5 h. ago ‘They entrusted me with their daughter’s memory’: Women’s prize winner Rachel Clarke on her story of a life

The Story of a Heart, which won this year’s award for nonfiction, tells how one child saved the life of another. The author talks about the amazing families involved, campaigning for a better NHS, and how being a doctor frames the way she writesTo read Rachel Clarke’s The Story of a Heart, which has won this year’s Women’s prize for nonfiction, is to experience an onslaught of often competing emotions. There is awed disbelief at the sheer skill and dedication of the medical teams who transplanted the heart of nine-year-old Keira, who had been killed in a head-on traffic collision, into the body of Max, a little boy facing almost certain death from rapidly deteriorating dilated cardiomyopathy. There is vast admiration for the inexhaustible compassion of the teams who cared for both children and their families, and wonder at the cascade of medical advances, each breakthrough representing determination, inspiration, rigorous work, and careful navigation of newly emerging ethical territ...

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7 h. ago Meet ITV Love Island's new bombshells Malisha, Yasmin and Emily as villa faces triple threat

Love Island is set to be rocked by the arrival of three new bombshells

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41 h. ago I was Charles Manson's henchman and butchered pregnant Sharon Tate after his three

Charles 'Tex' Watson grew up in small-town Texas, seemingly destined to be an all-American success story. Then, a visit to California in 1967 changed his life - and American criminal history.

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59 h. ago Magdalena, Woman of Joy review – sex, sin and saintliness with a tour de force host

Playhouse East, LondonLily Sinko rages, writhes, provokes and teases her way through the horrifying life story of her storyteller with cartoonish abandonMagdalena appears from the dark, perched on a bar stool, cigarettes and liquor by her side, an array of hanging lamps casting a sultry glow. Her first words set the tone – “You want to fuck me,” she says – and lead us into an uncompromising introduction, littered with sex, violence and sideways jokes.She is the creation of French-English actor and writer Lily Sinko, and as her character’s name suggests, we’re hurled through a life of saintliness and sin, despair and redemption, as Magdalena does the best with the hand she’s dealt. We travel to her childhood in Marseille with a hostile “Papa”, an airport abduction that sees her deposited at the Virgin Mary School for Bad Bad Girls (Cash Only), and a wild escape through the streets of France, finding fleeting refuge in a cathedral.At Playhouse East, London, until 28 June Continue read...

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3 d. ago Who is Remell Mullins? Meet the Love Island newcomer set to shake things up

Love Island is set to welcome two new bombshells in the form of Shea Mannings and Remell Mullins - but what is there to know about Remell?

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3 d. ago Meet ITV Love Island's new bombshell Remell Mullins including his age, job and height

Two new bombshells are about to enter the villa

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3 d. ago Love Island 2025: Meet the cast of the ‘bigger’ and ‘bolder’ new summer series

Presenter Maya Jama has promised the show is set to have ‘more drama’ and ‘more twists’ than ever before

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3 d. ago Waters of Life: A story of hope for beavers but misses out some hard truths

Waters of Life envisages a hopeful future for beavers in Scotland, but the book also seems to shy away from some hard truths, writes Katharine Hay

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5 d. ago Love Island series 12 cast: meet new ITV stars and find out their ‘biggest icks’ in romance

Love Island series 12 cast reveals what are their biggest ‘icks’ when dating 👀

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5 d. ago Tragic true story of 'the other Harry Potter' whose life changed forever after a catastrophic injury on set

The now 44-year-old, from Romford, was rehearsing a fight scene for The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 film in 2009 when he fell and plummeted to the ground.

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5 d. ago Meet Love Island 2025 boys including personal trainer with famous dad

12 sexy singletons are leaving behind their lives for a summer of romance in the Love Island villa but which boys will be trying their luck to woo the gorgeous girls?

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6 d. ago ‘I had no idea’: Chris Harper happy to share spotlight after Simon Yates banishes Giro d’Italia demons | Martin Pegan

The Australian cyclist was on the ride of his life to a breakthrough Grand Tour stage win as the decisive story of the 2025 race unfolded behind himAustralian cyclist Chris Harper is yet to properly soak up the ride of his life and first Grand Tour stage victory by watching a replay of his long-range and daring solo attack over the Colle delle Finestre and up the Sestrière. But the 30-year-old climber won’t have to look too hard to find highlights in the future after his ride was a major subplot as the decisive story of the 2025 Giro d’Italia unfolded behind him.Harper arrived in Albania for the opening three stages of the Giro with ambitions to prove himself as a general classification contender. A top-10 placing by the time the three-week race finished in Rome was the realistic goal. But a bout of illness hit the Team Jayco AlUla rider on the second rest day and Harper had to lift himself in the third week just to turn his focus toward chasing a stage win. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Meet the 2025 Love Island girls including flight attendant Justin Bieber follows

The fresh crop of singles have some fascinating stories to share

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7 d. ago Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page writing life story in pub car park while eating choc

Her book will follow Page from her childhood in a small village near Swansea to graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art - and landing the plum role as Stacey

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7 d. ago 'I was Grange Hill legend Zammo now I'm a locksmith after horror crash ended my dream'

Zammo McGuire had one of the most infamous story lines on Grange Hill after becoming a heroin addicts, but life for the actor after leaving the show took a different turn

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8 d. ago Hamilton care home resident shares life story shaped by rugby and love

Kenneth Barrie, 86, joined Hamilton Rugby Club, playing as a centre for an extraordinary 35 years.

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8 d. ago Love Island USA: Meet the cast as one islander exits early after racist comments resurface

New season of the hit dating series is in full swing

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8 d. ago Love Island 2025: Meet the contestants as one person dramatically exits before launch

Presenter Maya Jama has promised the show is set to have ‘more drama’ and ‘more twists’ than ever before

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8 d. ago Love Island villa gets new area where stars can get intimate in saucy shake

Love Island is about to kick off for another summer of love and fans have now been given a sneak peek this year's love nest as the singletons prepare to meet one another

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1 week ago Meet Love Island Scot Alima Gagigo who is hoping for romance in the Majorcan villa this summer

Love Island is back for its 12th season next week and one Scottish singleton is hoping to find love in the sun this summer

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