57 minutes ago Winston Churchill's grandson Lord Soames backs Kemi Badenoch to fix 'fractured' Conservative party

The Shadow Housing Secretary is described as 'formidable' by Lord Soames and the person who can 'not only unite the party but reinvigorate us'.

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2 hours ago Strictly Come Dancing star Paul Merson makes savage remark as he exits show after tense dance

One more Strictly Come Dancing celebrity left the BBC competition after a tense dance-off - but not before making a savage remark in his heartfelt farewell message

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4 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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5 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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6 hours ago Mother of missing student Jack O'Sullivan says she has 'no support from the authorities that should be helping' to find him

Jack, 23, vanished without trace after being last seen at 3.15am on Saturday, March 2 in the area of Brunel Lock Road/Brunel Way, in Bristol after leaving a house party.

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7 hours ago How can we love fully in the face of inevitable loss? It starts with letting go | Nadine Levy

It’s not easy to accept change, separation and heartbreak. But grief can pave the way for a new form of connectionMaking sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday lifeEarly in life I learned that we lose everyone we love. In a matter of months my mother became unwell, I lost two of my closest relatives and my extended family became irreconcilably estranged. What had been a medium-sized family shrunk to a barely recognisable party of two – that is, if my mother pulled though.During this time I came to understand something that I had been shielded from as a child: relationships were inherently unstable, love would invariably turn to grief and loss was an undeniable fact of life. Indeed, loving and losing were fundamental terms of the human cont...

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8 hours ago Rangers flop in title acid test as Kilmarnock play party poopers during Clement anniversary bash – 3 talking points

Marley Watkins late strike in the 1-0 win saw Gers fluff their lines and fail to close the gap at the top

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9 hours ago BBC rules that Miriam Margolyes interview when she made 'Jewish and vile' remark to describe Oliver Twist villain Fagin was not racist

Miriam made the controversial comment while being interviewed by Kirsty Wark on BBC Radio 4's Front Row - sparking outrage from listeners.

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9 hours ago When Prince Andrew's friend Ghislaine Maxwell brought paedophile Jeffrey Epstein to Queen Elizabeth's 'Dance of the Decades' at Windsor Castle in 2000

The 'Dance of the Decades' at Windsor Castle in 2000 was the biggest royal party since the Queen and Prince Philip 's golden wedding anniversary in 1997.

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