25 m. ago Inside Gary Lineker's first marriage to sweetheart Michelle Cockayne, which saw them hit by shock heartache and rumours of cheating

As Gary and ex Michelle posed with their four sons at second-eldest son Harry's wedding in Ibiza, it was a photo that hid well the pain of their own marriage breakdown.

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29 m. ago Ibrahima Seck death sees three teens in court charged with murder of boy, 14

Ibrahima died in hospital after he was attacked on Sunday as he was on his way to play football with his brother and friends, magistrates in Manchester heard

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48 m. ago Genius Game final: what time is it on TV and what to expect from David Tennant show?

Genius Game is set to air its final on ITV - who will win? 👀

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57 m. ago Titan The OceanGate Disaster on Netflix: Who died in the submersible implosion?

The incident made headlines around the world in the summer of 2023

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81 m. ago Magdalena, Woman of Joy review – sex, sin and saintliness with a tour de force host

Playhouse East, LondonLily Sinko rages, writhes, provokes and teases her way through the horrifying life story of her storyteller with cartoonish abandonMagdalena appears from the dark, perched on a bar stool, cigarettes and liquor by her side, an array of hanging lamps casting a sultry glow. Her first words set the tone – “You want to fuck me,” she says – and lead us into an uncompromising introduction, littered with sex, violence and sideways jokes.She is the creation of French-English actor and writer Lily Sinko, and as her character’s name suggests, we’re hurled through a life of saintliness and sin, despair and redemption, as Magdalena does the best with the hand she’s dealt. We travel to her childhood in Marseille with a hostile “Papa”, an airport abduction that sees her deposited at the Virgin Mary School for Bad Bad Girls (Cash Only), and a wild escape through the streets of France, finding fleeting refuge in a cathedral.At Playhouse East, London, until 28 June Continue read...

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95 m. ago Moray crash: Two woman dead after crash on Scottish road as Police Scotland investigate

"Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the two women who died.”

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1 hour ago Lionel Messi confronts James Rodriguez in tense exchange during Argentina vs Colombia

Messi and Rodriguez engaged in a war of words reportedly over recent comments on the 2024 Copa America final

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1 hour ago Race Across The World star Sam Gardiner's cause of death revealed

Race Across The World's Sam Gardiner died in May after a horror car crash. The cause of death has recently been revealed

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1 hour ago Sharon Osbourne AXES huge rock band from husband Ozzy's final Black Sabbath gig line

The legendary metal band will be taking to the stage for the first time in two decades for their last ever performance.

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1 hour ago Michael O’Neill: Northern Ireland feeling positive ahead of World Cup qualifiers

O’Neill saw his side beat Iceland with 10 men in their final friendly.

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1 hour ago Scotland's 'child of courage' tragically dies after receiving lung transplant

Zac Gunn tragically passed away on Monday, June 9, surrounded by his family.

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2 h. ago Ed Sheeran sparks backlash from fans after revealing he 'identifies culturally as Irish' despite being born and raised in England and describes Ireland as his 'second home'

While the singer-songwriter, 34, was brought up in Suffolk, his father John hails from Belfast , meaning he spent much of his childhood in Ireland.

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2 h. ago South Africa v Australia: World Test Championship final cricket, day one – live

Updates from the first day of the WTC decider at Lord’sPlay starts 10.30am BST / 7.30pm AEST / 11.30am SASTSign up to The Spin newsletter | And email MartinSimon Reader has been in touch with a reminder that South Africa are up against it at Lord’s though perhaps found an early win with the toss falling their way.“By my count the Proteas are fielding three players who featured in Temba Bavuma’s last outing at Lords (2017)? That saw Rabada at his finest BMT at Lords is always a tough grasp with the Proteas already notorious for absence here, this is going to be a tough ask.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Government urged to ban ‘no ball games’ signs to beat childhood smartphone addiction

Urgent action needed to allow children to play outdoors and away from digital devices, says a report by Raising the Nation Play Commission inquiry

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2 h. ago Toddler's heartbreaking final days before 'being beaten to death by grandparents' with mum upstairs

Paramedics who attended to little Ethan Ives-Griffiths, who died at the age of just two years old, described how the emaciated toddler looked like a '90-year-old man', while experts have shed some light on his painful final days

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2 h. ago Race Across the World star Sam Gardiner's cause of death heard after devastating crash

Sam Gardiner died three days after the crash on the A34, an inquest opening has heard

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2 h. ago Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom

When a US firm saw the seaweed was making their shellfish the ‘biggest and best’ scientists realised they’d hit upon a natural way to combat ocean acidificationPhotographs by Greta RybusMore on this story: A drop in the ocean: does experimental technology hold the key to saving the world’s seas?On a glimmering May morning, Tom Briggs pilots a 45ft aluminium barge through the waters of Casco Bay for one of the final days of the annual kelp harvest. Motoring past Clapboard Island, he points to a floating wooden platform where mussels have been seeded alongside ribbons of edible seaweed.“This is our most productive mussel site,” says Briggs, the farm manager for Bangs Island Mussels, a Portland sea farm that grows, harvests and sells hundreds of thousands of pounds of shellfish and seaweed each year. “When we come here, we get the biggest, fastest-growing mussels with the thickest shells and the best quality. To my mind, unscientifically, it’s because of the kelp.”Zoe Benisek, oyster l...

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2 h. ago Man dies in 'unexplained' circumstances as police called to home

Police were called to Rhys Street in Tonypandy in the Rhondda in the early hours of Wednesday

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3 h. ago Mum wants everyone to see horror video of her setting herself on fire after drugs binge

EXCLUSIVE: Olivia Taylor set fire to the bed while she was lay in it after one of her drugs binges, but instead of helping her, her then partner decided to film it to show his mates

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3 h. ago Micky van de Ven gives honest verdict on Ange Postecoglou sacking

Postecoglou was sacked just 16 days after Tottenham’s triumph in the Europa League final

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