30 h. ago Dance with a Stranger at 40: Miranda Richardson on playing Britain’s last hanged woman

Four decades ago, the Oscar-nominated star became an overnight sensation for playing Ruth Ellis, a working-class woman sentenced to death for fatally shooting her upper-class lover. Sophie Monks Kaufman speaks to Richardson and her ‘Dance with a Stranger’ director, Mike Newell, about a classic of British cinema

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5 d. ago Israel's security cabinet approves plan to take control of Gaza City

Hamas calls Netanyahu’s comments about taken control of Gazan territory ‘a blatant coup’ - as families of Israeli hostages fear the move will be a ‘death sentence’ for their loved ones

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6 d. ago Virgin Atlantic passenger who threatened to 'gang rape' stewardess had lavish lifestyle

Salman Iftikhar wept after he was sentenced for hurling death threats and racist abuse at Virgin Atlantic cabin crew during a flight to Lahore, Pakistan.

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6 d. ago Lavish lifestyle of Virgin Atlantic passenger who threatened to 'gang rape' stewardess

Salman Iftikhar wept in the dock after he was sentenced for hurling death threats and racist abuse at Virgin Atlantic cabin crew during a flight to Lahore, Pakistan

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6 d. ago Family issues warning as son dies after taking highly addictive over

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has suggested classifying an addictive kratom offshoot as an illicit substance

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6 d. ago ‘A death sentence’: a young mother grappling with addiction dies in a drug

In the second of a three-part special report, the ‘remarkable’ number of deaths of people in custody at the Cibola correctional centerPart 1: FBI investigates drug-trafficking ‘epidemic’ in prison also housing Ice detainees: ‘A lot of corruption’The young, single mother of a six-year-old was proud of the progress she had made.Jasmine Williams, 29, had struggled with an opioid addiction for years. In March of 2021, Williams was caught by federal agents with illegal drugs and later that year pleaded guilty to federal charges in New Mexico. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago 'I was addicted to Diet Coke and noticed four huge changes when I quit'

A woman who kicked her habit of drinking three bottles of Diet Coke per day for eight years claims giving it up is the best decision she has ever made for four reasons

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8 d. ago Former New York prison guard sentenced to 15 years for beating death of inmate

A former corrections officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the death of an inmate at a New York prison

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9 d. ago Pizza delivery driver killed on live TV by collar bomb in horror robbery

Brian Wells walked into a bank in Erie, Pennsylvania, armed with a shotgun that had been modified to look like a walking cane and a collar bomb, which would ultimately be his death sentence

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3 w. ago Chilling final wish of drug smuggling Brit mum who faces death by firing squad

Lindsay Sandiford, 69, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia after being caught smuggling cocaine into Bali

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3 w. ago S Club 7's Jon Lee reveals secret crystal meth addiction which almost almost killed him

Iconic band S Club 7 has been hit by a series of tragedies in recent years and on of its band members has now revealed a harrowing drug addiction which saw him almost die

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3 w. ago Killing of young siblings at Gaza water point shows seeking life’s essentials now a deadly peril

Karam al-Ghussain, 9, and Lulu, 10, were fetching water from a nearby distribution station when an Israeli strike hit it, and themIn Gaza, being a helpful, loving child can be a death sentence. Heba al-Ghussain’s nine-year-old son, Karam, was killed by an Israeli airstrike because he went to fetch water for the family, and her 10-year-old daughter, Lulu, was killed because she went to give Karam a hand.The siblings were waiting beside a water distribution station, holding jerry cans and buckets, when it was bombed last Sunday, killing six children and four adults and injuring 19 others, mostly children. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Yemen postpones execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya on death row

Postponement of Nimisha Priya’s execution is only a temporary relief as efforts being made to secure pardon from victim’s kin

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4 w. ago Brit mum's horrifying final wish as she awaits firing squad on Bali death row

Lindsay Sandiford, 64, was sentenced to death in Indonesia in 2013 after she was caught trying to smuggle £1.6million of cocaine into Bali - and she has spent the last 12 years on death row

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4 w. ago Brit drug smuggling mum's horrifying wish as she awaits Indonesia execution by firing squad

Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to death in Indonesia after she was convicted of trying to smuggle £1.6million of cocaine into the country in 2012

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4 w. ago Man gets 65 years in prison for killing Connecticut mom whose daughter remains missing

A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for beating his girlfriend to death in 2019

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