7 h. ago Couple leave horrific racist message on receipt for horrified waiter at restaurant

Guillermo Ortiz, a waiter working at a Planet Hollywood restaurant at Los Angeles Airport, has shown a racist message that was left scribbled by a couple on a receipt

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13 h. ago ‘An intellectual stuck in a Batman suit’: readers remember the genius of Val Kilmer

Guardian readers recall encounters with a brilliant actor who was kind, generous and much more than a heart-throb• Val Kilmer, star of Top Gun and The Doors, dies aged 65• An ethereally handsome actor who evolved into droll self-awareness• A life in picturesI worked as a dialogue coach on Oliver Stone’s Alexander in 2003. Val was playing Alexander’s father, Philip II of Macedon. Oliver wanted the Macedonians to have Celtic accents in contrast to the Greeks, who looked down on the Macedonians, as the English have only too frequently done to neighbours of the UK. We were prepping in Morocco and I had been working for a while with Val on his Irish accent when my 95-year-old mother died and I had to leave for a couple of days for her funeral. During my absence, Val had to go home for a short while. When I returned I opened my hotel room door to find it awash with beautiful white roses. Val had sent them before he left, leaving a note of condolence and both his personal phone numbers so ...

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3 d. ago ITV Emmerdale's Gabby Thomas and Vinny Dingle's big move revealed as couple leave the village

Emmerdale's Gabby Thomas and Vinny Dingle will make a big move in upcoming scenes, but a scheming Sam Dingle is determined to split the couple up for good

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3 d. ago Love Island All Stars finalists split just weeks after leaving ITV2 villa

Another Love Island couple have split up just weeks after leaving the villa and making it to the final, after struggling to make their romance work in real life

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4 d. ago 'Nightmare' couple leave landlord up to her knees in trash – the loo will make you gag

A landlord's property has been completely trashed after she took a chance on a 'nightmare' tenants who left the property with piles of rat-infested rubbish which reached knee height

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1 week ago Israel military issues further calls to evacuate northern Gaza as airstrikes continue – Middle East crisis live

Military tells people to head towards ‘known shelters’ despite the fact there is no guarantee of safety as 57 people killed in past 24 hoursAs we mentioned in the opening summary, Israel’s security cabinet has approved a suggestion by the country’s defence minister, Israel Katz, to set up a new administration within his department tasked with enabling Palestinians to “voluntarily” leave Gaza, their homelands.In a statement a couple of days ago, Katz’s office said the new directorate would work to:Prepare for and enable safe and controlled passage of Gaza residents for their voluntary departure to third countries, including securing their movement, establishing movement routes, checking pedestrians at designated crossings in the Gaza Strip, as well as coordinating the provision of infrastructure that will enable passage by land, sea and air to the destination countries.The ministry of foreign affairs and expatriates condemned in the strongest terms Israel’s announcement of the establ...

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1 week ago Kanye West and wife Bianca Censori spark new split rumours with cryptic clue

Kanye West and his wife Bianca Censori have unfollowed each other on Instagram, leaving fans convinced the couple's marriage is over following months of divorce rumours

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2 w. ago Married At First Sight star storms out following dramatic first commitment ceremony

The first commitment ceremony in this year's Married At First Sight Australia was tense, and following criticism from the other couples and the experts, one groom decided to leave the experiment

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3 w. ago Netflix's Temptation Island concludes with surprise ending and fans can't stop 'crying'

Netflix's Temptation Island has been leaving fans in tears with its latest series as one couple have made the ultimate commitment to each other in a wild twist

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3 w. ago Police seize pet dog in dramatic scenes leaving couple 'devastated'

Police arrived with a warrant to search for 'a pit bull type dog, white in colour', and seized the American bulldog, named Ralph, putting him in the back of a van, despite protests

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