12 minutes ago Liam Payne fans heartbroken over special family member who won't know what's happened

Former One Direction star Liam Payne often shared snippets of his life with his beloved dog Stan on social media before his tragic death at the age of 31

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12 minutes ago Trade unionist booted by Labour over 'racist' tweets storm resigns from NHS board

A local branch of Unison said Wilma Brown had resigned from her role.

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18 minutes ago Gogglebox to reunite 90s comedy icons for celebrity special in huge cast shake up

Gogglebox has brought the two beloved British comedians onto the sofa for a star-studded Stand Up to Cancer special of the Channel 4 show airing later this week

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23 minutes ago Urgent search for missing woman who vanished on mountain hike as police issue new CCTV

Joanne Jones, 49, was last seen around 10am on Monday heading in the direction of Llanwonno in the South Wales Valleys, and was wearing a dark green coat, black rucksack, leggings, and walking boots

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24 minutes ago Fury as Met cop Martyn Blake is found not guilty of murdering Chris Kaba but may not be allowed back to work until next year

The marksman, 40, walked free from the Old Bailey yesterday after a jury cleared him in just three hours following a near-three-week trial.

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25 minutes ago Europe’s biggest bank announces overhaul with split into East and West

The changes will take effect from 2025

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30 minutes ago Liam Payne 'preyed on' by dealers despite being clean 'for weeks' says friend

Former One Direction singer Liam Payne died last week at the age of 31 after falling from the third floor of the hotel he was staying at in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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30 minutes ago Kelsey Parker reveals how 'kind soul' Liam Payne reacted after her late husband Tom Parker's death

The 34-year-old TV star opened up about the loss of the former One Direction singer

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33 minutes ago Netanyahu, the brutal chancer, will keep on bombing, but his brinkmanship may go too far | Simon Tisdall

The notion that he will claim a victory and stop now is deluded. He will press on until there is the political will in the US to stop himIt’s blindingly obvious Benjamin Netanyahu does not want a ceasefire in Gaza or Lebanon or anywhere else – not yet, at least. The Biden administration and Keir Starmer’s government can persist with the politically convenient fiction that last week’s killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has opened a window to peace if they must. But it’s nonsense. Israel’s prime minister violently rampages about like a drunken hooligan armed with a stack of US and UK-supplied bricks. He loves the sound of breaking glass.The unpalatable truth is Netanyahu, his far-right allies and dismayingly large numbers of Israeli citizens believe, foolishly, that they are winning the...

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35 minutes ago ‘His music has joy and energy. It is luminous’: Steven Isserlis on the genius of Gabriel Fauré

Fauré is widely known for his beautiful Requiem and Pavane. But, says the British cellist, there is far more of his often radical work to enjoy and explore‘Fauré? Ah, yes, I love the Requiem. And there’s that lovely Pavane too ” This is the typical reply to the question: “Do you like the music of Gabriel Fauré?” But it’s about as satisfactory a response as would be, to a similar question about Beethoven: “Oh yes! There’s that great symphony – the one that goes da-da-da DAA.”Glorious though Fauré’s Requiem and Pavane are (along with his other best-known works, such as the first violin sonata and first piano quartet), there are whole other worlds to his music that deserve to be far better known. Luckily, 2024 marks the centenary of Fauré’s death, which gives us Fauréans a wonderful opport...

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