15 h. ago Major airline to face lawsuit over selling 'windowless' window seats

A major airline is facing a class action lawsuit for advertising a window seat without a window present for plane passengers - and charging them extra for it.

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36 h. ago 'Family told an outrageous lie to make me swap business class seat but it backfired'

Plane passenger seat disputes aren't unheard of, but when one traveller was asked to swap their business class seat for economy, they didn't move and people said they made the right decision

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3 d. ago Long Story Short: this Jewish family comedy from the creator of BoJack Horseman is painfully beautiful

A sweeping, hilarious family saga told in multiple timelines from the 50s to the present day. Yes, that’s right – it’s basically Bluey meets TolstoyLike schoolboys, my friend Charlie and I send each other coded messages. One of these is “Am back on the horse”, which means “Rewatching BoJack Horseman”, which means “Having a mental health crisis”. The recipient knows to go to the other’s house with Danish pastries and some grass to touch. That show changed my life. The Simpsons had redefined what a cartoon could be, Ren & Stimpy and South Park were transgressive thrill-rides. But Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s tale of a washed-up actor chasing redemption wasn’t just adult; it was profound.So I was worried, approaching the new animated series from that show’s creators. It’s not about celebrity. There are no talking dogs or porcupines, or underwater worlds. No Will Arnett. How could I watch without expectation? It feels unfair yet unavoidable to keep an artist’s previous work in mind. Isn’t...

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4 d. ago Dolphin on UK coast gets belly rubs from family but public now told 'stay away'

A dolphin has been spotted playing with families in the sea in Lyme Bay, Dorset – despite the adorable scenes the public have been warned not to approach any dolphins in the wild

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4 d. ago Warning issued after '40 youths' seen at Greater Manchester reservoir

One told their family they were at a 'hot tub party'

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5 d. ago Russell Grant's horoscopes as Virgo could uncover something interesting

Today's horoscope forAugust 14 sees one star sign will have a fantastic day for social, family and business communications, while another is told to offer strength and support to those around them.

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8 d. ago 'I know there is life after death, I've been there and seen the amber light'

Nicola, 32, was left in a coma and her family was told she may not make it through the night

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9 d. ago Brit mum's 'unimaginable' rabies death after holiday has life

The bravery of a family who told of their 'unimaginable loss' after a mum died of rabies has helped boost Brits having vaccines against the devastating disease

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1 week ago TALK OF THE TOWN: Becks may have splashed out on a lavish birthday dinner

I'm told that even though Becks hosted his family and friends at Core - a swanky Notting Hill restaurant where dinner costs £225 per person.

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1 week ago Snorting cocaine on the floor, cuckolding JFK Jr and the day Carolyn Bessette humiliated herself at Mar

'I want to have kids, but whenever I raise the subject with Carolyn, she turns away and refuses to have sex with me.'

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1 week ago Man left fighting for his life on holiday as family make desperate attempt to bring him home

The 47-year-old is in ICU with family told 'he's dying' by doctors

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1 week ago What the jury wasn't allowed to hear in the Erin Patterson trial: suspicions and mystery illnesses

Material and claims the jury in Australia’s mushroom lunch murder trial wasn’t allowed to hear can be reported after a suppression order was liftedFive key moments in the murder trial of Australia’s mushroom lunch cookErin Patterson’s hospital visit – and what the beef wellingtons really looked like: mushroom murder exhibits revealedSimon Patterson told his father, Don, and other family members that he suspected his estranged wife, Erin Patterson, had been trying to poison him before she invited his parents and his aunt and uncle to a fatal beef wellington lunch, according to evidence heard in a pre-trial hearing.One argument heard in court, but not able to be revealed to the jury in Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial, involved police suspicions that she might have previously used rat poison in an alleged attempt to kill Simon.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘I love scoring goals’: meet Shekiera Martinez, the striker taking WSL by storm

After 10 goals in 12 league games earned West Ham player a rising star award she talks dogs, sleep and her football dreamShekiera Martinez’s family were sceptical when she told them, aged eight, she wanted to start playing football. She was one of four girls and a boy in her family, growing up in Germany, and one of her older sisters had by then given up the game. “I wanted to start but when I told my mum, she firstly said: ‘No, you won’t play for long, you’ll be like your sister,’” Martinez recalls. “And so then I gave her a promise that I would play for longer than my sister.”Sixteen years later, the West Ham striker has certainly kept that promise. After progressing through her local boys’ team, playing for Eintracht Frankfurt for six years and thriving at youth level for Germany, Martinez most recently collected the Women’s Super League’s Rising Star award for the 2024-25 season after a breakthrough second half of the campaign in which she scored 10 times in 12 WSL games.This is...

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1 week ago Brit family's dream holiday turns to nightmare as they are told 'he's dying'

After their brother fell desperately ill, a family were told their travel insurance was void and they'd have to front the staggering cost of the treatment and extra accommodation

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2 w. ago Surgeon's warning after influencer with 50 inch BBL brags about flying first class only as she can't fit her curves into economy seats

Experts have long warned of the dangers of BBLs, which can prove fatal, including ruptured blood vessels and serious skin infections.

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2 w. ago 'Traumatised' family stranded at Palma Airport after being told they can't board Jet2 flight

Megan Patrick says she won't go on holiday again after the chaos at 'cattle market' Palma Airport left her young family waiting 15 hours for a flight home from Majorca

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2 w. ago Life expectancy of women in west Africa is 59. Those over 60 were asked

Women across west Africa have a life expectancy of 59. In a rare project, Sylvia Arthur set out to give voice to those who have lived beyond expectation, whose experiences have been largely overlookedAddra* insists that his aunt, Anyessi Dossou, does not have a story to tell. “She’s just an old woman who’s never left the village,” he says, as he guides us along dirt tracks in fading light to her home in Avlo, Benin.When Dossou, in her early 80s, emerges from her room in the compound house she shares with generations of her extended family, the conversation begins hesitantly. “I told you,” Addra says. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Well, no, you don’t have to have children’: what African women over the age of 60 have learned about life

Women across west Africa have a life expectancy of 59. In a rare project, Sylvia Arthur set out to give voice to those who have lived beyond expectation, whose experiences have been largely overlookedAddra* insists that his aunt, Anyessi Dossou, does not have a story to tell. “She’s just an old woman who’s never left the village,” he says, as he guides us along dirt tracks in fading light to her home in Avlo, Benin.When Dossou, in her early 80s, emerges from her room in the compound house she shares with generations of her extended family, the conversation begins hesitantly. “I told you,” Addra says. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Family of Kenyan woman allegedly murdered by UK soldiers criticise defence secretary

Niece of Agnes Wanjiru says she thinks John Healey is ‘taking us for a ride’The niece of a Kenyan woman who was murdered more than a decade ago, allegedly by British soldiers, has said her family now believe the defence secretary “just made a promise for his political gain” when he met them in April.John Healey told the family of Agnes Wanjiru of his “determination to see a resolution” in the case of her murder, pledging the UK’s full support for the investigation. Continue reading...

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last month Ice secretly deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost green card

Family of Luis Leon say they were initially told by someone he had died, but they found him alive in Guatemala hospitalAn 82-year-old man in Pennsylvania was secretly deported to Guatemala after visiting an immigration office last month to replace his lost green card, according to his family, who have not heard from him since and were initially told he was dead.According to Morning Call, which first reported the story, long-time Allentown resident Luis Leon – who was granted political asylum in the US in 1987 after being tortured under the regime of the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet – lost his wallet containing the physical card that confirmed his legal residency. So he and wife booked an appointment to get it replaced. Continue reading...

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