60 minutes ago The Wicked movie’s version of ‘Popular’ almost sounded very different. Then Ariana Grande stepped in

Star shut down any talk of a hip-hop rendition of the song

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99 minutes ago 'I answered a stranger's call and heard my son screaming, I was so scared'

Marley Ollerhead, 11, was hit by a van while riding his bike

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2 hours ago Khéphren Thuram on father Lilian: ‘It’s a beautiful thing – listening to him makes me grow’

The Juventus midfielder discusses his father’s activism, what Thierry Henry always told him and how Douglas Luiz views the challenge of facing Aston Villa“I don’t know if it was destiny,” says a beaming Khéphren Thuram over a video call from Turin, but all the same he can glimpse a certain poetry in his journey. Born in Italy, the son of the great Juventus defender Lilian Thuram, now running the midfield in those same black and white stripes. “It’s a beautiful story,” he says. “People outside see the romance in it. But I’m just doing my job.”On Wednesday his job takes him to Villa Park in the Champions League, the first time the 23‑year‑old will play competitively on English soil. Not that he will be underprepared. His teammate Douglas Luiz has already briefed him on thei...

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2 hours ago Mum told firefighters her four kids were safely out, then they found a child sleeping in a bedroom

The house was found smeared with faeces, rubbish and broken glass, and a plastic bag had been placed over one of the smoke alarms in the property

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2 hours ago "Almost a living death": Mum kept baby hidden in drawer under bed for three years

The crying and 'significantly malnourished' toddler looked like a 10-month-old, a court heard

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3 hours ago Gary Barlow's Songbook Tour: Ticket prices and everything else you need to know

Gary Barlow will play 41 dates around the UK on his Songbook Tour 2025

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4 hours ago British mother of Egyptian political prisoner to press Lammy to take action

Laila Soueif is to meet the foreign secretary, who in opposition called for the release of Alaa Abd el-FattahThe British-born mother of an Egyptian political prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 58 days is preparing to meet the foreign secretary, David Lammy, to urge him to secure her son’s release.Laila Soueif’s son Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a British and Egyptian dual citizen who wrote eloquently about the Arab spring and its aftermath, was jailed for five years for “spreading false news”. He was due to be released in September, but has not been freed. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Man arrested for beating victim to death with golf club on Florida course, cops say

Police called the incident a random act of violence

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5 hours ago Scots mum cleared of witch monument murder faked having baby to scam elderly men

Angela Newlands conned pensioners in romance scams and lied about a fake baby for cash.

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