66 m. ago Alleged Andrew Tate victims call for his extradition to UK after US flight

Tate, alongside his brother Tristan, flew to Florida on Thursday after a travel ban was lifted.

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93 m. ago All Creatures Great and Small and famed kids TV actor Steve Hodson dies after health issues

Steve Hodson, who was best known for his role as horseman Steve Ross on the 1970s show Follyfoot, has passed away at the age of 77 after a battle with COPD

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96 m. ago Woman arrested for attempted murder after her boyfriend was locked inside a storage unit for four days

Robin Renae Deaton is accused of trapping her partner in North Carolina ‘hoarder’s paradise’ after an argument

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1 hour ago ‘He looks half the man he was’: brother of Israeli hostage on seeing him pleading for release

Sighting of Evyatar David in Hamas video brought joy to his brother Ilay but his appearance indicated his sufferingWhen Hamas brought two captive Israelis to watch Saturday’s release of six of their fellow hostages and then beg for their own liberation, it was purposely jabbing at a deeply painful divide in Israeli society.Evyatar David and Guy Gilboa-Dalal were 22-year-old best friends when they were kidnapped at the Nova music festival on 7 October 2023. The Hamas video showed them sitting in a minivan watching the propaganda-laden handover ceremony, and then turning to the cameras to plead with Benjamin Netanyahu to agree a second phase in the current ceasefire, which would allow the release of all the remaining 59 hostages (only a minority of whom are thought to be still alive). Continue reading...

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1 hour ago ‘He let us hate him’: Gene Hackman had a rare power – he didn’t need to be liked | David Thomson

The former marine was able to plumb depths of nastiness that set him apart from other ‘hard men’ actors of his generation, such as Robert Duvall and Clint EastwoodIt’s the dog that gets me about Gene Hackman. Decades ago he went off to New Mexico, away from the bright lights of fame. And the dog went with him and his wife. Hackman was a firm man – you might say hard. He had been a marine, and seldom bowed to all the suck-up stuff about being lovable and a movie star. He was 95. Clint Eastwood is 94, Robert Duvall the same. Jack Nicholson is only 87, still the kid.Dustin Hoffman is 87 too, Robert Redford 88, Warren Beatty 87. Harrison Ford is 82, and he seems older, or worried. We can’t expect these guys to go on for ever, just because they’re geezers, veterans and not forgotten. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Why your hair is thinning and how to fix it, according to the experts

Experts reveal the signs of early hair thinning and how to prevent it.

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3 h. ago FBI investigations of far right on road to nowhere under Kash Patel, experts warn

Patel has signalled he isn’t interested in pursuing insurrectionists amid resurgence of extremist groups With Kash Patel officially appointed as the new FBI director and Dan Bongino as his number two, experts are warning the fate of federal law enforcement investigations into the far right face a grim future.Patel taking the reins of the FBI also coincides with a resurgence of the Base, an accelerationist neo-Nazi group with terrorism designations around the world, along with other emboldened extremists connected to the January 6 attacks on the Capitol. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago FA Cup buildup, Rosicky linked with Arsenal role, Coote’s Uefa ban: football – live

All the latest football news before the weekend’s actionFA Cup fifth round: 10 things to look out for | Email BarryAndy Hunter: Liverpool made a loss of £57m last season after missing out on the Champions League while wages and overhead costs increased, the club’s latest accounts have revealed Newcastle United v Brighton: With their team already in the Carabao Cup final, due to face Brighton in the last 16 of the FA Cup on Sunday and hopeful of securing qualification for the Champions League with a strong league finish, the fitness – or lack therof – of their striker Alexander Isak is uppermost in the thoughts of most Newcastle fans after he missed his side’s midweek defeat at Liverpool with a groin injury. Over to you, Eddie Howe Continue reading...

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4 h. ago The secret bond that helped two captive women survive Mozambique’s Islamists

Barely known to each other before they were abducted by the brutal al-Shabaab militants, a friendship forged in adversity helped them and their children find safetyAncha*, who was 20, had been kidnapped and held captive in a house in northern Mozambique for two months when 17-year-old Fatima* was brought there. What their captors did not know – even after the young women’s daring escape together – was that they were cousins.Both had grown up around Mucojo, a small coastal town 130 miles (210km) south of the Tanzanian border, from where they had been abducted in separate raids in 2020 by Ahlu Sunnah Wa-Jamaa militants, an Islamic State-affiliated group known locally as al-Shabaab (though it has no links with the Islamist militants of the same name in Somalia). Continue reading...

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4 h. ago We've crunched the data and asked experts who've been to every single Wetherspoons to reveal the WORST pubs... so has yours made the list?

By analysing Google and Tripadvisor ratings and consulting expert Mags Thompson, we've compiled an unofficial list of the worst Wetherspoons in the UK as rated by customers.

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4 h. ago 'I'm sick of people pronouncing my daughter's name wrong but it's my fault'

A mum has admitted she's set her baby up for a 'lifetime of mispronunciation' as nobody seems to be able to say her name correctly - and she's fed up of it

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4 h. ago MoneySuperMarket reveal adults are taking gap years later on in life

Both paid and unpaid breaks are on the rise, with 53% of organisations reporting they offer sabbaticals to all staff in their benefits packages

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5 h. ago Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch reveal strict ban they have enforced on their four kids

Model Abbey Clancy and her former footballer husband Peter Crouch have shared the device-free rule they enforce to improve their four children's behaviour

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5 h. ago Police escort ‘disruptive’ passenger off Ryanair flight for refusing to sit down

The budget airline said it as a ‘strict zero-tolerance policy towards passenger misconduct’

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6 h. ago Gene Hackman's wife kept him on 'strict diet' and he was in 'good health' before their deaths

Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Awakawa, 63, was found dead alongside the Hollywood legend, 95, at their home earlier this week - as a friend of the couple has now spoken out

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6 h. ago Andy Murray advert banned by TV chiefs as viewers complain about 'disturbing watch'

Former British tennis star Andy Murray was featured in an UberEats advert in Australia last month, which shows two delivery drivers trying to kidnap him after telling viewers they can "order almost anything"

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7 h. ago Max Dowman and the Arsenal stars to watch in FA Youth Cup clash with Manchester United

Potential stars of the future get chance to shine for Under-18s in quarter-final at Emirates Stadium on Friday

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7 h. ago Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch share strict rule that ‘improves behaviour’ of four children

‘We’ve stuck to that,’ the former footballer said

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7 h. ago Gene Hackman's wife kept him on 'strict diet' as he was in 'good health' before death

A friend of Gene Hackman has claimed that Gene’s wife Betsy looked after the Oscar-winning actor by keeping him on a ‘strict diet’ in the years before his death at the age of 95

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8 h. ago Gene Hackman's wife kept him on 'strict diet' before chilling double death at home

Hollywood great Gene Hackman was found dead alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog this week, with reports emerging that mummification had started

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