28 h. ago ‘We need to punch holes’: Maro Itoje calls on Lions to take battle to Brumbies

With the Test series looming, Lions captain has urged a strong XV to issue an emphatic statement in CanberraA verdict has finally been reached in the “mushroom murder” trial that gripped the whole of Australia, but the jury is still out on the touring British & Irish Lions. With the first Test looming next week, now would be a perfect time to issue an emphatic statement and the captain, Maro Itoje, is urging his well-stacked team to do exactly that.There have been glimpses of some highly effective Lions combinations at various stages on their travels, even in defeat against Argentina back in Dublin when their attacking shape showed initial promise. What has held them back, aside from every Lions squad’s perpetual search for cohesion, has been an occasional tendency to play too laterally rather than going route one and blowing the front door off its hinges. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago John Belfield jailed after torturing love rival to death as family scream 'rot in hell'

Drug dealer John Belfield has been sentenced for murdering his love rival Thomas Campbell - who was tortured for over two hours, stabbed and strangled.

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9 d. ago She beat stage 4 cancer. Now this Ukrainian woman is fighting to free her captive husband

As her body shut down down in hospital, Olha Kurtmalaieva spurred herself on with thoughts of her beloved

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9 d. ago This Ukrainian woman beat cancer. But her fight to free her captive husband isn’t over

A Ukrainian woman, Olha Kurtmalaieva, has endured cancer and war while fighting to bring her husband home from Russian captivity

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1 week ago Arsenal open Eberechi Eze talks as they prepare to announce FOUR transfers in summer spree

Arsenal are in the market for attacking reinforcements and have held talks over a potential move for Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze - who is also on Tottenham's radar

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1 week ago Daniel Anjorin murder: Father tells of 'worst nightmare' as he held dying son, 14, after sword attack

Daniel Anjorin was murdered in the street in Hainault by Marcus Monzo, who will be sentenced on Friday afternoon

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1 week ago Man 'tortured' grandson by making him 'put hands on head for hours'

Michael Ives and his wife Kerry Ives deny murdering Ethan Ives-Griffiths

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2 w. ago Tottenham eye Eberechi Eze as statement signing for Thomas Frank

Spurs have long-held interest in Crystal Palace attackerEze’s contract reported to have a £68m release clauseTottenham are weighing up a move for Eberechi Eze and believe the Crystal Palace forward would be open to joining them.Spurs have a longstanding interest in Eze, not to mention close connections with the agency that represents him, and they have discussed whether to make him a statement signing for the new manager, Thomas Frank. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Depraved sex attacker, 46, who held woman captive and tortured her for 10 hours using a blow torch is jailed

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Tommy Hitt, 46, in Wiltshire, was sentenced to 21 years and six months in prison at Winchester Crown Court for vile domestic violence and sexual offences.

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3 w. ago Boarding school mass sex attack horror: How a mob of boys raped 71 girls in night of depravity with 19 victims killed in a stampede as they tried to escape their dormitory

Twilight was receding into night on July 13, 1991 when St. Kizito, a mixed boarding school in the Kenyan town of Meru, was plunged into darkness

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3 w. ago Parents 'held knifeman down' after man attacked near primary school

The victim suffered a slash wound to the face

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