90 minutes ago Soldier's unseen pictures of VE Day being celebrated in London are discovered in his old uniform

The black and white images show huge cheering crowds gathering in Leicester Square, central London as news of Germany 's surrender was announced on May 8, 1945.

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95 minutes ago Martin Lewis warns of 'wild west' for AI ads after fake Rachel Reeves scam

Consumers duped into giving banking details after convincing BBC advert

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2 hours ago ‘Increased levels’ of natural gas found near site of fatal Bedford explosion

A neighbour said they heard a ‘mighty bang’ and the roof ‘came off’ in an explosion and fire at a house on Saturday that killed one person.

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2 hours ago Law firm boss who badgered junior colleague for two months and claimed speaking to her was better than sex is banned for five years

Takeshige Sugimoto, a partner at the firm, was sacked after sending the junior legal consultant almost 1,000 messages in two months.

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2 hours ago Liam Payne death latest: Hundreds of One Direction fans mourn singer in Hyde Park vigil

Singer died aged 31 after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires, sparking tributes from his One Direction bandmates, Sheeran, Robbie Williams, and his ‘heartbroken’ family

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2 hours ago Harris marks birthday with church visit after Trump’s crude rhetoric at rally

Democratic nominee campaigns on 60th birthday as Trump acolytes try to defend vulgar remarks about Arnold PalmerDemocratic governors from three states in the so-called blue wall that is key to their party’s aspirations for an electoral college victory delivered closing pitches for Kamala Harris on Sunday as their presidential nominee celebrated her 60th birthday with a visit to church.Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Tony Evers of Wisconsin and Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer barnstormed the Sunday morning political shows to talk up the vice-president’s policy agenda – and highlight differences with Republican candidate Donald Trump, 16 days before an election that polls suggest is still on a knife edge. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Netflix decline fears batted away as streaming giant defies market estimations

One year on from their ban on sharing passwords, Netflix has smashed all Wall Street predictions on their profit, with staggering numbers making their shareholders plenty of money

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2 hours ago His trusting colleagues thought he was going about his normal business... they didn't have a clue he was running a secret criminal life

The rise and spectacular fall of Andrew Talbot, from respected crime-fighting detective to drug-addicted cocaine kingpin

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3 hours ago Chris Hoy: a remarkable, determined human being unchanged by success | William Fotheringham

The courage with which he faces his diagnosis is typical of a man who engages with life in his own way, with perspectiveAt a certain age, joked Sir Chris Hoy in October 2011, you don’t even buy green bananas. The throwaway remark was intended to underline the complexities and unpredictabilities of being a “senior” athlete – Hoy was then 35, seemingly blessed with eternal youth – but it seems grimly apposite in the light of the Scot’s announcement that he has terminal cancer and may have only between two and four years to live.There has been universal warmth and admiration for the way that Hoy has dealt with his diagnosis, revealed publicly in an interview with the Sunday Times. An upcoming memoir, All That Matters, will go into further detail, along with relating Hoy’s wife Sarra’s diag...

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3 hours ago Elon Musk criticised for offering $1mn prizes to voters who sign petition

Pennsylvania governor says officials should look at whether billionaire’s raffle breaches electoral law

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