68 minutes ago Drugs smuggled to Liam Payne 'in soap box' as police launch investigation into hotel staff

Argentinian police have reportedly launched an investigation into two members of staff at the hotel where Liam Payne tragically fell to his death, over claims they supplied the singer with drugs

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74 minutes ago Liverpool pass their first big test as title contenders: Football Weekly

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Wilson and Sam Dalling as Liverpool beat Chelsea 2-1 to stay ahead of Manchester City at the top of the tableRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today: Liverpool’s first big test of the season and they pass it with a relatively scare-free 2-1 win over a much-improving Chelsea. Continue reading...

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74 minutes ago Streeting revives claim that some patients face avoidable ‘death sentence’ due to current state of NHS – UK politics live

Health secretary says NHS is going through the ‘worst crisis in its history’In the past the weirdest budget tradition was the convention that the chancellor is allowed to drink alcohol while delivering the budget speech. But since no chancellor has taken advantage of the rule since the 1990s (and no one expects Rachel Reeves to be quaffing on Wednesday week), this tradition is probably best viewed as lapsed.But Sam Coates from Sky News has discovered another weird budget ritual. On his Politics at Jack and Sam’s podcast, he says:Someone messaged me to say: ‘Did you know that over in the Treasury as they’ve been going over all these spending settlements, in one of the offices, its full of balloons. And every time an individual department finalises its settlements, one of the balloons is ...

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83 minutes ago What are the odds of witnessing the presence of a deceased spouse? – datablog

There’s not much research on death, but one study asked widows and widowers about experiencing their late partner’s presenceIf you’ve recently seen a ghost, you could be in line for $100,000 – just so long as you caught your supernatural sighting on a Ring camera. With Halloween around the corner, the home surveillance company is offering a hefty sum to anyone who can capture footage of paranormal activity, with a Ghostbusters actor, Finn Wolfhard, helping to choose the winner.But while Ring’s competition might be a PR stunt, ghostly experiences can feel very real, especially for those who are grieving. Continue reading...

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83 minutes ago Racing world 'shattered' by sudden death of top jockey with more than 1,000 wins

Johnathan Parkes, 35, was one of the most successful riders in New Zealand where his victories included 62 in Black Type races of which 12 were at Group 1 level

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84 minutes ago Late Queen's heartbreaking conversation with her children in the days leading up to her death

The late Queen knew her time was coming to an end and had spoken to her four children - Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward - about her death, a royal author has revealed

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1 hour ago Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy breaks cover after 'betrayal' over escorts

Former One Direction star Liam Payne tragically fell to his death from the third floor of a hotel, and and now his grieving girlfriend Kate Cassidy has been seen out in public

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1 hour ago Death Row man who 'wants to die' after killing brother finally given execution date

Joseph Corcoran was sentenced to death in 1999 after being convicted for the murder of three men – including his own brother – but has repeatedly asked to be executed

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1 hour ago Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy emerges in public for the first time since posting about her grief for One Direction star after his tragic balcony fall

Ms Cassidy, 25, left Argentina two days before the singer plunged 45ft to his death, aged 31, from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last Wednesday.

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