7 h. ago Dolly Parton fans concerned for her health as she skips 80th birthday celebrations

Country music legend Dolly Parton has announced she will not attend her 80th birthday celebration at Grand Ole Opry, months after postponing Las Vegas shows for medical procedures

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8 h. ago Woman held hostage in coffin for EIGHT days with threat of electrocution

Stephanie Slater was kidnapped and held hostage in a coffin-style box for eight days after she was duped into meeting with a 'potential buyer' for a home she was trying to sell

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19 h. ago France changes its G7 schedule because Trump is busy with White House UFC fight on his birthday: report

Trump has announced plans to host a UFC fight at the White House on his 80th birthday

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22 h. ago Dolly Parton says she won’t be attending annual Grand Ole Opry celebration held days before her 80th birthday

The singer’s update comes months after she opened up about her health challenges

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24 h. ago France taps out as G7 summit moved to avoid clash with White House UFC event

Paris has shifted this year’s Group of 7 summit after Donald Trump confirmed plans for a major UFC fight card on the White House lawn on 14 June, his 80th birthdayFrance has delayed this year’s Group of 7 summit by one day to avoid a scheduling conflict with an Ultimate Fighting Championship fight card planned at the White House on 14 June, according to two officials with direct knowledge of the G7’s preparations.The summit, hosted by France in the Alpine resort town of Evian-les-Bains, was originally scheduled for 14 to 16 June, a date that coincides with US Flag Day and US president Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. It will now run from 15 to 17 June, a change that has been reflected on the G7’s official website. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Owner of Swiss ski resort bar where 40 died in New Year's Eve party fire is arrested

Jacques Moretti, co-owner of Le Constellation in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, was detained in Sion as Switzerland held a national day of mourning

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2 d. ago Elvis Festival Fun as fans take over Australia's largest train station

Held annually over five days, the event is timed to coincide with Elvis Presley's birth date in January.

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4 d. ago Diane Keaton’s friends and family honor late actor on what would have been her 80th birthday with emotional gesture

Sarah Paulson got a tattoo with the late actor’s initials, ‘DK’

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6 d. ago Photos of Caracas the day after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

A tense calm held in Venezuela on Sunday, a day after President Nicolas Maduro was deposed and captured in an American military operation.

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7 d. ago The 20 bucket list holidays for 2026: From solar eclipses in Iceland to Dolly Parton's new hotel in Nashville, our expert reveals the hottest trips for the year ahead

How many holidays will you take in 2026? According to research by hospitality giant Marriott, the UK average is four.

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9 d. ago Grief, fear and fury: the Israeli and Palestinian mothers still standing united against bloodshed

Israeli movement Women Wage Peace and Palestinian group Women of the Sun held a mass rally in October 2023. Three days later a Hamas attack triggered war – leaving the women more determined than everOn the shores of the Dead Sea, about 1,500 Israeli and Palestinian women had gathered, holding hands and calling for an end to what they called a “vicious cycle of bloodshed”. It was an October evening in 2023 and they had travelled from villages, settlements and refugee camps around the region for a mass peace rally jointly organised by the Israeli movement Women Wage Peace and the Palestinian group Women of the Sun.Two of the organisers were friends: Yael Admi, 66, an Israeli mother of six, and Reem al-Hajajreh, 43, a Palestinian mother of four. The women had hoped their message would cut through decades of violence and mistrust. But three days later, Hamas launched its deadly attack on southern Israel, killing 1,200 people, followed swiftly by what turned into a genocidal war by Israe...

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1 week ago The huge Welsh rugby meeting being held in days and what's at stake

The first WRU board meeting of the year in January is imminent with a lot still to be decided on

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1 week ago Fears for heartbroken Dolly Parton as friends left 'very worried' by behaviour

Dolly Parton's husband Carl Dean died at the age of 82 on March 3 of this year which the singer said left a "hole in my heart"

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1 week ago A Manchester United legend and a current player have noticed the same thing about Senne Lammens

Senne Lammens kept his second clean sheet for Man Utd on Boxing Day as Ruben Amorim's side held on to beat Newcastle United 1-0 at Old Trafford.

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2 w. ago Jack Black reveals ‘soul sucking’ job he held for just one day before becoming an actor

Black stars in the new ‘Anaconda’ film alongside Paul Rudd

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2 w. ago Man, 20, fights for his life after Christmas Day shooting in Sheffield

The man was shot in the chest shortly before 11:30pm on Thursday and emergency crews were called to Wilfred Drive, in the Darnall area of Sheffield, to take the victim to hospital.

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2 w. ago I held out for Boxing Day sales and found 'walking on cloud' Ugg boots for £48

"Love Ugg, these boots are so comfortable. They are like walking on clouds"

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2 w. ago Radu Lupu: The Unreleased Recordings album review – treasures from the vaults are a wonderful surprise

(Decca, six CDs)This six-disc collection to mark the late pianist’s 80th birthday is full of treats and includes rare ventures into Chopin and Copland, along with Lupu’s legendary rendition of Bartók at Leeds in 1969First, a personal declaration. Of the many hundreds of pianists I must have heard in more than 50 years of recital going, a multitude that has included many of the greatest names of the 20th century, none gave me more consistent pleasure or a greater sense of wonder than Radu Lupu. If ever a pianist’s appearance, especially in his later years, belied the character of his playing it was Lupu: that the intensely serious, heavily bearded figure who hunched over the keyboard in a way more appropriate to a seance than a recital could produce playing of such velvety tonal beauty was extraordinary enough; that such a beguiling sound world was allied to a mind of such penetrating musical intelligence sometimes seemed miraculous.Lupu died in 2022, at the age of 76. He had retired...

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2 w. ago Christmas Day parkrun: Full list of locations staging 5k event on December 25th

Christmas Day parkrun will be held at locations throughout the UK on Thursday

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2 w. ago Inside the Royal Family's Christmas church service at Sandringham and how you can attend

In keeping with tradition, the Royal Family will attend the annual Christmas church service at St Mary Magdalene Church, where hundreds of royal fans will flock to catch a glimpse of the family in their festive best

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