49 m. ago WH Smith to disappear from the high street as all shops sold in £76m deal

WH Smith will eventually be replaced by the the TGJones brand

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73 m. ago Dame Esther Rantzen shared heartbreaking signs 'end was near' before daughter's update

TV star and campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen is no longer responding to medical treatment, amid her battle with cancer her daughter has revealed

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90 m. ago Dame Esther Rantzen's daughter says star 'not responding to medication' in tragic update

Dame Esther Rantzen has been battling terminal lung cancer since she was diagnosed in 2022. Now her daughter has shared a health update on the veteran broadcaster

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97 m. ago The Tiger’s Share by Keshava Guha review – hopeless sons vs brilliant daughters

Families are at war in the new India, in a novel raising complex questions about patriotism, nationalism and how the country is changingIn Delhi the seasons are “human-fucked”, explains Tara Saxena, the narrator-protagonist of The Tiger’s Share. Autumn is the “season of smogs and mellow murderousness”; once the smoke arrives in October, “we could no longer see the sky”. Over summer the Loo, a dry “caramelising” wind, slurs through the city, while inside their flats people “lived as cheese and chocolate do in India, refrigerated”. Now and then comes the brief respite of rain. In its aftermath, people head out into the parks to enjoy the momentary cool, the only time when the air is “useably fresh, like a banana that is only one-third rotten”.Food-related imagery abounds in Keshava Guha’s second novel; you are never allowed to forget that all things – produce, people, every species – are perishable, that from the moment of our birth the decay is inbuilt, and that such a truth is all t...

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1 hour ago Even the dog looks embarrassed! Rude woman is slammed for giving her pooch a seat on a packed London tube in morning rush hour

Taking to social media platform Reddit , an unhappy passenger shared an image showing the unnamed woman sitting on the tube as her pup sits on the seat beside her.

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2 h. ago Myanmar earthquake: Bangkok rocked as 7.7 magnitude horror hits Thailand as people flee screaming

Pictures shared by Thai locals show water cascading over rooftops as tremors shake pools set on high-rise buildings after the "significant" earthquake hit Bangkok

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3 h. ago The Apprentice viewers in hysterics over Lord Sugar's brutal Prince Andrew gag

Lord Alan Sugar referenced Prince Andrew in a jaw-dropping joke in the boardroom at the end of this week's The Apprentice episode - and fans have shared their amusement

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8 h. ago Katie Price's ex Dane Bowers looks unrecognisable as he jets to Turkey for a dramatic teeth transformation after undergoing a hair transplant

The singer, 45, took to Instagram to reveal he's jetted to Turkey to have a new set of veneers, just days after undergoing a hair transplant.

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8 h. ago BBC Question Time sees dad share heartbreaking story which sparks debate on 'failing' NHS

Question Time on BBC One last night featured a debate around the NHS and its mental service provision, a topic raised by a father in Dartford, Kent, who waited two years for a referral for his child

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10 h. ago BBC Strictly's Vito Coppola shares 'exciting' move as he reconnects with co

Strictly Come Dancing professional Vito Coppola has been reunited with his dance partner Dianne Buswell as they gear up for an exciting new venture together

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11 h. ago Pensioner last seen wearing red waterproof jacket disappears

A description has been released by police of the 77-year-old, described as tall and slim, with a grey beard and very short hair, in the hope of locating his whereabouts

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11 h. ago Dame Esther Rantzen 'not responding to medication' says daughter in heartbreaking update

Rebecca Wilcox, the daughter of Dame Esther Rantzen has shared a heartbreaking health update on her mum who was on new medication to ease her condition

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11 h. ago Survivors of shocking submarine incident share terrifying moment tragedy struck

Six tourists have died after a submarine sank off the coast of Egypt this morning.

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11 h. ago Brianna Ghey’s mum shares harrowing final message to daughter before tragic death

Brianna Ghey’s mum, Esther, has opened up about the last time she spoke with her daughter before she was brutally murdered at the age of 16.

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12 h. ago Signal group chat leak: judge orders Trump administration to preserve all messages from 11

James Boasberg, who has been attacked by Trump for being assigned to the case, reminded hearing that cases are assigned randomlyTop aides to Joe Biden “aggressively” warned Democratic donors last summer that if the then president was forced out of the 2024 election over concerns about his age and fitness, the party would inevitably make the “mistake” of running the vice-president, Kamala Harris, against Donald Trump, a new book says.“One donor on the receiving end of an electronic message summed up the sentiments of Biden’s top aides: ‘They were aggressively saying that we would wind up with the vice-president and that would be a mistake.’” Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Megan Fox gives birth to first child with Machine Gun Kelly as rapper shares sweet update

Transformers beauty Megan Fox has given birth to a baby girl as her on-and-off partner Machine Gun Kelly shares the news online with an adorable tribute to their new arrival

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12 h. ago The One Show hosts share sweet 'congratulations' message just minutes into programme

The One Show hosts Alex Jones and JB Gill took a moment to share a heartfelt statement at the start of Thursday's show

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12 h. ago Brianna Ghey's mum breaks down as she sends urgent message to parents after daughter's death

Brianna Ghey's mother Esther has opened up about her daughter's tragic death in ITV's new documentary - and shared an important message to parents in one emotional scene

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12 h. ago Megan Fox gives birth as Machine Gun Kelly shares adorable first video

Transformers star, Megan Fox, has become a mum for the fourth time after giving birth to a new bundle of joy, which she shares with ex-boyfriend, Machine Gun Kelly

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12 h. ago Donald Trump had PTSD from assassination attempt when he picked JD Vance as vice president, says former aide Anthony Scaramucci

At first glance, Anthony Scaramucci and Dominic Sandbrook make an unlikely duo. One – known to friends and detractors as ‘The Mooch’ – is a silver-tongued businessman with quiffed hair and an Italian-American twanged voice, whose 11 day stint as Donald Trump’s communications director in 2017 in his first term as President makes Liz Truss look seasoned. The other is an Oxford educated historian with a roster of BBC documentaries under his belt and an RP accent.

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