3 h. ago MOVIE REVIEW: We get to know horror sequel 'The Strangers: Chapter 2'

Middle entry of trilogy stalls amid dawdling script, while mystery surrounding its killers unravels.

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4 h. ago Creepy stranger murdered young friends in Arizona wilderness...then called in TIPS about the bloodbath, police say

Thomas Brown was allegedly camping with his wife in the area at the time - before she left the trip early, leaving him alone to allegedly kill the two teenagers in a seemingly random attack.

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5 h. ago Warning after elderly Lanarkshire resident conned by bogus caller imitating police officer

Police say a man called the elderly woman's landline number and falsely claimed he was a detective constable from Hamilton police office.

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5 h. ago 'A proud city of solidarity and unity the face of hate': Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer writes for the Manchester Evening News following another dark day for the city

'This is a time to stand together'

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5 h. ago Axed Wrexham struggler's true character clear with his comments to fans after match

Conor Coady has not played in Wrexham's last few games, but the former England defender has still made a big impact off the pitch during his time at the Racecourse Ground

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6 h. ago In a time of hate and rancour, two Jews sought to pray – and were killed. Let Manchester be a turning point | Jonathan Freedland

This was a horror but amid rising antisemitism, no one can say it was a surprise. There are lessons to learn, and that must start nowIt was the Jewish New Year last week, when the traditional greeting is shana tova: a good year. This time around, you’d often hear it in adapted form, as Jews wished each other something more modest: “A better year.” As if, given the times we live in, “good” would be too much to ask for; as if we ought to scale down expectations. It turns out we didn’t scale them down enough.I was in synagogue when word spread of the murderous attack at Heaton Park in north Manchester that left two people dead, along with the killer. Yom Kippur is rightly described as the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, but it is also a moment of vulnerability. Those who follow tradition, and that includes plenty who wouldn’t describe themselves as believers in God, do not eat or drink for 25 hours; many switch off their phones, and don’t watch TV or listen to the radio; they engag...

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6 h. ago Man was blindfolded and kidnapped from Welsh retail park then stabbed multiple times

Connor Price was only saved from his kidnappers when his father and girlfriend hatched a daring escape plan

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8 h. ago Nigel Farage accuses Keir Starmer of 'emboldening' hate marchers who 'celebrated Manchester synagogue attack' after recognising Palestine

Farage took to social media on Friday to accuse the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, of 'emboldening' protesters by recognising the state of Palestine last month.

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9 h. ago Falkirk councillors 'reject hate and discrimination' as asylum hotel protests continue

Councillors criticised 'misinformation' including one man being wrongly identified as a paedophile.

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9 h. ago Caves transformed for Babybel Stranger Things immersive experience

It marks the launch of Season 5 - and a new cheese

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9 h. ago Zlatan Ibrahimovic's cougar girlfriend, 55, yelled at 'big nose', 44, when they first met

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Helena Seger are almost the picture perfect couple - but, after their first meeting, neither would have realised they would spend their lives together

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10 h. ago Horse named after trainer who died in ‘freak’ accident runs for miles after racecourse escape

Brocklesby Bill, named after Bill Turner and trained by his daughter Kathy, bolted through hedges and across fields ahead of his planned debut at Salisbury

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10 h. ago Cruz Beckham, 20, sports bizarre frog clogs on outing with girlfriend Jackie Apostel, 30, as Victoria is supported by her family ahead of her Paris Fashion Week show

The singer, 20, sported a pair of quirky green frog clogs from JW Anderson as he and Jackie, 30, departed their hotel on Friday morning.

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10 h. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to be sentenced after conviction on federal prostitution

Music mogul could face lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of some charges in July; court proceedings to begin at 10am eastern timeSean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentencing: what to knowA former girlfriend, R&B singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, testified during the trial that Combs ordered her to have “disgusting” sex with strangers hundreds of times during their decade-long relationship.The jury was repeatedly shown video clips of Combs dragging and beating Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway after one of those multiday sexual marathons, which she referred to as “freak-offs” during her four days of testimony. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Big Brother fans are just realising George 'is in a huge Netflix show'

ITV viewers are just discovering that the new housemate is no stranger to TV

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11 h. ago Sadiq Khan told to ban hate marches in London following Manchester terror attack

Sadiq Khan told to ban hate marches in London following Manchester terror attack  Daily Express

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14 h. ago Trump calls Democrats ‘the party of hate, evil, and Satan’ in late

President continues social media attacks on opposition over government shutdown

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15 h. ago Taylor Swift’s Charli xcx hit job misses the point – and underscores her tedious obsession with conflict

Sixteen months after Charli used Brat to air her anxieties about Swift, the US star’s graceless response is a missed opportunity for growth – and betrays her vengeful sideCharli xcx released her sixth album, Brat, on 7 June 2024. Within seconds of it streaming, fans had deduced that the song Girl, So Confusing was probably about Lorde: all it took was the line “people say we’re alike / They say we’ve got the same hair”, riffing on a 2014 video where Charli and an interviewer did a bit about people confusing the two. In the song, Charli laid bare her anxieties about their relationship and admitted: “Sometimes I think you might hate me.” Exactly two weeks later came the Girl, So Confusing Featuring Lorde remix, brokered by the pair over text and voice note in the days after Brat came out. On Lorde’s verse, she owned up to ghosting on dinner dates with Charli and exposed the self-hate, projection and industry-fuelled sense of pop-girl-on-pop-girl rivalry that had made her shy away from...

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15 h. ago Taylor Swift’s Charli xcx hit job misses the point – and underscores her tedious obsession with conflict | Laura Snapes

Sixteen months after Charli used Brat to air her anxieties about Swift, the US star’s graceless response is a missed opportunity for growth – and betrays her vengeful sideCharli xcx released her sixth album, Brat, on 7 June 2024. Within seconds of it streaming, fans had deduced that the song Girl, So Confusing was probably about Lorde: all it took was the line “people say we’re alike / They say we’ve got the same hair”, riffing on a 2014 video where Charli and an interviewer did a bit about people confusing the two. In the song, Charli laid bare her anxieties about their relationship and admitted: “Sometimes I think you might hate me.” Exactly two weeks later came the Girl, So Confusing Featuring Lorde remix, brokered by the pair over text and voice note in the days after Brat came out. On Lorde’s verse, she owned up to ghosting on dinner dates with Charli and exposed the self-hate, projection and industry-fuelled sense of pop-girl-on-pop-girl rivalry that had made her shy away from...

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16 h. ago ROS WYNNE JONES: 'Heaton Park terror attack is a moment for us all to stand together'

Extremists of all kinds seek to divide us, but the terror attack on Manchester's Heaton Park Synagogue shows it's time for the quiet many to stand united against the hate-filled few, writes Ros Wynne Jones

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