Paramount has struck a $110bn deal to buy Warner Bros Discovery. The deal was struck after Netflix walked away from a bidding war for the company. Netflix had declined to match Paramount’s latest $31-per-share offer on Thursday – having offered a $27.75-per-share agreement for its studio and streaming assets. Paramount, which is led by billionaire […]
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Police in Belfast have appealed for witnesses after a statue of Queen Victoria was vandalised. The statue sits in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital, named after the late monarch. According to the Press Association, the Irish Republican group Lasair Dhearg posted a picture on social media on Friday afternoon, appearing to show one
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Two people have been killed and 49 injured after a tram derailed in the centre of Milan, before slamming into a building. The Number 9 tram was supposed to have continued straight along the central Vittorio Veneto avenue, but it suddenly swerved at a switch track that is used by another tram line, according to
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A migrant from Afghanistan has been jailed for 10 years for the rape of a “vulnerable, intoxicated” woman. Musafar Hotak, 25, was convicted after a trial at Southampton Crown Court of the rape and sexual assault by penetration of the woman in the early hours of 12 July 2022. The court heard that the victim
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At the wedding venue in Gorton and Denton the Green Party chose for the news conference to mark a seismic by-election victory on national television, it was clear that Zack Polanski and his team were new to all of this. There was a sea of empty chairs and but a smattering of supporters in a
An American Olympic hockey star has attacked a TikTok video, shared by the White House, calling it “clearly fake” after it made him sound like he was mocking Canadians. Brady Tkachuk, from Arizona, who captains the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, appears in footage celebrating the gold medal won by the US men’s hockey team at the
A residents’ group has said it plans to launch a fresh legal challenge over plans to use a military training camp in Crowborough as accommodation for asylum seekers. The new challenge against the Home Office would follow the group’s initial legal bid being thrown out for being filed before the Government decided to go ahead
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A picture of a “rare” boot has been released as police try to identify a woman whose body was found off the coast of Iona last year. The body was discovered around five miles west of the island on 23 September 2025, with forensic analysis in Scotland, the rest of the UK, and also in
A man has been jailed for killing his partner after trapping her in his home, restricting her diet to just vodka and ice lollies, and inflicting more than 100 injuries on her. Tony Devenport, 57, will serve at least 22 years in prison for the death of Stephanie Blundell, 41, who was discovered with extensive
The UK government has issued a travel warning for Israel and Palestine and withdrawn its diplomatic staff from Iran, as the US advises embassy officials in Jerusalem they can leave. The Foreign Office warned Britons against “all but essential” travel to Israel and Palestine on Friday due to the deteriorating security situation in the Middle
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