15 h. ago Grimsby Town footballer and his father drowned in canal after Mercedes they were test driving 'flew off the road' and became submerged upside down in water, inquest hears

Grimsby Town youth team footballer Cameron Walsh, 16, and his father David, 40, had hired the car from a Mercedes dealership when it spun out of control in Tetney, near Grimsby, Lincs, last year

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17 h. ago Father and son drowned when Mercedes entered canal on test drive, inquest hears

David and Cameron Walsh died when a car entered a waterway near Grimsby in Lincolnshire.

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39 h. ago George Russell responds to Christian Horner as Mercedes staff forced to miss flights

George Russell made his thoughts clear on Christian Horner's appeal following the Mercedes driver's victory at the Canadian Grand Prix, where Red Bull had accused him of “unsportsmanlike behaviour”

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40 h. ago Toto Wolff hits out at ‘petty’ Red Bull protest at Russell’s Canadian GP win

‘They come up with weird clauses it’s just embarrassing’Red Bull accused Russell of erratic driving in MontrealThe Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, has called Red Bull’s protest “petty” and “embarrassing” after George Russell beat the reigning world champion, Max Verstappen, at Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix.Red Bull challenged Russell’s victory in Montreal for both driving erratically and committing unsportsmanlike conduct behind the safety car, a claim which was rejected by the stewards. It was the second time they had launched a protest against the Mercedes driver this season following a claim he had failed to slow sufficiently under yellow flags in Miami. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Wolff hits out at Red Bull protest after Russell’s Canadian GP win

‘They come up with weird clauses it’s just embarrassing’Red Bull accused Russell of erratic driving in MontrealThe Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, has called Red Bull’s protest “petty” and “embarrassing” after George Russell beat the reigning world champion, Max Verstappen, at Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix.Red Bull challenged Russell’s ­victory in Montreal for ­driving ­erratically and committing ­unsportsmanlike conduct behind the safety car, a claim rejected by the stewards. It was the second time they had launched a protest against the Mercedes driver this season after a claim he had failed to slow ­sufficiently under yellow flags in Miami. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Man, 80, gets stuck trying to drive down the Spanish Steps in Rome

Police say the man tested negative for alcohol but did not divulge whether or not he had been using a satnavAn 80-year-old man drove a car down the Spanish Steps in Rome early on Tuesday before getting stuck part way, municipal police said in a statement.The man tested negative for alcohol, police said. They did not identify the driver or say if the car, a Mercedes-Benz, was his. Nor did they say whether or not he had been using a satnav. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Man, 80, gets struck trying drive down the Spanish Steps in Rome

Police say the man tested negative for alcohol but did not divulge whether or not he had been using a satnavAn 80-year-old man drove a car down the Spanish Steps in Rome early on Tuesday before getting stuck part way down, municipal police said in a statement.The man tested negative for alcohol, police said. They did not identify the driver or say if the car, a Mercedes-Benz, was his. Nor did they say whether or not he had been using a satnav. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Brooklyn Beckham snubs dad David on Father's Day in cruel blow after family dispute

Brooklyn Beckham has failed to publicly acknowledge his father David Beckham on Father's Day, despite the former footballer penning a gushing tribute to his children

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3 d. ago McLaren play it cool after Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri collide

Briton forced out of Canadian GP with three laps leftGeorge Russell claims first win of season for MercedesMcLaren attempted to play down any acrimony between its drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri after they collided at the Canadian GP, which saw the Briton crash out, as George Russell claimed a decisive victory for Mercedes after starting on pole.Norris’s failure to finish, crashing out from fifth place with three laps left, means that the Australian, who finished fourth, increases his championship lead over his teammate to 22 points. Russell now sits in fourth in the standings, 62 points off Piastri. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Norris collides with Piastri as Russell wins from pole at Canadian F1 GP

Driver accepts clash with Piastri was ‘stupid from me’Antonelli claims first podium behind VerstappenGeorge Russell scored the first race victory of 2025 for both himself and Mercedes with a fine drive to win the Canadian Grand Prix.The catalyst was a superb sixth career pole position which Russell described as “probably the most exhilarating lap I’ve ever done in my life because around this circuit you’ve got to be so committed”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Brooklyn Beckham's brothers continue to show him up with heartfelt Father's Day posts

Cruz and Romeo Beckham honoured David Beckham with a heartfelt Father's Day message on social media picturing themselves with their football legend father

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4 d. ago George Russell pips Max Verstappen to Canadian Grand Prix pole as Yuki Tsunoda hit by grid penalty

The Mercedes driver denied Max Verstappen pole position, with Oscar Piastri completing the top three

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4 d. ago Brooklyn Beckham fails to acknowledge his dad David's knighthood while Romeo shares a tribute

Brooklyn Beckham appeared to snub his famous father David, after the football icon was knighted in The King's Birthday Honours List – following rumours the pair are estranged

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8 d. ago Mercedes driven through classroom wall when mum 'suffered seizure before crash'

Joanna Murray previously pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving but not guilty to failure to provide a specimen for analysis.

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1 week ago Whatever happened to Billy Bibbit? The extraordinary life of actor Brad Dourif

He was Oscar-nominated for his unforgettable work alongside Jack Nicholson, in one of the greatest films of all time. It was the start of his career as the ultimate character actor. He discusses David Lynch, Ian McKellen and the joy of playing a murderous dollBrad Dourif knew it was time to retire from acting when he stopped feeling well, anything about the parts he was being offered. “I got to a place where if somebody offered me something, all I felt was an empty: oh.” It had started in 2013, after a production of Tennessee Williams’s The Two-Character Play. That had been an extraordinary experience, with his co-star Amanda Plummer “by far the best actor I’ve ever worked with”, but left him wondering if there was anything he still wanted to do professionally. Acting no longer got him excited; it just left him tired. “It became clear to me after a while that I just really didn’t want to work any more.”We speak over video call from his home in upstate New York, where he lives with C...

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2 w. ago Toto Wolff sparks fresh row after Max Verstappen comments following Spanish GP

In the unexpected Formula 1 beef of the season, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff finds himself the enemy of taxi drivers in major Italian cities after his comments about Max Verstappen after the Spanish Grand Prix

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2 w. ago Shocking moment referee is PUNCHED by angry father at junior football match in Switzerland

An investigation has been launched after a referee was punched following a junior football match in Switzerland.

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2 w. ago Toto Wolff baffled by Max Verstappen after ‘incomprehensible’ ram into George Russell

Verstappen was penalised by the stewards after deliberately driving into Mercedes driver Russell in Spain

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2 w. ago Underrated UK seaside town about to get £30 million boost with direct link to huge city

The Grand Central route connecting the English capital and Lincolnshire seaside town of Cleethorpes would stop at Doncaster, Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Thorne South, Crowle and Althorpe stations

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2 w. ago Car flies off road and crashes into veterans hall for second time in a year

A car flew off the road and crashed into the roof of a veterans hall for the second time in three months.

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