The actor announced on social media that the ‘legal wedding’ was officiated by her sisterGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRebel Wilson has married wife, Ramona Agruma, for the second time in Sydney and this time it was legal.Wilson, the Australian actor and director, revealed the “legal wedding” was officiated by her sister on Sunday via Instagram, in a post accompanied by photos of the couple standing in front of the Sydney Opera House with the Harbour Bridge in the background. Continue reading...

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Norman Cook's son Woody has shared the sad news that his grandmother has passed away on Christmas Day, marking the second grandma he has lost in one year

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When David Clarke’s mother died, it took him 10 years to work out what to do with the money she left him. This year, a panel of locals in Liverpool made the decision for himIt was a quiet act of generosity that briefly captured the news agenda: David Clarke, a researcher in Liverpool, made the extraordinary decision to give away the £100,000 he had inherited from his late mother a decade ago. But instead of donating it to one cause, Clarke did something radical. He wrote to 600 addresses in the L8 postcode, where he lives, inviting people to nominate where the money should go.Clarke lost his mother in a cycling accident. “Her death was a devastating shock to me,” he says. “She had a huge social conscience and was interested in the world and how it worked – a lot of my moral framework comes from her. I don’t believe in holding on to inherited wealth, so I spent a long time thinking about what to do with the money.” Clarke wanted to do something that would speak to his mother’s values...

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY SAMI MOKBEL: The transition from professional footballer into retirement can be tricky business. For Ryan Bertrand, business is the operative word.

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Patricia Bonis fell in love with Rahman Abbar - heir to one of Saudi Arabia's richest families - during the height of the 1970s disco era, while she was at Wellesley and he at Boston University.

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Institutions in and around the city combine great works with humdrum relics of local life, to fantastic effectI’ve been living partly in Sheffield for the past month or so, which has given me the chance to catch up on some of the great monuments of industry and power in and near the city – the model miners’ village and the fantastical Jacobean castle in Bolsover, the stately home of Wentworth Woodhouse with its battleship-length Palladian facade, the buildings of the subtle modernist Peter Womersley in Huddersfield.Also the Weston Park Museum in Sheffield and the Derby Museum and Art Gallery, both of which combine world-class art with humdrum relics of local life. In one, a large John Singer Sargent portrait of three young Yorkshire women shares the premises with the plastic car roof sign of a 1970s driving school. In the other, there is a gallery full of the illuminated tableaux of science and humanity by Joseph Wright of Derby and another room with a collection of stuffed animals,...

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An alleged extra terrestrial living on earth, Bashar, who connected to his human host through meditation, feels a duty to 'service' our world with knowledge about life beyond our stars

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The Los Angeles Dodgers star confirmed in February that he and Tanaka were married

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Dutch legend Marco van Basten has revealed the secret behind Arne Slot's blistering start to life at Liverpool, who are six points clear at the Premier League summit and boast a game in hand over rivals Arsenal and Chelsea, respectively

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Jennifer Lopez was every inch the doting mother while enjoying a lavish jewelry shopping spree with her 16-year-old child Emme Maribel Muñiz in Aspen, Colorado.

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Leading FFF teams include Donald Trump’s Mad Angry Geezers Athletic (Maga) and Vladimir Putin’s Greater Russia United (GRU)It’s been a gloomy old year, often reflected in this space – so maybe it’s time to inject some festive cheer with an exciting new Swiftian parlour game: Fantasy Football for Fascists (FFF). Ideal for dictators, autocrats, strongmen, neo-Stalinists, far-right nationalist-populists or just students of geopolitics, it’s fanatical fun for all the family!Under conventional fantasy football rules, imaginary teams are composed of real-life players from the Premier League. In FFF, the principal players are typically politicians and public figures who exhibit extreme totalitarian tendencies. Leading FFF teams include Donald Trump’s Mad Angry Geezers Athletic (Maga) and Vladimir Putin’s Greater Russia United (GRU). China has the Xi XI. Continue reading...

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‘The Nuke’ experiences double trouble but still advances to set up Ryan Joyce clash in the fourth round

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Surgeons who have committed serious misconduct, sometimes ending in death and life-changing injuries for patients, are continuing to operate on unsuspecting patients around the world.

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The ‘Am I Okay?’ singer will be performing in Times Square on December 31

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One year after Ralph was given a life-saving multi-organ transplant, his mother Katie Tatham tells why she is calling for more people in the UK to come forward to helpJust over a year ago, the parents of Ralph Tatham didn’t know if they would make it to Christmas, or if liver cancer would take away their three-year-old son.Now the little boy is just a few weeks away from celebrating his fifth birthday, after receiving a lifesaving multiorgan transplant to replace his liver, pancreas and intestines. Continue reading...

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A 26-year-old is the third man to be arrested in connection with the death of Kirk Marsden (pictured) who died in the early hours of Boxing Day after he was allegedly hit by a car outside a Blackburn pub.

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Maura Higgins is allegedly "worried" that her ex could spill all about their relationship during a stint on Love Island: All-Stars, which is set to hit our screens next month

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House of the Dragon actor Sam Wilson found his life and career began to flourish when he left the capital

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Kelsey Parker has praised her boyfriend Will Lindsay for 'bringing her back to life' following the tragic death of her late husband, Tom Parker.

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Judi Dench has opened up about her friendship with Maggie Smith and paid tribute to the late actress in a new BBC programme celebrating her life and career

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Christmas meets Italian flair in these recipes that turn festive leftovers into bold, satisfying dishes. From turkey meatballs to cacciatore-style chicken, here’s how to reinvent your festive staples with ease

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Casualty viewers were left fuming as they were introduced to two new characters in the latest episode, and they were convinced it meant an exit for a fan favourite

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Glamour model Katie Price shared a cryptic post about trust just days after denying there was trouble in her relationship with Married at First Sight star JJ Slater

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The mum-of-two has said that partner Will Lindsay has brought her "back to life" after the devastation of losing The Wanted's Tom in 2022.

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The woman on Reddit says she engaged during a vacation with her partner after the destination wedding

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Timothee Chalamet's next film is already being hailed as one of the must-see movies of 2025, with a star-studded cast and a story that is set to take fans on a wild ride.

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BetterUp, the life-coaching and mental health organisation that has Prince Harry as part of its leadership has been canned by employees who say management has 'no moral compass'

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Fatboy Slim - Norman Cook - is mourning the death of his mum as his son Woody announced the sad news on his Instagram profile

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Dame Judi Dench has paid a heartfelt tribute to her late friend and fellow actress, Dame Maggie Smith.

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Anthony Hogg, 40, and Georgina Hogg-Moore, 39, died after the incident on Blanchardstown Road North in West Dublin while they walked with their daughter for an evening meal.

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Kelvin Fletcher, who played Andy Sugden in Emmerdale, has opened up about his new life on a farm in the Peak District with his wife Liz and their four young children

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Amy Anderson and husband Carl made the selfless decision to donate their daughter Mia's heart, liver, pancreas and kidneys after her death to save the lives of four people who needed urgent transplants

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Child had run off from family ‘in a split second’ as they admired lava within caldera at sunset on 23 DecemberHawaii national park rangers have reissued warnings about volcano tourism after a small child wandered off and came within feet of a 400ft cliff near the rim of Kīlauea volcano, whose latest eruption had begun on 23 December.“The hazards that coincide with an eruption are dangerous, and we have safety measures in place including closed areas, barriers, closure signs and traffic management,” said park superintendent Rhonda Loh in a statement. Continue reading...

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Katie Scott, from Salford, Greater Manchester, discovered her father Arthur Scott, who died from complications of kidney failure, has been immortalised on Google Street View

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Squid Game season 2 is currently streaming on Netflix, but the streaming platform had to make a significant change to the show after it almost made one woman's life unbearable.

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New York Governor ‘outraged and horrified’ by footage

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“I have always had a soft spot for Pricey. I’ve always felt that she has been let down by friends and boyfriends alike.”

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The collision, involving a Mercedes and an Audi, happened outside the village of Killylea just before 12.45pm on Friday.

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Corrie legend Charlie Lawson, who played Big Jim McDonald on the ITV soap, has opened up about his wild nights out with Katie Price and how his partying led to him taking 'most drugs'

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Emmerdale fans think Will Taylor's death was murder after his fatal heart attack on Christmas Day, amid the return of former villain Joe Tate on the ITV soap

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Passenger Roman Pakhomov forced his Moscow-bound flight to make an emergency pitstop after he drunk himself into a rage that was so wild, other passengers tied him up with seatbelts

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There are 7,900 people waiting for transplants, the highest number in a decade, and 280 of them are children. Last year 400 people died before organs were available.

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Charlie Lawson has opened up about his wild party days, saying he and Katie Price would often be "three sheets to the wind" and "under the influence of anything"

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Parents believe San Francisco police lack ability to conduct thorough investigation into multifaceted casePoornima Ramarao greeted everyone with a smile as they offered condolences for the death of her son, Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher and whistleblower who was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on 26 November.“I am not grieving,” she told a small group of friends at a vigil held for Balaji in Milpitas, California, a city about 50 miles (80km) south-east of San Francisco. “I have become numb.” Continue reading...

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Writing in his autobiography That’s Life, So It Is, the actor says he drank over a bottle of whiskey a night and took cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, LSD, speed and cannabis

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In the footage from the airport in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, Mr Ghebreyesus can be seen relaxing in what appears to be a waiting room before all of a sudden he is rushed to his feet.

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For more than 25 years, Horace Lindezey has been making art at Venture Arts, a Manchester-based studio working with learning disabled artists. In his ever-growing collection of ceramic blue plaques, created with the assistance of ceramicist Caroline Tattersall, he celebrates people who have meant something to him – family members, friends, TV personalities and musicians – focusing on life’s central milestones: births, marriages and deaths. “I feel happy with making the plaques,” says Lindezey. “I roll the clay on to the mould, paint it white, then I put the letters on it. I like showing them in exhibitions, in Blackburn and London. I like to see them out there – they are nice memories of some people that have died.”A limited edition book of The Blue Plaques (£25), signed by the artist, is available at venturearts.org Continue reading...

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TV presenter and Countryfile host Julia Bradbury made a huge life change after revealing 'death looked her in the eyes' following her breast cancer diagnosis in 2021

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Former Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher has admitted he knows his work and family is valued as he ditched the ITV soap for a new life in the country with his wife and kids

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"Never think you’re too old for LEGO because you’re definitely, definitely not"

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Lisa Armstrong, who was married to Ant McPartlin for 11 years, took to social media to announce the birth of a new family member in a series of adorable photos

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Paula Hudgell praised the judge in the Sara Sharif case for using tougher sentencing under Tony’s Law, which now allows life sentences for causing child deaths, increasing justice for victims

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