3 h. ago Winter of the Crow review – Lesley Manville commands cold war thriller

Toronto film festival: the Oscar nominee makes for a compelling heroine in a solid and intermittently suspenseful tale of a professor stuck in a nightmareThe specific brilliance of Lesley Manville had been on display for those who knew where to look long before her first Oscar nomination. She’d been part of the enviable Mike Leigh troupe (her first nomination should have been for Another Year) and a permanent small-screen fixture, even if the size of her roles hadn’t correlated to the size of her talent. But after Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson’s singular magnum opus, Manville has enjoyed a spectacular boom, a long-deserved reward for her and an even bigger one for those of us watching.The role came as she was entering her 60s, a period that can often leave female actors with grimly limited options, but she’s bucked the trend, not just through the sheer amount of work she’s found but also the unusual variety. She’s avoided the post-Book Club subgenre of mostly patronising come...

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6 h. ago From sleeping in a car park to driving a £130,000 Porsche: Cocaine and sex MP David Warburton found dead in his flat had turned his life around, say friends

David Warbuton, ex-Tory MP for Somerton and Frome, admitted using cocaine and was plagued by sex allegations - but his sudden death aged 59 shocked loved ones who said his life had changed.

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6 h. ago Human remains found in Arkansas field five decades ago finally identified, say cops

Advanced DNA testing led to the identification of Charles Howard Wallace, who was last seen by his family in 1974, in Memphis Tennessee

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6 h. ago Katie Price makes bombshell marriage admission as she admits 'suffering'

Katie Price admits that while there were some happy memories from her marriage to Peter Andre, she has spent almost two decades 'suffering' following their split

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8 h. ago Venus Williams, LeBron James, Cristiano Ronaldo – elite athletes are extending their careers into their 40s. How?

Athletes are commonly thought to peak in their 20s. But some top sports stars are extending their careers across decadesAt this year’s US Open, when 45-year-old tennis great Venus Williams stepped on to the court to play in doubles, it was alongside a teammate who wasn’t even born when Williams won gold in the singles at the Sydney Olympics.Given that the peak performance age for a tennis player has traditionally been considered to be around the mid-20s, it was an extraordinary feat to be competing at a major, but Williams’ exceptional extension of her athletic career is increasingly common. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Lisbon funicular crash cause revealed as 'snapped cable' in new report

A report has found that the Gloria funicular had carried tourists no more than six metres before the carriages 'suddenly lost the balancing force of the connecting cable'

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9 h. ago ‘My husband was sacked from Air Force after bosses found our sex tapes’

Military chiefs discovered that the Sergeant and err, his staff, featured in several raunchy clips with his wife – which is forbidden under US Air Force adultery rules

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9 h. ago Women's Rugby World Cup 2025: Latest results, standings and knockout fixtures as England unbeaten in pool play

High expectations as England bid to win on home soil

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9 h. ago Arsenal dealt hammer blow with William Saliba to miss 7 key fixtures after injury update

Arsenal's latest injury news on William Saliba is not good after the France international was forced off the field against Liverpool and could now miss a month of action for the Gunners

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10 h. ago Heavens above! Pedestrian has incredibly lucky escape after Victorian church collapses into the street just as she walked past

Police and fire crews rushed to the scene after the building suddenly plummeted onto the pavement in Cleckheaton, West Yorks.

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10 h. ago Seconds from death! Pedestrian has incredibly lucky escape after Victorian church collapses into the street just as she walked past

Police and fire crews rushed to the scene after the building suddenly plummeted onto the pavement in Cleckheaton, West Yorks.

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10 h. ago Declan Rice header keeps unbeaten England rolling in trudge past Andorra

It was nothing more than a contractual obligation fulfilled. There was little to see here at Villa Park. Or get excited about. England beat Andorra, as they always do. They did not concede against them, as always. And Thomas Tuchel’s record in World Cup qualifying Group K now shows the maximum number of points from four ties – and four clean sheets. The manager had talked about bringing greater aggression; more speed and penetration, helped by a cleaner and simpler approach. But it was not a game that demanded intense analysis. Rather it was one to tick off and move on from.It was better than the away fixture against Andorra, which was played in Barcelona in June, when England grubbed home by the only goal after a flat performance, hearing boos at half-time and full-time. But long before this one was over, the thoughts of most supporters had begun to turn to the tie against Serbia in Belgrade on Tuesday. That promises to be hostile; the acid test of qualification. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Kerry Katona's 'unbelievable' sex life with new man after Celebs Go Dating

Kerry Katona opened up on her life with toy boy lover Paolo Margaglione as she explained she still gets butterflies when she talks about their relationship

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12 h. ago Davina McCall's 'lightning bolt' moment amid Michael Douglas romance

Davina McCall was friends with Michael Douglas for 20 years before she had the sudden realisation one day that she could see him in a romantic light, and the pair are now together

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12 h. ago The chilling unsolved case that's baffled police for 25 years: Rachelle Childs left work one evening, the next day, her burned body was found 70 miles away...

Rachelle Childs, 23,, was murdered and dumped in a ditch over two decades ago and her family are still looking for answers.

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15 h. ago People 'in tears and total awe' after spotting rare creature not seen in decades

A surprise sighting from a Cape Ann-based team has left people thrilled as the "incredibly rare" encounter left one person "in tears and in total awe" of what they were seeing

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16 h. ago CHRISTINA MCANEA: 'Fixing social care is right thing to do, and how Labour proves it’s ready to govern'

Labour must find the cash so every person is treated with dignity, so social care becomes a job people actually want, Unison General Secretary Christina McAnea writes

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17 h. ago From a new Thomas Pynchon novel to a memoir by Margaret Atwood: the biggest books of the autumn

Essays from Zadie Smith; Wiki founder Jimmy Wales on how to save the internet; a future-set novel by Ian McEwan; a new case for the Slow Horses - plus memoirs from Kamala Harris and Paul McCartney all among this season’s highlightsHelm by Sarah HallFaber, out now Hall is best known for her glittering short stories: this is the novel she’s been working on for two decades. Set in Cumbria’s Eden valley, it tells the story of the Helm – the only wind in the UK to be given a name – from its creation at the dawn of time up to the current degradation of the climate. It’s a huge, millennia-spanning achievement, spotlighting characters from neolithic shamans to Victorian meteorologists to present-day pilots. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago ‘Existential crisis’: how Google’s shift to AI has upended the online news model

Media sites are taking action on several fronts as traffic referrals dry up and AI companies plunder their contentWhen the chief executive of the Financial Times suggested at a media conference this summer that rival publishers might consider a “Nato for news” alliance to strengthen negotiations with artificial intelligence companies there was a ripple of chuckles from attendees.Yet Jon Slade’s revelation that his website had seen a “pretty sudden and sustained” decline of 25% to 30% in traffic to its articles from readers arriving via internet search engines quickly made clear the serious nature of the threat the AI revolution poses. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer tries to move on as Labour MPs 'gutted' over Angela Rayner tax row fallout

Ashton-under-Lyne MP Ms Rayner's sudden resignation prompted the first major reshuffle of the PM's premiership

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