40 h. ago Gene Hackman told friend he would have died ‘long ago’ without the attentive care of his wife

Arakawa appeared to be the sole caregiver for Hackman as his Alzheimer’s worsened dramatically

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41 h. ago Jedward lift the lid on their new life in London and friendship with Gemma Collins

EXCLUSIVE The Irish twins say moving to the captial has ‘enriched’ their lives and they can now easily visit the former TOWIE star, whom they consider ‘family’, in her native Essex

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62 h. ago He ate breakfast every day beside his late wife's tomb... and told friends his life was over. Then a friendship of 30 years took an unexpected twist

Eighteen months ago Lord Saatchi, 78, realised he was falling in love, after 12 years of mourning his beloved wife Josephine Hart (inset), with their old friend Lynn Forester de Rothschild (left).

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5 d. ago British tourist drowned after falling into lake while kayaking with friends on holiday in Thailand, inquest told

Adventure-loving engineer Shanghaman Gowribalan, 24, was kayaking with his friends on a dam when his kayak overflowed with water.

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6 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Deadly Odesa drone attack cuts power, water and heating for second day

Woman aged 77 died of shrapnel wounds; Zelenskyy offers minerals deal signature and peace plan. What we know on day 1,106A Russian drone attack late on Tuesday killed one person and caused power, water and heating cuts in Odesa for the second day running, said the regional governor, Oleh Kiper. A 77-year-old woman died of shrapnel wounds on the outskirts of the city, he said, and drone strikes damaged critical infrastructure, leaving neighbourhoods without services.Kiper said fragments from downed drones had damaged private houses and started fires in outlying city districts. A missile strike had destroyed an empty sanatorium near the town of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, south of Odesa, he added.East of the capital, Kyiv, drones targeted a multi-storey apartment building near the town of Boryspil, smashing windows and triggering a fire in a business. Local officials reported no casualties.Zelenskyy has proposed a peace plan to end the war, saying he is willing to work “constructively” und...

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6 d. ago Virat Kohli steers India past Australia and into Champions Trophy final

Australia 264 all out; India 267-6 in DubaiVeteran’s 84 takes his team to four-wicket victoryMany changes of personnel, one simple change of sequence. The World Cup final in 2023 began with Pat Cummins choosing to give Australia’s bowlers the chance to choke out India’s batting. A year and a half later, in the Champions Trophy, Steve Smith as injury substitute decided that a very different Australian team should bat first. Late-career struggles or no, Virat Kohli remains one-day cricket’s greatest chaser. And while a miniature tournament semi-final in Dubai is not an equal trade for a World Cup decider in a packed house at home, there will be partial catharsis for this Indian side beating Australia in a global tournament knockout.The target was 265, at a ground where scoring in this tournament has been modest, but after an early stutter the pursuit rarely looked a challenge in a win that felt much safer than margins of four wickets or 11 balls. Australia anticipated turn, leaving ou...

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8 d. ago Call the Midwife finale leaves fans in tears after unexpected baby twist

Call the Midwife viewers have been left in tears after the final episode of the 14th series of the BBC period drama

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1 week ago Angela Rayner lifts lid on life as Deputy PM from cruel trolls to friendship with King

Angela Rayner has opened up about her first few months as Deputy Prime Minister, from drinks gaffes at Downing Street to her unlikely friendship with King Charles II

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1 week ago A poker champ claimed he was kidnapped in a massive extortion plot. The mystery has only deepened

Exclusive: George Janssen’s longtime friend told The Independent of the poker pro’s alleged kidnapping, “I don't know whether it was real or not.”

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1 week ago ‘I was causing harm’: author Helen Jukes on motherhood and our polluted bodies

In her latest book, Mother Animal, the writer gives a personal account of the impact of ‘forever chemicals’ on her and her child during and after pregnancyWhen Helen Jukes told her friends she was writing about motherhood and pollution, they advised her against it and warned she might make pregnant people more anxious than they already were. But she disagreed. Mother Animal, a personal account of Jukes’ pregnancy and early years of motherhood, details her growing realisation of how contaminated her body, and her baby, have become. And it’s something she thinks all would-be parents should be more aware of. There are chemicals from human industry in breast milk, amniotic fluid and bones, she writes. Toxicologists have found “forever chemicals” in embryos and foetuses at “every stage of pregnancy in lung tissues, in livers”. It is inescapable.Yet it is spoken about far too little. “I find it quite disrespectful to think that mothers wouldn’t be capable of handling [this] information,” ...

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1 week ago It’s the liberal German dilemma: Merz is anathema, but he might stand up to Trump | John Kampfner

Amid the gloom, the truth is dawning: the country faces hard political choices, and needs a more muscular approach to defence Donald Trump and his lieutenants have done Germans an enormous favour. Perilously late in the day, the US president and special envoy to the Kremlin has alerted Germany and the rest of Europe that there is one fault line, and one alone, between democracy and autocracy. All other political issues facing the country pale into insignificance.It seems that Friedrich Merz gets it, even if many in his country still don’t. Since winning Sunday’s election, the Christian Democrat (CDU) chancellor-elect has used every opportunity to warn of the dangers of the Trumpian new world order. He has not sought to provide reassurance, something that Germans tend to crave from their politicians. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Family spent £600 on luxury lunch but had to stop for KFC on the way home

The group claims the food was "cold and unappealing" and served three hours late on Christmas Day last year and they were so hungry after they left they had to stop for more food on their way home

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1 week ago Schoolboy, 15, who 'beat elderly dog walker to death with slider' boasted his victim 'hit his head off a log' to friends after attack metres from home, court told

The teenager is charged with the murder of Bhim Kohli, 80, who died 24 hours after he was allegedly punched and kicked repeatedly in Leicester's Franklin Park last September.

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1 week ago Man, 32, who told woman he would be able to get her and her friends into a nightclub before strangling and raping her in a violent attack is jailed for 20 years

Fabrice Kapena (pictured) had approached his victim at a bar in Manchester's city centre and told her he could get her group into another venue.

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1 week ago 'Dedicated' doctor, 30, plunged to her death after falling down Welsh mountain while scrambling with her friend, inquest told

Dr Charlotte Crook, 30, and her colleague Adam Weatherhogg were walking on Glyder Fach, near Llanberis, Snowdonia, on February 16 when the tragedy occurred.

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1 week ago 'Dedicated' doctor, 30, plunged to her death after falling down Welsh mountain while scrambling with her friend, inquest told

Dr Charlotte Crook, 30, and her colleague Adam Weatherhogg were walking on Glyder Fach, near Llanberis, Snowdonia, on February 16 when the tragedy occurred.

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2 w. ago Trump live updates: Macron interrupts Trump to correct him on European assistance to Ukraine; Musk’s deadline nears

The French president told The Independent that Trump had been ‘very friendly, as always,’ despite not greeting him upon arrival at the White House

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2 w. ago Trump says DOGE has ‘nothing to do with constitution’ as he and France’s Macron face press: Live updates

The French president told The Independent that Trump had been ‘very friendly, as always,’ despite not greeting him upon arrival at the White House

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2 w. ago Trump meets Macron; Musk downplays ultimatum given to federal workers: Live updates

The French president told The Independent that Trump had been ‘very friendly, as always,’ despite not greeting him upon arrival at the White House

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2 w. ago Rihanna finally confirms ninth album is coming and teases 'unexpected' twist: 'I've cracked it'

The singer, 37, hasn’t released new music since her chart-topping 2016 album Anti

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