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Wimbledon finalist Gabriela Dabrowski has revealed she played through the 2024 season while receiving treatment for breast cancer. The 32-year-old Canadian had kept her diagnosis in April a secret but detailed the battle she has been through in a lengthy Instagram post. Dabrowski said: “I know this will come as a shock to many, but I am OK and I will be OK. Early detection saves lives.” Having first found […]

The Wanted star Max George has said he is going back to hospital as he is getting a “flicking feeling” in his chest following heart surgery. The singer had been sent home for Christmas after having a pacemaker fitted during a two-and-a-half-hour operation to address a 2:1 heart block. In a video posted on Instagram on Monday, George, 36, said he is getting the feeling in his chest and “the doctors […]

It comes as the Energy Price Cap rises on January 1st Nine million households have been urged to send meter readings to their energy supplier as prices rise again – with a further 3% increase forecast for April. The average energy bill for households across England, Scotland and Wales is to increase by 1.2% from Wednesday after Ofgem raised its price cap in response to wholesale prices. The increase takes […]

The club are currently bottom of the Championship Head coach Wayne Rooney has departed Plymouth after seven months in charge. The 39-year-old was appointed in May and leaves with the club sat bottom of the Sky Bet Championship, four points from safety. His last game at the helm came on Sunday, when Argyle were beaten 2-0 at fellow strugglers Oxford. In a statement on the Plymouth website, Rooney said: “I […]

Honours have gone to a host of Team GB athletes Actor Stephen Fry, former England manager Gareth Southgate and London mayor Sadiq Khan have been knighted in the New Year Honours. Honours have gone to a host of Team GB athletes, including runner Keely Hodgkinson, who was named the 2024 BBC Sports Personality of the Year, and mountain biker Tom Pidcock, after the Paris Olympics. There are also honours for […]

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the five million-dollar (£3.99 million) award that the Manhattan jury granted to E Jean Carroll for defamation and sexual abuse. The magazine columnist had given evidence at a […]

There are Met Office yellow weather warnings for most of Scotland on Monday and Tuesday Edinburgh’s Hogmanay street party and fireworks display has been cancelled due to bad weather. The events were cancelled by organisers UniqueAssembly amid Met Office yellow weather warnings for most of Scotland on Monday and Tuesday, and an amber warning for northern Scotland. Organisers apologised to tourists who had travelled internationally for the events, with the […]

Five people have been charged in Argentina in connection with the death of One Direction musician Liam Payne. The singer died aged 31 in October after falling from the third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires. The hotel’s manager, a receptionist and a friend of Payne have been charged with manslaughter, Argentina’s National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office said on Monday, in a statement which referred to the defendants […]

Ferries and trains have been disrupted as snow, rain and wind warnings are in force and are expected to cause further travel issues on New Year’s Eve. Almost every part of the country is covered by at least one of the multiple weather warnings that have been issued by the Met Office between Monday and Wednesday. Scotland is being hit first by “fairly persistent rain” and snow, with 50-70mm of rainfall […]