6 h. ago Coronation Steet star Jack P Shepherd pays tribute to 'gorgeous girl' as he declares love

The David Platt actor paid tribute to his 'gorgeous' fiancee Hanni Treweek as they celebrated a special occasion

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11 h. ago Love Forms by Claire Adam review – the power of a mother’s loss

Forty years on, a Trinidadian woman has never stopped looking for the daughter she gave up for adoption, in a quietly devastating novelClaire Adam’s 2019 novel Golden Child was her debut, but it felt like the work of a master. It was tender, ravishing, shattering – you believed every word of it. The book had an effortless narrative authority that most first-time novelists would kill for.Love Forms is every bit as alive and convincing, and returns us to Trinidad, with its potent fizz of colour, heat and political instability. But unlike the earlier book, it’s also set partly in south London – the writer’s own home turf – and has a mother, rather than a father, at its heart. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Confessions of a Parent Killer review – a grisly tale of the murderer who lived with her mum and dad’s corpses

This look at Virginia McCullough tells a deeply strange story. Unfortunately, it also leaves the viewer in suspense about her motive for so long it feels horrifically manipulativeWell, what do you think a 90-minute documentary entitled Confessions of a Parent Killer is going to be about? That’s right, well done! It’s the story of a murder by an (adult) child of her parents. Virginia – Ginny – McCullough killed her mother, Lois, and father, John, and confessed immediately to police when they raided her home in 2023 that she had done so four years previously. The twist was that she had been living with their bodies ever since. “She was weird at school,” says a childhood friend. “But not ‘kill your parents and hide the bodies’ weird.”You can probably tell from such unimpeachably phlegmatic commentary that this case occurred in England. Great Baddow, Essex, to be exact, and the film paints a portrait of quintessential small-town, almost-rural life in these sceptred isles that has gone u...

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24 h. ago Married deputy headteacher had sex with 'love of his life' girl in cupboard at UK school

A deputy headteacher at one of the UK's top schools claimed one of his students was the 'love of his life' after he engaged in sexual relations with her in a cupboard

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29 h. ago Heckmondwike fire: Dad and daughter, 9, killed in blaze pictured for first time

Sohaib Ahmed, 38, and his daughter Manahal Ahmed, nine, were killed in a tragic blaze that ripped through their home on Sunday - the pair have now been pictured for the first time

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44 h. ago Love Island fans fume star was 'robbed' after being axed in first 24 hours

Tonight's Love Island saw one girl booted out of the villa 24 hours after the show began

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46 h. ago Father and daughter killed in house blaze named as sister remains in hospital

Initital investigations suggest the blaze started in the kitchen area

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53 h. ago ITV Love Island girl forced to leave villa immediately as Shakira ruffles feathers

Love Island's Shakira Khan's place in the villa is in jeopardy as she's forced to find a connection with one of the boys or be dumped after bombshell Tori Laites stole her man

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53 h. ago ITV Love Island chaos as girl forced to leave villa after Shakira ruffles feathers

Shakira Khan tries her best to keep her spot in the Love Island villa by getting to know all the boys as Maya Jama gives her 24 hours to find a connection or get dumped

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67 h. ago Heckmondwike house fire: Tumble dryer may have caused blaze that killed girl and her dad

Councillor Darren O'Donovan said the house fire that killed a girl aged nine and her father in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, on Sunday could have been started by a tumble dryer. Another girl, 11, is said to be in a critical condition

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2 d. ago Blaze that killed 'lovely little girl', nine, and her father while mother 'was away on Eid pilgrimage' could have been started by tumble dryer, fire chairman says

The inferno engulfed the family's red-brick semi-detached home in West Yorkshire, at around 5am yesterday, while the mother was in Saudi Arabia for Hajj during Eid celebrations.

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3 d. ago House fire that killed girl and father ‘could have been started by tumble dryer’

An 11-year-old girl has also been left fighting for her life in hospital after the fire broke out in Heckmondwike on Sunday.

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3 d. ago Vogue Williams 'thought her life was over' after divorce from Westlife singer Brian McFadden

In a candid conversation with Mail columnist Bryony Gordon, 'relationship girl' Vogue, 39, reflected on her love life ahead of turning forty.

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3 d. ago Mother 'was away on Eid pilgrimage' when blaze tore through house killing her daughter, nine, and husband

A mother is returning from a pilgrimage today to find her husband and youngest daughter, aged nine, have perished in a house fire.

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3 d. ago Mother of tragic girl, nine, who died with her father in house blaze was away on Eid pilgrimage when disaster unfolded

A mother is returning from a pilgrimage today to find her husband and youngest daughter, aged nine, have perished in a house fire.

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3 d. ago Heckmondwike house fire: Girl, 9, among two killed in West Yorkshire blaze as 11

Medics tried to save man’s life but he died at the scene - while young girl was taken to hospital but died later that day

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3 d. ago Firefighters probe burnt out washing machine after house blaze that killed father and daughter, nine, and left her sister, 11, fighting for her life

A nine-year-old girl and her father have been killed in a house fire in West Yorkshire, while an eleven-year-old girl remains in a critical condition.

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3 d. ago Love Island LIVE: Chaos as girl thrown out of the villa hours before launch

Love Island is back tonight with a huge twist in the first episode, as one Islander has already been sent out the villa in a shock dumping twist that has already been filmed

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3 d. ago Love Island girl dumped in savage launch night twist leaving star 'absolutely gutted'

One Love Island girl has reportedly been booted out of the villa in the most savage launch night twist ever as host Maya Jama confirms a summer of big surprises with twists and turns

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3 d. ago Love Island chaos as girl axed already in most brutal launch twist ever

One Love Island girl has reportedly already been dumped from the villa in the most savage launch night twist ever as Maya Jama confirms a summer of big surprises with twists and turns

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