35 h. ago Boy, 17, is arrested on suspicion of arson after woman, 75, dies in house fire

Emergency services rushed to Henllys Way in St Dials, Cwmbran, Torfaen at around 8.40pm on Saturday.

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41 h. ago David Harewood returns to Othello: ‘I don’t just want to open the door but kick it down for the people behind me’

He first played Othello in 1997, when the role was still synonymous with white thespians ‘blacking up’. Now, nearly three decades on, he, Chiwetel Ejiofor and other Black actors discuss how best to tackle Shakespeare’s formidable tragedy“I had no intention of playing this character again. But as soon as the light went on, the house caught fire – and it’s been burning ever since.” David Harewood is talking about Othello, ahead of a new production from the Tony award-winning director Tom Morris that opens in London’s West End on 23 October. The production, which also features Toby Jones as Iago and Caitlin Fitzgerald as Desdemona, sees Harewood return to the role almost 30 years after his landmark performance at the National Theatre.When he took on Othello in 1997, it was the second time he’d done so in his then-short career. The first was at the Swan theatre in Worcester six years earlier – an opportunity for him to familiarise himself with a text he’d certainly revisit in the future...

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4 d. ago Rescue shed housing 26 sick hedgehogs in Fife caught fire after trees set alight by youths

The charity was set up in 2012 and rescues sick and injured hedgehogs.

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4 d. ago Experts alert against 'extremely unsafe' heating hack that could cause house fires

As the Ofgem price cap is set to rise to £1,755 from October, many households are looking for ways to cut costs - but one cheap heating hack could end in disaster

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4 d. ago Firefighter issues warning for all UK households using money

A fire and rescue service issued a winter warning for homeowners who use the popular electrical device

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5 d. ago Cat Deeley fights back tears as mother recounts how her ex burned both of their sons alive after campaign of abuse

Claire Throssell lost her two sons Jack, 12 and Paul, nine, in October 2014 after her ex Darren Sykes, who she was with for 16 years, lured them into his attic and set the house on fire.

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6 d. ago Suspect in killing of elderly NYC couple also tried to drain their bank accounts, prosecutors say

Prosecutors say the New York City man charged with killing an elderly couple and then setting their house on fire during a horrific home invasion last month had also attempted to drain their bank accounts before using their credit cards to go on a shopping spree in Manhattan

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7 d. ago Boy, 12, who saved family from house fire, is left fatherless in bomb factory blast that killed 16

The devastating explosion at a Tennessee bomb factory blast has taken the life of a father-of-seven whose son Tristan, then 9, bravely saved his family from an electrical fire that engulfed their home.

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7 d. ago Hero boy, 12, who saved family from horrific house fire, is left fatherless as dad is one of 16 killed in Tennessee bomb factory blast

The devastating explosion at a Tennessee bomb factory blast has taken the life of a father-of-seven whose son Tristan, then 9, bravely saved his family from an electrical fire that engulfed their home.

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9 d. ago Perfume Genius: ‘I really like body hair! I like a bush. I didn’t even notice Jimmy Fallon censored mine’

The singer on looking like Amelia Earhart, the time he set his mother’s house on fire and his beef with the Octopus Teacher guyEveryone was talking about your pubic hair after it was censored on The Tonight Show. Should we all be showing more or less bush?More! I really like body hair. I like a bush. I like the whole deal. I’m sure if I didn’t have a bush, they wouldn’t have censored it. Do you know what I mean? The body hair itself, that is too scandalous. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Mum mysteriously vanishes after house fire and family fears 'something bigger' happened

Firefighters were called to Britney Gard's home to put out a small fire - but when they arrived, they found no one home, despite the 46-year-old's car and purse still being there

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1 week ago White House says it will fire more than 4,000 federal workers as government shutdown drags on

White House says more than 4,000 federal workers will be affected

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1 week ago Couple hit with £350K legal bill after dodgy DIY wiring to shed freezer sparked fire that destroyed their home and also burnt their neighbour's house down

A judge has deemed Turney and Sue Logan liable for the blaze affecting them and neighbour Christopher Stanley-Smith in Calder Vale, near Preston.

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1 week ago Vinicius Junior's home catches fire while Real Madrid star is away on Brazil duty

Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior's home in the Spanish capital caught fire on Thursday following a fault with his basement sauna while the Brazil forward was out of the country

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1 week ago Salford shooting gunman who peppered home with bullets 'may have attacked wrong property'

At least seven shots were fired into a house in Lissadel Street

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1 week ago Man accused of killing young mum and three kids in house fire dies of heart attack awaiting trial

Mohammed Shabir, 45, was taken ill at HMP Leeds, where he was being held on remand, due to stand trial in connection with the deaths of Bryonie Gawith, 29, and her three children last August

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1 week ago The dog did it! Pup blamed for starting house fire by igniting oven when jumping up to get food

No one was injured in a Pittsburgh house fire

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1 week ago A judge’s $1.5M beachfront home burned to the ground. This is what we have learned

Judge Diane Goodstein, 69, was walking her dogs on the beach when the fire broke out

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1 week ago Woman started fire at ex's house then called him about blaze that destroyed home

Stacey Hinks, 34, started a fire which destroyed three properties and left her ex with only the clothes on his back. Hinks has now been jailed for four years and ten months.

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1 week ago Where Mick and Mairead Philpott are now after killing six children in house fire

Mick and Mairead Philpott were jailed for killing their six children in a house fire in Derby in 2011 - and their co-conspirator Paul Mosley has now died in prison.

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