6 h. ago ‘Friends, not foes’ needed to help fix broken NHS, Streeting tells BMA

The Health Secretary was speaking at a special meeting of the organisation.

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8 d. ago Coronation Street legend Amanda Barrie to 'tell everything' in memoir on her 'secret life'

The Alma Haliwell actress felt she had to keep part of her adult life a secret after she feared she'd lose her job

Politics

8 d. ago Coronation Street Lisa Swain's' telling' comment leaves fans 'terrified' amid 'death' fear

The rollercoaster that is the detective sergeant's life never seems to stop in the ITV soap

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1 week ago Downing Street tells Met to focus on 'serious' crime in veiled swipe after force arrests Graham Linehan over 'anti

The Irish comedy writer, whose successful career was derailed by his 'anti-trans' views, says he was treated like a 'terrorist' before being quizzed by police over 'three tweets' he posted in April.

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1 week ago Coronation Street star 'reveals' Betsy's fate in crash horror with telling comment

Coronation Street's Betsy Swain actress Sydney Martin has teased the fate of her character, as the teen is involved in a scary crash twist next week on the ITV soap

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1 week ago ‘Beware of 419!’: how a playwright delved into Nigerian scams – and what it taught him about money

When Inua Ellams, writer of Barber Shop Chronicles, went to Lagos, he became aware of how much fraud suffused the city – so he decided to tell the story of its consInua Ellams was walking through the streets of Lagos, the bustling former capital of Nigeria, when he began noticing a recurring phrase, spray-painted on to the sides of homes. “This house is not for sale,” it read. “Beware of 419.”The number refers to section four, chapter 19 of the Nigerian criminal code, which specifically deals with fraud – obtaining goods or property by false pretences – and the warnings were painted on houses to deter conmen who would access empty properties and sell them without the owner’s consent. Now the criminal code reference has become a catch-all term for Nigerian cons and illicit financial activity. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Revealed: How an Albanian killer who gunned down a mother with an AK

Edmond Kallmi, 50, lowered an imitation firearm at the woman on a street in the small Welsh mining town of Ferndale, before telling her: 'How's about I f****** shoot you, you b****?'.

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2 w. ago 'Purple Aki'll get ya!' The sinister and DEADLY truth behind the playground rumours about notorious bodybuilding bogeyman who roamed northern streets grabbing teen boys' muscles

In the 1980s rumours and bogeyman-like tales swirled the Merseyside streets, with parents telling children to come inside before dark or 'Purple Aki would get them'.

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3 w. ago ‘What do you earn?’ How Instagram and TikTok influencers sent a taboo question viral

New wave of content creators say they hope to increase pay transparency by questioning people in the streetWould you be prepared to tell a stranger how much you earn and let them broadcast it all over the internet?For better or worse, it used to be the case that pretty much the only people who knew your salary were you, your boss and probably HM Revenue & Customs. Continue reading...

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