77 minutes ago Midsomer Murders star makes frank career confession despite TV success

Annette Badland, who plays Dr Fleur Perkins in the popular ITV murder mystery series, has opened up about how she struggles to watch herself on screen because she is too critical

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86 minutes ago The circus that bought a tiny California town: ‘We’re creating our own Disneyland’

Nipton sat neglected for years until Las Vegas’s Spiegelworld turned it into a circus havenFrom 10 miles out, the tiny town of Nipton suddenly appears in the middle distance like a mirage: a huddle of lush eucalyptus trees in an otherwise impossibly vast, barren expanse of the California desert.From closer up, the place still feels dream-like. Old west-style buildings, including the Nipton Trading Post and a five-bed hotel built in the early 1900s, dot the community but are shuttered to the public. Other than the freight trains that regularly slice through the edge of town, Nipton is often completely silent. The unincorporated area is home to only about a dozen people, depending on the season, and spans just 80 acres. (“Blink and you’ll miss it,” one of the town’s caretakers says.) Cont...

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86 minutes ago I’ve written a diary every day since I was 14. What does that say about me?

Reading four decades of entries, I realise ego can take precedence over world events, life is never too dull to record – and I’ve learned not to take myself so seriously“Hello! I said to myself today that if I do five handstands and flip over it will be an excellent year and I did!” Thus, unceremoniously, began the 41-volume (and counting) story of my life. It was 1984 and I was 14, fumbling through adolescence in a scarlet beret. My likes, according to a list on the front page, included jacket potatoes and graveyards. My new year resolutions were to “see how long I can go without cake” and “improve my character.”I haven’t missed a day’s entry since that 1 January. My past crams two bookshelves in rows of page-a-day journals. It’s startling how little four decades seems when it’s repres...

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88 minutes ago Hundreds flee north Gaza as IDF orders more evacuations amid intense airstrikes

Fresh wave of civilian displacements triggered overnight on Saturday, while Israeli strike on hospital injures directorThe Israeli military has ordered the evacuation of new areas of northern Gaza, setting off a fresh wave of civilian displacements on Sunday as intense airstrikes continued across much of the territory.The Israel Defense Forces said the orders for the Shujaiya neighbourhood were issued after Palestinian militants fired rockets at Israel on Saturday from a location within the densely populated district. Hamas’s armed wing said it had targeted an army base over the border. Continue reading...

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96 minutes ago London's Westminster Bridge closed after man stabbed in horror attack as police arrest three on suspicion of attempted murder

Shocked passers-by call police after fight leaves man stabbed on busy city centre bridge

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1 hour ago Liverpool name lineup to face Southampton as two big names miss out for Reds

Trent Alexander-Arnold was taken off in the first half of the 2-0 win over Aston Villa before the international break and subsequently pulled out of the England squad

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1 hour ago Desperate search continues for teenager missing for days on Scottish island

The 16-year-old was last seen around 8.45am on Monday

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1 hour ago Westminster Bridge closed as 'attempted murder' sees police swarm area

Metropolitan Police, London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance rushed to Westminster Bridge after a man was stabbed and left fighting for his life this morning

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1 hour ago Top Russian general and 500 North Korean soldiers 'killed by British Storm Shadow missiles' in devastating attack

The strike launched by Ukraine on November 20 wiped out Lt-Gen Valery Solodchuk and also resulted with 18 Putin officers reported lost, with a further 18 wounded, it has been claimed.

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2 hours ago BREAKING: Storm Bert chaos: Major incident declared as devastating floods spark mass evacuation

Locals have been evacuated due to flooding caused by Storm Bert in Pontypridd, South Wales - we'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

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