70 minutes ago Stunned cops find 'visibly startled gnome' made of party drug MDMA in raid

Ornament weighing nearly two kilograms - or four founds - was among a stash of narcotics discovered in the southern province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands

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1 hour ago Lauren Laverne says she has been given ‘all clear’ after cancer treatment

Presenter of BBC’s The One Show, Desert Island Discs and 6 Music show said she would be ‘back to work’Lauren Laverne, the presenter of Desert Island Discs, has said she has been given the “all clear” after undergoing treatment for cancer.Writing on Instagram on Sunday, the 46-year-old said she would be “back to work” on Tuesday’s The One Show after “taking some time off to get better” and thanked the medical staff who had helped her, as well as everyone who had sent her messages of support. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Former flight attendant with terminal cancer lives out dying ‘last wish’ to fly again

The 79-year-old woman was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer

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2 hours ago Storm Bert claims fourth victim after body found in search for missing dog walker

Police have released a statement following the discovery of a body in the search for a 75-year-old man who was lost during Storm Bert while out walking his dog over the weekend

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2 hours ago BBC presenter Lauren Laverne given ‘all clear’ following cancer diagnosis

Laverne, 46, said on Instagram on Sunday that she will be ‘back to work’ on Tuesday’s The One Show after ‘taking some time off to get better’.

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3 hours ago BBC host Lauren Laverne, 46, reveals she's cancer free in major health update and will be back on TV in a matter of days as she declares: 'Life is beautiful'

Lauren Laverne has revealed she's cancer free on Sunday and would returning  to work on TV in a matter days.

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3 hours ago BBC radio DJ Lauren Laverne shares cancer update as she says 'I've had the all clear'

The radio DJ and presenter announced in August that she had been diagnosed with cancer but said it was caught "early and unexpectedly during a screening test"

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3 hours ago Still hanging on to your old diaries and teenage photos? Chuck them out – and start to live | Nell Frizzell

I’m moving house, which means coming face to face with a lifetime of mementos. I feel a burden lifting with each item I bin, donate or recycleThere is a particular sort of box that lurks in every home, full of “memorabilia” or “mementos”. Baby teeth, divorce certificates, spare keys for locks unknown, your granny’s old Padre Pio fridge magnet, the tenancy agreement for your last flat: the whole thing is rank with association, emotion, nostalgia and pain. That box is my nemesis. That box is doom.Because I decided that turning 40, being pregnant and training for a second career wasn’t enough to be getting on with in a single month, I am also in the lucky position of moving house. Which means opening various drawers, boxes, cupboards and ring binders, only to discover a pit of painful sent...

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4 hours ago Lauren Laverne issues huge statement about cancer journey and future of her career

Radio DJ and presenter Lauren Laverne said she has had the all-clear after taking some time off following her cancer diagnosis - and will return to work on Tuesday

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