34 minutes ago 5 dead in shooting at Washington state home with teen in custody, police say

Law enforcement officers have arrested a teenager in connection with the deaths of five people found shot inside a home southeast of Seattle in Fall City, Washington

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1 hour ago The Franchise review – Armando Iannucci’s superhero satire is saved only by a standout star

This spoof from a team of comedy greats ends up a bit of a mess – largely due to the lack of great jokes. But one actor comes up with the goodsIt is a strange truth that to satirise something effectively, you have to love it – at least a little. You have to see it in the round and understand not just where it fails but where it succeeds, and why some people like it while others loathe it. Good satire doesn’t come from indifference: it comes from disappointment, rage and the desire to show not just how things fail but how they could be better.Jonathan Swift wrote about people eating babies because he was furious. Jane Austen looked at Georgian women’s lot and laid bare all its miseries through laughter. Leaping over a few centuries, the likes of Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister an...

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1 hour ago What is pink cocaine? Drug 'found in Liam Payne's body' during autopsy after shock death

Unlike traditional cocaine, pink cocaine can cause users to have psychedelic and hallucinogenic experiences - including an altered sense of reality, panic and paranoia

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2 hours ago Boy, 16, arrested on suspicion of murder after woman found dead in Bristol house

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a woman was found dead at a house in Bristol on Sunday

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2 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli airstrike hits front of hospital in south Beirut, spokesperson says

Attack hit entrance of Rafic Hariri university hospital – the largest public hospital in LebanonIsraeli forces blew up homes and besieged schools and shelters for displaced people on Monday as they deepened their operations in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, residents and medics said.They also rounded up men and ordered women to leave the camp, they said. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Two women rushed to hospital from same home less than 24 hours apart after 'Cane Corso hounds turned on them during dog fights'

On Friday, one woman required plastic surgery on her face after her hound had aggressively attacked her other family dog at her home in Yorkshire.

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2 hours ago Shop Jessica Wright's glamorous accessories as she stuns on Pride of Britain red carpet

While the outfits on the red carpet at the Pride of Britain award are glamorous - it's the accessories that have caught our eye, most especially this set that was adorned by Jessica Wright

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3 hours ago Liam Payne had ‘multiple substances’ in his body at time of death, preliminary toxicology report reveals

Singer died in fall from hotel balcony while staying in Buenos Aires

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3 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli airstrike reportedly hits hospital in Beirut’s southern suburbs

Strike appears to have hit hospital parking lot, according to hospital source Israeli forces blew up homes and besieged schools and shelters for displaced people on Monday as they deepened their operations in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, residents and medics said.They also rounded up men and ordered women to leave the camp, they said. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago 'Your nursing team are fully behind you': Senior hospital manager told Lucy Letby 'hang in there, girl' after she was accused of harming babies, public inquiry hears

Karen Rees admitted she got 'too close' to the nurse after she was moved off the neo-natal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital. She told bosses it was 'immoral' Letby was taken off the neonatal unit.

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