36 minutes ago Hollyoaks confirm devastating Darren update and Christmas wedding plans confirmed

A Christmas wedding is on the cards for one Hollyoaks couple as Darren Osborne remains missing and Leela Dexter struggles to keep her secret from husband Joel Dexter

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50 minutes ago Don’t listen to opponents of assisted dying: a Labour government’s legacy must be freedom | Polly Toynbee

I have campaigned for the right to avoid a needlessly agonising death all my life. After this vote, I hope I will no longer have toThe time has come for a defining moment early in a Labour era that has so far lacked definition. This is the week a Labour parliament can make its mark in the long campaign for personal freedoms over birth, sex, life and death. If not, if MPs prove pusillanimous in the face of loud but thinly supported objections backed by organised religion, they will ignore the opinion of a public that is strongly in favour: the British social attitudes survey’s first polling in 1983 found 77% of people in favour of assisted dying, and that figure has hardly varied since then. After campaigning all my life on this, I feel: if not now, then probably not in my lifetime.Every...

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1 hour ago UK flooding expert blasts 'something isn't working' despite Met Office's warning

Speaking in the wake of Storm Bert and its flooding in several areas across the UK, Professor Hannah Cloke, of University of Reading, said changes in the way floods are warned should be made

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1 hour ago Massacre in the jungle: how an Indigenous man was made the public face of an atrocity

In 2004, 29 people were killed by members of the Cinta Larga tribe in Brazil’s Amazon basin. The story shocked the country – but the truth of what happened is still being fought overAt the federal courthouse of Vilhena, in the southern reaches of the Amazon basin, Nacoça Pio Cinta Larga limped to his seat, using one hand to steady himself on a table. In the air-conditioned chill and fluorescent glare, his crown of black and brown feathers shuddered with each step, a lonely reminder of the rainforest beyond the white-painted walls. A Brazilian flag hung limply in one corner, the national motto, “Order and progress”, concealed in its folds. “The prosecution says that, on 7 April 2004, around 11am in the Gully of Tranquility, you, sir, together with other members of your tribe, took the li...

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1 hour ago UK weather: Snow forecast to blast Britain today as maps turn purple in fresh cold hit

Weather maps show snow falling this morning in a new cold blast hitting the country over the coming days as it continues to reel from the heavy rain and flooding brought by Storm Bert

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1 hour ago Trump threatens massive tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China while Jack Smith drops election case: Live

Donald Trump was handed legal wins as he works to fill his cabinet after special counsel Jack Smith said his team is treating him as a current president

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2 hours ago Snow could well be on its way to parts of the UK with temperatures falling to a freezing

The UK is set to be hit by more cold weather next week and some areas could even see snow fall in the early hours of Wednesday, December 4, according to the latest weather maps

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2 hours ago Dear Coleen: I'm missing my brother's US wedding for my daughter's school play

Agony aunt Coleen Nolan has advice for a reader who can't attend her brother's wedding in the USA because of her daughter's school play and financial constraints.

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2 hours ago Dalgliesh star Bertie Carvel admits he's ready to leave show with dramatic 6

Dalgliesh star Bertie Carvel opens up about the Channel 5 detective drama's new series - and why he's ready to leave Adam Dalgliesh behind when the show comes to an end

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3 hours ago Stock market today: Asian shares mostly fall on worries about Trump's tariffs

Asian shares have mostly declined as worries spread over President-elect Donald Trump's comment that he plans to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office

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