86 m. ago Casualty's Charles Venn discovered sister's tragic death while filming

EXCLUSIVE: Casualty actor Charles Venn has opened up about the family bond he shares with his co-stars and how they rallied around him during the most heartbreaking time

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89 m. ago Police hunt four people who ran from Mercedes involved in a tragic M40 crash

Thames Valley Police said a 26-year-old man from Beaconsfield has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving

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1 hour ago Rita Ora 'still feels Liam Payne' nine months after One Direction star's tragic death

Rita Ora said she keeps Liam Payne's memory alive through music - especially their song For You - as she described the late singer as 'a really great friend' of hers

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2 h. ago Chris Hughes finally breaks his silence on unexpected romance with JoJo Siwa as he admits he is 'obsessed' with the singer and discusses marriage plans

They raised eyebrows after the beginnings of their romance played out in front of the nation during Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year. 

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3 h. ago Texas floods latest: Death toll rises to 129 as battered communities face weekend of flash flood risks

Local officials were repeatedly denied state funding for emergency flood warning system at Camp Mystic site but didn’t deploy Amber Alert-style warning according to report

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3 h. ago Dad's horror as teen son 'buried alive' and suffocated to death on beach

Riccardo Boni, 17, was in the middle of a tunnel he dug when the structure gave way and swallowed him whole, leaving no traces. Riccardo's father said his son 'didn't even have time to scream'

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4 h. ago Russell Martin reveals six Rangers takeaways from closed doors clash and spots things that need work

Gers played out a draw with the EFL League One side at the home of the England national team

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4 h. ago Foreign Office issue urgent warning to British tourists in holiday hotspot

Following a rise in drunk tourists behaving badly in the South East Asian tropical paradise, Thailand's authorities have issued new rules for foreigners visiting the picturesque nation

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4 h. ago NHS 24, Police Scotland and Scottish Government raising awareness of dangers of spiking

Consistent national response has been developed to ensure that individuals who present to A&E with suspected spiking receive clear and uniform advice.

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4 h. ago EastEnders finally confirms who'll replace Martin Fowler on market stall after death

It has been five months since Martin Fowler was brutally killed off on EastEnders leaving his fruit and veg stall unattended - but now a new stall keeper has been uncovered

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4 h. ago Louis van Gaal ‘no longer bothered by cancer’ and could be tempted to coach again

Former Manchester United coach getting ‘fitter and fitter’He is open to offers to from top-tier national teamThe former Netherlands and Manchester United coach Louis van Gaal says he has been cured of cancer and is keen for a return to the higher levels of the game.The 73-year-old told an interviewer three years ago that he had prostate cancer, but on Friday told the same Dutch television talk show: “I’m no longer bothered by cancer.” When he announced his illness, Van Gaal was the coach of the Netherlands and he has not worked since the last World Cup, in Qatar in 2022. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago 'My family threatened to stone me to death if I didn't marry man I've never met'

Last summer, 17-year-old Saliha Sadath thought she was going on a family holiday to Turkey - but instead of heading to a villa, she says she was taken to Afghanistan to forcibly marry a 30-year-old cousin

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6 h. ago Texas leads nation in flood deaths due to geography, size and population

A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019

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6 h. ago Horrified father relives moment his son, 17, was buried alive and suffocated to death in sand tunnel on beach: 'He didn't even have time to scream'

Riccardo Boni, 17, was on holiday with his family on Thursday when tragedy struck on the popular Montalto di Castro beach in north-west Italy.

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6 h. ago Forget Javanka: Lerica is the new Trump power couple | Arwa Mahdawi

Lara Trump, a Fox News host, is said to be mulling a Senate run. The Republican National Committee chair can’t waitOnce upon a time, before she retired to Florida, Ivanka Trump reportedly had her sights set on being the first female US president. According to a book about the first Trump administration by Michael Wolff, Ivanka made a pact with her husband, Jared Kushner, that “if sometime in the future the opportunity arose, she’d be the one to run for president”.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Death of man in Indiana jail highlights cruelty of solitary confinement: ‘A national disgrace’

Adam Bryant, 29, died on Christmas while confined in a solitary jail cell. Advocates say significant reforms are neededThrough the tinny reception on the jail’s phone lines, 29-year-old Adam Bryant told his mom he didn’t want to die.It was late 2022, and Bryant was incarcerated at Vigo county jail in Terre Haute, Indiana, a city roughly 75 miles west of Indianapolis. Bryant had been arrested for domestic battery on 8 December, and for most of the time between then and the 19 December phone call, he’d been unable to eat without vomiting. He had severe stomach pains, too, which only worsened when he was attacked and beaten. Some of his inmates had heard about his battery charge, and they wanted the ring Bryant was wearing. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Superman star seen 'toothless, homeless and eating garbage' before tragic death

A beloved Superman actress, who shot to fame after starring as Lois Lane in the superhero franchise, suffered with severe mental health throughout her life before dying by suicide

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7 h. ago Miriam Margolyes hits out at reports she is at ‘death’s door’

Miriam Margolyes has hit out at reports she is at “death’s door” as she shared a career update with her fans.

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7 h. ago Obama’s former press secretary recalls ‘emotional’ mood in White House after Trump win

Josh Earnest says president brought staff into Oval Office to hear address stressing national unity: ‘It was very poignant’The hardest day on the job for the White House press secretary for most of Barack Obama’s second term was right after Donald Trump was first elected president, he recently revealed during a fireside chat at a journalism convention.Speaking at the 2025 National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) conference in Chicago, Josh Earnest said it was grueling for the Obama administration to realize it would have to follow through on promises of a peaceful transfer of power despite spending the 2016 election cycle offering dire warnings “about what could or would happen if Donald Trump were given the keys to the Oval Office”. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Tragic life and death of Home and Away star who cleaned windows after fame

Dieter Brummer was a household name in the UK thanks to his role as Shane Parrish in Home and Away, but his life was marred by tragedy and he died at the age of 45

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