2 h. ago My terminally ill brother was forced to eat Wendy's off a STOOL because the fast food spot didn't have available seating... it's his favourite but we can't go back

Stage 4 cancer patient Bailey Merritt, 13, was taken to Wendy's in Camden by his brother Carl, 29, after finishing radiotherapy at a London hospital.

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2 h. ago Carlos Alcaraz beats the heat in epic comeback against Munar at Queen’s Club

Top seed into quarter-finals with 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-5 winAlcaraz victory longest match at Queen’s in 34 yearsOn a day of hot heads and high emotion, Carlos Alcaraz proved once again to be a master of escapology in the longest match at Queen’s Club for 34 years. With temperatures hovering over 30C on Andy Murray Arena, the Spaniard was 4-2 down in the final set, having lost four games in a row. To add to his sense of peril and woe, his serve was also misfiring and he had just hit his 50th unforced error. Yet he found a way – just as he had during the French Open final earlier this month.A few minutes – and a series of inspired winners – later Alcaraz was shaking hands with his compatriot Jaume Munar having won 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-5 in an epic that lasted a little under three hours and 30 minutes. It was the longest match at Queen’s Club since MaliVai Washington faced Mark Keil in 1991, with the second set alone taking an hour and 42 minutes. As Alcaraz pithily wrote on the BBC TV courtside...

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3 h. ago Tidy homes probe reveals names of lasses and fellas you should hook up with

Poll into the nation’s cleaning habits also found 49% clean their abode at least once a week, while 7% go a whole month without cleaning as some Brits spend 11 hours per week cleaning

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3 h. ago From Beersheba to Babylon: Netanyahu casts himself as liberator of Iran

Speaking at a hospital hit by an Iranian missile, the Israeli prime minister invoked ancient Persia as he hinted at a historic missionIt was in the Beersheba, about a thousand kilometers and 2,500 years from Babylon, that Benjamin Netanyahu suggested on Thursday that the time had come for the Jews to repay their ancient debt to Cyrus the Great and bring liberation to Iran.The Israeli prime minister had just made a tour of Beersheba’s Soroka hospital which a few hours earlier had sustained a direct hit from an Iranian ballistic missile on one of its buildings. It was for that reason the scene of an escape which was already being dubbed miraculous by Israel’s leaders. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Israel’s attack has exposed Iran’s lack of firepower – but conflict could yet turn in Tehran’s favour

Iran has struggled to respond effectively after Israel killed many of its top military commandersIt is a week since Israel began its largest attack ever on Iran, and in conventional military terms it is clear that Tehran is under extreme pressure. Israel has been able to achieve superiority over Iran’s skies at extraordinary speed, within hours of launching its surprise assault. Its military claimed on Monday to have knocked out 120 Iranian air defence systems through a mixture of air and drone strikes, about a third of Tehran’s pre-war total.In response, Iran’s most effective weapon has been its stock of high-speed ballistic missiles, estimated at about 2,000 by Israel’s Defence Force (IDF) at the outset of hostilities last week. But the heavy targeting by Israel of launch sites in western Iran, in underground bases such as at Kermanshah – coupled with Israel’s grimly effective targeted killing of Iran’s top military commanders – have left Iran struggling to respond militarily and ...

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3 h. ago Duhan van der Merwe hits back at ‘SpringJock’ jibes: ‘I know how hard I’ve worked to get here’

Flying winger brushes off allegiance jibes and cannot wait for Australia after a testing Lions tour in 2021Duhan van der Merwe does not want to shake hands. It is not that the hulking Scotland winger is being rude – he is polite to a fault – but after a gruelling gym session the British & Irish Lion has blisters as big as golf balls. A fist bump – a touch daunting given the size of his biceps – must suffice.Van der Merwe’s war wounds are the first indication that public perception about him can be misleading and there are many to follow in the ensuing half-hour. From an impassioned response to accusations he is a “SpringJock”, to discussing why he runs roughshod over England once a year, Van der Merwe is illuminating company. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Toddler chokes to death on cherry as dad says seven heartbreaking words

Viviana Maria Barel, two, was eating with her two sisters when she choked on a cherry at her family home.

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4 h. ago Florida man’s fateful decision to hide under truck from storm has tragic consequences

Daniel Hodge was under the trailer for an hour before the driver returned and moved the vehicle

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5 h. ago Watch: Kate Lawler suffers nasty injury falling over hammock on live TV

Watch the moment This Morning presenter Kate Lawler injured herself falling over a hammock on live TV - forcing her to seek treatment hours later.

Society

5 h. ago Netanyahu stuns Israelis by describing ‘personal cost’ of postponing son’s wedding

Israeli prime minister prompts furious backlash for remarks in front of missile-struck hospital at height of Iran conflict Middle East crisis – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu has evoked the spirit of London during the blitz, and pointed to his own family’s sacrifice amid the blood, toil, tears and sweat of his nation: the second postponement of his son’s wedding.The Israeli prime minister’s remarks, solemnly delivered to the cameras against the backdrop of a missile-struck hospital building in the southern city of Be’er Sheva, set off a howl of derision that echoed around the Hebrew-language internet, at the height of a war that Netanyahu unleashed on Friday. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Netanyahu stuns Israelis by describing ‘personal cost’ of Iran war

Israeli prime minister prompts furious backlash for remarks in front of missile-struck hospital at height of Iran conflict Middle East crisis – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu has evoked the spirit of London during the blitz, and pointed to his own family’s sacrifice amid the blood, toil, tears and sweat of his nation: the second postponement of his son’s wedding.The Israeli prime minister’s remarks, solemnly delivered to the cameras against the backdrop of a missile-struck hospital building in the southern city of Be’er Sheva, set off a howl of derision that echoed around the Hebrew-language internet, at the height of a war that Netanyahu unleashed on Friday. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Scots biker fury after discovering stolen motorcycle 'torched within hours'

Graeme Kay woke up to find an angle grinder had been used to cut through a chain to steal his bike.

Sport

7 h. ago Assisted dying vote on a knife edge with just hours to go before crunch vote

New polling shows major fears about the impact of legalised assisted dying on those with learning disabilities

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7 h. ago PE teacher aces testing London Marathon to raise nearly £3k for St Andrew's Hospice

Andrew Kennedy, 26, defied an injury suffered a few weeks before the event to complete the race in an impressive three hours, one minute and 15 seconds - and raise £2900 for the Airdrie charity.

Economics

7 h. ago Monty Python legend, 82, rushed to hospital after 'I should not be alive' confession

Eric Idle, star of the legendary Monty Python comedy troupe, says he was taken to hospital twice in the space of just 72 hours in a nasty and unexpected health scare

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7 h. ago Shoppers say 'people ask if I've been away' after using this 'very effective' tan accelerator

Enjoy a bronze glow this summer without needing to spend hours in the sun, as this tan accelerator helps get a 'fabulous, natural-looking tan' in a fraction of the time

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8 h. ago 'I saw Conor McGregor nightclub 'punch'... this is what happened next'

The former dual-weight UFC champion is alleged to have thrown two punches inside an Ibiza nightclub - just hours after partying with several big stars

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9 h. ago Terrifying cause of private jet crash that killed beloved former rock star and music producer revealed

The Cessna 550 Citation plummeted into San Diego's Murphy Canyon neighborhood in the early hours of May 22 as it made its final approach for Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport.

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9 h. ago Kylian Mbappe rushed to hospital as Real Madrid issue statement in Club World Cup turmoil

Kylian Mbappe has been hospitalised with illness just hours after Real Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw by Al Hilal in their Club World Cup opener

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9 h. ago Boyfriend of woman who died asked driver to stop speeding car, inquest hears

Kitchen designer Lillie Clack, 21, was fatally injured and died days after the crash in the early hours of December 25 2021.

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