35 m. ago Geordie Shore star shares surprise pregnancy announcement – with due date just days away

Zahida Allen, who starred on the MTV reality show Geordie Shore in 2016 and 2017, has announced she is pregnant with her first child in a series of stunning announcement photos

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56 m. ago Famous Pakistani actors and celebrities see social media accounts blocked in India

Ban follows massacre of 26 people in Kashmir attack that India blames on Pakistan

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58 m. ago The Underground Railroad went all the way to Canada – and a new photo exhibit preserves that legacy

For an estimated 30,000 Black people, the journey from enslavement in the US ended north of the borderBetween the late 18th century and the end of the American civil war, tens of thousands of Black Americans escaped the bondage of slavery by fleeing plantations to go north. The Underground Railroad had stops in states in which slavery was illegal, such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York. But for an estimated 30,000 people, the journey continued beyond those states into Canada.Early Black American settlers in Canada – people who became Black Canadians before Canada was a country – made an indelible mark on their new home. They created thriving communities across Ontario and Nova Scotia and as far west as the Manitoba border; they founded abolitionist newspapers and paved the way for waves of migration that would follow. Continue reading...

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62 m. ago Anything Rick can do, Greg can do better! Jon Gries, 67, puts himself forward as new White Lotus heartthrob in shirtless photoshoot after Walton Goggins, 53, posed in a Speedo

The actor, 67, who plays Greg on the HBO show, gave co-star Walton Goggins a run for his money after he posed in Speedos for Cultured magazine.

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85 m. ago Kenny Mackenzie's photos of his Manchester holiday back in 1983

Kenny Mackenzie and his friend Cha spent a week taking in the sites around Manchester over 40 years ago

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90 m. ago Sycamore Gap trial live: Jury shown photo of tree wedge ‘kept as trophy’ by suspects

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are on trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree

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90 m. ago Robbie Williams: 'I’ve never asked the world to take me seriously'

Robbie Williams never went away, but he’s back with, yes, an art show — and wildly candid tales of his days at the Groucho, surviving the 1990s and his desperation for affirmation

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1 hour ago When police believed 'beyond doubt' the Loch Ness Monster was real...and tried to protect it from a harpoon

Documents from 1938 - five years after the first photo purporting to show the rumoured beast was taken - detail efforts by the authorities to safeguard Nessie.

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1 hour ago Robbie Williams: 'I'm an entertainer with a compulsion to entertain'

Robbie Williams never went away, but he’s back with, yes, an art show — and wildly candid tales of his days at the Groucho, surviving the 1990s and his desperation for affirmation

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2 h. ago Unbelievable moment teen stops on LEVEL CROSSING to text on mobile phone

Shocking footage shows the moment when a teen stops on a train track to gaze at their mobile phone.

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2 h. ago Man predicted own murder in chilling Facebook post one day before he was tied up and shot

Sean Pfeffer, 45, said 'I hope you shoot me' in a furious Facebook post about his alleged killer just a day before his body was found in the back of a pickup truck in California's Santa Cruz Mountains

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3 h. ago London sixth form among most improved in country after mobile phone ban sees A

Headteacher Omar Deria said the change in his students had been ‘miraculous’ and they had become ‘nicer’ people

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3 h. ago UK high street store to close all branches as boss makes 'heavy heart' announcement

The owner of the historic company said in an emotional Facebook statement that 'unfortunately the April increases for businesses has forced this decision' with all branches being closed

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4 h. ago Overjoyed Edinburgh pensioner hosts his first ever exhibition aged 88

An inspiring Edinburgh pensioner has been left overjoyed after staging his first-ever art exhibition at the age of 88, following encouragement from his daughter.

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5 h. ago FBI reassigns agents seen taking knee during racial justice protest, report claims

The FBI has reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, two people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

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7 h. ago A horror movie masterpiece featuring one of the UK's best actors is airing on TV tonight

The film was a reunion between an autuer director and his first star

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7 h. ago Is this Britain's most dangerous railway station? The busy transport hub where the rich and famous are targeted for pricey jewellery, handbags and mobiles

London St Pancras International is renowned for its striking Victorian architecture as well as its droves of commuters, but among them are crooks lurk ready to pounce at any given opportunity.

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7 h. ago The remarkable transformation of one of Edinburgh's most famous bridges revealed

Wraps to come off historic crossing between Old and New Towns

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8 h. ago New Zealand hit by destructive winds, heavy rain and snow and high waves

Swathes of New Zealand were under severe weather warnings Thursday with heavy downpours prompting a state of emergency for part of the South Island, while forecasters recorded “destructive” gales in the capital, Wellington

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8 h. ago AP PHOTOS: Pakistani truck art elevates heavy transport into mobile masterpieces

Trucks thunder along Pakistan’s dusty highways and through bustling city streets, like rolling canvases ablaze with color and poetry, transforming heavy transport into mobile masterpieces and offering a window into the country’s folk culture.

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