don kilt in show of 'patriotism' for skating medal hopes

Lewis Gibson and Lilah Fear are currently in silver medal position

Culture

14 h. ago 'I found designer bag in charity shop and couldn't believe price it was'

A woman has gone viral after finding a Chanel bag at a charity shop for just £8, with social media users divided over whether the designer handbag is authentic or fake

Economics

14 h. ago US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less

Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protestTwo protesters have been blinded by so-called “less-lethal” munitions deployed by federal officers during an anti-ICE protest last week in Santa Ana, California, according to reports.The blindings come amid rising scrutiny of federal authorities’ use-of-force policies, after the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer set off nationwide protests. Continue reading...

Events

16 h. ago ‘Make no mistake, this is an occupation’: ICE’s deadly presence casts long shadow over Minneapolis

Classrooms have emptied, shops have shut, and the mood is tense – but as the federal operation has ramped up, so has residents’ responseAt 6.15am, Jac Kovarik revs up their SUV and snakes through the iced-over streets of south Minneapolis, eyes scanning for federal immigration agents.The neighborhood where Renee Good was killed by a federal officer has been eerily quiet. The bus stops are depleted of early shift workers. Continue reading...

Events

16 h. ago How local and national news outlets are covering the aftermath of ICE shooting: ‘Get there, bear witness, ask questions’

Strong media presence in Minneapolis has ensured Renee Good’s shooting, and its fallout, has received wide coverageAfter a federal immigration agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with grisly videos quickly going viral on social media, news organizations from around the state, country and world dispatched correspondents and anchors to the scene.In the days since, that media presence has ebbed and flowed – though a well-resourced local news corps and many national journalists have remained, including reporters for the Guardian, covering additional clashes between police and protesters. Continue reading...

Events

17 h. ago Matt Tebbutt apologises to Naga Munchetty after 'proper newsreader' remark

Saturday Kitchen's Matt Tebbutt was forced to apologise after an off-the-cuff remark.

Politics

17 h. ago Stacey Solomon shares sweet throwback snaps of her and husband Joe Swash in 2016 internet trend as she gushes 'the year I fell in love'

The TV personality, 36, posted a carousel of heartwarming photos to Instagram on Friday as part of a viral trend where people share their lives from a decade ago.

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17 h. ago Couple buy abandoned house without looking inside – they were left astounded

Ryan Knight and Jen Peters-McKnight's renovation video went viral with 2 million views after discovering 'tonnes and tonnes of junk' inside their Pink House auction purchase

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