10 h. ago Huge fire breaks out at Edinburgh 'Banana Flats' as flames pour from balcony

Local MP Tracy Gilbert shared shocking footage of the inferno last night and advised residents to get in touch if they need assistance.

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26 h. ago Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page writing life story in pub car park while eating choc

Her book will follow Page from her childhood in a small village near Swansea to graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art - and landing the plum role as Stacey

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37 h. ago 'I was Grange Hill legend Zammo now I'm a locksmith after horror crash ended my dream'

Zammo McGuire had one of the most infamous story lines on Grange Hill after becoming a heroin addicts, but life for the actor after leaving the show took a different turn

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51 h. ago Hamilton care home resident shares life story shaped by rugby and love

Kenneth Barrie, 86, joined Hamilton Rugby Club, playing as a centre for an extraordinary 35 years.

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56 h. ago Bikes, the Bean and Black Panthers in Chicago: Wembley to Soweto initiative 2025

After the huge success of projects across Europe, southern Africa, South America, the Middle East and the UK, the Wembley to Soweto Foundation started its US rollout in 2022. Focusing on young people affected by gangs, the charity uses photography as a catalyst to improve participants’ self-esteem and confidence and teach life skills to help disadvantaged youth into employment and tertiary educationThe backdrop of sport has been a constant in the Wembley to Soweto Foundation’s projects, and the foundation has encouraged the young photographers to reflect how their communities are shaped by football, rugby, athletics, cricket, boxing and the like.Since the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa, the charity has worked alongside the Premier League, the FA, the Olympic Games, the Cricket World Cup, the RFU and now the MLS in North America. Ultimately the US cohorts will be given the opportunity to photograph at the US Soccer World Cup in 2026 and the 2028 LA Olympics.Quiet Reflection – Th...

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56 h. ago I live in the penthouse of one of New York's tallest skyscrapers... when people see the view from the window it terrifies them

A New York City resident, known as @NYChighlife on TikTok, has shared the incredible views from his luxury penthouse apartment - which includes being able to 'touch clouds' each day. 

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3 d. ago From ‘Tudo bem?’ to ‘Gracias,’ a growing share of US residents speak a language other than English

New figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that 22% of U.S. residents spoke a language other than English at home

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5 d. ago Hamilton resident shares life story shaped by rugby and love

A much-loved resident at HC-One Scotland’s Douglas View Care Home, in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, has been sharing stories of his remarkable life. Kenneth Barrie, aged 86, a man whose lifelong passion for rugby and deep devotion to family has left an enduring legacy both on and off the field.

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6 d. ago Five disturbing details missing from Netflix's Chris Watts documentary who murdered wife and daughters

Netflix documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door tells the real-life story of how one man brutally murdered his wife and children, before dumping their bodies in the most callous way. However, some key details were omitted

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6 d. ago Five disturbing details missing from Netflix's Chris Watts murder documentary

Netflix documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door tells the real-life story of how one man brutally murdered his wife and children, before dumping their bodies in the most callous way. However, some key details were omitted

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7 d. ago Real story of how Bonnie Blue and Annie Knight escaped cops in Fiji on getaway flight

EXCLUSIVE: Annie Knight shot to global infamy when she was hospitalised after bedding almost 600 men in six hours as she opened up to the Daily Star about fleeing from the cops in Fiji

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8 d. ago Rangers legend Paul Gascoigne to launch tell all new autobiography reflecting on rollercoaster life

Ibrox icon Gascoigne is telling his life story in his own words for the first time.

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1 week ago 'Powerful' war film tells true story of life behind enemy lines for troops

Seven Lost is a 2021 independent war film that follows a group of Latino American soldiers who get stranded behind enemy lines in the Italian wilderness during World War II

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1 week ago This is how we do it: ‘I was twice her age, married and her boss. I questioned whether I was a bad person’

Benji and Ava have overcome the age gap and discovered exciting ways to develop their sex lifeHow do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyWe don’t call ourselves a couple. We value our own and each other’s freedom Continue reading...

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1 week ago Parts of my hometown have been left to decay but I pinch myself that I'm lucky enough to live here

Porthcawl has not always had the best reputation over the years thanks to it's 'bucket and spade' image but here one resident shares why it's one of the best places you can spend time

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2 w. ago Russell Mael: ‘Describe myself in three words? One handsome dude’

The Sparks singer on shoplifting red liquorice as a child, a head-to-head with Godzilla, and underselling his life storyBorn in California, Russell Mael, 76, and his brother, Ron, first recorded under the names the Urban Renewal Project and Halfnelson, before becoming Sparks in 1972. Two years later, they relocated to London and had a hit with their song This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us. More recently, they composed a radio opera, The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman, collaborated with Franz Ferdinand in supergroup FFS, and released a film, Annette, which won five César awards in 2022. Their 28th studio album is Mad! and their tour comes to the UK in June. Mael lives in California.What was your most embarrassing moment? Signing away the rights to my life story to a major motion-picture company for a sum that I have since been told was way below the market rate. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Bristol fire LIVE: Black smoke spotted billowing from St Michael's Hospital

Black smoke has been spotted pouring out over the Bristol skyline as many residents share images of a fire at what appears to be St Michael's Hospital

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2 w. ago Woman and Child review – drama of rage and pain in the Iranian marriage market

Cannes film festivalSaeed Roustaee’s new film takes aim at a slippery, entitled male who thinks he can lord it over a widow he plans to marryA strange, sad, sombre movie from Iranian director Saeed Roustaee whose last entry at Cannes was the family drama Leila’s Brothers in 2022. This is a story about the randomness of life in the big city, a melodramatic convulsion of grief, rage and pain which has a TV soap feel to its succession of escalating crises. Like Leila’s Brothers, it is about the entitlement of Iran’s menfolk, and how a man – however shiftless, casual and low-status – can somehow pull rank on a woman in the marriage market.Payman Maadi (from Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation) plays Hamid, an ambulance driver in his late 40s with a certain roguish ladies-man charm whose unmarried status raises eyebrows among some of his acquaintances, but who is now engaged to Mahnaz (Parinaz Izadyar). She is a smart, hardworking hospital nurse who is widowed and lives with her sister Mehri (...

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2 w. ago Pete Townshend remakes Quadrophenia for a new generation: ‘The world is a dangerous place at the moment’

It may be set 60 years ago, but a new ballet version of The Who’s rock opera asks questions about youth, society and masculinity that still resonate – and it brought its original creator to tearsDeckchairs fly, arms clash, bodies launch into the air as mods and rockers engage in a fierce Brighton seafront battle. But in this east London dance studio – with Zaha Hadid’s Olympic swimming pool visible through the window – young performers in sports socks, joggers and baggy T-shirts are reimagining the Who’s seminal document of the mid-60s Quadrophenia as ballet.Isn’t this 1973 album an unlikely subject for dance? We’ve recently had Black Sabbath: The Ballet, and Message in a Bottle set to Sting, so why not? After all, Quadrophenia is theatrical at its roots. “The closest thing to a grand opera I’ll ever write,” says the Who’s guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend. Set in 1965, the story of disaffected young mod Jimmy looking for meaning in life via music, amphetamines ...

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2 w. ago Jesy Nelson gives birth to ‘fighting strong’ twins after rare pregnancy complications

Former Little Mix singer previously underwent surgery to save her unborn children

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