7 h. 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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14 h. ago Chilling moment convicted killer shouts 'I regret nothing' after stabbing his pregnant girlfriend to death

March was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 42 years for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend Alana Odysseos

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18 h. ago Moment killer shouts 'I regret nothing' after stabbing pregnant partner to death

Shaine March knifed his 32-year-old pregnant girlfriend Alana Odysseos 19 times at her home in Walthamstow, east London, after she refused to abort their baby

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18 h. ago Chilling moment convicted killer shouts 'I regret nothing' after stabbing his pregnant girlfriend to death while on licence for murdering teenager

Chilling moment a convicted killer shouted 'I regret nothing' while being held in a police van after stabbing his pregnant girlfriend to death while on licence for murdering a teenager.

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21 h. ago Convicted killer released on licence when he stabbed his pregnant partner to death is jailed for 42 years

Cowardly double murderer Shaine March refused to leave his cell as he was sentenced for slashing his girlfriend Alana Odysseos, who was in the early stages of pregnancy, 23 times.

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21 h. ago ‘Evil’ double murderer jailed for fatal stabbing of pregnant girlfriend

Shaine March stabbed Alana Odysseos to death in July 2024.

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22 h. ago Double murderer who stabbed pregnant girlfriend 23 times is jailed for life

Shaine March was aged 21 when he fatally stabbed 17-year-old Andre Drummond in the neck at a McDonald’s restaurant in Denmark Hill

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27 h. ago Double murderer refuses to attend sentencing for killing pregnant girlfriend

Shaine March, 47, stabbed Alana Odysseos, 32, multiple times at her home after he was released from prison on licence.

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4 d. ago Ex stabbed woman's lover to death after the truth about affair emerged

Zara Tolley was at the centre of a deadly love triangle after her ex-partner Michael James stabbed her new lover Bradley Hollis to death with a kitchen knife

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5 d. ago Lucy Letby binges Come Dine With Me on weekends in prison as she's 'obsessed' with show

Letby is Britain's most prolific child killer after being convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to murder another seven, but is described by an insider as a 'model prisoner'

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7 d. ago Teenage killer who murdered man on canal towpath tries to overturn conviction

Nasir Al-Shumari was jailed for 14 years for the murder of Ahmed Alsrhan

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9 d. ago Dave Ball dead aged 66: Soft Cell star behind iconic hit Tainted Love dies in his sleep as bandmate pays tribute

ICONIC musician Dave Ball has died aged 66. The synth player and producer was best known as one half of popular 80s band Soft Cell. Representatives for the musician said he “passed away peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Wednesday”. Dave's cause of death has not yet been given. His partner in...

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2 w. ago Convicted murderer admits killing his pregnant girlfriend by stabbing her 19 times after being released from 'life sentence' on licence

Shaine March, 47, attacked Alana Odysseos (pictured) who was pregnant with her third child at her Walthamstow home in east London on July 22, 2024.

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2 w. ago Convicted killer admits murdering pregnant girlfriend when she refused abortion

Convicted killer admits murdering pregnant girlfriend when she refused abortion  London Evening Standard

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2 w. ago Convicted killer admits brutally murdering pregnant girlfriend when she refused abortion

Shaine March dramatically changed plea at Old Bailey on Friday to admit horrific murder of Alana Odysseos in Walthamstow

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2 w. ago Convicted murderer who stabbed girlfriend 19 times 'was out on licence'

Shaine March who had murdered a man in McDonald's had assaulted another partner after being released on licence previously

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2 w. ago Pregnant Woman Stabbed 19 Times by Controlling Partner in East London

Pregnant Woman Stabbed 19 Times by Controlling Partner in East London  UK News in Pictures

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2 w. ago TV star, 29, 'stabbed to death on balcony by boyfriend' as neighbours watched

Pamela Genini, 29, was allegedly stabbed to death by her partner Gianluca Soncin, 52, on a balcony in Milan as nearby neighbours rushed to call the police

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2 w. ago Italian model Pamela Genini allegedly stabbed to death by partner

Neighbours raised the alarm after witnessing the horrifying incident unfold.

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2 w. ago Love Island star Sharon Gaffka reveals cruel trolls compared her to convicted child killer Lucy Letby after she revealed she'd had an abortion

Love Island star Sharon Gaffka has revealed that cruel trolls compared her to Lucy Letby after she had an abortion.

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