57 m. 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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71 m. ago Brooklyn Beckham 'wants no contact' with David and Victoria and refuses to respond to messages

Brooklyn Beckham is said to have told David and Victoria Beckham he wants "no contact" with them as the bitter feud with his parents and siblings escalates and he's reportedly not responding to their messages

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75 m. ago Pheobe Bishop's mum has been through hell after the alleged murder of her teenage daughter. Now her life has been made even more unbearable

Pheobe'Bishop's body was found last week in remote bushland near her home in Gin Gin, close to Bundaberg in central Queensland , three weeks after she vanished.

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1 hour ago James Gunn reveals which Avenger he didn’t want to have in Guardians films

Director says he doesn’t understand how to write that character

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1 hour ago Inside the Beckham 'feud' as it's revealed Brooklyn wants 'no contact' with family

As its reported that Brooklyn Beckham wants ‘no contact’ with his family, we explore the growing rift in England’s unofficial second royal family

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1 hour ago Jordan’s long road to World Cup qualification took a strange diversion | John Duerden

Improvement of side has been slow and steady since Harry Redknapp and Ray Wilkins had short spells in chargeWould Harry Redknapp have taken Jordan to the World Cup had the 2018 tournament featured 48 teams instead of 32 and Asia had eight spots instead of four? It is an interesting question but the former West Ham manager’s short time in charge in 2016, not long after Ray Wilkins had the job, is not a subject anyone in the capital, Amman, is much focused on at the moment.“Redknapp and Wilkins? Now is not the time to talk about that,” said a smiling Jordan Football Association official on Monday. The reaction given the country has just qualified for a first World Cup and is in serious party mode is understandable. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Jordan’s long road to World Cup qualification took a strange diversion

Improvement of side has been slow and steady since Harry Redknapp and Ray Wilkins had short spells in chargeWould Harry Redknapp have taken Jordan to the World Cup had the 2018 tournament featured 48 teams instead of 32 and Asia had eight spots instead of four? It is an interesting question but the former West Ham manager’s short time in charge in 2016, not long after Ray Wilkins had the job, is not a subject anyone in the capital, Amman, is much focused on at the moment.“Redknapp and Wilkins? Now is not the time to talk about that,” said a smiling Jordan Football Association official on Monday. The reaction given the country has just qualified for a first World Cup and is in serious party mode is understandable. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Dustin Johnson’s wife to inherit enormous fortune and amazing boat from mega

Dustin Johnson has made a fortune from his golf career, but his wife Paulina, is also set to inherit a significant sum from her NHL legend father Wayne Gretzky

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3 h. ago Brooklyn Beckham 'tells his family he wants no contact' as feud intensifies

The eldest Beckham child reportedly only found out about his dad David’s knighthood through the media

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4 h. ago Wynne Evans announces engagement months after Strictly controversy

The Opera singer shared the news on Instagram alongside a photo of himself proposing to his partner Liz Brookes

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4 h. ago Manchester City sign Tijjani Reijnders to take spending this week past £100m

Midfielder arrives from Milan as fourth summer buyHe follows Aït-Nouri, Cherki and Bettinelli to club Manchester City have taken their early summer spending to more than £100m after making Tijjani Reijnders their fourth signing in three days. The Netherlands midfielder has arrived from Milan for €55m (£46.6m) and joins Rayan Aït-Nouri, Marcus Bettinelli and Rayan Cherki at the club.All four will be available for the Club World Cup, with City’s first match against Wydad AC taking place next Wednesday, after Reijnders signed before Tuesday’s deadline. Reijnders has a five-year deal as Pep Guardiola looks to revitalise his squad after an underwhelming season by the club’s standards, finishing a distant third in the Premier League and collecting no silverware thus far. City were also active in the January window, spending more than £180m on four players. Their outlay in 2025 stands at £288m. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Perv caught watching adult content during police raid thanks judge as he walks free from court

A sick pervert – who was watching pornography when police raided his home – has said thank you to a judge after being found with a vile collection of indecent images of children

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5 h. ago Wynne Evans engaged to girlfriend Liz Brookes following Strictly Come Dancing controversy

Welsh opera singer proposed while on holiday in Morocco

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5 h. ago Brooklyn Beckham tells devastated Victoria and David he 'wants no contact with them'

Victoria and David's eldest son, who has been locked in a bitter feud with his family allegedly over wife Nicola Peltz, is said to be refusing to respond to their messages

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5 h. ago Brooklyn Beckham tells heartbroken parents David and Victoria he wants 'no contact with them' in latest devastating turn of ongoing feud

The wannabe chef, 26, along with wife Nicola Peltz , 30, have been engulfed in the escalating rift, with David and Victoria believed to be concerned about the influence the heiress has over their son.

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6 h. ago Sales rise for Zara owner Inditex but pace of growth slows ahead of summer

Inditex, which is Europe’s largest fashion retailer, said spring and summer collections were being received well by shoppers.

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6 h. ago Wynne Evans announces engagement with huge sparkler after Strictly Come Dancing heartbreak

The opera singer took to social media to reveal he had popped the question to his partner Liz Brookes during a trip together

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7 h. ago The Sexual Evolution by Nathan H Lents review – colourful tales of animal reproduction

From gay penguin parents to snake orgies, a biology professor looks at sexual adaptation in the animal world In 1998, Roy and Silo, a pair of male chinstrap penguins at Central Park Zoo in New York, were given an abandoned egg to incubate after zookeepers observed them performing mating rituals together. For 34 days, they took turns sitting on it. When the egg hatched, the story became a viral sensation. The New York Times celebrated “A Love That Dare Not Squeak Its Name”. Roy, Silo and their daughter Tango became the subject of a LGBTQ-friendly children’s book, And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell.Biology professor Nathan Lents remembers receiving copies of Tango as a gift when he and his husband became foster parents. Fast-forward to the present day, and Tango tops Pen America’s list of the most frequently banned picture books in the US. It was part of a high-profile lawsuit in Nassau County, Florida, and was designated for pulping by officials in...

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7 h. ago ‘A billionaire will pay a lot of money to shoot a recreated being’: historian Sadiah Qureshi on extinction and empire

In her new book, Vanished, the history professor picks apart the political and philosophical dimensions of species lossWould you bring an extinct species back to life if you could? If so, which species would you pick? Prof Sadiah Qureshi has taken to asking her friends, students and complete strangers this question because, she says, their answers reveal a lot about how we understand extinction.Some choose a dinosaur, others pick a species like the dodo, killed off by humans. Almost no one chooses a plant or insect. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Woman accused of murdering baby forced out home by baying mob

A protest has been held for Nicole Blain, who is accused of murdering her baby daughter Thea.

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