3 h. ago Sebastião Salgado captured the world like no other photographer

The death of the esteemed black-and-white photographer leaves behind a rich library of over 500,000 images showing Earth in all its beauty and darkness‘I photographed the world’: the career of Sebastião Salgado – in picturesIt’s a testament to the epic career of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, who died this week at age 81, that this year has already seen exhibitions of hundreds of his photos in Mexico City, France and southern California. Salgado, who in his lifetime produced more than 500,000 images while meticulously documenting every continent on Earth and many of the major geopolitical events since the second world war, will be remembered as one of the world’s most prodigious and relentlessly empathetic chroniclers of the human condition.An economist by training, Salgado only began photographing at age 29 after picking up the camera of his wife, Lélia. He began working as a photojournalist in the 1970s, quickly building an impressive reputation that led him to the pres...

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3 h. ago BBC workmen ripped apart Steve Wright’s old studio in week he died, Jeremy Vine reveals

BBC Radio 2 presenter Jeremy Vine told how workmen ripped apart Steve Wright’s old studio and showed lack of compassion to older staff members

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4 d. ago The three day a week diet: is this the best way to lose weight (and keep it off)?

Nutritionist Louise Pyne explains how this flexible diet works

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6 d. ago Young boy dies after getting into difficulty in water off Co Sligo beach

It comes just one week after two teenagers died in the water in Co Donegal.

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6 d. ago Dada KD death: How ogbonge Ghanaian musician die a week bifor London show

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7 d. ago I tried eating a Mediterranean diet for one week and this difference astonished me

A new diet plan has been popping up all over social media in recent months with users claiming it can help you lose weight and even fight off the threat of diabetes

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8 d. ago Jeremy Vine reported music legend's son for road offence and made him lose his driving licence

BBC presenter Jeremy Vine, who is a big cycling enthusiast, reported one British icon's son to the authorities after he caught him on his phone behind the wheel.

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8 d. ago Jeremy Vine says 'best wishes' after making music legend's son lose his driving licence

Ian Dury's son admitted in an interview that he had lost his driving licence after being reported to the authorities by BBC presenter Jeremy Vine

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8 d. ago Hundreds of A&E patients needlessly die every week while waiting for hospital beds

More than 1.7 million patients waited 12 hours or more to be admitted, discharged or transferred from A&E

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9 d. ago Ian Dury's musician son Baxter reveals he lost his licence... after Jeremy Vine filmed him using a mobile phone while driving

Musician Baxter Dury, 53, said he was caught red-handed by Vine as he was driving back to his west London home from producer Paul Epworth's studio.

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9 d. ago Revealed: Sum left by veteran Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd to his wife upon his death from leukaemia at the age of 73

The Rochdale MP revealed he was suffering from an 'untreatable' form of leukaemia in January last year and left hospital to 'spend the time I have left with my family'. He died a week later.

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1 week ago 2 more executions set in Florida, making it 6 so far in 2025

Florida is continuing its rapid pace of executions this year, with one convicted killer set to die this week and another on June 10 who would be the sixth person put to death by the state in 2025

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1 week ago Which writer does Jeremy Vine think has been unfairly cancelled?

This week, Jeremy Vine answers our burning questions, what is he reading, what book would he take to a desert island, what gave him the reading bug, what left him cold?

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2 w. ago Young athlete, 24, dies in middle of a CrossFit competition as horrified spectators watch

Nayeli Clemente, 24, tragically died after she collapsed at a CrossFit competition in Mexico last week but some spectators questioned the competition and the number of medics on-site

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2 w. ago 5 botched Death Row executions with one so bad staff had '13 years of therapy'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: This week a Death Row inmate took four minutes to die after a firing squad failed to shoot him properly. But it was far from a one-off, as Daily Star shows with this grisly report

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2 w. ago House of Cards and 50 Shades sequels director James Foley dies aged 71

Foley died earlier this week after a year-long battle with brain cancer

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2 w. ago James Foley, director of Fifty Shades sequels and Glengarry Glen Ross, dies aged 71

The film-maker, whose credits also included many Madonna music videos, died of brain cancerDirector James Foley, whose credits included Glengarry Glen Ross and the Fifty Shades sequels, has died aged 71.According to the Hollywood Reporter, his death was confirmed by his representative who said he died “peacefully in his sleep earlier this week following a years-long struggle with brain cancer”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jim Dent, Augusta caddie turned pioneering Black golfer, dies aged 85

Dent’s grandson announces golfer’s passing at 85Augusta native became one of PGA’s longest hittersJim Dent grew up in the caddie yards of Augusta, Georgia, eventually working at the Masters and honing his game at the municipal course known as ‘The Patch’. He went on to become one of the PGA Tour’s longest hitters and one of the top Black golfers of his generation.Dent died on Friday at age 85, a week before his birthday, his grandson posted on Facebook. The PGA Tour said on its website that Dent suffered a stroke the day after Augusta National announced plans for Tiger Woods to design a par 3 course at The Patch. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jeremy Vine reveals why he decided to give up cycling videos

BBC Radio 2 presenter has been sharing videos of his commute to work in London for years, using his platform to call out dangerous drivers and campaign for better road safety for cyclists

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3 w. ago Gene Hackman's secret burial and unmarked grave where only a cryptic tribute lies... all orchestrated by children he cut from $80m will

Hackman and and his wife Betsy Arakawa were both found dead and partially mummified in their ranch on Feb. 26. They had died a week apart.

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