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  • UK Heatwave: Amber health alerts as temperatures reach 35C

    UK Heatwave: Amber health alerts as temperatures reach 35C

    The UK heatwaves are not over as amber health alerts issued Amber and yellow heat health alerts come into force on Wednesday as parts of the UK endure the fourth widespread heatwave of the year so far, with temperatures forecast to peak at up to 35C (95F) in the hottest places. A plume of intense […]

    1 month ago

  • American Horror Story Season 13 will unite every past series, says Ryan Murphy

    American Horror Story Season 13 will unite every past series, says Ryan Murphy

    American Horror Story Season 13 could be the biggest yet American Horror Story season 13 will bring together characters from previous runs of the FX horror anthology, co-creator Ryan Murphy has revealed. Murphy is planning to bring back fan favourites Jessica Lange, Evan Peters, Emma Roberts, Angela Bassett and Sarah Paulson in a crossover he […]

    1 month ago

  • Stephen Clegg storms to Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow

    Stephen Clegg storms to Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow

    A huge win for Stephen Clegg in Glasgow Scottish para-swimmer Stephen Clegg stormed to a 50m freestyle S14 gold at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Tuesday night, taking the host nation’s tally to seven golds and 14 medals on day five of the 11-day competition. The victory added to the silver the 30-year-old claimed […]

    1 month ago

  • Subway responds to fan outcry with launch of Ranch sauce in the UK

    Subway responds to fan outcry with launch of Ranch sauce in the UK

    It’s about time! Subway has finally brought ranch sauce to the UK after weeks of online demand fuelled by the viral obsession surrounding the condiment. The sandwich chain has added a new Buttermilk Ranch sauce to menus across the UK, following a surge in interest sparked by fans discovering ranch at recent football matches in […]

    1 month ago

  • Myspace Could Be Making a Comeback — and Millennials Are Not Ready

    Myspace Could Be Making a Comeback — and Millennials Are Not Ready

    Myspace Could Be Making a Comeback — and Millennials Are Not Ready Picture the scene: a garish profile crammed with sparkly bubble text, autoplaying music and the agonising politics of ranking your top eight friends. For a generation of millennials, that was Myspace — a digital rite of passage as formative as it was faintly […]

    1 month ago

  • Zack Polanski Reported to Police by Reform UK Over Guillotine T-Shirt Post

    Zack Polanski Reported to Police by Reform UK Over Guillotine T-Shirt Post

    Zack Polanski Reported to Police by Reform UK Over Guillotine T-Shirt Post Green Party leader Zack Polanski has been reported to the police by Reform UK after he shared an Instagram post that included a photo of a man wearing a top featuring the name “Nigel” alongside an image of a guillotine. Sharing a screenshot […]

    1 month ago

  • Jennifer Aniston to Play Santa’s Ex in Olivia Wilde’s Christmas Comedy ‘Naughty’

    Jennifer Aniston to Play Santa’s Ex in Olivia Wilde’s Christmas Comedy ‘Naughty’

    Jennifer Aniston to Play Santa’s Ex in Olivia Wilde’s Christmas Comedy ‘Naughty’ Jennifer Aniston is set to lead Olivia Wilde’s new Universal Christmas comedy “Naughty”, playing a single mum whose ex just happens to be Santa Claus, Variety reported on Tuesday. Peter Dinklage will star opposite her as the king of Christmas himself. Wilde — […]

    1 month ago

  • Fans left furious as Man Utd fan aged 6 has ticket restricted by club

    Fans left furious as Man Utd fan aged 6 has ticket restricted by club

    It comes ahead of the new season. Manchester United have restricted a six-year old fan’s season ticket ahead of the new season, in an attempt to identify ticket touts. United have been attempting to crack down on ticket touts and breaches of the club’s ticketing terms and conditions. As a result, many fans have taken […]

    1 month ago

  • ‘Extremely significant’ car bomb intercepted near Northern Irish border by police

    ‘Extremely significant’ car bomb intercepted near Northern Irish border by police

    Police stopped the car on Wednesday which was believed to be heading to Northern Ireland An “extremely significant” car bomb has been intercepted near the Northern Irish border in an operation targeting dissident republicans, Gardaí have said. Gardai were investigating dissident republican activity and the car is believed to have been headed to the north. Following the […]

    1 month ago

  • Iraola reveals he held talks with other clubs before Liverpool move

    Iraola reveals he held talks with other clubs before Liverpool move

    New Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola has revealed he was in talks with other clubs before the Reds moved to bring him to Anfield. The 44-year-old, who replaced Arne Slot after the end of last season, said the switch “happened quite fast” once Liverpool made contact. What Iraola said about his Liverpool move Iraola had stepped […]

    1 month ago

  • MI5 ordered to pay damages over surveillance of journalist’s phone

    MI5 ordered to pay damages over surveillance of journalist’s phone

    MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) have been ordered to pay £20,000 in damages to a journalist after illegally obtaining his phone records – believed to be the first time MI5 has been directed to compensate a journalist. The ruling was handed down by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) in London on […]

    1 month ago

  • Venice Film Festival 2026 lineup revealed, led by Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink’

    Venice Film Festival 2026 lineup revealed, led by Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink’

    The Venice Film Festival 2026 lineup was unveiled on Thursday, with the 83rd edition of one of the world’s most prestigious film events set to open with the world premiere of Danny Boyle’s “Ink”. Artistic director Alberto Barbera and Biennale di Venezia president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco confirmed the competition and sidebar selections at a press conference […]

    1 month ago

  • US signs landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia amid arms-race fears

    US signs landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia amid arms-race fears

    The United States and Saudi Arabia have signed a landmark nuclear deal that will allow the Gulf kingdom to develop a civilian nuclear programme, in an agreement announced on Wednesday that experts warn could raise the risk of proliferation across an already unstable region. The US-Saudi Arabia nuclear deal, described by Washington as a “peaceful […]

    1 month ago

  • New recycling rules for England: The everyday items tripping households up

    New recycling rules for England: The everyday items tripping households up

    New recycling rules are being introduced across England, and households are being asked to rethink what they put out for collection. As the changes roll out, waste experts warn that a handful of everyday items are still routinely ending up in the wrong bin — creating confusion, contamination and extra work for collection services. The […]

    1 month ago

  • Andy Burnham’s first week: Every pledge from the new PM’s cost-of-living blitz

    Andy Burnham’s first week: Every pledge from the new PM’s cost-of-living blitz

    For Britain’s publicans, the new prime minister’s message this week was meant to sound like a lifeline. Announcing a 20% cut to business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues on Thursday, Andy Burnham said around 32,000 businesses would benefit, with the typical pub saving roughly £1,100 a year. Not everyone in the trade […]

    1 month ago

  • New details emerge after Italian journalist brutally killed and set on fire

    New details emerge after Italian journalist brutally killed and set on fire

    The 53-year-old’s body was discovered in the southern Italian province of Salerno on Sunday (19 July) Football journalist Luca Esposito has died near Eboli in Italy, as reported by European Federation of Journalists and news network Rai. Esposito’s body was found badly burned near farmland after firefighters were called to a fire in the area. The […]

    1 month ago

  • Football journalist Luca Esposito shot dead and set on fire in horrific execution

    Football journalist Luca Esposito shot dead and set on fire in horrific execution

    Awful news. Italian sports journalist Luca Esposito has died in the region of Eboli, as reported by European Federation of Journalists and news network Rai. Esposito’s body was discovered in a charred state near an area of farmland, when firefighters were directed to a fire in the locality that turned out to have emanated from […]

    1 month ago

  • Football fans are just noticing Dan Burn only has nine fingers, here’s why

    Football fans are just noticing Dan Burn only has nine fingers, here’s why

    Quite the story Dan Burn has been impressive and very reliable since he moved to Newcastle United from Brighton and Hove Albion in 2022. The defender joined his boyhood club and has been a part of the turn around in form (with the help of a few million quid from the Saudi Public Investment Fund) […]

    2 months ago

  • Quiz: Name the Argentina players to have scored for Man United in the Premier League

    Quiz: Name the Argentina players to have scored for Man United in the Premier League

    Seven Argentina players have scored for Man United in the Premier League. Can you name every Argentina player who has scored for Manchester United in the Premier League? Since the 1992/93 season, eight Argentinian footballers have played for the Red Devils. All of them, except goalkeeper Sergio Romero, have scored for Man United in the […]

    2 months ago

  • ‘Rip-off’ contracts costing Brits £576 a year

    ‘Rip-off’ contracts costing Brits £576 a year

    People could be saving £48 a month instead Brits could be saving £48 a month or £576 a year on ‘rip-off’ subscriptions they deem to not be good value for money. A survey of 2,000 adults found 38 per cent are currently tied into an agreement which they don’t think is good value for money. […]

    2 months ago

  • Odds on Count Binface winning Clacton by-election slashed by bookies

    Odds on Count Binface winning Clacton by-election slashed by bookies

    The interstellar campaigner has emerged as the main challenger after Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems all declined to stand. Bookmakers have dramatically shortened the odds on Count Binface pulling off the upset of the century in the forthcoming Clacton by-election after the UK’s major political parties collectively decided to stay at home. With […]

    2 months ago

  • Hotel chain puts notepads in showers so you can jot down your best ideas

    Hotel chain puts notepads in showers so you can jot down your best ideas

    Travelodge is trialling waterproof shower notepads after research found almost half of Brits get their best ideas in the shower Ever had a brilliant idea in the shower, only to completely forget it by the time you’ve dried off? You’re not alone. New research commissioned by Travelodge found that 48 per cent of Brits say the […]

    2 months ago

  • Elderly couple face £1,000 bill for planting flowers on verge

    Elderly couple face £1,000 bill for planting flowers on verge

    It comes after just one complaint SWLSgarden – By Adam Dutton and Joshua Layton An elderly couple are facing a £1,000 bill after ONE neighbour complained about them planting flowers and shrubs on scrubland next to their home. Hilary Garner, 82, and her husband Christopher, 84, spent over £700 decorating the 3×3 metre (9.84ft) patch […]

    2 months ago

  • Hilarious moment shoplifter found hiding underneath carrier bag to evade police

    Hilarious moment shoplifter found hiding underneath carrier bag to evade police

    You can’t hide their mate SWMRbag – By Charlie Fenton This is the hilarious moment a wanted shoplifter tried to hide underneath a TK Maxx carrier bag to evade the police. Police attended an address in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in search of Kenneth Jackson, 52, on June 25, 2026 just after 11am. Chiefs have said […]

    2 months ago

  • Coronation Street and Indiana Jones actor Michael Byrne dies aged 82

    Coronation Street and Indiana Jones actor Michael Byrne dies aged 82

    He had a long acting career Coronation Street and Indiana Jones actor Michael Byrne has died aged 82. Byrne had a long career in acting, playing a number of roles across film and TV. He was perhaps best known for his roles in Coronation Street as Gail Platt’s long lost father Ted Page as well […]

    2 months ago

  • Caroline Flack’s brother, Paul, found dead at home aged 55

    Caroline Flack’s brother, Paul, found dead at home aged 55

    BREAKING NEWS Paul Flack, the older brother of Caroline Flack, has been found dead at his home, aged 55. Six years after the death of his TV presenter sister, the Eastern Daily Press have reported that Paul was found unresponsive at his home in Norfolk on June 21, later dying in hospital. He is survived […]

    2 months ago

  • Plane carrying over 100 people collides with drone while landing

    Plane carrying over 100 people collides with drone while landing

    It managed to land safely A plane which was carrying over 100 people collided with a drone while it was landing at one of the world’s busiest airports. Over the weekend, a jetBlue aircraft hit a drone as it was attempting to land at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. The aircraft landed safely and […]

    2 months ago

  • Nan, 79, banned from every Sainsbury’s and Argos in the UK

    Nan, 79, banned from every Sainsbury’s and Argos in the UK

    SWLNsainsburys – by Jack Fifield She claims she’s ‘not that sort of person’ A great-grandmother banned from every Sainsbury’s in Britain has pleaded to be allowed back in – because her next nearest supermarket is ‘too far away’. Rita Seymour was told she was not welcome by the chain after a “number of incidents over […]

    2 months ago

  • Quiz: Can you guess these 2010s World Cup players

    Quiz: Can you guess these 2010s World Cup players

    Legends galore! We’re all hooked with the latest edition of the World Cup this summer. But can you pick out some of the legendary players during the 2010s era of World Cup players. Only football fanatics will be able to guess these icons! Come and have a go and chase that elusive 100% Best of […]

    2 months ago

  • Quiz: Can you guess these iconic 1990s World Cup legends

    Quiz: Can you guess these iconic 1990s World Cup legends

    Legends everywhere you look! The World Cup group stage is coming to a dramatic conclusion in the coming days. Legends will be born this summer in the North American edition of the fabled competition. But can you name icons from the past? Try your hand at guessing some of the best to ever do it […]

    2 months ago

  • Revealed: The highest paid managers at the World Cup

    Revealed: The highest paid managers at the World Cup

    The disparity between Ancelotti and the rest! The highest paid managers at the World Cup have been ranked, with a certain Carlo Ancelotti clearly winning. Research by Gambling.com, who rank and compare top-rated UK gambling websites, shows where each manager comes in, and the sums may surprise you. In 10th placed comes Mexico coach Javier […]

    2 months ago

  • Supermarket launches offer selling booze for less than £1 per beer for World Cup games

    Supermarket launches offer selling booze for less than £1 per beer for World Cup games

    Sounds like a win-win As you’re binge-watching the FIFA World Cup this year, you can stock up on crowd-pleasing food and drinks that keep you fuelled from kickoff to the final whistle. Thanks to Sainsbury’s which has come up some amazing deals, you can pretty much consider yourself all set during the tournament. For just […]

    2 months ago

  • 21-year-old French footballer dies after drowning amid heatwave

    21-year-old French footballer dies after drowning amid heatwave

    RIP. French footballer, Kenzo Kies, has sadly passed away due to a drowning tragedy in the river Rhone. The 21-year-old was with his three friends during the French heatwave where temperatures rose to 40°C in parts of the country this week. Although it is forbidden to swim in the river, Kies and his friends did […]

    2 months ago

  • Full list of schools shut across UK as heatwave continues

    Full list of schools shut across UK as heatwave continues

    Hundreds of schools are shut With temperatures soaring across the country and a record being set for the hottest June day on record, the UK is facing one of its most intense heatwaves in recent memory.  The extreme conditions have become so severe that some schools have had no choice but to suspend lessons, with […]

    2 months ago

  • How hot is too hot to work under UK law as Sadiq Khan calls for max temperatures

    How hot is too hot to work under UK law as Sadiq Khan calls for max temperatures

    The heatwave has arrived! Brits across the country are feeling the heat, as the mercury soars this week, and red weather warnings have been issued for parts of the country. The previous amber warning has been upgraded to a red ‘danger to life’ extreme heat weather warning by the Met Office. With Keir Starmer cranking […]

    2 months ago

  • Why a heatwave in the UK feels hotter than 30C heat abroad

    Why a heatwave in the UK feels hotter than 30C heat abroad

    It’s baking out there Ever wondered why a heatwave in the UK feels so much hotter than temperatures abroad? Well, it turns out there’s a legit reason for it, and it’s not just in our heads. While temperatures of 30C can feel breezy and pleasant in the holiday hotspots like Spain and Portugal, in the […]

    2 months ago

  • Full list of schools shut across UK as heatwave hits

    Full list of schools shut across UK as heatwave hits

    More than 850 schools have shut in some capacity With temperatures soaring across the country and forecasters warning that parts of England and Wales could approach the 40°C mark, the UK is facing one of its most intense heatwaves in recent memory. The extreme conditions have become so severe that some schools have had no […]

    2 months ago

  • Joel Corry reveals how he turned ‘Simples’ into the anthem of the summer 

    Joel Corry reveals how he turned ‘Simples’ into the anthem of the summer 

    The Head & Heart hitmaker talks to JOE about transforming a beloved TV ad catchphrase into a dancefloor banger Few people know more about summer bangers than Joel Corry. The North London DJ and producer has spent the last decade soundtracking beach clubs, festivals and holidays with a string of dance hits, including chart-topping smash Head & Heart. So when JOE caught up with him […]

    2 months ago

  • UK households told to put A4 sheet of paper in fridge today

    UK households told to put A4 sheet of paper in fridge today

    It’s time to conduct a food-saving experiment It is pretty flipping hot out there with red weather warnings and some thunderstorms plaguing parts of the nation. With this rather warm weather gripping the nation, British folk need to be careful with their refrigerated goods as the sweat-inducing weather continues. With temperatures potentially hitting 40°C and […]

    2 months ago

  • How hot is too hot to go to school under UK law as red weather warnings issued

    How hot is too hot to go to school under UK law as red weather warnings issued

    The heatwave has arrived! Brits across the country are feeling the heat, as the mercury soars this week, and red weather warnings have been issued for parts of the country. The previous amber warning has been upgraded to a red ‘danger to life’ extreme heat weather warning by the Met Office. With Keir Starmer cranking up […]

    2 months ago

  • How hot is too hot to work under UK law as red weather warnings issued

    How hot is too hot to work under UK law as red weather warnings issued

    The heatwave has arrived! Brits across the country are feeling the heat, as the mercury soars this week, and red weather warnings have been issued for parts of the country. The previous amber warning has been upgraded to a red ‘danger to life’ extreme heat weather warning by the Met Office. With Keir Starmer cranking […]

    2 months ago

  • OPINION: Starmer was wrong in a world that doesn’t know how to be right

    OPINION: Starmer was wrong in a world that doesn’t know how to be right

    Starmer failed because modern politics no longer rewards competence. It rewards performance. Sir Keir Starmer announced his resignation today, bringing to an end a premiership that was as relentlessly criticised as it was quietly consequential. In an address to the nation on Monday morning from Downing Street, Starmer gave an emotional speech in which he […]

    2 months ago

  • Why Erling Haaland uses a different name when playing for Norway

    Why Erling Haaland uses a different name when playing for Norway

    Fans have been asking the question Why does Erling Haaland use a different name when he plays for Norway, as oppose to Man City? Well, that is the question on everyone’s lips, and lucky for you, we have the answer. Erling Haaland bagged the first two goals in his country’s 4-1 win over Iraq in […]

    2 months ago

  • Friends and Cheers legend James Burrows dies aged 85

    Friends and Cheers legend James Burrows dies aged 85

    He was instrumental is countless iconic sitcoms Friends and Cheers legend James Burrows has died aged 85, his family has confirmed. Burrows co-created the famous sitcom Cheers and also directed Will & Grace as well as 15 epsiodes of friends, including the very first one. His long career also saw him direct on shows such […]

    2 months ago

  • Why Saudi Arabia’s flag is not allowed to be placed on the floor at the World Cup

    Why Saudi Arabia’s flag is not allowed to be placed on the floor at the World Cup

    The exception to the rule Written by Vesa Hyseni Few moments at the FIFA World Cup highlight the connection between the nations quite like the build-up before the game starts. As players step out on the pitch, the display of flags and the sound of national anthems create a shared pause in the action, turning […]

    2 months ago