12 h. ago British Paralympian, 35, vanishes while on holiday in Las Vegas and has been missing for more than a week

Sam Ruddock (pictured), 35, who has represented Britain in shot put, cycling and sprinting, had gone alone to the American city to watch the annual WWE WrestleMania event.

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18 h. ago British Paralympian missing in Las Vegas and last heard from over a week ago

Sam Ruddock was last heard from on April 16 and has since been reported missing to police in the UK and US.

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20 h. ago British Paralympian hero missing in Las Vegas after leaving all of his belongings inside hostel

Paralympian Sam Ruddock, from Rugby, Warwickshire, has gone missing after going on holiday alone to Las Vegas for a wrestling event, and his family has launched an appeal for help

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24 h. ago Eddie Howe baffled as Newcastle face more touchline disruption after being hit with ban

Newcastle assistant manager Jason Tindall will miss the team's trip to Brighton next week after picking up his third yellow card of the season and coach Eddie Howe has admitted he didn't understand why his No 2 had been punished during the win over Ipswich

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44 h. ago European football: Bayern Munich must wait but Sané and Dier bring title close

Bayern sink Mainz 3-0 but Leverkusen beat Augsburg 2-0Kane booked so suspended for Bayern’s likely clincherBayern Munich eased past Mainz 3-0 but had to put title celebrations on ice after Bayer Leverkusen matched their win to stay eight points behind with three matches left.The Bavarian club, top on 75 points ahead of Leverkusen in second with 67, can now secure a 34th German league title with a win at RB Leipzig next week. But Harry Kane will miss next week’s game after picking up his fifth booking and a suspension. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago What happened on Emmerdale this week? John truth exposed, couple split and favourite injured

Emmerdale aired some big scenes this week. Here's a recap of what you missed this week on the ITV soap as John Sugden nears closer to being exposed

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4 d. ago Eddie Howe back at Newcastle after hospital stay with pneumonia

Manager was admitted to hospital two Fridays agoHowe poised to return to dugout on SaturdayEddie Howe is poised to be back in the technical area on Saturday after returning to Newcastle’s training ground following his recovery from pneumonia.Howe spent about a week in hospital, missing three Premier League matches, after falling ill this month and there were real fears that Newcastle’s manager might have been sidelined for the remainder of the season. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Worrying update on Carlos Santana, 77, after star was hospitalized due to medical emergency before concert

Carlos Santana will miss a further show this week after he suffered a frightening health scare which saw him hospitalized.

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6 d. ago Coronation Street spoilers confirm Gary Windass' future on ITV soap

Coronation Street spoilers for next week see the return of a 'missing' character, leaving fans delighted

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6 d. ago Man missing from Lanarkshire for nearly a week 'may have travelled to Aberdeen'

Iain McMillan, 53, was reported missing from East Kilbride on April 15 and has not been seen or heard from since.

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9 d. ago Congo boat disaster death toll rises to 148, with more than 100 still missing

Fire broke out during onboard cooking before wooden vessel capsized with 500 passengers aboardThe death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in the Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this week has risen to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said on Friday.About 500 passengers were on board the wooden boat when it capsized on Tuesday after catching fire on the Congo River in the country’s north-west. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Runaway young couple missing for a week 'may be wild camping' as police reveal sighting

Missing teenagers Isobel and Daniel, both 16, are believed to have taken their camping gear with them before disappearing from their homes in Cardigan, West Wales

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2 w. ago Runaway schoolboy and schoolgirl couple missing after a week after disappearing when one was due to move away

A runaway young couple have been missing for a week - and police today issued a fresh appeal after their families were 'worried sick'.

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2 w. ago Eamonn Holmes' pals 'concerned' after he 'disappears' from his GB News show

Veteran broadcaster, Eamonn Holmes, worried fans when he suddenly went missing from GB News this week, leaving his co-host, Ellie Costello, to anchor alone

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2 w. ago Why Eamonn Holmes suddenly 'went missing' from his GB News show this week and why many of his worried friends now wish he'd quit work for good

Nearly three hours into Tuesday's breakfast show, at around 8.50am, veteran host Eamonn Holmes suddenly disappeared and failed to return, leaving his new co-presenter, Ellie Costello, to anchor alone.

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2 w. ago UK stargazers will be treated to a rare pink MICROMOON alongside a blue giant star in the night sky

UK stargazers are in for a treat this week, and you won't want to miss it. A rare pink micromoon will rise alongside a giant blue star in the night sky on Saturday evening.

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2 w. ago US deploys a third of its stealth bomber fleet for possible Iran strike after Trump warned Tehran 'you're going to be in great danger' if it does not abandon its nuclear program

Six stealth bombers flew in to the U.S. airbase on Diego Garcia from Missouri last week in the 'largest single deployment in US history'.

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2 w. ago Tiger Woods makes Masters announcement despite missing this week's event with a torn Achilles

Tiger Woods' legacy in the city of Augusta, Georgia will expand beyond The Masters. Woods' course design team has joined with the Augusta National Golf Club to help revitalize a local municipal course.

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3 w. ago Miss Scotland shines at New York Tartan Week ahead of opening fashion show 'Dressed to Kilt'

Amy Scott, of Strathaven, says she is excited about the "honour".

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3 w. ago Streaming: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy and the best older women age

The recent Bridget Jones sequel, a big hit at the UK box office, celebrates the romance between its middle-aged star and her gen-Z lover, but from Babygirl to The Mother, how do women on screen with younger partners usually fare?At this admittedly early stage of 2025, with all the noisy blockbusters of summer still ahead of us, the UK’s box-office report tells a nostalgic story. The year’s highest-grossing new release, raking in more than double its nearest rival, Captain America, is Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy – a sequel in which its American distributors had so little confidence that they booted it straight to streaming. Brits who missed it in cinemas can finally access it on VOD this week. The film itself is something of a pleasant surprise too: a tender-hearted, flannel-cosy romcom – easily the best in the series since the first, 2001’s Bridget Jones’s Diary – now suffused with the gentle melancholy of middle age.Age, of course, is a critical concern of this instalment, whi...

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