4 h. ago Heartbreak for 90s boy band as sole survivor pays moving tribute

LFO once topped the charts with carefree summer anthems, but behind the music lies a story of unimaginable loss.

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11 h. ago 'I thought I'd died and gone to Hell': The haunting words of the sole survivor of an unimaginably horrific accident in which five divers were sucked hundreds of feet into a pipe

Reaching out with his hands and feet he found he was surrounded, encased, by a tube of corroded metal barely wider than his shoulders.

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4 d. ago Traitors favourite in new romance with boy band star as couple go Instagram official with sweet picture in Amsterdam

A Traitors star is in a new relationship with a boy band member and the couple has already gone Instagram official.

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6 d. ago Boy band signed by Diddy reveal the moment he 'switched out of nowhere' when they were just teenagers

Members of the group B5, who signed with Combs' Bad Boy Records in the early 2000s, revealed how they witnessed his aggressive behavior first hand.

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6 d. ago Forgotten Eurovision entry from beloved Brit boy band that was dubbed 'reckless insanity'

Over 10 years ago, a British boy band, selling over 15 million records worldwide, came back together in hopes of taking the Eurovision Song Contest by storm, but it didn't quite go to plan...

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8 d. ago Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari move pays dividends as net worth shoots up to almost £400m

Lewis Hamilton is not only one of Britain's most successful sports stars, he's also one of the wealthiest, as his lofty position in this year's Sunday Times Rich List demonstrates

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9 d. ago Serena Williams' husband invests £20m in Chelsea women's team as Todd Boehly move pays off

Alexis Ohanian - husband to Serena Williams - has chosen to invest £20m into the Chelsea women's team having previously made huge sums in American side Angel City FC

Economics

9 d. ago MP to launch bill to target superyachts, private jets and fossil fuel producers

Bill would force major polluters to pay into fund for flood defences and home insulation – but has little chance of becoming lawFossil fuel companies and their shareholders and owners of superyachts and private jets should have to pay into a fund for flood defences and home insulation, according to a private member’s bill to be launched on Thursday.The bill is part of a broader movement by campaigners to “make polluters pay”, demanding that oil and gas companies, and those who benefit from fossil fuels, should take on more of the direct responsibility for tackling the climate crisis, rather than funding such measures from general taxation. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago NHS bosses who fail to cut waiting times to have their pay docked

NHS bosses could be paid £45,000 to move to struggling areas, while underperforming executives could have their pay cut by £15,000

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1 week ago UK couple are hit with 'scam' £9,000 tax bill by Spanish authorities despite never having worked there

When the couple moved to Andalusia, Richard, 70, continued to pay tax on his UK pension to HMRC, meaning he did not have to pay any tax to Hacienda, the Spanish Treasury.

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2 w. ago Brotherhood of Man singer Martin Lee who won Eurovision with Save Your Kisses For Me left surprising amount after he died aged 77

Lee, who lived in Cobham, Surrey, was part of the two-boy, two-girl band that led Britain to victory at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest with the song.

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2 w. ago New Mail podcast reveals Erin Patterson's reaction to testimony of Ian Wilkinson, the sole survivor of mushroom poisoning that killed his wife and friends

Pastor Ian Wilkinson took to the witness box for the first time on Monday, with court reporter Wayne Flower recounting the atmosphere inside the courtroom and Patterson's reaction to his entrance.

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2 w. ago Blue Badge update for people on PIP due to move to new disability payment this year

An important letter about the Blue Badge scheme will be issued following the move to Adult Disability Payment.

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2 w. ago Australian 'mushroom poisoner' was 'reluctant' to show guests her kitchen pantry at beef Wellington lunch that left three dead, sole survivor tells court

He said the accused also rejected offers of help before serving up the dish - a beef Wellington entirely encased in pastry and filled with 'steak and mushrooms'

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2 w. ago Mushroom lunch’s sole surviving guest details deadly meal and its aftermath as trial of Erin Patterson continues

Ian Wilkinson, whose wife was among three who died, tells Victorian court the triple murder accused ‘just seemed like a normal person to me’Who are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?The only surviving guest of the beef wellington lunch at Erin Patterson’s house has told her triple murder trial he was happy and excited about being invited for the meal.Ian Wilkinson, the pastor at the Korumburra Baptist church, is the sixth witness in the supreme court trial at the Latrobe Valley law courts in Morwell.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Hopes fading for end to bitter Birmingham bin strike after council revealed plans to cut drivers' pay by £8,000 prompting outrage from unions

Unite said the move by the city council to downgrade wagon drivers' pay amounted to an 'escalation' in the dispute.

Economics

3 w. ago Trump administration’s budget cuts endanger Meals on Wheels: ‘life and death implications’

Trump team’s slashes to US health department threaten popular program that combats elder hunger and isolationThe Trump administration’s slashes to the Department of Health and Human Services is threatening Meals on Wheels, the popular program dedicated to combatting senior hunger and isolation. Despite decades of bipartisan support, Meals on Wheels now faces attacks from Republicans whose budget blueprint paves the way for deep cuts to nutrition and other social safety-net programs as a way to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.It’s a move anti-hunger advocates and policy experts warn could have disastrous ramifications for the millions of older Americans who rely on the program to eat each day. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The 'loneliest man in the world': Hunter survived 26 years alone in Amazon rainforest after rest of his tribe were massacred by ranchers

Known as the Last of his Tribe and Man of the Hole, an unnamed indigenous hunter lived entirely alone for nearly three decades - the sole survivor of a brutal massacre that wiped out his people

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