1 hour ago Widow who's husband died at Dignitas issues desperate plea – read her heartbreaking letter in full

Louise Shackleton has issued an open letter as MPs prepare to vote on the Assisted Dying Bill telling of the 'cruel and wicked' death Brits face

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4 h. ago Cruel carer posed for Snapchat selfie as unwitting OAP sat on toilet

Cara MacLennan posted the photo of the OAP in their pyjamas on Snapchat alongside the caption 'can't see me ha ha ha'

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4 h. ago Could the UK be vulnerable to a nationwide power outage like Spain and Portugal?

‘Be careful what we wish for’ in pivot towards net zero, warns director of Aberdeen University’s Centre for Energy Transition

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4 h. ago 'Cruel' woman chemically burns mice to death with bleach and boiling water

Carys Ann Roberts was given a suspended prison sentence after the wild mice were found to have suffered severe burns - she apologised for an 'error of judgement'

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5 h. ago Thunderbolts* review – Florence Pugh is saving grace of Marvel’s hit

The Oscar nominated actor is the most impressive member of a ragtag Suicide Squad-esque team in an often charmingly unusual yet still baggy adventureThunderbolts* can be messy. Not just the movie, with its clumsily forced narrative beats and whiplash tonal shifts. But also, its title characters, the broken and lonely souls who ditch the colourful costumes and wear their emotions on their sleeves, as if it’s their brand.These reluctant heroes, led by Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, the troubled sister to Scarlett Johansson’s late Black Widow, are defined by how much they need therapy. They wrestle with themselves more than the bad guys, in a way that’s more pronounced than the most unstable among Marvel’s stable of wisecracking world saviors. They’re endearingly vulnerable, at times devastatingly so, and yet still fun and exciting enough to save Marvel. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago 'Malign' members of Bolton grooming gang who raped and sexually assaulted vulnerable under

Victims of the gang described the men as 'monsters' led by ringleader Ashley Darbyshire, 28, as one said she would 'rather be dead' than be forced to live with the memories.

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5 h. ago Afghanistan war veteran raped vulnerable teenagers while they were drunk

A judge described Johnathan Sutton as a "calculating, manipulating individual". He maintains his innocence despite being convicted of the vile attacks

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5 h. ago Cruel carer took Snapchat of vulnerable pensioner on toilet – then it went viral

Cara MacLennan, 20, was removed from her role at Eilean Dubh Care Home in Fortrose in Scotland after taking a photo of a vulnerable pensioner

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6 h. ago Brute made chilling threat before stamping on vulnerable man with his prosthetic leg

Shannon Meaney attacked 57-year-old John Lowe with his prosthetic leg in February 2023.

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6 h. ago 100 men v one gorilla: who would win – and why has the question gone viral?

People are still debating this online after five years, and suddenly more hotly than ever. Even if it is ever answered, that still leaves us to tackle man v bear ...Name: 100 men v one gorilla.Age: The debate seems to have begun in 2020, on Reddit, when a poster asked the question in a r/whowouldwin subreddit, a forum for hypothetical discussions on myriad subjects. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Pensioners have purses, money and phones stolen in Greater Manchester shops

'The elderly people didn't even know they had even been a victim until afterwards'

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6 h. ago The real reason why toilet roll dispensers in public bathrooms have to be locked

People are curious as to why the plastic enclosure for toilet paper is locked, taking to California-based Q&A website Quora in search of answers.

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7 h. ago Christie Brinkley beat off TWO famous beauties for Billy Joel's love

The night Christie Brinkley met Billy Joel is the stuff of rock 'n' roll legend. But what she has rarely discussed is the fact that she had to compete with two other famously beautiful women.

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7 h. ago Plane crew put woman in chokehold as she tries to follow pilot into cockpit from toilet

A female business class passenger was tackled to the ground by a male flight attendant after she appeared to attempt to follow the plane's pilot into the cockpit

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8 h. ago Fury over 'creepy' and 'disrespectful' AI video showing Pope Francis in heaven as he shares hugs with Princess Diana, Muhammad Ali, Amy Winehouse and the Queen

The late pontiff, who was buried on Saturday, is featured meeting various celebrities in 'in Heaven' during the 31-second clip, which has since gone viral and been viewed more than 38million times .

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9 h. ago 'I love the original Wonderskin lip stain so much I bought the new shade to see if it's as good'

Shopping Writer Meghan is a huge fan of Wonderskin's viral lip stains, and she loved them so much that she bought the new shades as soon as they launched to see if they lived up to her original

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9 h. ago In the Madrid power cuts, I saw patience and common sense – but we were woefully unprepared | María Ramírez

People queued calmly for torches and shared radios, but our vulnerability in an internet-reliant world was badly exposedAt the entrance to a healthcare centre on Trafalgar Street, in my densely populated, central Madrid neighbourhood, somebody had stuck a sign: “We ask for patience and common sense.” The door was half open as doctors and nurses calmly tended to emergencies inside.Patience and common sense is a very good way to describe what I witnessed in Madrid throughout the big blackout. We had no light, no power, no phone signal, not even water in some apartment buildings. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Girl, 3, died from Strep A after medics in 'overwhelmingly busy' hospital told her mum that she likely had viral infection

Jemma Graham said she was surrounded by 'chaos, illness and crowds' when she made the decision to leave with her 'exhausted' daughter Penny Stevens.

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9 h. ago DWP benefit and pensions payment dates for May Day bank holiday

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed the dates when people claiming benefits will be paid over the upcoming May bank holidays

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9 h. ago Viral TikTok baby dies in horror crash aged two as family slam 'hurtful' cops

Two year old Preston Ordone, known as the “Okay Baby” online, has tragically died in a car accident after Louisiana State Police said he was "improperly restrained" in his car seat

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