1 hour ago Volunteers collect 60 bags of rubbish in just two hours from Welsh beauty spot

It was the hard work of a new Litter Picking Hub which means anyone can borrow litter picking equipment for free

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1 hour ago EastEnders star was due to work with Biggie Smalls but he was murdered hours before filming

The former host of MTV's Top Of The Pops had been scheduled to meet with Biggie but the rapper missed his flight and stayed back in Los Angeles, California.

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2 h. ago Fury after luxury riverside hotel is being used to house 150 male migrants

EXCLUSIVE: The four-star Dragonfly Hotel, which is located in Thorpe Meadows, Peterborough, was given over entirely to house male migrants with just 48 hours notice.

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3 h. ago No forgetting my encounter with two giants of the stage | Tim Lewis

Old pals Ewan McGregor and Michael Grandage prepare for their new play, My Master Builder, by chuckling about everything that could go wrong and hasFor today’s Observer New Review I had the not-exactly-onerous assignment of spending an hour with the actor Ewan McGregor and director Michael Grandage, as they prepared to put on a new play, My Master Builder, in London’s West End. The two men go way back, and mostly they were cracking each other up with knockabout old stories – much of which there wasn’t room for in my article. McGregor recalled one of his first roles on stage, as Orlando in As You Like It, and how when Simon Callow – multiple Olivier and Bafta award winner – played the part in 1979, he walked out on stage at the National Theatre only to promptly forget the first line of the play.“If you’re a woman and you’re about to have a baby, everybody tells you nightmare stories about childbirth,” said McGregor. “And when you’re an actor about to do a play, everybody tells you te...

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3 h. ago Bentley and house torched in suspected early hours fire attack

A Bentley and part of a home went up in flames in a suspected early hours attack.

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4 h. ago Hundreds of Le Crueset fans beat the queues to get their hands on luxury cookwear after Meghan was shown using it in Netflix show

Le Creuset has gained a cult following with buyers willing to queue hours outside the store's warehouse in Andover, Hampshire, just to get their hands on a limited-edition mug.

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4 h. ago Fury after luxury riverside hotel is being used to house 150 male migrants 

EXCLUSIVE: The four-star Dragonfly Hotel, which is located in Thorpe Meadows, Peterborough, was given over entirely to house male migrants with just 48 hours notice.

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5 h. ago Terrifying moment influencer stung by world's most venomous animal caught on camera

She was rushed to the nearest hospital, some three hours away, for treatment for the painful sting.

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5 h. ago 'Arson' horror as Bentley and house torched in early hours attack

Neighbours described hearing 'explosions' in the early hours

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5 h. ago Two dead including young girl in horror caravan park fire as police launch probe

An investigation is underway into a fire after two people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed in a blaze at a holiday park in the early hours of the morning.

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5 h. ago Man and girl, 10, die after fire breaks out in Lincolnshire caravan park

Police called to fire in early hours of Saturday morning

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5 h. ago Ingoldmells caravan fire: Two die including girl, 10, as police launch probe

Lincolnshire Police have launched an investigation into a fire after two people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed in a blaze at a holiday park in the early hours of the morning

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6 h. ago Legendary jockey Hayley Turner announces retirement hours before Grand National 2025

Hayley Turner, who has ridden more than 1,000 winners and reached many landmarks in a 25 year career, announced her immediate retirement to start a family

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7 h. ago The frenzied 24 hours when Venezuelan migrants in the US were shipped to an El Salvador prison

President Donald Trump has invoked a rarely used 1798 law that gives a president immense powers to arrest and deport noncitizens in a time of war

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7 h. ago I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre

Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking of going to Trump’s America: don’t do itJust before the graphic artist Rebecca Burke left Seattle to travel to Vancouver, Canada, on 26 February, she posted an image of a rough comic to Instagram. “One part of travelling that I love is seeing glimpses of other lives,” read the bubble in the first panel, above sketches of cosy homes: crossword puzzle books, house plants, a lit candle, a steaming kettle on a gas stove. Burke had seen plenty of glimpses of other lives over the six weeks she had been backpacking in the US. She had been travelling on her own, staying on homestays free of charge in exchange for doing household chores, drawing as she went. For Burke, 28, it was absolute freedom.Within hours of posting that drawing, Burke got to see a much darker side of life in America, and f...

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8 h. ago Passengers on Virgin Atlantic flight stranded in Turkey for 40 hours finally reach India

Passengers decry ‘inhumane’ and ‘awful’ situation at remote military airport

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9 h. ago Man arrested and charged after 12 hour stand off with armed police in Falkirk

The man was arrested and charged and is due to appear at Falkirk Sheriff Court on Monday, 7 April and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.

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12 h. ago ‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over IDF killing of Gaza paramedics

Relatives who waited agonising week before bodies were found speak of passion that drove Red Crescent workers• Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen againGaza is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a civilian now that Israeli forces have resumed their military campaign with even more ferocity, but for the first responders who rush towards the wreckage of bombed buildings, the risks are multiplied many times over.The 15 paramedics and rescue workers whose bodies were found last weekend in a bulldozed pit outside Rafah knew they were putting their lives in peril to try to save others, but they could not have been prepared for what awaited them in the early hours of 23 March. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Underrated Italian holiday destination boasts stunning beaches

If you are in need of a weekend getaway abroad, this Italian spot is perfect thanks to it's stunning beaches, plenty to do, and cheap flights - it is just a three hour flight away

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17 h. ago Horror of the children snatched by Putin: Troops slaughter their parents then abduct them. Now this grandmother reveals true barbarity and humiliation, or what happens next, to ANDY JEHRING

Just hours after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, Russian forces reached Kateryna and Maryna's hometown and tortured their uncle for being a member of the local resistance.

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