4 h. ago Aria Thorpe: Images of tragic young life cut short at 9 as boy, 15, charged

Little Aria Thorpe, 9, had celebrated her birthday just days before she was stabbed to death at a house in a quiet street in Weston-super-Mare just 10 days before Christmas

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48 h. ago Brown university shooting: hunt for suspect resumes as victims named – live updates

Tributes paid to two people killed as authorities search for a gunman who also injured nine others in Providence, Rhode Island, on SaturdayMore tributes to Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov came from the American Uzbekistan Association, who said he “was known for his sharp intellect, kind heart, and quiet willingness to help anyone in need”.The association wrote on Instagram, praising his “humility and compassion” as well as his “curiosity, discipline, and generosity”.More than a gifted student, Aziz was a beloved son, brother, and friend. He had a future filled with promise, and his life was cut short far too soon. His passing has left an immeasurable void in the hearts of his family, friends, classmates, and the broader Uzbek American community. On behalf of the American Uzbekistan Association, we extend our deepest and most heartfelt condolences to Mukhammad Aziz’s family during this time of unimaginable grief. We stand with them in mourning and are grateful to all who have offered prayer...

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6 d. ago Ella McCay review – James L Brooks returns with a sorry mess of a movie

Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Albert Brooks, Rebecca Hall and Woody Harrelson are among the stars lost in the writer-director’s baffling misfireElla McCay, a new comedy drama written and directed by James L Brooks, feels like a relic, and not just because it’s set, seemingly arbitrarily, in 2008. Broadly appealing, well cast, neither strictly comic nor melodramatic, concerning ordinary people in non-IP circumstances, it’s the type of mid-budget adult film that used to appear regularly in cinemas in the 90s and aughts, before the streaming wars devoured the market. Even its lead promotional image, turned into a life-size cardboard cut-out at the theater – Emma Mackey’s titular Ella in a sensible trench coat, balancing on one foot as she fixes a broken block heel – recalls a bygone era of films like Confessions of a Shopaholic, Miss Congeniality or Little Miss Sunshine, that would now go straight to streaming.To be clear, I miss these types of movies, and want to see more of them. I ...

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1 week ago Book lovers rush to buy Kindle with up to '12 week battery life' amid 35% cut

This refurbished e-reader could be an ideal Christmas present for a loved one who is always surrounded by books.

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2 w. ago SARAH VINE: This mum is making the equivalent of a £113k salary through benefits. The system's broken... and her story shows so clearly where the blame lies

When I was a child there was a saying, now no longer very much in vogue: cut your coat to suit your cloth. In other words, live life according to what you can afford.

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2 w. ago The single injection that means you could come off statins for LIFE: Experts hail 'fabulous' breakthrough that permanently cuts cholesterol... and may mean an end to difficult statin side

A one-off shot of a new drug could cut high cholesterol levels for life. The 'game-changing' drug works by switching off a gene involved in the production of so-called 'bad' cholesterol - or LDL.

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2 w. ago 'I tried to rescue man who suffered worst death imaginable and last noise he made will haunt me'

John Edward Jones, 26, was a medical student who was left trapped upside down in a tiny passageway in a cave after making a tragic mistake - and his death is thought to be the worst imaginable

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3 w. ago Man who hasn't cut hair for 13 years has dramatic transformation after awkward moment

A man who hasn't had a haircut in 13 years decided to dramatically change his appearance after an awkward security camera photo spurred him onto finally take the plunge

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3 w. ago Dad's horror death after being buried alive in tiny wooden box in woods

Stephen Small was a media mogul and the grandson of Len Small, who served as the governor of Illinois between 1921 and 1929 - but his life was cut tragically short after a kidnapping plot

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4 w. ago Katie Price makes heartbreaking 'sad and lonely' admission after personal struggle

Katie Price has opened up about her life in a new interview and admitted that she has cut a lot of people out of her life after suffering a breakdown in 2021

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last month Hollywood legend gored to death by a bull in freak farm accident

John Pickard was one of the greatest character actors of his era, appearing in a number of Western films and dramas, but his life was tragically cut short in 1993

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last month Families who lost young boys to suicide say Scotland is still failing its youth

Helen Mitchell was told her ­struggling son Jack, 18, was just your “typical teenager” before he cut his life short.

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