3 h. ago How one Brit holidaymaker spent a day in Spain and still spent less than a night out in the UK

Kelsie Stonya, from Southend-On-Sea, recently took on the ultimate 'extreme day trip' - battling a storm while trying for a quick getaway.

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2 d. ago From (finally) being given the Booker prize to the day her partner died: an exclusive extract from Margaret Atwood’s new memoir

The novelist reflects on being struck by loss in the middle of a press tour• ‘World power is shifting It is the scariest of times.’ Read an interview with Margaret AtwoodSome years ago, I was asked to make a stunt appearance on a comedy show. The host, Rick Mercer, was doing a series in which people well known for one kind of accomplishment, such as writing, astonished viewers by doing something different and entirely unrelated, such as rolling a joint.“I want you to be a hockey goalie,” Rick said. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago ‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score

At 86, she’s a literary seer and saint – and queen of the Canadian resistance. So what does the writer make of our dystopian world?• ‘From (finally) being given the Booker prize to the day her partner died’: an exclusive extract from Margaret Atwood’s memoirMargaret Atwood is doing her grocery shopping in her local supermarket in Toronto, and it is taking longer than usual. This is not because The Handmaid’s Tale author turns 86 this month, but because she is checking the provenance of every item before it goes in her trolley: California satsumas out; Canada spuds in. Atwood is a passionate environmentalist, but at the moment she is more worried about boycotting anything that comes from over the border in the US than air miles. “Elbows up!” she declares, taking a furious stance in the fruit and veg aisle.Back in her kitchen she shows me a YouTube skit of Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and comedian Mike Myers in the national hockey kit to explain the significance of “E...

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4 d. ago Prunella Scales’ son ‘sad’ she won’t see him star in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

Samuel West said his mother died a day after what would have been her 62nd wedding anniversary to Timothy West.

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4 d. ago Brit holidaymaker dies day after checking into hotel as 'loud thud' heard

The 52-year-old British holidaymaker was found dead after neighbours heard a loud thud after he checked into the Casa Vista Hotel in Belize on Monday

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4 d. ago Mystery as British tourist, 52, is found dead 'with injuries on his body' a day after checking in to hotel on tiny Belize paradise island

The 52-year-old man had travelled on Monday to Caye Caulker for a dream holiday, but just a day after checking into the Casa Vista Hotel, he was found dead with injuries.

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4 d. ago Mystery as British tourist, 52, is found dead 'with injuries on his body' a day after checking in to hotel on tiny Belize paradise island with cops launching probe

The 52-year-old man had travelled on Monday to Caye Caulker for a dream holiday, but just a day after checking into the Casa Vista Hotel, he was found dead with injuries.

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6 d. ago Baby dies hours after being born to mum who 'tested positive for cocaine while pregnant'

An inquest heard that the baby was born at his mother's home in Builth Wells, Powys in Wales at around 24 weeks' gestation - around 16 weeks prematurely - and died the same day

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6 d. ago Acting icon Prunella Scales dies aged 93 the day after watching Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers actress, Prunella Scales, who is best known for her role as Sybil in the show, has sadly died at the age of 93, her sons have announced

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6 d. ago ‘DeepSeek is humane. Doctors are more like machines’: my mother’s worrying reliance on AI for health advice

Tired of a two-day commute to see her overworked doctor, my mother turned to tech for help with her kidney disease. She bonded with the bot so much I was scared she would refuse to see a real medicThis essay was originally published on Rest of worldEvery few months, my mother, a 57-year-old kidney transplant patient who lives in a small city in eastern China, embarks on a two-day journey to see her doctor. She fills her backpack with a change of clothes, a stack of medical reports and a few boiled eggs to snack on. Then, she takes a 90-minute ride on a high-speed train and checks into a hotel in the eastern metropolis of Hangzhou.At 7am the next day, she lines up with hundreds of others to get her blood taken in a long hospital hall that buzzes like a crowded marketplace. In the afternoon, when the lab results arrive, she makes her way to a specialist’s clinic. She gets about three minutes with the doctor. Maybe five, if she’s lucky. He skims the lab reports and quickly types a new ...

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7 d. ago 'Neglect' and 'gross failures' led to deaths of mum and baby in home birth tragedy

A coroner ruled Jennifer and Agnes Cahill died in a 'Victorian-aged tragedy' played out in the modern day

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7 d. ago Dad would 'do anything to trade places' as daughter dies day before her birthday

Little Oliva Grace Edwards, 8, tragically died after being rushed to the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital - her dad, Mark, said he would "do anything to trade places" with her

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8 d. ago Girl, 8, dies after falling unwell in car park day before her birthday

Eight-year-old Olivia Grace Edwards was rushed to hospital after being taken unwell in a car park in Aberdeen, but was tragically pronounced dead a short time later

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8 d. ago Little girl dies on the day before her ninth birthday 'after taking unwell in car'

Olivia Grace Edwards, eight, was at the Kingswell Park and Ride on Skene Road in Aberdeen when she became poorly at around 8.40pm on Saturday, October 25.

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8 d. ago 'Beautiful' girl, 8, dies after falling 'unwell' in car park day before birthday

A young girl died suddenly after falling ill in a car park in Aberdeen, the day before her ninth birthday, leaving the local community in shock

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8 d. ago 'Beautiful' little girl died after taking unwell in Scots car park day before her ninth birthday

Olivia Grace Edwards took unwell a park and ride facility on Skene Road and died shortly after at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.

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1 week ago Trump declares ‘we’re just going to kill people’ as Hegseth blows up another ‘drug boat’

Donald Trump declared “we’re just going to kill people” the day before Pete Hegseth announced six more “narco-terrorists” died in a strike on another “drug boat”.

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1 week ago Inside Tom Aspinall’s UFC 321 diet as Brit wolfs down nearly 6000 calories a day to undergo insane body transformation

TOM ASPINALL is in incredible nick ahead of his first defence of the UFC heavyweight title. The pride of Wigan returns from a 14-month layoff on Saturday night in the main event of UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi, which will be aired LIVE on TNT Sports Box Office. Aspinall, 32, will be welcomed back to...

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1 week ago Mercedes driver who killed woman, 22, in 140mph hit and run crash on Christmas Day after fleeing from police is jailed for 12 years

Maria Carolina Do Nascimento, 22, died in north London on Christmas Day when the car she was a passenger in was crashed into by a criminal in a Mercedes driving at 140mph.

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1 week ago Bodybuilding champ, 31, dies in 'saddest day' after proposing to his stunning PT

Tributes have flooded in for a champion bodybuilder and influencer who has died aged just 31, months after proposing to his personal trainer girlfriend

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