88 minutes ago The tragic ghost elephants of Illinois as people have heard wailing at night

The ghost elephants of Woodlawn Cemetery in Illinois are said to be the spirits of circus animals who died in a horrific train crash in 1918, which killed 86 people

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2 hours ago Richard Linklater: ‘I’ve always had that French new wave notion – that a film should be an extension of your life’

The American director on the 20-year project he is just beginning, how hitmen don’t exist in real life and why his career would not be possible todayThe American director Richard Linklater has one of the great, eclectic film-making CVs: from classics such as Dazed and Confused to School of Rock, Before Sunrise to Boyhood, which was filmed with the same cast over 12 years. That versatility is seen again in his latest movie, Hit Man, released earlier this year to critical and audience acclaim and now on Netflix. A rare foray for him into the comedy-thriller genre, it tells the trueish story of a nondescript college professor (an excellent Glen Powell) who has a side hustle as an undercover operative for the New Orleans police, pretending to be different hitmen in order to illicit arrests....

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3 hours ago Assisted dying split as Justice Secretary sounds 'death on demand' warning

Shabana Mahmood has hit out at a controversial Bill that would legalise assisted dying - saying the state should 'never offer death as a service', but colleague Liz Kendall said she'd support it

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3 hours ago Family of man unlawfully killed by friend say his name has been 'tarnished' following coroner's conclusion

David Toulson's loved ones have spoken following the inquest into his death

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3 hours ago Chilling warning a new friend gave two Danish women before holidaying in Laos

Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20, and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, had been on a trip of a lifetime backpacking across South East Asia when they were poisoned in Laos.

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3 hours ago Chances of nukes being used 'on the rise in two places,' claims atomic bomb survivor

Masako Wada was just a child when the atomic bomb hit Nagasaki and left complete devastation behind, now Masako warns history could be repeating itself – in these specific places

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4 hours ago High school football star who stabbed teen sweetheart SEVENTEEN times before slitting own throat learns his fate

Spencer Pearson, 20, was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison as he was found guilty of viscously attacking and hospitalizing his former girlfriend, her mother and a courageous bystander.

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4 hours ago Legendary TV star dead as heartbroken friend confirms 'sudden' passing

Legendary game show host Chuck Woolery, who was best known for hosting Wheel of Fortune, has died at the age of 83, his friend has confirmed in a heartbreaking statement

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4 hours ago Like a luxury spa – for £20: where to enjoy Britain’s Turkish baths revival

In 1900, there were 600 Turkish baths in Britain and Ireland. Today, only a handful survive. We enjoy a revived hammam in Newcastle and take a look at 10 more around the countryMy sister and I are lying on slabs like flounders in a fishmonger’s. Instead of a bed of ice, though, we’re stretched out on heated marble. We move between three hot rooms, each resembling little chapels with vaulted ceilings, chatting quietly in the cooler one, applying face and hair masks in the middle one, and simply lying still, sweating, in the hottest one. Later, we will be scrubbed and massaged. In between, we cool off under a rain-mist shower, or retire to a bed in our own private mahogany-panelled booth beneath a glazed dome.It sounds like a luxury spa, with prices to match. In f...

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