3 h. ago Shobna Gulati: ‘If I could choose to bring something extinct back to life? A 1970s disco’

The actor on a treasured wedding bangle, a ‘secretarial’ job that was anything but, and a painful incident at the theatreBorn in Oldham, Shobna Gulati, 59, studied Arabic and Middle Eastern politics at the University of Manchester. She appeared in Dinnerladies before taking a long-running role in Coronation Street in 2001. Her stage work includes the National Theatre’s A Tupperware of Ashes, and she played Ray in UK and US productions of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and the 2021 film version. In 2020, she published Remember Me? Discovering My Mother As She Lost Her Memory. Gulati has a son and is based in London where she is appearing in The Importance of Being Earnest at the Noël Coward theatre until 10 January.When were you happiest? In recent times, when I was looking after my mum. She would take me on journeys in her mind and I’d travel with her wherever she went. I felt happy that I had the opportunity to have that time despite her illness....

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3 h. ago Olivia Attwood and Maura Higgins feud takes new turn following 'bizarre' career move

There is no love lost between Olivia Attwood and Maura Higgins but now the rivalry between the pair has taken a new turn after Maura has signed to the same PR agency

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5 h. ago ‘It’s what’s in your heart that counts’: Kenny Dalglish on his love for Liverpool and the long shadow of Hillsborough

The Liverpool legend is the subject of a new film directed by Asif Kapadia on the Scot’s remarkable career in football and connection with his adopted city‘We got the bus and went down to Sheffield to visit the supporters who were in hospital,” Kenny Dalglish says as he remembers how he spent the Monday after the tragedy of Hillsborough in April 1989. “All the players were there so we split up and they walked into different wards to see people. We were trying to give them a wee bit of confidence or belief of anything that could help them. And there was a family around a young boy’s bed and he was unconscious.”Sean Luckett was 20 years old and one of the thousands of fervent Liverpool supporters who had travelled to Hillsborough to support the team who Dalglish managed and had played for with such sublime talent since arriving from Celtic in 1977. Ninety-seven Liverpool fans eventually lost their lives after the unbearable crush during the club’s FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham ...

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5 h. ago Chaos as ‘lifeline’ bridge in tiny Scots village shut for two years

AN MSP has told of the “chaos” caused by a tiny village’s lifeline bridge being shut for two years. Locals in Aboyne have faced a 40-minute detour since the River Dee crossing was closed to traffic in November 2023. Tory Alexander Burnett revealed firefighters are among those affected — with Aberdeenshire Council saying the earliest...

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8 h. ago Tiny market town could be the best place to charity shop in the country

The town has a rich history and is home to a number of charities

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12 h. ago Tiny Welsh town just happens to have one of the best hotels in the world

A tiny lakeside town in Wales now has the proud accolade of being home to one of the best hotels in the world

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13 h. ago FDA approves new pill for menopausal women to treat hot flashes and night sweats

Lynkuet was approved by the FDA Friday to treat moderate-to-severe hot flashes and night sweats

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16 h. ago Victoria Beckham loses trademark war against Norwegian beauty brand – because she’s not famous enough in the country

VICTORIA Beckham has lost a trademark war against a beauty brand — because she is not famous enough in Norway. Posh Spice argued that Norwegian firm Vendela Beauty’s VB logo would be confused with her global brand. She claimed both the designs were dominated by the ­letters VB, the layout was almost identical, and both...

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16 h. ago Cheryl Hines breaks silence on husband RFK Jr’s rumored affair with Olivia Nuzzi: ‘Consider the source’

Nuzzi lost her job and her fiance in the scandal

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18 h. ago Amy Schumer, 44, has 'lost at least 40lbs' thanks to Mounjaro as she flashes tiny waistline in selfie

'Amy definitely has lost a lot of weight in the past three months,' functional nutritionist Monica Partier tells Daily Mail. She put the star's weight at around 130lbs with a 28in waistline.

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18 h. ago Greater Manchester man, 54, lost in USA desert after 'phone data ran out'

Jamie Oakford said he became lost when his Vodafone data roaming ran out

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19 h. ago Schumer says Democrats will force vote to overturn Canada tariffs as Carney says nation ‘stands ready’ to continue US trade talks – live

Democratic leader calls Canada tariffs ‘damaging’ and vows effort to overturn them; Canadian prime minister says he wants to see progress on trade negotiationsUS and Canada spar over anti-Trump tariff ad that suspended trade talksThe US secretary of state has confirmed Donald Trump’s announcement that all trade negotiations with Canada have been suspended.Marco Rubio spoke during a visit to a civil-military coordination centre in southern Israel. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to become major hurricane as Jamaica under threat

Topical Storm Melissa has been called a ‘slow-moving disaster’ amid warnings of catastrophic flash flooding in Haiti

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20 h. ago Lost Salvador Dalí painting bought for £150 sold at auction for £45,700

Illustration of ‘old sultan’ by surrealist artist found at a house clearance sale by Cambridge antiques dealerTo the untrained eye, it looks more like an alien has landed on Chewbacca’s head than a masterpiece by Salvador Dalí.But the watercolour and felt-tip painting – bought two years ago for £150 – has been sold at auction for £45,700, after it was identified as a lost illustration of an “old sultan” by the great surrealist artist. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Cheryl Hines dismisses husband RFK Jr’s alleged affair with Olivia Nuzzi as ‘chaos’

Nuzzi lost her job and her fiance in the scandal

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21 h. ago Sarah Ferguson hits back at Queen Camilla 'snub' claim as Prince Andrew scandal rages on

EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Ferguson has lost her Duchess of York title, following a highly publicised scandal involving her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, and it's been claimed she's also faced a "monumental snub" from Queen Camilla

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21 h. ago The lost princesses: What will happen to Beatrice and Eugenie amid Andrew's dramatic downfall?

As Prince Andrew’s fate remains fiercely debated by the public, and pressure mounts to revoke his royal title, Alice Cockerell delves into what this means for his two daughters

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21 h. ago Emmerdale fans 'work out' Robert's prison flashback in Kev bombshell

Emmerdale viewers think they've confirmed a major part of Robert's prison experience

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21 h. ago 'Mystery woman' returns Ontario minister's journal lost 50 years ago after finding it in Value Village | CBC News

'Mystery woman' returns Ontario minister's journal lost 50 years ago after finding it in Value Village | CBC News  CBC

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22 h. ago The tiny Spanish city that’s actually in Africa with its own ‘House of the Dragons’

SPAIN is usually just a short flight from the UK, but there's one city further afield and is actually closer to Morocco than the Spanish mainland. The small coastal city has plenty of historical sites, beaches and a mythically-inspired building. The city is called Ceuta, and doesn't tend attract Brits, instead visitors tend to be...

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