95 minutes ago Montell Douglas' serious health condition and real reason for staying single after split from ex

Montell Douglas has impressed on this year's Strictly Come Dancing, but there is plenty you may not know about the former Olympic sprinter and bobsledder

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1 hour ago Callous UK catfisher drove heartbroken US dad and daughter, 12, to their deaths

Warning: This article contains details readers may find distressing. Sick Alexander McCartney, 26, tricked children into believing he was a young girl before persuading them to send intimate photos and then blackmailing them.

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2 hours ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing JB Gill's very talented kids have already started amazing careers

Strictly Come Dancing star JB Gill may be a skilled singer and dancer, but his two young kids are already shaping up to be stars in their own right. Here we take a look at their time in the spotlight

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2 hours ago Julen Lopetegui makes 'translation' admission after West Ham fall apart against Tottenham

West Ham took the lead against Spurs but collapsed in alarming fashion at the back

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2 hours ago Ken Hom: ‘I was petrified of being in front of the camera. Doing TV was a nightmare’

The chef and broadcaster on peeling prawns by the kilo, his bicultural pride and being ‘addicted’ to fish and chipsDucks don’t like me when they look at me. I’ve cooked countless peking ducks, probably several thousand. On my first TV series [Ken Hom’s Chinese Cookery on BBC Two, first broadcast on 29 October 1984] we did peking duck in the first programme and there was a run on ducks the next day in all the supermarkets. I’m their nemesis.My father died when I was eight months old, he had a heart attack. So I grew up in Chicago with a single mum who, because she came from China, never spoke English. I had to speak Cantonese to her and it’s been a blessing in disguise. Because of that, I became bicultural. I spoke English in a western world, but at the same time...

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3 hours ago Princess Kate 'admires' the way Duchess Sophie raises her kids and wants to do the same

The Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Edinburgh share a close bond - with one royal author explaining that Kate looks up to the way Sophie has raised her two children and hopes to do the same with George, Charlotte and Louis

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3 hours ago Father and young daughter driven to suicide by 'UK's most prolific catfisher'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: A 12-year-old girl is said to have taken her own life after she was blackmailed by a prolific catfisher, 18 months before her grief-stricken dad followed suit

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3 hours ago The spookiest US destinations you can reach from Manchester Airport this autumn

We may have seen some blue sky in Manchester of late - but with the leaves turning a brilliant display of reds, oranges and yellows, and the chilly, misty nights drawing in, there is no mistaking that autumn is in full swing.

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3 hours ago Strictly Come Dancing's Pete Wicks shares real reason he's single after dating pal's ex

Strictly Come Dancing star Pete Wicks has candidly shared why he believes he is currently single, before confessing to some brutal dating faux pas

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