54 h. ago Steal to The Beauty: the seven best shows to stream this week

Sophie Turner is excellent as an office worker caught up in an armed heist, while Bella Hadid leads Ryan Murphy’s flashy and deeply unserious drama about an injection that comes with the promise: ‘one shot will make you hot’ Zara (Sophie Turner) is half-heartedly slogging away in a mid-ranking job at a pensions company. But her life is dramatically upended when a brutal and terrifyingly efficient gang of robbers appear in her workplace to carry out a £4bn heist. This thriller gives up its secrets gradually: what originally seems to be a taut crime caper soon twists and turns in unsettling and credulity-stretching ways. It’s a smart attempt to reimagine the perfect financial crime for the digital age and Turner’s lead performance is deceptively subtle, with her apparent office-drone apathy eventually barely concealing a surprising level of slick calculation. Archie Madekwe is also excellent as her sidekick Luke. Prime Video, from Wednesday 21 January Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Gareth Southgate's latest comments keep him relevant at a time when Man Utd need a new boss

Gareth Southgate discusses the relationship between a manager and senior club figures - 48 hours after close friend Steve Holland becomes Manchester United No.2

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4 d. ago Man who fired gun at former friend's Niddrie home in Edinburgh jailed for nine years

A man who shot three rounds of live ammunition through the window of a former friend’s home in Edinburgh has been sentenced to nine years in prison.

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4 d. ago Man who shot at window of former friend jailed for nine years

Nicky Robertson was sentenced on Wednesday following an incident in Edinburgh in March last year.

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4 d. ago Two Scots killers jailed for 34yrs after man mowed down twice BY MISTAKE by ‘best friend’ before being hit with machete

TWO vicious killers have been caged for a total of 34 years after a man was mowed down in a sick case of mistaken identity — then hacked to death with a machete. Alexander McQuillan, 27, and Richard Mullan, 21, were sentenced for the brutal murder of Michael Beaton, 35, in Greenock, Inverclyde, on November...

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4 d. ago Man who killed best friend in mistaken identity case jailed with second attacker

Richard Mullan and Alexander McQuillan pleaded guilty to separate murder charges over the death of Michael Beaton, 35.

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4 d. ago Killers jailed after Scots dad mowed down in 'mistaken identity' horror and hacked with machete

Michael Beaton, 35, was mistakenly struck by a car driven by 'best friend' Richard Mullan before the man they were chasing attacked him with machete.

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5 d. ago 'I spotted a post on Facebook now I save myself a whole week of work a year'

Business owner reveals simple change in atx she’s made to save time and money and is calling on others to follow her lead.

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5 d. ago Mum died after falling off bar stool at busy hotel and hitting head on fireplace

Kadie Hunt, 38, had been drinking at the Welback Manor and golf hotel in Sparkwell, Devon, with her cousin and friend when she tumbled off the bar stool and suffered a traumatic brain injury

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7 d. ago Swiss bar owner 'desperately tried to save waitress before she died in fire'

Jacques Moretti's statements to investigators have been reported in Switzerland, ten days on from the disaster that killed 20 children and left a further 116 injured

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1 week ago Man Utd's wild plan explained as Jim Ratcliffe looks to Solskjaer to save stormy ownership

Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the Manchester United hierarchy look set to be placing an Old Trafford legend back in the dugout following Ruben Amorim’s sacking – and here is why it will work

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1 week ago Pal’s desperate 999 call after man, 46, ‘murdered by love rival who dumped his mutilated body in landfill’

THIS is the desperate 999 call a friend made to report a man missing before he was found dead, naked and mutilated in a landfill. Cumali Turhan, 45, had been at The Globe pub in Chelmsford, Essex, before he disappeared in the early hours of November 19, 2024. Seven weeks after his friend made the call...

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1 week ago Mickey Rourke launches fundraiser to pay $60,000 in rent after threat of eviction

The 73-year-old Oscar-nominated actor was issued with an eviction notice in DecemberMickey Rourke has turned to fundraising to pay the US$59,100 (£44,000, A$89,000) he allegedly owes in rent, after being sued by his landlord and facing eviction from his Los Angeles home.The 73-year-old actor, who was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe for his performance in the 2008 drama The Wrestler, has approved a GoFundMe page launched by Liya-Joelle Jones, a friend and member of Rourke’s management team. At time of writing, the fundraiser had raised US$33,000 of its US$100,000 goal. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Moment worried friend calls 999 to report man, 46, missing before his mutilated body was found in landfill

Cumali Turhan had last been seen in a pub in Chelmsford, Essex, on November 19, 2024 - and the alarm was raised when the 46-year-old failed to show up to work.

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2 w. ago 'My friend died whilst sleeping on the streets, and I thought why couldn't it have been me?'

After a man was found dead in Manchester city centre on Boxing Day, rough sleepers explain why some still remain outside despite emergency cold weather shelters being made available. Chris Slater reports.

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2 w. ago Young couples increasingly choosing pets over starting a family...with dogs now outnumbering children in one in three neighbourhoods!

They are affectionately known as man's best friend but for many couples under 35 their pet pooches are increasingly part of the family.

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2 w. ago A friend spotted something wrong with their daughter in photo then 'everything crumbled'

"I really just felt that something wasn't right"

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2 w. ago ‘I’ve seen a lot of great pissheads’: Stephen Graham on booze, Baftas and the return of his bone

Stephen Graham and Steven Knight had an astonishing 2025. As A Thousand Blows explodes back, they talk about taking decades to become overnight sensations, the Peaky Blinders movie – and why it could be time for a scouse Bond villainStephen Graham had a stellar 2025. He didn’t just play Bruce Springsteen’s father in biopic Deliver Me from Nowhere but, of course, co-created and starred in Netflix mega-hit Adolescence – the game-changing drama that sparked global debate about online misogyny, incel culture and the “manosphere”.His friend and regular collaborator Steven Knight watched admiringly from afar as the devastating four-parter became event TV. “My God, it was a cultural phenomenon,” he says, puffing out his cheeks with pride. “Adolescence got people talking who don’t normally talk, about things they don’t normally talk about. Is there any finer achievement than having a direct, immediate and positive effect worldwide on human relationships? It’s like putting something on scree...

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2 w. ago Latif Ayodele’s friend pays tribute after Anthony Joshua crash: ‘We had so many plans’

A friend of Anthony Joshua's personal trainer has paid tribute after he was involved in a fatal car crash on Monday.

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2 w. ago Respected national water polo coach tragically found dead in hotel room

'A friend to many within our Manchester community'

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