14 h. ago No forgetting my encounter with two giants of the stage | Tim Lewis

Old pals Ewan McGregor and Michael Grandage prepare for their new play, My Master Builder, by chuckling about everything that could go wrong and hasFor today’s Observer New Review I had the not-exactly-onerous assignment of spending an hour with the actor Ewan McGregor and director Michael Grandage, as they prepared to put on a new play, My Master Builder, in London’s West End. The two men go way back, and mostly they were cracking each other up with knockabout old stories – much of which there wasn’t room for in my article. McGregor recalled one of his first roles on stage, as Orlando in As You Like It, and how when Simon Callow – multiple Olivier and Bafta award winner – played the part in 1979, he walked out on stage at the National Theatre only to promptly forget the first line of the play.“If you’re a woman and you’re about to have a baby, everybody tells you nightmare stories about childbirth,” said McGregor. “And when you’re an actor about to do a play, everybody tells you te...

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15 h. ago Son of Rangers fan Christopher Potter killed in Istanbul leads team out with hero Jack Butland

Rangers stopper Jack Butland was joined by the young son of Rangers fan Christopher Potter who was killed in Istanbul as the teams walked out today.

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16 h. ago Woman 'taken by aliens' in 'abduction of century' says how to tell if you have been too

Alien abduction stories have been circulating for decades, with some people claiming they were taken by extraterrestrials and subjected to strange experiments on board their spaceship

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16 h. ago Woman unmasks dad as evil killer as she solves cold case murder of teen 30 years on

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: The mutilated body of 17-year-old Melanie Road was found by a milkman and his 10-year-old son and sparked a nationwide manhunt, but her killer was only caught three decades later

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18 h. ago Heartbroken mother tells woman who killed her son, 14, when she jumped red light 'You've not once said sorry

A heartbroken mother faced the woman who killed her son when she jumped a red light in court yesterday, telling her, 'You've not said sorry you never even called 999'.

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20 h. ago Baby P's evil mum could walk free from prison again after recall for selling naked snaps

The twisted child killer who tortured her son to death 18 years ago and has previously been released from behind bars twice has made yet another bid for freedom

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20 h. ago Baby P's evil mum could walk free from prison again after recall for selling naked pics

The twisted child killer who tortured her son to death 18 years ago and has previously been released from behind bars twice has made yet another bid for freedom

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26 h. ago 'My son was killed in horror crash – I won't stop until we get change'

'It’s a driving force for us and a lot of the families. It’s our passion. We’ve been through it. We’ve known that heartbreak and we’re still dealing with it now. So many families are going through what we are and it’s so needless'

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43 h. ago Teacher 'offered teen student £1,540 to kill her husband' but his mum snitched

Stephanie Demetrius was arrested after a teenager's mum alleged she had offered her son £1,540 to kill her estranged husband in an odd 'grooming' case in Ohio, US

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61 h. ago REAL BRITAIN 'I tried to kill myself after son's birth sparked debt

As tomorrow marks the 22nd anniversary of Labour’s introduction of Statutory Paternity Leave, this week Real Britain talks to fathers about paternity pay and shared leave

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64 h. ago Football star stabbed in the heart and left to die in twin brother's arms

Austin Metcalf's devastated dad claimed his star linebacker son was killed in a fight over a seat at a track meet as his brother watched on in horror

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66 h. ago Carbon monoxide killed son of former Yankees star Brett Gardner, autopsy finds

Miller Gardner was on holiday with family in Costa RicaFumes may have leaked from adjacent engine roomCarbon monoxide poisoning was the cause of death of the teenage son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, authorities in Costa Rica said on Wednesday night.Randall Zúñiga, director of the Judicial Investigation Agency, said 14-year-old Miller Gardner was tested for carboxyhemoglobin, a compound generated when carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin in the blood. When carboxyhemoglobin saturation exceeds 50%, it is considered lethal. In Gardner’s case, the test showed a saturation of 64%. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Dad accidentally kills teen son while ‘actively mudding’ at an off

Jack Cody West, 47, has been charged with manslaughter after he allegedly ran over his 19-year-old son Blake

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3 d. ago Pictured: Mother who was stabbed alongside son in terrifying knife attack at their home that killed husband, 57

Maria Marvin and her son Mario, 11, were stabbed in a terrifying knife attack at their home in Brighton where Maria's husband was found dead.

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3 d. ago Pictured: Mother and son stabbed in terrifying knife attack at their home that killed husband, 57

Maria Marvin and her son Mario, 11, were stabbed in a terrifying knife attack at their home in Brighton where Maria's husband was found dead.

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4 d. ago Costa Rican hotel DENIES carbon monoxide killed Yankees legend Brett Gardner's son in shock twist

Miller died during a family vacation at the at the Arenas Del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort with Costa Rica's OIJ announcing he may have died of carbon monoxide poisoning. 

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4 d. ago Woman afraid Noel Clarke would ‘turn up on her doorstep’, journalist tells court

Clarke is suing the newspaper’s publisher Guardian News and Media (GNM) over seven articles and a podcast.

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4 d. ago 'Beautiful' woman killed at home pictured as her son is charged with murder

Rachel Dixon was found injured by emergency services at her home in Clacton, Essex, at around 11.30am on Friday. She was rushed by air ambulance hospital, but she was pronounced dead

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4 d. ago Mother killed in her own home is pictured for the first time after her son appears in court charged with her murder

'Beautiful' mother Rachel Dixon, 49, who was tragically killed in her own home in Clacton, Essex, has been pictured for the first time. Her son, Oliver Grange, appeared at court charged with her murder.

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5 d. ago 'I couldn't find her': Woman tells of desperate effort to save girl, 11, who fell into Thames as search is scaled back

Emergency services scaled back their search for the girl on Monday night after a ‘large scale response’ was launched to locate her

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