1 hour ago Is Will leaving Emmerdale and does he die? Ross Barton twist sparks death fears

Emmerdale's Will Taylor, played by actor Dean Andrews, sparked speculation he was leaving and could be dead after a dangerous run-in with Ross Barton on the ITV soap

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2 hours ago Mishal Husain will step down from Today programme after 11 years with BBC bosses finding a new role for presenter at corporation

The 51-year-old presenter is believed to have been having talks with bosses at the BBC about moving to a new role at the corporation, once she departs her current job.

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3 hours ago Developing countries urged to reject ‘bad deal’ as Cop29 climate talks falter

Talk grows of a walkout from poor countries in response to ‘unacceptable’ and ‘insulting’ finance proposalDeveloping countries were being urged by civil society groups to reject “a bad deal” at the UN climate talks on Friday night, after rich nations refused to increase an “insulting” offer of finance to help them tackle the climate crisis.The stage is set for a bitter row on Saturday over how much money poor countries should receive from the governments of the rich world, which have offered $250bn a year by 2035 to help the poor shift to a low-carbon economy and adapt to the impacts of extreme weather. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Colleen Hoover's Verity movie adaption .– what we know so far as Anne Hathaway joins cast

Verity was published in 2018

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3 hours ago Daniel Craig lists reason he doesn’t ‘want to be away from home’ as much as he was in the past

‘I don’t want to be away from home as much as I have in the past,’ former Bond actor says

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3 hours ago Christmas films 2024: The 10 worst movies you could possibly watch on Netflix this festive season

If you want to steer clear of the festive season’s clichés, The Standard has you covered

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4 hours ago What is frontotemporal dementia? Bruce Willis’s family 'know he is not going to get better'

The actor’s wife Emma Heming Willis has been her husband’s “care partner” eversince the diagnosis

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4 hours ago Gordon Brown says daughter’s death showed value of ‘good’ dying over assisted dying

Former PM, whose daughter died when she was 11 days old, says debate is moving too fast and calls for commission on palliative care • Gordon Brown: We need better end-of-life care, not assisted dyingThe former prime minister Gordon Brown has declared his opposition to the legalisation of assisted dying, saying the death of his newborn daughter in January 2002 convinced him of the “value and imperative of good end-of-life care”.In a rare and poignant glimpse into the tragedy, he says the time he and his wife, Sarah, spent at their baby Jennifer’s bedside “as her life ebbed away” were “among the most precious days of [our] lives”. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Loose Women's Judi Love reveals health battle that took seven years to get diagnosed with pain so extreme she was rushed to A&E and bedbound

Loose Women panellist Judi Love revealed it took her seven years to get her Endometriosis diagnosis and detailed how the pain was so bad it sometimes left her 'bedbound'. 

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4 hours ago Wicked fans ‘couldn’t be more thrilled’ as blockbuster musical opens worldwide

Hugely anticipated adaptation of the Broadway hit starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo is estimated to rake in $200m at the global box officeWhat is this feeling? After years of speculation, more casting rumors than Oz’s population of flying monkeys, a production ripe for tabloid fodder, and a massive marketing and promotion machine worthy of a wizard himself, Universal’s epic musical Wicked has finally walked the yellow brick road that leads into theaters.On Thursday night the first official screenings unfolded around the US, including at New York City’s AMC Empire 25, the multilevel cathedral to cinema just off Times Square. It proved to be perfect moviegoing weather outside: absolutely miserable with hard, cold rain. Inside, there was a palpable energy with superfans lining up fo...

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