6 h. ago He was trapped in hospitals for a decade because he’s autistic – now Nicholas is finally free

Special Report: For more than 10 years, Nicholas Thornton was detained in dementia care homes, psychiatric units and A&E wards because he couldn’t get the help he needed for his autism. It took a huge toll on his health, leaving the 29-year-old unable to speak. Now, one year after The Independent told his story, Nicholas is in his own home – and even able to talk again. Rebecca Thomas reports

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7 h. ago When a dentist died at a casino leaving a trail of lost money, patients in agony demanded answers. Now, his elusive wife reveals to LUCY MANLY her husband's final, shocking betrayal

Behind the wrought-iron gates of a Spanish-style mansion in Claremont, a troubling story is unfolding... LUCY MANLY blows open the high society scandal of the year.

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7 h. ago EastEnders star teases double return for Walford legends amid 'new characters'

EastEnders favourite Scott Maslen, who plays Jack Branning on the BBC soap, discussed all the new characters the show has seen who are linked to its history as he teased returns

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10 h. ago AP reporters go behind the story in discussing coverage of the Sean 'Diddy' Combs case

Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been charged in federal court with sex trafficking and racketeering and has pleaded not guilty

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11 h. ago Moment actress Diane Morgan discovers shocking family secret about her four times great grandmother

The actress, from Bolton, appeared on Tuesday's episode of the BBC show Who Do You Think You Are to learn more about her ambiguous family history.

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11 h. ago Trailblazer Sir Billy Boston receives rugby league's first knighthood in private ceremony

One of the greatest ever players in the 130-year history of the sport, Sir Billy Boston received the honour from King Charles in a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace

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11 h. ago Social media was convinced Marvel star Wyatt Russell was in viral clip ripping National Guard in LA. It wasn’t him

Protester who rebuked law enforcement for being on ‘wrong side of history’ in social media video is not the son of Hollywood royalty, it turns out

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12 h. ago Austria reels from ‘national tragedy’ after gunman kills 10 at former school

Chancellor says nation’s deadliest postwar mass shooting is a ‘dark day in the history of our country’Austria will hold three days of national mourning after a 21-year-old man shot dead eight pupils and an adult at his old high school and injured several others before turning his weapon on himself.A tenth victim who had been in a critical condition subsequently died, local media reported on Tuesday evening. Eleven others were being treated in local hospitals for injuries sustained in the attack. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Tracy Beaker actress pays tribute to character that made her famous in unique way

Actress Dani Harmer rose to fame in the early 2000s in the starring role of 'The Story of Tracy Beaker' and now, two decades later, she has a permanent reminder of what made her a star

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12 h. ago Casemiro says season has been one of his 'most successful' despite Man Utd woes

Even though Manchester United achieved their lowest finish in Premier League history, midfielder Casemiro stated that the 2024/25 season has been one of the "most successful" of his career to date

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13 h. ago All we know about Austria school shooting – from two guns to 'bullied ex

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker described the horror as a 'a dark day in the history of our country' and a national tragedy in a press conference on Tuesday afternoon

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13 h. ago Dean Huijsen admits ‘I don’t care’ about being Real Madrid’s most expensive defender

New signing says Spanish giants are ‘club of my life’Huijsen feels he is good fit for Xabi Alonso’s style of play“I don’t care,” Dean Huijsen said and there was a shrug to go with his answer. The former Bournemouth player had just become the most expensive defender in Real Madrid’s history for £50m, but while the 20-year-old talked about “living a dream” on the day he was presented at their Valdebebas training ground, the price didn’t seem to bother him much. Not least because nothing did. “I’m quite calm,” he said. “I am me and I am going to live my life and I do what I like most.”“Madrid is the club of my life, I think,” Huijsen had said when he stepped on to the stage in the basketball arena, tapped the mic and asked: “Can you hear me?” The son of Dutch footballer Donny Huijsen, who was sitting in the front row with Huijsen’s mother Mascha Wijsmuller. The family moved to southern Spain when Dean was five and it was Málaga he was mad about as a boy, although he said here that Serg...

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13 h. ago Dean Huijsen shrugs off pressure of being Real Madrid’s most expensive defender

New signing says Spanish giants are ‘club of my life’Huijsen feels he is good fit for Xabi Alonso’s style of play“I don’t care,” Dean Huijsen said and there was a shrug to go with his answer. The former Bournemouth player had just become the most expensive defender in Real Madrid’s history for £50m, but while the 20-year-old talked about “living a dream” on the day he was presented at their Valdebebas training ground, the price didn’t seem to bother him much. Not least because nothing did. “I’m quite calm,” he said. “I am me and I am going to live my life and I do what I like most.”“Madrid is the club of my life, I think,” Huijsen had said when he stepped on to the stage in the basketball arena, tapped the mic and asked: “Can you hear me?” The son of Dutch footballer Donny Huijsen, who was sitting in the front row with Huijsen’s mother Mascha Wijsmuller. The family moved to southern Spain when Dean was five and it was Málaga he was mad about as a boy, although he said here that Serg...

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14 h. ago BBC travel expert Simon Reeve says this is the best city in the world blending history and culture

BBC travel presenter Simon Reeve has explored more than 130 countries during his career, and now he has named his favourite city in the world.

Culture

15 h. ago I thought I'd bought an adorable miniature cockapoo puppy but got a horrendous shock months later

Charlotte Fallowfield appeared on the ITV show to chat to hosts Ben Shephard , 50, and Cat Deeley , 48, about the story of how she got her hands on her sweet pooch Waffle.

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16 h. ago Expert offers simple washing machine tip that could save '£70 a year' on energy bills

A kitchen appliance expert has offered tips to help reduce the cost of household bills - including a simple button on your washing machine that shouldn't be overlooked

Economics

16 h. ago Ten dead after 'bullied pupil' launches shooting rampage at Austrian school, with 28 people seriously wounded

Ten people have been killed and dozens more injured after a pupil opened fire on an Austrian school, in what has been described as one of the worst mass killings in the country's history. 

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16 h. ago Tracy Beaker star visits tattoo parlour and gets design that fits her perfectly

A tattoo artist was delighted when Dani Harmer - star of 2000s children's TV series The Story of Tracy Beaker - arrived at her studio with a very specific request

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16 h. ago Martin Lewis helped me reclaim £14,500 in council tax before a sting in the tail

One of the consumer champion's fans shared a story on how he successfully challenged his council tax payment, only for there to be a sting in the tail

Economics

17 h. ago Juliet & Romeo review – Rebel Wilson and Jason Isaacs cameo in syrupy Shakespeare musical

With bare-faced cheek, this bardless take replaces all the original language with olden-days-effect prose – adding singing, dancing and a pointlessly starry castDirector and former stage actor Timothy Scott Bogart is best known for having made Spinning Gold, a biopic of his father Neil Bogart, the New York music producer and founder of the 70s disco-era label Casablanca Records. Now he has confected a syrupy new musical take on Romeo and Juliet, with music by his brother Evan Kidd Bogart (who won a Grammy for his work on Beyoncé’s single Halo).Bogart retells the basic story but with Shakespeare’s language all removed and replaced with olden-days-effect prose: a kind of bardless Baz Luhrmann. Ultimately – with what I do have to admit is some amiable cheek – Bogart contrives to do for this play what Nahum Tate did for King Lear. It’s really pretty bland, and with each turn in the plot you have to ask what the point of it actually is. Continue reading...

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