47 minutes ago Liam Payne 'didn't want to die' says pal who reveals painful new details of last hours

A source close to Liam Payne's family said the 31-year-old singer 'didn't want to die and could have been saved' as they opened up about his final hours in Argentina

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48 minutes ago Terminally ill Sir Chris Hoy's wife diagnosed with incurable illness in shattering news

Olympic cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy has revealed his wife Sarra has also been diagnosed with an incurable disease after he was given the news his cancer was terminal

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63 minutes ago Britain's Got Talent judge exposes major golden buzzer blunder on first day of filming

EXCLUSIVE: Alesha Dixon has been a judge on Britain's Got Talent for almost a decade and recently shared a hilarious anecdote about Bruno Tonioli's first day of filming.

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63 minutes ago ‘It’s a monster task’: can culling ferrets and rats save one of the UK’s largest seabird colonies?

Puffins, Manx shearwaters and kittiwakes on Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland have been dying. Now islanders and experts think they have the solutionThe dramatic sea cliffs, crags and stacks of Rathlin Island, county Antrim, rise more than 200 metres above the Atlantic Ocean and host one of the UK’s largest seabird colonies, including hundreds of endangered puffins, attracting up to 20,000 birders and tourists a year.On a spectacularly sunny day in September, the cliff faces are devoid of birds, with the puffins already having made their annual migration to spend the winter months at sea. Instead, Rathlin’s cliffs are dotted with roped-up figures in harnesses and bulging rucksacks, directed from above by a Scottish mountaineer, via a walkie-talkie. Continue reading...

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63 minutes ago Blur v Oasis was only part of the story: the case for a wider – and wilder – Britpop canon

The UK musicians who came to prominence in the mid-90s were more diverse and thrilling than is often acknowledged. In her new book, Miranda Sawyer, who was writing for the music press at the time, looks back at a misunderstood eraThere are people who could spend all day arguing about Britpop: what it was, what it is, who invented it, when it started and ended, which bands are Britpop and which aren’t. These people are journalists. Specifically, music journalists, who possess the pedantic instinct of all journalists to get the facts right, but also, because they write about pop music, have a competing desire to be romantic. To mythologise. To make people and events and songs and whole entire years seem more flamboyant, more life-changing and revolutionary than they actually were.The peop...

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63 minutes ago Enzo Maresca facing stern test of Chelsea progress as Liverpool trip offers golden chance

Anfield challenge presents Blues opportunity to prove they have advanced since predictable Manchester City defeat on opening day

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64 minutes ago NHS doctor reveals how to 'get rid of colds quickly' using simple health hack

As we approach the winter months, many of us are dreading the cold and flu season - thankfully, one doctor has shared a simple method to help you fight them off quicker

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64 minutes ago One Tree Hill star reveals cult stole her earnings as she opens up on 10 years of 'abuse' and 'fear'

Bethany Joy Lenz, who starred as Haley in teen drama series One Tree Hill, has spoken about the years of ‘abuse’ she suffered as a member of a religious cult during filming of the hit show

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67 minutes ago Jeremy Clarkson revealed he had heart procedure after fear he was ‘days from death’

The TV presenter says he had symptoms of being ‘clammy’, with a ‘tightness in my chest’, and ‘pins and needles in my left arm’.

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68 minutes ago King Charles makes relaxed start to Australian tour but spends less than 10 minutes at lunch in his honour

After a day of rest, monarch appears at Sydney lunch in his honour and gives hosts an hourglass while joking about swift passage of timeKing Charles III did not linger long at the luncheon put on in his honour, at the second scheduled event of his short Australian visit. And his gift to the gathering was a reminder of the fleeting passage of time.There was a menu fit for a king, and very Sydney: chargrilled asparagus and olive dust; marinated octopus and squid ink wafer; barramundi and duck confit.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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