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Former Sinn Féin MP Mickey Brady has died, his party has confirmed. He served as MP for Newry and Armagh for almost a decade and was also a former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald described him as a “friend and comrade” and said …

[ Beyond its monsters and 1980s nostalgia, Stranger Things resonates because it tells stories of struggles familiar to young people: trauma that lingers, identity that wavers, and friendships that buffer against fear. Source link

New York City police are searching for multiple suspects after a masked group stole Pokémon merchandise at a Manhattan store on Wednesday, 14 January. Security footage shows three people entered the Poké Court store, stole Pokémon merchandise, smashed glass displays, and appeared to point a weapon at customers and staff. …

For over two weeks, demonstrations rocked Iran and, according to a human rights group, more than 2,600 protesters have been killed. Protesters have been met with deadly force by authorities, masked by a near total shutdown of the internet and communication services. Reporting from the Iranian-Armenian border, the BBC’s Middle …

Lyall Cameron wants to “remind people what I can do” after moving from Rangers to Aberdeen on loan for the rest of the season. The midfielder, 23, joined the Ibrox side from Dundee in July but after featuring early on for Russell Martin, has struggled for game time under new …

Alan Simpson Photography A young man was photographed in Rose Street carrying what appeared to be a machete Two teenage boys have been arrested after police received reports of people carrying bladed weapons in Edinburgh city centre. A photo taken in Rose Street showed a young man walking with what …

Incoming Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Jon Burrows has refused to say if he will allow Mike Nesbitt to remain as health minister. He also committed to working with all his colleagues when asked about those MLAs (assembly members) in the party who are opposed to his leadership. In his …

Fear and Gibson are not the only British team to progress to the finals, after the young duo of Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez produced a name-making display on the international stage. Aged 20 and 24 respectively, Bekker and Hernandez earned 11th place with a season-best score of 71.64 with …

A 12-year-old boy who calmly steered a speeding car into a central reservation after his mother fainted behind the wheel has been given an bravery award. Nicola Crump was travelling from Wales to the Birmingham Christmas markets with her son when she lost consciousness, with her foot causing the car’s …

A body has been found in the search for a missing 15-year-old girl who was swept into the sea along with her mother off the East Yorkshire coast, Humberside Police has said. Grace Keeling had been missing after she and her mother, Sarah, 45, went into the water at Withernsea …

65-year-old Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah has been a prominent voice calling for protests to continue in the country. Human rights groups say at least around 2,500 people have been killed in two weeks, as the authoritarian regime attempts to quash the demonstrations. Meanwhile, US President …

Millions of people could be on the wrong tax code. BBC News

A man and woman, both aged 90, have died in a house fire in north London. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) was called to a semi-detached house on Albemarle Road, Barnet where a fire had broken out on the ground floor shortly before 02:00 GMT. Their bodies were recovered from …

[ The U.S. measles outbreak that drove cases to a 34-year high in 2025 shows no signs of slowing, as 168 more people have become infected since the start of the new year. Source link

Verizon suffered a service outage on Wednesday that affected potentially 2 million customers and dragged on for more than 8 hours. Late in the evening, the company declared the outage resolved and advised affected customers to restart their devices in order to be reconnected. It also promised those customers a …

[ From diaper changes to nursing care, exposure to unpleasant substances is a daily reality for millions of people, but how does the brain adapt? New research from neuroscientists at the University of Bristol reveals that repeated, long-term exposure to bodily waste significantly reduces parents’ disgust responses, with effects that …

People expressed concern and surprise in Copenhagen and the ‘Danish Capital of America’, Solvang, California, as Trump doubled down on his bid to bring Greenland under US control. Denmark and Greenland’s foreign ministers travelled to Washington for a meeting with US Vice-President JD Vance on Wednesday. Danish Foreign Minister Lars …

[ Sexual desire is a fundamental part of being human and a driving force in many relationships, yet we still don’t fully understand why it varies so much from person to person. Source link

Elizabeth Warren and other Democrat lawmakers have written an open letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking for an investigation into alleged “false advertising and deceptive practices” from Trump Mobile. The company first announced its T1 Phone more than six months ago, but is yet to ship a single …

Residents of a tower block in Newtownabbey have been evacuated from their homes as part of an on-going security alert. Beechwood House at Woodland Drive has been cordoned off while technical officers work at the scene. The PSNI has asked that people avoid the area. The council has opened the …