68 m. ago Tennessee declares Dolly Parton Day to honor country star’s 80th birthday

‘Her talent and generosity have made a lasting impact on the world,’ Governor Bill Lee said in his proclamation

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3 h. ago Music legend Bez admits 'I’ve got to clean myself up' as he eyes up 'positives'

As The Happy Mondays get ready for the first time in years, legendary member Bez has admitted that even when he is struggling with what life throws him, he looks on the bright side

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3 h. ago Romford MP Andrew Rosindell becomes latest Tory to defect to Reform

Veteran MP says ‘time to put country before party’ citing Conservative position on Chagos IslandsThe Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell has joined Reform UK, the party has announced.Rosindell, the MP for Romford since 2001, said on X that he had joined the Conservative party at the age of 14, inspired by the principles advocated by Margaret Thatcher but that “the time has come to put country before party”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Chilean president declares state of catastrophe as wildfires kill at least 15

Fires blaze through 8,500 hectares, forcing 50,000 people to evacuate as firefighters struggle to extinguish flamesWildfires raging across central and southern Chile have killed at least 15 people, scorched thousands of hectares of forest and destroyed scores of homes, authorities said, as the South American country swelters under a heatwave.Chile’s president, Gabriel Boric, declared a state of catastrophe in the country’s central Biobío region and the neighbouring Ñuble region, about 500km (300 miles) south of Santiago, the capital. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Chilean president declares state of catastrophe as wildfires kill at least 18

Fires blaze through 8,500 hectares, forcing 50,000 people to evacuate as firefighters struggle to extinguish flamesWildfires raging across central and southern Chile have killed at least 18 people, scorched thousands of hectares of forest and destroyed scores of homes, authorities said, as the South American country swelters under a heatwave.Chile’s president, Gabriel Boric, declared a state of catastrophe in the country’s central Biobío region and the neighbouring Ñuble region, about 500km (300 miles) south of Santiago, the capital. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago SoCal Edison lawsuits claim series of missteps made Eaton Fire more deadly

Southern California Edison has filed lawsuits against Los Angeles County, local water agencies and the Southern California Gas Company

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4 h. ago Chile declares a state of emergency as deadly wildfires burn out of control

14 blazes have ripped through the country for two days now in the Nuble and Biobio regions, about 500 kilometers (300 miles) south of Chile's capital, Santiago.

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4 h. ago Hamilton Accies BAN local newspaper following wage bill revelations at crisis

The League One outfit have said they will no longer engage with the media outlet following recent coverage of the administration-threatened club

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5 h. ago Dragons' Den star Steven Bartlett makes gushing statement about fiancée and shows off huge ring

The Diary of a CEO host and Dragons' Den judge Steven Bartlett is looking forward to a happy future together with wellness expert wife-to-be Melanie Lopes after proposing last year

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5 h. ago Chris Packham warns of massive change we must make to save UK's garden birds

The BBC star says people won't want to do it, but they might have to, and he hopes to show what's needed using scientific proof

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6 h. ago Iran warns world that any attack on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would be declaration of war

Iran’s president makes comment in response to speculation Donald Trump is planning to assassinate or remove Iran’s supreme leaderIran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, warned on Sunday that any attack on the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would mean a declaration of war.In an apparent response to speculation that Donald Trump is considering an attempt to assassinate or remove Khamenei, Pezeshkian said in a post on X that “an attack on the great leader of our country is tantamount to a full-scale war with the Iranian nation.” Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Wildfires race across Chile, leaving 15 dead and forcing thousands to flee

Authorities in Chile say that wildfires raging across central and southern areas of the country have left at least 15 people dead

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7 h. ago 'Villages killed, trees felled, and narrow country lanes turned into bottlenecks'

A public inquiry into rail upgrade that could leave villages 'cut off' for months has been announced.

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8 h. ago Major police incident after 'petrol bomb' thrown through window of family home

Police and fire crews have been dealing with a major incident after an alleged 'petrol bomb' attack has seen a family in Greater Manchester 'lose everything', according to local councillor

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9 h. ago Asylum seekers 'are SEVEN times more likely to be arrested than everyone else on Britain's railways' as MP warns our open borders have made country 'dangerous'

Asylum seekers are up to seven times more likely to be arrested than the rest of the population, official figures suggest.

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9 h. ago Councils are offering parents £5,000 to drive their children to school amid desperate efforts to cut spiralling SEND taxi bills

Local authorities are increasingly turning to 'personal transport budgets' as a more flexible and cost-effective option than laying on taxis or minibuses.

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9 h. ago Man, 23, killed outside Asda named as family pay tribute to ‘much

A MAN who was killed outside an Asda has been named as his family pay tribute. Daniel Ambler tragically died after a collision at an Asda Express garage in Seaham, Country Durham on Thursday with three arrested and a manhunt underway. His family have now paid a heartbreaking tribute to the "kind-hearted son and brother"....

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10 h. ago Australia’s koala paradox: why is the beloved marsupial endangered in parts but overabundant in others?

There are so many koalas in some places that food is the issue – while elsewhere populations are threatened by habitat loss. And there are no easy fixesSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereOn French Island in Victoria’s Western Port Bay, koalas are dropping from trees. Eucalypts have been eaten bare by the marsupials, with local reports of some found starving and dead. Multiple koalas – usually solitary animals – can often be seen on a single gum.Koalas were first introduced to French Island from the mainland in the 1880s, a move that protected the species from extinction in the decades they were extensively hunted for their pelts. In the absence of predators and diseases such as chlamydia, the population thrived. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Kindness of strangers: stranded on a tiny Indonesian island, a local took us under her wing

Noticing how out of place we looked, she asked in English if she could help us Read more in the kindness of strangers seriesIn 1996, I travelled around Indonesia with my then-boyfriend. We’d been exploring Surabaya when we heard about an island off the coast called Madura that could be reached via ferry. It didn’t turn up in any of the tourist guides, which appealed to us, being adventurous types. We knew Madura wouldn’t be touristy, but expected there’d be some streets to explore and somewhere to sit down and have a cup of tea.As soon as Madura came into sight, we realised our visit may not have been a great idea. We were expecting to see houses and buildings dot the shore, as well as the hawkers who’d typically crowd around piers in Indonesia with food and wares to sell. There was none of that. It was just a pier next to a tiny village. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Parents paid up to £5,000 a year to drive children to school as councils slash taxi bills

Number of families given cash for special needs transport doubles as local authorities battle soaring costs

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