72 m. ago My son was brutally murdered by a man on probation which is why government's early release scheme scares me

Conner Marshall was murdered by David Braddon at Trecco Bay caravan park in Porthcawl, when the killer was on parole for drug offences and assaulting a police officer.

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1 hour ago Ferrari fans all make same demand from team after what Charles Leclerc did at Monaco GP

Ferrari have a poor track record this season of making car setup changes which negatively affects them over a race weekend and so fans are begging them to not do that in Monaco

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1 hour ago Florian Wirtz to Liverpool transfer: Bayern Munich release statement on move

Liverpool are negotiating the signing of Germany international Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, with long-time admirers Bayern Munich admitting defeat in their bid to keep the 22-year-old in the Bundesliga

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1 hour ago Jay Slater detective says Spanish police ignored bombshell audio evidence that could shed light on British 19

Mark Williams-Thomas has accused Spanish authorities of failing to investigate an audio recording he offered to share which may have shed light on the British teenager's disappearance.

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2 h. ago Mohamed Salah: Liverpool star named Premier League Player of the Year after stellar campaign

The Egyptian could break the record for most goals and assists in a Premier League campaign on Sunday

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3 h. ago Christopher Bucktin: I watched America burn for George Floyd

For a moment, it felt like history had shifted after George Floyd's murder. America had turned a corner on accountability. But now, five years on, the country is asking: what really changed?

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3 h. ago Scientists seek to save Florida’s dying reefs with hardy nursery

Reefs off the Keys have lost 90% of healthy coral cover in 40 years, but replanting effort aims to make reef more resilientA taskforce of experts looking into the mass bleaching and decline of Florida’s delicate coral reefs is planting more than 1,000 nursery-grown juveniles from the reef-building elkhorn species in a new effort to reverse the tide of destruction.Record ocean heat in 2023 hastened the death spiral for reefs in the Florida Keys, which have lost 90% of their healthy coral cover over the last 40 years, largely because of the climate emergency, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa). Continue reading...

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3 h. ago The longest standing ovation at Cannes? A whopping 22 minutes

That’s the length of a sitcom episode...

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3 h. ago Kyiv suffers night of hell with explosions and apocalyptic fires as Putin unleashes 'record number of Iskander

Apocalyptic scenes unfolded during more than seven hours of bombardment with missiles and drones amid claims the Kremlin deployed more deadly missiles than ever before.

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4 h. ago Braveheart at 30: Mel Gibson’s gory, hokey Oscar winner plays like a biblical epic

The 1995 best picture winner is less interested in historical fact and more in rousing fantasy and makes for a telling portrait of its troubled makerFor a storied best picture Oscar winner and dorm-wall poster staple of the 1990s and beyond, it’s a little surprising how modest Braveheart’s success was when it opened in theaters 30 years ago. Though it powered through a mild opening to become a solid summer hit, on the 1995 charts it sits below Father of the Bride Part II and Congo (though congratulations are in order; it did edge out both Grumpier Old Men and Mortal Kombat). Even among other Mel Gibson vehicles from the 90s, you might be surprised to learn that Maverick, Conspiracy Theory and Payback all posted stronger numbers.But Braveheart stuck around, both in theaters and in the public consciousness. It wasn’t necessarily tipped as an awards contender at the time of release – Gibson had only directed one other movie, a small-scale drama called The Man Without a Face – but wound...

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4 h. ago Four dead in flood horror while victims face huge cleanup and urgent snake warning

As emergency serivices continue to search for people in need, many on Australia's east coast are coming to terms with the damage to their homes after record floods

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4 h. ago James Martin furious as his car is broken into and his window smashed in broad daylight

TV chef James Martin shared with on social media and told fans that his car had been broken into during 'broad daylight' leaving his windscreen smashed to pieces

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4 h. ago Little known song from the 1960s hits the charts for the first time after going viral on TikTok

American singer Connie Francis's tune 'Pretty Little Baby' - which was originally released in 1962 - has become increasingly popular on the social media platform.

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4 h. ago Russell Mael: ‘Describe myself in three words? One handsome dude’

The Sparks singer on shoplifting red liquorice as a child, a head-to-head with Godzilla, and underselling his life storyBorn in California, Russell Mael, 76, and his brother, Ron, first recorded under the names the Urban Renewal Project and Halfnelson, before becoming Sparks in 1972. Two years later, they relocated to London and had a hit with their song This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us. More recently, they composed a radio opera, The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman, collaborated with Franz Ferdinand in supergroup FFS, and released a film, Annette, which won five César awards in 2022. Their 28th studio album is Mad! and their tour comes to the UK in June. Mael lives in California.What was your most embarrassing moment? Signing away the rights to my life story to a major motion-picture company for a sum that I have since been told was way below the market rate. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago New AI system threatens to blackmail its creator by exposing affair when told it would be taken off line

During testing of Claude Opus 4, which was released on Thursday, researchers at the artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic told it to act as though it was an assistant at a made-up company

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5 h. ago Weather: London to be battered by bank holiday downpours after record spring sunshine

While temperatures may peak at 21C, it will feel several degrees cooler

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5 h. ago When Premier League fixtures are announced for 2025/26 season with key dates confirmed

The Premier League is set to wind down for the summer this weekend but all the dates for all the action ahead of the 2025/2026 campaign have already been rubber stamped

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6 h. ago Inside the London tower block where broken lifts have left residents with ‘crippling anxiety’

Residents say the building’s two lifts have had problems at least twice a month since last September

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6 h. ago CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN: ‘Luna's political rival gets three years in the slammer’

The Mirror's US editor, Christopher Bucktin, reports on the best of the most bizarre it-could-only-happen-in-the-USA stories in his weekly The Buck Stops Here column

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6 h. ago James Martin's horror as his car is vandalised in broad daylight as he shares pic and says 'London is broken'

James Martin's horror as his car is vandalised in broad daylight as he shares pic and says 'London is broken'  The Sun

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