6 h. ago Four young kids die in horror house fire after mum 'leaves them unsupervised at home'

The four girls' mum Reagan Powers, 28, has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of involuntary manslaughter, while the children's dad said his heart was "shattered" beyond words

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7 h. ago Kylie Jenner furiously hits out at Khloe Kardashian after prank turns sour

Kylie Jenner showed the extent her sister Khloe Kardashian and her kids went through as she revealed 'prank wars have started' after a sleepover at mum Kris Jenner's house

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17 h. ago Voices: Could banning the Bank of Mum and Dad unlock the housing market?

A new mortgage for first-time buyers with a deposit that hasn’t been handed to them on a plate will do more than just help young people get on to the property ladder, says James Moore

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19 h. ago Girl, 12, is now 'shadow of herself' after horror Asda car park kidnap and rape

She was then given drugs including crystal meth and amphetamine, and repeatedly raped and subjected to sexual acts by the men who 'used, abused, and discarded like trash,' a court heard

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3 d. ago Murder gang jailed for 81 years after stabbing man in the heart as he sat in car

Tony Ferns was sitting in the vehicle near his mum's house when he was set upon in 2019.

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4 d. ago Son throws himself out of window to save 'screaming' mum as 'ex torches house'

A neighbour's Ring camera shows ex-boyfriend Shawn Fails allegedly setting the fire outside the home of Stephanie Wiley before running away

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4 d. ago Fuming mum ordered to remove 4ft gorilla statue attached to her house by council

Adele Teale, 58, erected the 4kg resin figure outside her two bedroom terraced home last year and it instantly became a popular feature with locals - but then she received a letter

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9 d. ago Lisbon tram horror leaves 15 dead as kids pulled from wreckage

Terrified passengers were left "covered in blood" after the funicular smashed into a building in Portugal’s capital.

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1 week ago Dad blocked from moving into late mum's house where he grew up for one reason

Scott Alexander and wife Katie are appealing a council decision after they were refused a transfer to his late mother's home in Sutton Coldfield after her death in May

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2 w. ago Big Brother star Marcus Akin begs fans for £3,500 as he reveals he's spending all his money on 'private medical care'

The former reality star, 51, who appeared for 13 weeks on the tenth series, previously worked as a window fitter and lived with his mum before entering the infamous Big Brother house.

Economics

2 w. ago Minneapolis school shooting updates: FBI investigating attack as domestic terrorism and hate crime against Catholics

FBI director Kash Patel makes statement but local police chief refuses to be drawn on motive of attacker who killed two children at church schoolMinneapolis Catholic school shooting: two children killedShock and horror after shooting: ‘Kids should not be fearing for their lives’Today’s incident marks the fourth deadly shooting in 24 hours in Minneapolis.Over the course of Tuesday into Wednesday, three people were shot and killed in three separate shootings.The level of gun violence across the city within the last day is deeply unsettling. Across three separate multiple-victim shootings, eight people have been injured by gunfire and three have lost their lives. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Scots mum reunited with childhood painting after 90s picture found in house renovation

“My kids think it’s brilliant, and we can’t believe the condition of it. It’s obviously better than keeping it on the fridge!”

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3 w. ago Emily Long: Toddler found 'wandering around house' near bodies after mum shot entire family

Warning: Distressing content. Emily Long fatally shot her terminally ill husband Ryan, 48, and two of their children, Parker, 8, and Ryan, 6, before turning the gun on herself in a murder-suicide at their home

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3 w. ago Terence Stamp remembered by Priscilla director Stephan Elliott: ‘Those eyes turned everybody to jelly’

The Australian director reflects on his 32-year friendship with Stamp, who was initially ‘absolutely terrified’ to play a trans woman – and their work on the Priscilla sequelTerence Stamp, face of 60s British cinema, dies at 87Stamp was the mesmerising dark prince of British cinemaTerence Stamp: a life in picturesI first saw Terence in The Collector (1965) when I was a kid. It struck in my head as the ultimate horror film – it terrified the daylights out of me. Terence’s greatest beauties were his eyes – in some of the early films you don’t see it, but in person, when they were shining, he could hold a room. He’d sit there and say, “Watch this, I’m going to stop a restaurant.” And he could do it. I saw him do it! It was extraordinary. He once told me that he used to have real fun on Superman when he was bored, stuck on top of the ice castle. “I’d just stare down until everyone went quiet,” he said.We tried many actors when casting Bernadette in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of ...

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3 w. ago Tom Grennan looks back: ‘After being beaten up, I went from thinking I was loved to feeling hated’

The singer-songwriter on the rock’n’roll lifestyle, his happy childhood, and the fateful night out in Bedford that changed his life for everBorn in 1995 in Bedford, Tom Grennan found fame as a guest vocalist on Chase & Status’s 2016 track All Goes Wrong, which led to his inclusion on the BBC Sound of 2017 list. Known for his blend of soul, pop and indie rock, he released his debut album, Lighting Matches, in 2018 and has since had more than 1.5m album sales and 2.5bn streams. His new album, Everywhere I Went Led Me to Where I Didn’t Want to Be, is out now. He tours from September.This was taken in my mum and dad’s first house in Bedford. It must have been Halloween but I’m not sure what kind of monster wears socks on his hands or a Tom and Jerry T-shirt. I look very happy but boisterous, too – that graze on my face was probably because I’d fallen off my bike. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Mum 'crammed into small house with six kids' reaches breaking point

Ewelina Ciuruk, 35, has three children of her own but took in her sister's three kids from Poland after her husband of 17 years returned to their homeland, leaving her at breaking point

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4 w. ago Mum raising six kids in 'crammed' council house 'at breaking point'

Ewelina Ciuruk, 35, has three kids of her own and has taken in her sister's three children.

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