2 h. ago ‘Joni Mitchell’s Blue revolutionised the way I saw music’: Emeli Sandé’s honest playlist

The singer was a young fan of Mariah and pretends she hates one 70s musical classic, but which aquatic power ballad can she genuinely no longer stand?The first song I fell in love with Samson by Regina Spektor, when I was 16 and falling in love for the first time. I got introduced to her music when I was working in Virgin Megastore in Aberdeen. Then I met someone in a club.The first single I bought All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey, from Asda. My dad had played me the Music Box album from when I was about seven, so I loved Mariah. I saw it in the bargain section for £1.99 and thought: “Let’s get it.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago A new start after 60: I was never a great swimmer – but I took up diving and now somersault into the pool

After moving to a new city, Antonia Murphy was captivated by the local diving facilities. Now 68, she can launch herself off a 7.5-metre platformAntonia Murphy has always loved water. It can be warm or icy, wild or maintained in a municipal facility. Although “not a great swimmer”, she is a confident one. So when she moved to Edinburgh two years ago, she promptly checked out the public leisure centre. She was captivated by the alluring, deep blue of the diving pool. “I thought: ‘This is unbelievable.’ I felt seduced,” she says.She had “larked around” as a child, but never learned to dive, so she went along to the Royal Commonwealth’s public session. “This bloke was standing there. We got chatting.” He told her about coaching sessions – and Murphy, then 66, booked a taster class. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Dad, 35, died on holiday after stomach ache he thought was food poisoning

Andrejs died just 36 hours after falling ill

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3 h. ago Ruth Langsford makes huge decision about her future after Eamonn Holmes split

EXCLUSIVE: Ruth Langsford is said to be desperate to divorce Eamonn Holmes and is putting all thoughts of a new relationship on hold until the paperwork is finalised

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4 h. ago Lioness and her cubs receive a gift of scented cardboard boxes | London Zoo

Lioness and her cubs receive a gift of scented cardboard boxes | London Zoo  News8000.com - WKBT

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9 h. ago O.J. Simpson's bible from Robert Kardashian sells for staggering amount at auction

O.J. Simpson's bible, which was gifted to him by Kim Kardashian's father Robert Kardashian Sr, has been sold for an astounding amount.

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13 h. ago I'm a male stripper and my stage name is Temptation... People think we have it easy

It is common knowledge that the jobs of pilots and soldiers are thought to be among the world's most dangerous. But, there is one line of work where the men claim the risks are severely underestimated.

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13 h. ago The £1 supermarket item used by gardeners which can keep plants alive longer

Flowers are a popular Mother's Day gift and this household item can help keep them fresh

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15 h. ago The cold, calculating cop dubbed Spock who thought he'd committed the perfect murder

Darren McKie used all 21 years of experience in GMP to cover his tracks after he strangled to death his cop wife Leanne

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16 h. ago Coronation Street fans spot former star in Casualty leaving viewers 'confused'

Casualty viewers were left shocked on Saturday night as they thought they recognised an inmate who had been stabbed in the latest episode of the BBC medical drama

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18 h. ago I thought I'd escaped my abusive foster father when he was locked up for raping me, but my world came crashing down when I came face to face with him in the supermarket

Emma Bardney, 54, was 13 years old when she was sexually abused by her foster father Stephen Noy, 67. She was horrified when she saw him again last June, doing her shop in Retford Morrisons.

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18 h. ago 'I heard an almighty crash and then my toilet was completely broken'

Sue Rundle, 71, had been about to leave her house when she heard what she thought was slates falling from the roof - but was soon faced with the damage to her property

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19 h. ago Sex Pistols star once confessed to stealing from David Bowie: ‘He thought it was funny’

‘I was like the Phantom of Hammersmith Odeon,’ musician said

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19 h. ago Woman thought blocked ears were a cold until she couldn't move or open her eyes

It got so bad that Nadia Bishop thought she was about to die due to her severe symptoms

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20 h. ago Roy Keane's stance on Bruno Fernandes exit as Real Madrid chase Man Utd star

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes is a summer transfer target for Real Madrid in the wake of his fine form this season but Roy Keane has his own thoughts on the midfielder

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21 h. ago RB Leipzig sack Marco Rose amid poor campaign in Bundesliga and Europe

Leipzig sixth in table after early Champions League exitClub thought to be interested in Palace’s Oliver GlasnerRB Leipzig have confirmed the sacking of manager Marco Rose amid a disappointing season in the Bundesliga and in Europe.“Marco Rose has been relieved of his duties as RB Leipzig head coach with immediate effect,” said a club statement. “The club will announce who will take over the head coach role on an interim basis in due course.” Continue reading...

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22 h. ago 'The menopause left me feeling like I didn't want to be here anymore'

Ex-rugby star Non Evans, who played 87 times for Wales, said she thought she was 'too young, fit and healthy to be going through menopause'

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23 h. ago Justin Welby says he would forgive serial Church of England abuser John Smyth if he was alive

Former archbishop of Canterbury also admits ‘deep sense of personal failure’ he feels about handling of allegations against dead clergyman thought to be Church’s most prolific abuser

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24 h. ago Inside Lord Byron's Mayfair 'sex mansion' where poet cheated on his young wife with his HALF

EXCLUSIVE: Lord Byron's luxury Mayfair 'sex mansion' where he is thought to have cheated on his wife with his half-sister is up for sale for almost £30million.

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25 h. ago Let Britain’s magical, mythical creatures inspire a patriotism untainted by politics | Kate Maltby

A new set of Royal Mail stamps on regional folklore reminds us of our deep roots to the landIt is possible to have too much trust in a marriage. The mythic Welsh warrior Lleu Llaw Gyffes, who appears to have been bigger on brawn than brain, once came home to find his wife, the flower-maiden Blodeuwedd, weeping with fear over premonitions of his death. She begged Lleu to prove that he was, as rumoured, invincible.Lleu, who had clearly not read the story of Delilah, thought it was a good idea to reveal to his wife each of the unlikely and incongruous conditions that would make it possible for a rival to kill him: among other kinks, they required him to be caught outdoors on a riverbank with one foot straddling a thatched cauldron and one on a wriggling goat. Lo and behold, in one year’s time Lleu found himself being struck down in exactly that pose by Blodeuwedd and her lover, the hunter Gronw Pebr. The story is still told to explain the peculiar shape of the Stone of Gronw, sitting t...

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