35 m. ago Bezalel Smotrich approves 3,000 new housing units in controversial West Bank settlement, reports say – Middle East crisis live

Israel’s far-right finance minister approves tenders for housing which international community says would split West Bank in half, reports Times of IsraelThe health ministry in Gaza has just issued a statement, saying four more people have died from famine and malnutrition in the past 24 hours.This brings the total to 239 since the start of the war, including 106 children, according to the health ministry. Continue reading...

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46 m. ago Tulisa's bombshell claims: Singer details battle with addiction, suicide attempts and her heartbreaking response to sex tape scandal

The singer, 37, vowed to be 'brutally honest' in the tome, titled Judgement: Love, Trials and Tribulations, and has stayed true to her word.

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51 m. ago Roy Keane's shock reaction to Premier League star and daughter dating as she announces pregnancy

Roy Keane showed a surprising soft side to his personality when discussing his daughter Leah's relationship with England international Taylor Harwood-Bellis - and now the couple are expecting

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60 m. ago ‘We are obsessed with weight’: Bob Harper on life as a trainer on The Biggest Loser

As a new Netflix documentary looks back at the hugely successful – and highly controversial – TV weight-loss competition, its longest-serving trainer tells allIn Netflix’s new documentary about The Biggest Loser, Joelle Gwynn, a contestant on the televised weight-loss competition, has a message for her former fitness trainer: ‘Fuck you, Bob Harper.’ Gwynn was a contestant on the US show in 2008, and she has just watched a clip of Harper screaming at her to “shut the fuck up” after she failed to run on a treadmill for the specified time. “Oh, and your little dog too,” she adds.The Biggest Loser was a phenomenally successful TV show. It ran for 18 seasons in the US, attracting more than 10 million viewers in its prime and spawning more than 30 international versions, including a UK iteration presented in 2012 by Davina McCall. Continue reading...

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67 m. ago Inside the Beckham 'feud', as Brooklyn reportedly ditches friends as well as family

As the Beckham feud reaches new heights, we explore the growing rift in England’s unofficial second royal family

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77 m. ago BBC Breakfast viewers baffled and slam 'there's no need' after unusual moment in live broadcast

BBC Breakfast viewers were left scratching their heads as they watched business correspondent Ben Boulos report live from a wind farm in North Lincolnshire.

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81 m. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing star reveals 'hard' health issue he faced on show

Ore Oduba won the famous Glitterball Trophy in 2016 when he partnered with Joanna Clifton, but he was reportedly battling a health issue while starring on Strictly Come Dancing

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1 hour ago Teenager wins university place after poolside chat led to life

Former competitive swimmer-turned rower, Felix Merritt, 18, gained a 110% bursary to attend Millfield School in Somerset.

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1 hour ago Loose Woman star Nadia Sawalha reveals ‘horrendous’ health battle stealing ‘joy of life’

‘I will just obsess,’ chat show panel member said

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2 h. ago Princess Anne’s savage response to RAF pilot’s simple question after flight

A former royal chef, Darren McGrady, who worked for Queen Elizabeth II, shared a story about the "fantastic" Princess Royal ahead of her 75th birthday this Friday

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2 h. ago 'We live in an ordinary terraced house that looks like a royal palace inside — we decorated it ourselves'

Royston Jones and Fiona Gray have spent 27 years transforming their traditional end-of-terrace house into a stately home.

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2 h. ago Woman left dad decaying in chair before he was found covered in poo and maggots

Pamela Reynolds' dad was found covered in faeces and maggots when officers located him in a Florida home, according to a horrifying details in a recently-filed police report

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2 h. ago NGOs call for end to Israel’s ‘weaponisation’ of aid – Middle East crisis live

More than 100 international NGOs sign letter saying more than 60 requests to bring in food, water and items for shelter were denied by authorities in July aloneThe UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has just issued a warning on X, saying that soaring temperatures in Gaza are now above 40°C, making an already dire humanitarian situation “far worse”.“With very limited water available, dehydration is increasing,” the agency said in a post on X. It added that bombardments and forced displacement continue, while limited electricity and fuel mean there is “no relief from the extreme heat”.Approval of construction plans in E1 buries the idea of a Palestinian state and continues the many steps we are taking on the ground as part of the de facto sovereignty plan that we began implementing with the establishment of the government.After decades of international pressure and freezes, we are breaking conventions and connecting Ma’ale Adumim to Jerusalem. This is Zionism at its best – bui...

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2 h. ago King and Queen to honour veterans on 80th anniversary of VJ Day

Royal British Legion (RBL) guests of honour at a service of remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum on Friday include 33 veterans aged from 96 to 105 who served in the Far East and Pacific.

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3 h. ago Veteran says horrors of war ‘should never be forgotten’ on anniversary of VJ Day

Albert Lamond took part in D-Day in 1944 as an 18-year-old seaman, a year after joining the Royal Navy, and also served in the Pacific in the lead up to VJ Day on August 15, 1945

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3 h. ago Veteran, 100, witnessed official ceremony marking Japan’s surrender

Reg Draper was a stores assistant on Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York, which was sailing off the coast of Japan in August 1945 when the country surrendered.

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3 h. ago Royals' 'biggest concern' over Harry and Meghan's announcement

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle recently announced they are extending their lucrative deal with Netflix, and a former royal servant has shared what the royals are worried about

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3 h. ago Should Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice take on more royal duties? Have your say in the Palace Confidential poll

You've read the headlines and heard our experts' opinions - but what do YOU think?

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3 h. ago Princess Anne's unusual birthday 'rule' revealed as she sends five

Tomorrow is Princess Anne 's 75th birthday but the Windsors might not need to bring out the cake and balloons to mark the occasion.

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3 h. ago 'Comrade Princess': Which 'appallingly behaved' Royal won over a Communist dictator with her drunken antics?

While Margaret's dry wit and well documented love of alcohol could prove too much for some hosts, she also possessed a remarkable ability to charm the most powerful figures of her era.

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