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Thursday, 8 October 2026 · Updated just now

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World

Venezuela's ex-leader Nicolás Maduro charged with conspiracy to commit torture

The new accusations relate to the alleged torture of US citizens held in Venezuela while Maduro was in power.

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Sport

Floored by Farrell to top of the league - Atkinson on Gloucester resurgence

Charlie Atkinson has had three professional clubs and plenty of set-backs in his career so far, but now he is riding high with a resurgent Gloucester

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Sport

Wakefield top as all 14 Super League clubs stay for 2027

The 14 Super League clubs will remain in place for 2027 with Grand Final winners Wakefield Trinity topping the IMG ratings.

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Science

The bendy elm crowned UK Tree of the Year

It is the first time a tree in Northern Ireland has won the national title since it was launched in 2014.

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Entertainment

Actor Simon Pegg reveals ADHD diagnosis: 'It's just who I am'

The Shaun of the Dead and Mission: Impossible films star had previously put symptoms down to "character fault".

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Entertainment

BBC to cut raft of Radio 4 programmes including You and Yours

The corporation said it would be investing in a new consumer programme, while announcing more cuts.

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Business

We spent thousands on a Tui river cruise but ended up on coach trips

Passengers have described their anger after their itineraries changed to involve hours spent on coach trips instead.

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Entertainment

'I won Gladiators - now I'd love to become one'

Josh McDonald won the third season of the hit TV programme, which aired earlier this year.

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Technology

AI chip boom pushes Samsung profits to record $80bn

The tech giant is also expected to get a boost from its latest folding devices that were launched in August.

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Business

How oil-rich Alberta's economy might fare if it broke away from Canada

Albertans vote this month on staying in Canada or moving ahead to a binding independence referendum.

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Technology

Braid-creator Jonathan Blow on making the 'biggest puzzle game ever'

Order of the Sinking Star is due out on Thursday and has roughly 1,500 puzzles for players to try

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Culture

10 images capturing the chaos of '90s Brit culture

The era's messy energy was the last hurrah of analogue, 20th-Century life

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Health

Ten NHS trusts referred over monitoring consent

Infrared technology is used in patients' bedrooms and can monitor their breathing and pulse.

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Culture

Sent to the UK from the world's most remote island

Tristan da Cunha's islanders had their first taste of modern British life

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Why a new TV version of Carrie is annoying people

The latest take on Stephen King's novel has been criticised for its casting

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The US lawyer who put Nazis on trial at Nuremberg

On 29 September 1947, the "biggest murder trial in history" began

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