62 minutes ago ITV Emmerdale Lydia Dingle star Karen Blick's life off screen as fans can't believe her age

Karen Blick has been a regular on Emmerdale since 2016 but what more is there to know about her life away from the Dales?

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63 minutes ago Powerful thunderstorms threaten Texas and Louisiana, delaying holiday travel

Parts of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas are under severe weather watches as the National Weather Service predicts a storm system in the Gulf of Mexico could bring high winds, hail and possible tornadoes to the region

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71 minutes ago Comparing Keir Starmer's first months to Tony Blair's reveals PM's shocking lack of ideas

Both Tony Blair and Keir Starmer adopted a ‘Ming Vase Strategy’ to win their first elections but, unlike his predecessor, the latter appears to have continued this overly cautious approach in government

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72 minutes ago John Swinney's simple political strategy to save the SNP, as 2025 looms as the critical year

Both Labour and the SNP will seek to seize the narrative in a crucial year for Scottish politics

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72 minutes ago As a student in London I yearned for home, until I found paradise: a vast old villa with perfect housemates | Andrew Martin

We cooked ragu and listened to records while lying on chaises longues. Then the M11 link road was built – and everything changedIn our end of year series, writers and public figures remember the place or time when they felt most at homeIn the mid-1980s, I was in my early 20s and was reading for the Bar in London. I was living in a mouldy Balham bedsit and returning regularly to the comfort zone of my native York, when a friend told me a room was going in a shared house in Leytonstone.I wasn’t expecting much of E11. I wasn’t expecting trees, for example, but my walk from the attractive art deco tube station took me along roads better described as avenues. The house itself seemed almost the last one in London, an illusion created by the proximity of Wanstead Flats. It was a rangy, detached 1920s house, white with a red roof, and it had a name, but I’ll just call it the villa.Andrew Martin is an English novelist; his latest book is The Night in Venice Continue reading...

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72 minutes ago Martin Odegaard has realised Cristiano Ronaldo's prediction for Arsenal star

Cristiano Ronaldo tipped Martin Odegaard for greatness when the two men were team-mates at Real Madrid - and he is proving the Portuguese legend's forecast to be true at Arsenal

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72 minutes ago What Queen Elizabeth really felt about Meghan Markle laid bare by insider

Her Majesty initially went out of her way to make Prince Harry's then-girlfriend feel welcome in the Royal Family. But things started to turn sour as the Sussexes' wedding drew closer, according to an expert.

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72 minutes ago Hard done by Hamilton driven to succeed in Airdrie clash, says Oli Shaw

Shaw is gearing up for a Lanarkshire derby on Saturday

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72 minutes ago Livingston must show character to bounce back from Ayr defeat, says star

Ryan McGowan hopes Livi get back on the right track at Raith Rovers

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87 minutes ago Coronation Street killer set for dramatic return 13 years after ITV soap debut

Coronation Street's Mark Baylis is reprising his role in the soap as Rob Donovan with his return set to air in the new - and he will cause plenty of chaos for Carla Connor and Lisa Swain

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1 hour ago Coronation Street's Carla and DS Swain future in doubt as cobbles legend returns

Coronation Street has confirmed that a legend is reprising his role in the soap, with his return set to air next year - and he will cause plenty of chaos for Carla Connor and Lisa Swain

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2 hours ago Court hearing set for man accused of fatally burning woman on New York City subway

A court hearing is scheduled for the man accused of setting a woman on fire on a New York City subway train and fanning the flames with a shirt as she burned to death

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2 hours ago ‘It’s full of things that didn’t happen – but it feels right!’ Inside the making of Bob Dylan film A Complete Unknown

Starring an Oscar-tipped Timothée Chalamet, James Mangold’s biopic retells Dylan’s electric early career, but it resonates with today’s toxic fame and politics. The creative team explain their process – and what Dylan makes of itBob Dylan is notoriously averse to others poking around in his past – he once suggested the legions of self-styled “Dylanologists” who examine his career in forensic detail should “get a life, please you’re wasting your life”. So when he summoned the director James Mangold to meet him and discuss the Dylan biopic Mangold was making, it had the potential to go badly.The film, A Complete Unknown, was already well under way. A script based on the folk musician and writer Elijah Wald’s acclaimed 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric! had been written by Jay Cocks, best known as the screenwriter of Gangs of New York. Timothée Chalamet was slated to star as Dylan: perfect for the role, Mangold suggests, because “he’s thin and wiry and mercurial and super smart and restles...

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3 hours ago Prince William’s 'secret meeting' with Kate Middleton long before they started dating

The Prince and Princess of Wales' love story famously started at St Andrews University in Scotland - but could they have met by chance several years earlier?

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3 hours ago Arsenal transfer news: Star's agent arrives to negotiate amid Benjamin Sesko update

Arsenal could be tempted to increase their firepower in front of goal in the January transfer window as they consider how to contend with Bukayo Saka's injury in the second half of the season

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3 hours ago Sydney to Hobart yacht race: third death averted as sailors prepare for ‘challenging night in the Bass Strait’

One sailor each on yachts Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline died after being struck by booms, a large pole at bottom of the sailGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDetails have emerged of a “terrifying” incident in which a crew member fell from yacht Porco Rosso and drifted for more than a kilometre before being rescued on a deadly night of racing, during which two sailors on other yachts were killed.Two sailors on separate yachts, Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline, died at sea amid wild weather conditions that forced line honours favourite Master Lock Comanche to withdraw, among mass retirements.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Reason you keep waking up at 4am revealed by sleep expert and it's not just because you're tired

If you're often snapping awake at the dreaded 4am, peering into the pitch black with a mix of frustration and intrigue, it could be down to more than just an annoying quirk in your sleep routine.

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4 hours ago Yoon Suk Yeol impeachment: court hearings to begin in South Korea over president’s martial law crisis

Yoon’s legal team will attend the first hearing in impeachment review on Friday, the same day that the acting president also faces an impeachment voteSouth Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol’s legal team are set to attend court on Friday as the constitutional court begins hearings into his impeachment by parliament over his short-lived imposition of martial law,The court has 180 days to decide whether to reinstate Yoon or remove him. In the latter scenario, a new presidential election would be held within 60 days. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Maya Jama wows in bold silver jumpsuit as she replaces Rita Ora as a judge on The Masked Singer with fiery Love Island

The pop star, 34, stepped down from the judging panel of the ITV game show and was replaced by the Love Island host, 30, in a fiery announcement teaser.

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6 hours ago Assad loyalists fight back: Former forces of deposed Syrian dictator 'ambush' new regime, killing 14 security personnel

The incident, the first serious challenge to the new regime in Damascus, took place in Tartus province, a pro-Assad stronghold.

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