65 h. ago Amanda Holden's special tribute to Alan Carr as she unveils Halloween transformation

Amanda Holden, 54, and her daughters transformed into three Traitors to celebrate Halloween - and her friend Alan Carr, who is on Celebrity Traitors, loved the costume idea

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3 d. ago Two girls raped and murdered while out knocking doors for Halloween

A heartbroken father found his daughter and her friend dead on a beach after they went out door knocking in the days leading up to Halloween.

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5 d. ago Dear Coleen: I feel lost and I struggle to get out of bed in the morning

"I feel very disconnected from everything – friends, family, work – and it’s a real struggle to get out of bed if I’m honest."

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2 w. ago I’m still globetrotting at 76. New people and new places are what keep me alive

Getting older hasn’t dimmed my love of travel. In my 70s, it’s still all about my next trip, be it a cruise, Goa or a naturist resort in CreteI may be 76, but slowing down, or retirement, couldn’t be further from my mind. True, I don’t have a hefty pension or a partner to while away the rest of my days with, but my love of travelling is as passionate as it has always been.I love scaring myself stupid trying new experiences, and if a friend or daughter is unavailable I’ll go alone. Solo travel is far better than sitting at home looking back instead of forward. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Dear Coleen: I'm feeling lost and missing the drama after my divorce

I literally don’t know what to do with myself and have no clue what’s next for me.

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2 w. ago Silent Hill f review – fascinating horror game maims the monsters teenage girls face

PC, PS5, Xbox; KonamiAfter an apocalyptic supernatural fog descends, school girl Hinako wakes up in a town populated by psychosexual beasts and gaslighting men in masksThere are some horror games you can finish in a couple of days of intense play; they almost invite that sort of frenzied consumption. But there are others that need to be savoured, and sometimes even suffered. Silent Hill f is in the latter category, which is why our review is somewhat delayed. This slowburn descent into psychological horror is set in 1960s Japan, but it also has pertinent things to say about the modern era and the tendrils of misogyny crawling out of the basement of the culture wars.Lead character Hinako Shimizu is a school girl in the small conservative town of Ebisugaoka. Her father is a bully who treats his wife like a servant and his daughter like an inconvenience, her best friend is Shu, a boy who may harbour deeper feelings for her – much to the frustration of another friend Rinko, who has a se...

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2 w. ago Alleged McCann stalker sent disturbing and upsetting messages to close family friends

Mrs Payne told the court she was "angry" that Wandelt sent friend requests and messages to their daughter.

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4 w. ago Dear Coleen: I've lost my friend because our daughters fell out

The worst thing about it is that I met the other women in our friendship group through her, so I feel like I have no friends now.

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