15 m. ago Wheel of Time fans 'devastated' as Amazon Prime Video makes major announcement after 'best season ever'

Fans of the beloved fantasy drama are 'devastated' the show has been cancelled after just three seasons

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25 m. ago BREAKING BLOG: Melbourne shooting UPDATES as woman shot dead by cops and man injured

Police have opened fire following a vehicle collision in Melbourne with a woman reportedly shot dead and a man also injured with a massive emergency service presence

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28 m. ago Four dead in flood horror while victims face huge cleanup and urgent snake warning

As emergency serivices continue to search for people in need, many on Australia's east coast are coming to terms with the damage to their homes after record floods

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45 m. 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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54 m. ago Chilling moment hooded woman, 39, is arrested after 18 were stabbed in Hamburg: 'I heard everyone start screaming' says eye witness

Police confirmed they had arrested a 39-year-old German female suspect in connection with the stabbing spree at Hamburg Central Station on Friday afternoon.

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72 m. ago Venomous snake bolts into sea from beneath paddleboard at popular Welsh beach

The adder bolted into the sea after being discovered under a paddleboard at a beach in North Wales - and people have been left feeling uneasy after watching the video

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79 m. ago How Kris Jenner looks younger than ever as she approaches 70

The world's most famous momager recently sparked speculation she'd gone under the knife again as Kris, 69, looked strikingly youthful in new photos shared online.

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83 m. ago Gay Pakistani asylum seeker pleads with Keir Starmer to let him stay in the UK because he'll be forced to marry a woman if he goes back to his home country

Ali Raza Nasir insists he came to the UK to study but when he visited Soho in central London and met other gay people he knew that Britain was where he needed to settle.

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1 hour ago Bloke orders pint of beer in beloved Benidorm boozer and exposes shocking price

Graham White, who is better known as Benidorm Grumet, has built up a massive following on TikTok - and his latest video on the price of a pint has had a big reaction from viewers

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2 h. ago Woman who only ate crisp sandwiches for 23 years diagnosed with serious illness

For a whopping 23 years, Zoe Sadler only ate cheese and onion crisp sandwiches, but it wasn't until a major health scare with a serious diagnosis that she finally got her addiction under control

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2 h. ago The 1% Club host Lee Mack is unrecognisable without beard in unearthed video

Lee Mack is best known for hosting The 1% Club and acting in Not Going Out, but the comedian looks so different in an old video clip, where he's without his now-trademark beard

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3 h. ago What links fool’s gold, fluffernutter, pilgrim and Reuben? The Saturday quiz

From Helloween, Kreator and Rammstein to caldarium and tepidarium, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Elizabeth II opened Olympics in London and what other city?2 Emerald is a variety of which mineral?3 Where did spend Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spend an unplanned nine months?4 Which muse was painted more than 60 times by George Romney?5 LDL and HDL are the type main types of what bodily substance?6 Which river’s annual flood came to an end in 1970?7 Rebecca West’s Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is an epic study of what former country?8 What does a foley artist provide in film and TV?What links: 9 Accept; Helloween; Kreator; Rammstein; Scorpions?10 Links Atlantic and Pacific; mapped Venus; Milky Way satellite galaxies; South American penguin?11 Hanoi and Haiphong, Vietnam; Shreveport, Louisiana; Winnipeg, Canada?12 Apodyterium; frigidarium; tepidarium; caldarium?13 Spencer Compton; Pitt the Younger; Arthur Balfour; Edward Heath?14 Uruguay (1916); South Korea (1956); Egypt ...

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3 h. ago Distressing RSPCA video shows cruel woman whack dogs with garden spade

A pet owner was caught on video swinging a spade down onto her French Bulldogs - but she has not been banned from keeping dogs (WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT).

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3 h. ago 'I cancelled my daughter's 16th birthday party after her ridiculous behaviour'

A dad sparked a debate after he hastily cancelled his daughter's extravagant 16th birthday party after her bad behaviour. Some people slammed him, but he stood by the decision

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3 h. ago Trans activists install 'third toilet' on UK Supreme Court steps after controversial ruling

A trans activist group made their stand by placing a "third toilet" on the steps of the Supreme Court - a direct response to the suggestion to make their own "third space"

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3 h. ago Cosmetic surgeon faces complaint for making woman's breasts 'too big'

There have been a catalog of complaints to the regulator the General Medical Council (GMC) over surgeons' handling of boob jobs and 'designer vagina' operations

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3 h. ago Hundreds of koalas shot in Australian aerial cull 'is massacre not mercy'

The killing of one of Australia's most endangered species has sparked outrage, but the government says a ‘compassionate’ response was needed after bushfires to prevent further suffering

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3 h. ago NSW floods: estimated 10,000 properties damaged after deadly flooding as communities face ‘mammoth task’

SES warns the ‘worst impacts that people feel are often after the event’ as areas reel from ‘devastating’ floodsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn estimated 10,000 properties may have been damaged in record-breaking flooding in New South Wales and thousands remain isolated, as communities begin to clean up after “devastating” impacts.Flood waters have begun to subside in some areas and weather conditions have improved on the mid-north coast, where severe weather warnings were cancelled on Friday night.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Five killed after torrential rain and flash flooding hits Australia

Hundreds of flood-hit residents still in evacuation centres even as conditions improve

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4 h. ago Woman arrested after 17 people injured in train station knife attack in Hamburg

Police arrested a 39-year-old woman, who they believe acted alone

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