61 minutes ago Made In Chelsea star gives birth to baby 10wks early and shares cute name as she opens up about 'hardest times of our lives'

Made In Chelsea’s Emily Blackwell has announced the arrival of her baby, who was born 10 weeks prematurely, and has revealed her daughter’s adorable name

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8 hours ago Ryan Reynolds hints at difficult time in first post since wife Blake Lively’s Justin Baldoni lawsuit

Deadpool star's post arrived days after bombshell scandal involving wife

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3 hours ago Sydney to Hobart yacht race: Two sailors die after poor weather conditions plague annual competition

Nick Smith, 65, and 55-year-old Roy Quaden, who were competing on separate boats, have lost their lives amid poor weather conditions on the race’s course

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46 minutes ago Sky's controversial Lockerbie drama with Colin Firth receives mixed reviews from critics after families of the victims expressed their anger over TV recreation of deadly 1988 bombing

In 1988, Pan Am flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie in south-western Scotland, killing all 259 on board. Another 11 people died when wreckage hit their homes.

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33 hours ago ‘I get spotted in the M&S knicker department’: Lorraine Ashbourne on her 2024 TV takeover

From Bridgerton to Sherwood and Alma’s Not Normal, the actor has lit up our screens all year – and her ‘victory lap’ is only just starting Lorraine Ashbourne has had a massive year. “I know! People keep saying: oh God, Lorraine, get off the telly, we want somebody else,” she says. “But it has been extraordinary.” She kicked things off in January with ITV’s entertaining disaster thriller After the Flood, playing Sophie Rundle’s tough, grieving mother, Molly. As the year went on, she returned to two of her biggest and most significant roles yet, as the former secret spy cop Daphne Sparrow in Sherwood, and Grandma Joan in the wrenching, hilarious second series of Alma’s Not Normal. Has she ended up in such outstanding shows because she’s picky? “Absolutely not. I’ll do anything! I’m a cheap date. It’s just timing that these things have fallen into place.”Right now, Ashbourne is at home in north London. She grew up in Manchester, where she went to drama school. She met her husband, Andy...

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64 minutes ago Milton Keynes stabbing: Man left flat 'super chilled' after two women 'butchered on Christmas Day'

A 49-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder following the deaths of two women, aged 24 and 38, on Christmas Day in a tragedy in the Bletchley area of Milton Keynes

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23 hours ago Iconic 60s child actor who starred in classic family comedy with a twist spotted in rare Los Angeles outing

He played the youngest member of a TV family, complete the well-meaning father, the loving mother, the unsophisticated teen and the live-in relative with weird habits.

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15 hours ago Number of babies and children dying needlessly following NHS blunders at birth is soaring amid maternity scandals

Cases of medical negligence relating to stillbirths, newborn fatalities and children who later died after being brain damaged during delivery rose by around 16 per cent.

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48 minutes ago Starmer pays tribute to ‘wonderful’ brother Nick who died on Boxing Day

The Prime Minister thanked those who cared for his brother, saying ‘their skill and compassion is very much appreciated’.

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73 minutes ago 'I've only put heating on three times this winter – clever hack saves me a fortune'

Hannah is sharing her journey to paying off her £12,000 credit card debt – and is always on the lookout for ways to save money where she can. Her latest hack involves staying warm

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37 hours ago My wife went to the doctor for a simple cough only to be told she had just 18 months to live. She's suffering from a rare and incurable form of cancer

EXCLUSIVE: This time last year, Tim Davies had never heard of Mesothelioma - a rare and incurable form of cancer that affects the lining of the lungs.

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24 hours ago Hearts v Hibs player ratings: The revelation, three 8/10s and plenty 5s as fans' figure of fun has last laugh

Marks out of ten for the players involved in gripping Hearts v Hibs derby

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75 minutes ago Q&A: Avicii documentary director on celebrating the late, 'timeless' DJ without exploiting his death

Avicii, the groundbreaking Swedish DJ-producer, died six years ago

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74 minutes ago Britain's first surrogate mum interrogated by social services during labour and forced to 'abandon' child

Kim Cotton was the UK's first surrogate mother - a decision which changed her life forever and made her one of the most controversial women in Britain in the 80s

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1 hour ago Keir Starmer pays tribute to ‘wonderful’ brother Nick who died on Boxing Day

Nick Starmer died from cancer at the age of 60 on 26 December

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1 hour ago Keir Starmer's younger brother Nick dies of cancer aged 60: Prime Minister pays tribute to 'wonderful' sibling after he passed away on Boxing Day

The Prime Minister had been set to go on holiday with his family today but it is understood he will now stay at home.

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2 hours ago Keir Starmer's heartbreak as brother Nick dies from cancer as PM says 'we'll miss him'

We'll be bringing you the latest updates on this Breaking Politics News story. Please check back regularly for updates on this developing story

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2 hours ago Tommy Fury looks lonely this Christmas: Boxer emerges solo from barber as he spends holiday away from Molly

The boxer, 25, sported a grey jumper and matching shorts as he left the salon after spending his first Christmas without ex-fiancée Molly-Mae Hague.

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2 hours ago Offenders should be moved to open prisons to tackle overcrowding, says former justice secretary

Former justice secretary David Gauke, who is leading the government’s flagship review of sentencing, said we should make better use of open prisons

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2 hours ago Ruth Langsford's Boxing Day spent in hospital with mum in first Christmas without Eamonn

Ruth Langsford has had a busy Boxing Day so far, including visiting her mother Joan in hospital, amid her first Christmas since publicly separating from Eamonn Holmes

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2 hours ago 'My little boy nearly died just from licking an eye drop that rolled down his cheek'

Katelyn Clement rushed her son Milo Nicholson to hospital when the five-year-old reportedly suffered an allergic reaction to Optrex antibacterial eye drops after a droplet dripped into his mouth

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3 hours ago Sky Sports F1 favourite Martin Brundle names 'peak' grid walk interview moment

Martin Brundle's pre-race grid walks have become a staple of Sky Sports' Formula 1 coverage, but the legendary broadcaster says his best moment came long before Sky were involved

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2 hours ago First picture of pilot who died in horror Fife Airport plane crash days before Christmas

Nicholas Denison-Pender, 50, was tragically pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Monday, December 23.

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3 hours ago ‘Everyone is crazy about tennis’: Sinner’s success inspires Italy to pick up rackets

Italians are taking to the court with factors including the pandemic and broadcasting also said to be fuelling enthusiasmAt the age of 47, diehard AC Milan fan Ninni Licata has hung up his football boots in exchange for a tennis racket.Like thousands of Italians in recent years, Licata has been unable to resist the lure of a game that for years had been relegated to the sidelines of the country’s national sports, overshadowed by football and Formula One. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Coronation Street family set to be rocked my 'tragic death' with 'massive consequences'

Coronation Street's David Platt could be set to face more heartbreak as a member of his family is 'confirmed' to die on the cobbles in upcoming scenes

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3 hours ago Mark and Elliott Wright set for prostate cancer challenge ‘close to our hearts’

Elliott’s father and Mark’s uncle, Edward, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2013 and died in 2021 after contracting coronavirus.

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2 hours ago Police charge Anthony Gilheaney, 30, with four attempted murders after four pedestrians were hit by car in Shaftesbury Avenue on Christmas Day

Anthony Gilheaney, 30, has been charged with four counts of attempted murder after four pedestrians were hit by a car in London's West End on Christmas Day, the Metropolitan Police said.

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4 hours ago My daughter will be an only child – and I’m not going to feel guilty about it | Arwa Mahdawi

My wife and I are ‘one and done’ on kids. We’re also ‘one and done’ with unsolicited advice about our decisionFor a few years now, I’ve kept a few vials of a stranger’s sperm on ice. Not just hanging out in my freezer next to the frozen peas, to be clear. They’re in a fancy cryobank and every six months a $285 charge pops up on my credit card statement for the privilege of storing them.I’ve been justifying that hefty price tag as the cost of keeping my options open. My wife and I have a perfect little three-year-old girl and we’ve ummed and ahhed about having another one. (I won’t get into the specifics of assisted reproduction, but if you’re a same-sex female couple, then sperm is kinda key.) We’ve held on to our toddler’s baby things just in case a second one appears: our basement is full of boxes of old toys and clothes. It looks like we’re going to have to clear out and cancel that sperm storage, however – we’ve finally decided that we are firmly in the “one and done” club.Arwa ...

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2 hours ago Cancer dietitian says you can slash risk of the disease by eating £1 spice

If you're looking for easy ways to change up your diet in the new year, advice from a cancer dietitian could be helpful. As it turns out, one spice could reduce your risk of cancer

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4 hours ago Prince Louis' six words to Kate Middleton at Christmas uncovered by lip reader

Prince Louis was seen turning to his mother Kate Middleton in a sweet moment in a teaser for her annual Christmas carol concert, and a lip reader has now revealed what he said

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2 hours ago ITV Coronation Street 'confirms' Platt family death as David left heartbroken

Coronation Street's David Platt could be set to face more heartbreak as a member of his family is 'confirmed' to die on the cobbles in upcoming scenes

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4 hours ago 'I collapsed at the wheel and woke up three weeks later having missed Christmas'

Shelly Gill collapsed without warning in the driver's seat. Her devastated family was told she would die or suffer severe brain damage but she has fought a courageous battle

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2 hours ago Three beloved pet dogs killed in tragic Scots Boxing Day horror house fire

Three pet dogs tragically died after a fire broke out in a property in Balfron, Stirling, on Boxing Day.

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6 hours ago Gabby Logan branded 'weird' by husband after tearful moment as daughter shares concerns

Gabby Logan has spoken out about her "sadness" in having an "empty nest" after daughter Lois went to university and son Reuben left home to become a professional rugby player.

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2 hours ago Man charged with attempted murder after group hit by car in London's West End on Christmas Day

Man charged with attempted murder after group hit by car in London's West End on Christmas Day  Sky News

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7 hours ago Family ridicules mum's baby name choice, sparking online support for 'Melanie'

A pregnant woman has been left upset after her family mocked the name she has chosen for her baby daughter - but others have rushed to reassure her that it's a 'lovely' choice

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2 hours ago Doomed airliner 'sent into a death plunge': Russians may have sabotaged crash jet's controls as hero pilot fought for control before fateful final words

Thirty-eight were killed when the plane crash landed in Kazakhstan after crossing the Caspian Sea, having allegedly been denied permission to land in Russia

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7 hours ago Hubris by Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe review – learning from the Neanderthals

Why did we succeeded when other hominins didn’t, and can lessons from our evolutionary past help rein in our destructive impulses?In an institute in Germany, scientists are growing “Neanderthalised” human brain cells in a dish. These cells form synapses and spark as they would have done in a living Neanderthal as she (they are female cells) foraged or breastfed or gazed out of a cave mouth at dusk. That is the spine-tingling opening gambit of a book co-authored by one of the directors of the institute, Johannes Krause, and the information that sets it apart from a host of popular science books that attempt to predict humanity’s future based on our evolutionary past.A mere 90 genetic differences distinguish modern humans, Homo sapiens, from Neanderthals, Homo neanderthalensis. That’s paltry, given the roughly 20,000 genes that make up the human blueprint, and not all of them affect the brain. Yet those 90 differences could explain why Neanderthals died out, s...

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3 hours ago Doctor says item already in your cupboard lowers cholesterol and controls blood pressure

Dr Eric Berg has explained why you should incorporate one common kitchen item into your daily diet

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9 hours ago The disturbing case of the 'Body in the Boot' and a friend's muffled pleas for help

As another Christmas comes and goes, there's still no justice 25 years on

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3 hours ago Man charged with four counts of attempted murder after car ploughs into pedestrians

One victim remains in a critical condition and is receiving treatment in hospital

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10 hours ago Royal Mint unveils new 2025 coin designs featuring Queen Mother and Red Arrows

Coin fans can get a glimpse of some of the designs that will be available in the New Year.

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3 hours ago Emmerdale murder as beloved character makes shockingly gruesome discovery

Billy Fletcher has made a discovery that leads him to believe that his father-in-law Will Taylor’s death from a heart attack wasn’t as accidental as it looked

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11 hours ago The two major problems with Luigi Mangione case that could torpedo trial

New York City prosecutors face an uphill battle trying to convict Luigi Mangione, 26, in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thomson.

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3 hours ago 'Violent Christmas Day attack' suspect charged with attempted murder after 4 people hit

As one of four victims remains in a critical condition receiving treatment in hospital, 30-year-old Anthony Gilheaney has been charged with four counts of attempted murder

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15 hours ago Queen Mother and Red Arrows feature on new Royal Mint coin designs for 2025

The Royal Mint’s 2025 commemorative coin sets will be available from January 2.

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3 hours ago Man charged with attempted murder after four hit by car in London’s West End on Christmas Day

One victim remains in a critical condition in hospital following the incident, police said

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