84 minutes ago Edinburgh writer and director Laura Carreira honoured at London Film Festival for debut feature

On Falling, which was filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, will get a cinema release early next year

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85 minutes ago Transvision Vamp’s Wendy James: ‘I was the leader. I was the engine. I was never a victim’

The frontwoman of one of Britain’s most anarchic Eighties pop bands is back with her seventh solo album. She speaks to Adam White about sex appeal in the public eye, her harsh treatment by the tabloids, and why she left London for New York in 2002 and never looked back

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1 hour ago Jury selection to begin for trial of man charged in NYC subway chokehold death

Jury selection is set to begin in the criminal trial of the U.S. Marine Corps veteran who placed a man in a deadly chokehold aboard a New York City subway train last year

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1 hour ago Former Indian spy rejects US charge in Sikh separatist murder plot, family says

Vikash Yadav is accused of masterminding a murder-for-hire plot against Sikh dissident Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York

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2 hours ago Donald Trump waves to adoring NFL fans chanting 'USA' after arriving at Jets

The Republican leader was seen walking off his private jet as the crucial showdown between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Jets kicked off on Sunday night.

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2 hours ago The Prodigy’s Leeroy Thornhill on fame, raves and his late best mate Keith Flint: ‘I love him and I always will’

He and Flint joined the band as teenagers, leaving Essex to travel the world and mix with royalty. As Thornhill publishes a book of photographs from that era, he talks about the fun, friendship, chaos – and sorrowThe first time I encountered Leeroy Thornhill, he invited me around to his place to smoke banana skins. I was only 12 years old at the time – but before you call social services, let me reassure you that this wasn’t a real-life interaction. I was simply reading the sleeve notes of his band the Prodigy’s debut album, Experience, where the peculiar fruit-based invitation was offered up to the band’s fans. Just above it was a photograph of the group sharing a joint. They seemed thrillingly above the law – and the rules of being in a band itself.For a start, half of them – Thornhil...

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2 hours ago Yankees and Dodgers meet in World Series for 12th time in matchup of Broadway and Hollywood

New York neighbors who became cross-country rivals, the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers are renewing their starry struggle in the World Series for the first time in 43 years

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3 hours ago Woman claims simple method transformed her dry locks – and it's so easy to do

Monique shared a video of her hair looking dry, before revealing the method she uses to ensure it's always looking luscious and full of shine - and it's pretty simple

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3 hours ago New York Liberty hold off Minnesota Lynx in overtime to win first WNBA title

New York beat Minnesota 67-62 in Game 5 of finalsLiberty win first title in franchise’s 28-year historyWNBA finals Game 5 – as it happenedThe New York Liberty are WNBA champions for the first time in their 28-year history after coming from behind to defeat the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in overtime on Sunday night in a winner-take-all Game 5 of the finals.Jonquel Jones scored 17 points to lead New York on a night when her teammates Breanna Strewart and Sabrina Ionescu struggled mightily on the offensive end. Continue reading...

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