76 m. ago 'The last image I have was him in his little hat and outfit hugging the teddy bear'

When Manchester couple Millie and Tom Smith found out they were expecting twins, they faced an ordeal similar to Little Mix star Jesy Nelson

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3 h. ago 'As soon as I had my hand amputated I felt like myself again'

Gill Haddington, 48, from Lancashire, had already lost her foot after a perfume bottle fell on it a few years earlier

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4 h. ago We make thousands extreme cleaning drug dens and crime scenes

Lauren Baker and Jasmine Layton both run their own biohazard cleaning businesses clearing out drug dens and crime scenes - and say they wouldn't want to do anything else.

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5 h. ago Sinners is a horror film about the highs and lows of the Black experience | Andrew Lawrence

Ryan Coogler’s wildly ambitious period vampire movie is set around the great migration and uses supernatural and real-life horrors to smartly make its pointWhen it comes to centering the Black experience on film, director Ryan Coogler has carved a fruitful and unprecedented niche. Fruitvale Station reconstructs the final hours in the life of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Oakland man killed by a transit cop on New Year’s Day. The Creed franchise tarries in the space between Black athletic genius and fatherlessness. The Black Panther franchise meditates on the relationship between Black Africans and the global diaspora. Now comes Sinners, a Jim Crow period piece that frames the Black experience in America as a horror show – complete with real scars.The film, which made its theatrical debut over the weekend, follows Sammie – a young guitar hero (played by newcomer Miles Caton) itching to break away from his preacher father and the family church to play the blues for the unsaved masses. He...

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5 h. ago The Accidental Spy review – remarkable story of CIA operative abandoned by his handlers

Anthony Wonke’s headlong documentary introduces Blerim Skoro, recruited in post-9/11 New York to become an inside man in the ‘war on terror’, then left in the fieldIn the movies, the classic hazard for the undercover operative is psychological meltdown after getting lost in their new identity. In real life, the dangers seem more prosaic: being treated as an expendable asset and dumped. That was the situation for Muslim Kosovan refugee Blerim Skoro who, despite years spent protecting US national security as a prison informant and al-Qaida mole, was threatened with deportation. His paymasters, the CIA and FBI, don’t emerge creditably from director Anthony Wonke’s headlong, if narrowly focused, account.Skoro seems to have a gift for being in the right or wrong place at the wrong or right time; it’s not obvious which. After deserting from the army during the 1990s Yugoslav war, he wound up as an asylum seeker in New York with a young family. But a new hustle, running drugs for the Alban...

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12 h. ago Baby Reindeer's real life Martha fears she will die before Netflix lawsuit is resolved

Fiona Harvey, who inspired Scots comedian Richard Gadd’s award-winning series, was rushed to London’s UCH hospital with suspected organ failure.

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14 h. ago 'He called for help — no one came' Family seeks change after grandfather bled to death alone

Much-loved Peter Parker's last hours were likely spent in pain as he bled to death waiting for help from 999 that never came

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23 h. ago I have rare brain condition that means I'm 'severed' like characters from hit Apple TV show

In the show Severance, people get brain surgery to split their memories between work and their personal life. But there's a real-life brain condition that's similar to this fictional procedure.

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27 h. ago Former Real Madrid and Liverpool star reveals health scare and thanks doctors for 'saving his life'

A former Liverpool and Real Madrid star has opened up on a health battle that left him 'scared to death'. The former player suffered a pulmonary embolism.

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30 h. ago 'Doctors thought I had a stroke during birth but the truth was even more devastating'

A mum-of-six thought she'd suffered a stroke during her 'traumatic' birth. Doctors were stumped as to why she was suffering with worrying symptoms until they discovered a rare diagnosis

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43 h. ago The moment I knew: the Veronicas were on stage when I spotted him apologetically squeezing past people

Music journalist Ash London wasn’t looking for love when she took her seat at the Arias in 2016, but her stomach flipped when she saw a curly haired man in a black suitFind more stories from The moment I knew series hereLike most sane people, I’d always assumed “love at first sight” was a concept reserved solely for sappy romcoms and teenage diary musings. It certainly didn’t happen in real life, to real people, and it certainly couldn’t happen to me. I was entirely devoted to my career in radio and, after a particularly bad breakup, had all but sworn off love.It was November 2016 and raining. I remember, because I’d just had my hair and makeup done. I cursed the grey Sydney sky that was quickly turning my hair frizzy as I raced to the Star casino, like I did every year around this time. It was the Aria awards, which meant I’d soon be in a room with a few thousand people sipping free booze and growing increasingly raucous as the night progressed. This night was one for debauchery, d...

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3 d. ago 'Snoring builder was first sign our dream home project was turning into a nightmare'

One family's life savings were left in ruins after hiring a builder for a home improvement project

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3 d. ago Flight attendant shocks people by revealing exactly what she wears under her uniform

TikTok flight attendant Paula shared a shocking insight about what cabin crew wear under their uniforms that left regular commercial flight passengers aghast at the revelation

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3 d. ago Colin From Accounts real life couple on eloping and gorgeous second baby

Colin From Accounts star Patrick Brammall opens up about being married to his co-star and welcoming their second child together as they plan series three

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3 d. ago Mum of two left 'scared to death' by her doctor after holiday has transformed her life around

She lost 2 stone 10lbs and made the lifestyle change after being warned by her doctor that she had become morbidly obese

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3 d. ago Scientists just found the ‘strongest evidence’ yet of extraterrestrial life. Are we about to find aliens?

Scientists have found the best ever hint of alien life on another planet. But they aren’t getting entirely excited just yet.

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3 d. ago Parents' fears as kids spend 45 hours a week indoors with over a third glued to screens

A national poll of 2,000 parents with children aged 6 to 14 revealed that youngsters are clocking up nearly two-and-a-half hours a day on screen time by using smartphones, tablets, or watching the telly.

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4 d. ago Real Housewives star slams pensioner after claiming she 'stole my £25 window seat'

Monika Gozdzialska is well known for her role in Poland's version of Real Housewives, with life seemingly appearing to imitate art after she unleashed a fiery rant at a woman for stealing her seat

Economics

4 d. ago Dad recorded 'goodbye message' to family after terrifying moment while out shopping

Kenny Higgins, 48, was out with his daughter at the supermarket when he experienced a terrifying 'wakeup call'

Economics

4 d. ago Real meaning behind 'hidden' number on Cadbury's Creme Egg wrapper

Cadbury's Creme Egg is one of the most popular chocolates amongst Brits - but did you know there's a special number hidden on the wrapper? Let us fill you in

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