65 m. ago 'My brother died of an overdose like The Vivienne – I understand the gnawing guilt'

The family of the Drag Race star decided to talk openly about his ketamine death hoping to save lives, says the Mirror's Siobhan McNally, who has long campaigned for more compassion since her own loss

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95 m. ago 60 Minutes executive producer leaves program over journalistic independence

Bill Owens says in staff memo ‘it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it’Bill Owens, the executive producer of 60 Minutes, says he is leaving the flagship news program because he lost his journalistic independence.In a staff memo obtained by the New York Times, Owens said that “over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for 60 Minutes, right for the audience”. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Killed over $10: Teenager arrested after relative of discount shop owner is run over trying to prevent shoplifting

The 16-year-old boy has been identified as the driver involved in the killing of 60-year-old Kourosh ‘Steve’ Yaghoubi in South El Monte, Los Angeles, on April 9

Events

2 h. ago Simone Biles unsure of competing at 2028 LA Olympics: ‘My body is aging’

American has won seven Olympics goldsBiles would be 31 at the start of next Summer GamesSimone Biles says she is unsure whether she will compete at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.The 28-year-old says she has other priorities, and is mindful of the demands her sport puts on her body at an age when most elite gymnasts have long since retired. Biles will be 31 when the LA Olympics start: the oldest all-around female gymnastics champion is Maria Gorokhovskaya, who won gold at the age of 30 at the 1952 Games. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Relief for workers at UK's last blast furnaces as 2,700 redundancies shelved following government's takeover of Scunthorpe steelworks

British Steel has confirmed it will end the consultation on 2,700 redundancies announced by Chinese owners Jingye at the end of March following the government's move to take control.

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2 h. ago Damian Hurley's friends reveal what he really thinks of mother Elizabeth's new romance with Billy Ray Cyrus and why the singer's relationship with his own children could tear them apart

Elizabeth Hurley has an extremely close bond with her son Damian, who is known for taking her racy bikini snaps and directing her lesbian sex scene in her latest film. 

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2 h. ago Amanda Holden addresses change with husband Chris after 'taking notes' from expert

Amanda Holden shared how her new co-star, relationship expert Paul C Brunson, helped with her own love life during filming for their new Netflix show, Cheat: Unfinished Business

Culture

2 h. ago Woman 'murdered terminally ill partner after he delayed making a decision whether to undergo assisted dying and she decided she could not take it any more'

Kylie Ellina Truswell-Mobbs, 50, is alleged to have 'taken matters into her own hands' and tried three times to administer drugs through David Ronald Mobbs' feeding tube.

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3 h. ago Pete Hegseth attacks Biden for ‘handling classified documents flippantly’ in resurfaced Fox News interview

US defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s 2023 remarks attacking then President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents have resurfaced online, as the Republican finds himself embroiled in his own security scandal.

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3 h. ago HMRC announce a 'significant' change that will affect certain people earning over £50,000

Eligible taxpayers are being encouraged to sign up to a testing programme to get ahead of the changes

Economics

3 h. ago 'People cannot be allowed to take the law into their own hands'

Andrew McMaster and Adam Haigh were hauled before a judge

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4 h. ago ‘The devil wants this pattern of mass death repeated’: Actors Guild of Nigeria calls for better regulation after two actors die

After two actors died in Owerri, Imo State, AGN head Emeka Rollas drew comparisons to events last year, when popular Nollywood actor Junior Pope drownedThe president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria has called for mass prayers and increased unionisation after the death of two actors in Owerri, the capital city of Imo State.Posting on Instagram, Emeka Rollas advocated spiritual intervention and better workplace regulation to try to prevent future tragedies after the two men, who have not yet been named, died on Friday. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Look to his stand on Gaza: Pope Francis gave us moral leadership in amoral times | Owen Jones

With his outspokenness about Israel’s outrages, the late pope showed up the hypocrisy of the media and politiciansThe deaths of major public figures can provoke the most grotesque outpourings of hypocrisy. So it goes for Pope Francis, now lauded by leaders and media outlets that were complicit in the very evils he condemned. “Pope Francis was a pope for the poor, the downtrodden and the forgotten,” said Keir Starmer, a prime minister who stripped the winter fuel payment from many vulnerable pensioners before launching an assault on disability benefits predicted to drive up to 400,000 Britons into poverty. “He promoted an end to suffering across the globe,” wrote Joe Biden, enabler of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza.Indeed, the fate of Gaza seemed to preoccupy the pope’s final years. In his last Easter address, he condemned the “death and destruction” and resulting “dramatic and deplorable humanitarian situation” – a powerful sermon that hardly any western media outlets covered. I...

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4 h. ago Leeds are back among the elite but the real task for Farke is to keep them there | Louise Taylor

The Championship’s best team will need to be smart in the transfer market to give themselves a chance next seasonWhen Leeds United sold £140m of playing talent last summer, Daniel Farke deviated from accepted managerial convention and declined to throw his toys out of the pram. Farke is a little too unconventional, a little too resistant to groupthink, to always do the expected and his club’s owner, the San Francisco-based 49er Enterprises, is set to reap the benefits.The German’s unusual amalgam of high emotional intelligence and advanced numeracy have helped provide the framework for the freshly secured promotion to the Premier League Leeds so narrowly missed out on last May. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Owner of beloved Ayrshire pub makes 'hard' decision as he hands over the reins

The gastropub has been owned by the Murray family for 36 years.

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5 h. ago British Steel halts redundancy plans after Government rescue

In March, British Steel’s Chinese owners announced plans to shut down its Scunthorpe furnaces and cut jobs.

Events

5 h. ago Island where Stormzy wrote album and Olly Murs got married could be yours for £25m

Osea Island is up for sale after two decades under ownership of Sugababes music producer Nigel Frieda

Economics

5 h. ago Hedge fund Elliott turns up heat on BP with demand for deep spending cuts

US activist discloses 5% stake and warns pivot back to oil and gas does not go far enough

Economics

5 h. ago Secret party island which inspired Stormzy, Rihanna, The Woman in Black film and Olly Murs' wedding could be yours (if you have a spare £25million!)

Osea Island in the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, which is owned by music producer Nigel Frieda, has 90 bedrooms and 61 bathrooms across a total of 38 residential properties.

Society

5 h. ago Al Gore compares Trump team to Nazi Germany saying they are ‘trying to create their own preferred version of reality’

Former vice president and environmentalist slammed the Trump administration for walking back climate policies

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