46 m. ago Grandad left with horror injuries as rutting stag charges him on nature walk

WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES: Rod Savage, 67, was strolling with his friend through a nature spot in Cheshire when he was charged at by a stag - he suffered a 'knife-like wound' and two broken ribs

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58 m. ago British tourist, 28, is stabbed to death 'by friend who then tried to drag body down hallway' at holiday apartment in Budapest

Police responded to a report that a British man had been stabbed in Erzsébetváros, the party district of the Hungarian capital, at 4:13 a.m. yesterday morning.

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94 m. ago The play that changed my life: ‘Pinter’s Betrayal made me think: this is how I want to write’

In his reverse-chronology play about a married couple dealing with an affair, Harold Pinter asked the audience to find meaning in unspoken wordsI didn’t see Harold Pinter’s Betrayal on stage until after I’d read it. I’m pleased about that – it means I’d “seen” it for myself first. The play is about a married couple, Robert and Emma, and the affair that she has with his best friend, Jerry. It has a reverse chronology, starting in the present day when the affair is over and ending years earlier as it begins, and shows what each of them knows or doesn’t know over the course of that time. I immediately thought: this is how I want to write.I loved its spareness and economy. How taut the language was. Unspoken words filled the room, giving it energy and unpredictability and drama. It showed me how much you can leave for the actors to work out and play with. How much the words matter, but the silences, too. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Oprah Winfrey selects Elizabeth Gilbert's new memoir for her book club

Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick is Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir, “All the Way to the River.”

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1 hour ago Indian doctor under investigation after performing 21 emergency C

Doctor says handling multiple surgeries in a short period is not unusual in India’s busy public hospitals

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1 hour ago Macron played with fire by razing the political middle ground. Now France is burning | Jules Darmanin

He promised to break the mould, but with his hubristic disdain for left and right – and for voters – the president has entrenched instabilityIn his 2016 manifesto Revolution, the then-presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron, accused France’s “fossilised political apparatus” of dangerously paving the way for Marine Le Pen’s rise to power. “The political class and the media are a band of sleepwalkers who refuse to see what is coming their way,” he wrote, “so we see the same faces and we hear the same speeches.” He pledged to throw away the old playbook and gather behind him “progressive reformers who believe that the destiny of France is to embrace modernity.”The fresh face of pro-EU liberalism swept to power the following year on a promise of radical change to bring France into the 21st century.Jules Darmanin is a French journalist Continue reading...

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2 h. ago First man to swim around Great Britain adds another island nation to his unusual CV

‘He’s what happens when tough and crazy collide,’ says friend Chris Hemsworth.

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2 h. ago About 160 student suicides each year with male undergraduates ‘at greatest risk’

The findings have been published by the Office for National Statistics and are the first of their kind.

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2 h. ago Sandford Giving Tree launches Christmas Appeal to support local families in need

This community-led appeal has helped bring warmth and joy to hundreds of children and families who might otherwise go without during the festive season.

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2 h. ago Schoolgirl dies after being mauled to death by friend's pet dog

A teenage girl who was left fighting for life in hospital after being attacked by a friend’s dog has died from her horrific injuries

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2 h. ago British 'drug mule's cryptic reason' for Dubai trip before being locked up in hellhole jail

Mystery still surrounds a British law student’s reasons for travelling to Dubai despite her being jailed for life for allegedly being found with around £2,500 of Class A drugs

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3 h. ago Boy, 9, arrested after bringing loaded revolver onto school bus, cops say

Ocala Police Department said the juvenile was taken to the Department of Juvenile Justice following the incident

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3 h. ago Everything you need to host a Macmillan Coffee Morning at home

Celebrating its 35th year, Macmillan Coffee Mornings bring communities together

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3 h. ago Maddie McCann 'is buried in plot of land owned by prime suspect's friend', ex

Ex-pat Ken Ralphs believes Brückner tried to recruit a mutual friend to help snatch a youngster to sell to a childless couple but believes Madeleine may have been buried on the pal's land

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3 h. ago Leapmotor doubles its UK range with new B05 and B10 family hatch and SUV

Stellantis’ Chinese brand to bring more high-value models to rival VW ID.3 and ID.4

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3 h. ago Mystery donor offers £100k reward to help find student who vanished after house party

Jack O’Sullivan’s mother, Catherine, says the reward money – which comes from another parent who has been following the case – is a ‘total shock’

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3 h. ago Reward of £100,000 offered to find missing student who vanished in Bristol 18 months ago after leaving a party

Jack, who would now be 24, has not been since March 2 last year when he attended a house in Bristol with some friends, but never came home.

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3 h. ago Macron faces La Fin: Calls for president to follow PM and quit or be impeached as France spirals into crisis amid fears nationwide strikes will become 'day of insurrection'

Called 'Let's block everything', the general strike is expected to bring together some 100,000 people who will walk out of the office, boycott businesses, stage sit-ins and blockade streets.

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4 h. ago Jehnny Beth: ‘It took me years to understand my sexuality or even put a name on it’

Exclusive: French musician recalled how rejection from her schoolmates and the mother of a close friend left her with the feeling of being ‘dirty’

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4 h. ago Tiny UK village with gorgeous country park and name that makes people laugh

There are plenty of villages in the UK with unusual names, and they often come with a fascinating history to go along with their unique monikers.

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