27 h. ago Top baby names inspired by video game characters leading searches and beating traditional names

Parents are turning to video games to find the perfect names for their little ones, with experts noting a number of intriguing patterns when it comes to both boys and girls

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30 h. ago Pictured: US man accused of stabbing British trainee nurse, 23, to death 'in row over a cat' at Texas flat they shared as devastated university pays tribute to student 'motivated by love'

This is the first picture of a man accused of stabbing to death a British trainee nurse at their shared flat in Texas in a row over a cat.

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6 d. ago Inbetweeners star James Buckley made nearly £1m last year all for shouting two words

EXCLUSIVE: James Buckley made his name as the cheeky school-kid Jay Cartwright in Channel 4's successful The Inbetweeners programme, but now rakes it in while paying homage to the show

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1 week ago Dan Skelton compares final day battle with Willie Mullins to 'facing the executioner'

Despite holding a small prize-money advantage over his Irish rival for the British jumps trainer’s championship, Skelton appeared to concede the race on Thursday

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2 w. ago Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas moans about living with fiancé Hannah Tointon in rare interview

Actress Hannah, whose sister is former EastEnders star and Strictly winner Kara Tointon , got together with Joe back in 2012, after meeting on the set of the hit E4 drama.

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2 w. ago Willie Mullins vs Dan Skelton battle forces changes to ITV’s season finale schedule

The start time of the final jumps meeting of the season at Sandown on Saturday has been brought forward and the running order changed so fans can follow the climax to the British trainers’ championship

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2 w. ago Willie Mullins goes for broke with 15 horses in last big jumps race of season

The trainer is responsible for nearly half the field in Saturday’s bet365 Gold Cup which could decide the outcome of his battle with Dan Skelton for the British trainers’ championship

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2 w. ago British steam train featured in Paddington 2 and Top Gear is first in the world to be future

The changes, set to be rolled out across the country in coming years, mean Britain will be following in the footsteps of Europe as it introduces the digital-only technology.

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2 w. ago Skelton’s Cheltenham winner maintains narrow title lead in duel with Mullins

Irish trainer set to have multiple Easter runners in UKCharlotte’s Web best bet on all-weather finals cardA single winner on Cheltenham’s final card of the season was enough to maintain Dan Skelton’s narrow lead in the contest for the National Hunt trainers’ championship on Thursday, ahead of a busy Easter programme weekend when Skelton and the defending champion, Willie Mullins, will send dozens of runners to tracks in all parts of the country as the title race goes into its final week.Mullins, who was the first Irish trainer to win the British championship for 70 years when he edged out Skelton 12 months ago, equalled his own record of 10 wins at the track’s festival meeting last month. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas' new video perfectly captures the struggles of using British trains

A new study has found that British rail users are becoming increasingly frustrated with the state of UK train services, and this new video perfectly captures the common frustrations.

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3 w. ago Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas captures British rail frustrations in hilarious new video

A new study has unveiled the 15 biggest bugbears of train travel, including loud music or videos, unclear tannoy announcements and the dreaded rail replacement bus

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3 w. ago Inbetweener Joe Thomas captures the chaos of train travel in new comedy skit

Joe’s characteristically dry-humoured and witty take on the frustrations of train travel comes after research revealed the top national 'travel peeves’ when it comes to using

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3 w. ago Captain Cody wins the Scottish Grand National in another Willie Mullins triumph

Coral Scottish Grand National result: 1 Captain Cody 9-1 2 Klarc Kent 14-1 3 Our Power 33-1 4 Grozni 22-1. Trainer Willie Mullins is closing in on back-to-back British titles with just two weeks to go

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3 w. ago Moment bomb explodes at British tourist hotspot after device detonates outside train firm involved in catastrophic rail disaster

Anonymous calls warning of the attack were made to Greek media just moments before the blast on Friday night.

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3 w. ago Bomb explodes in British tourist hotspot outside HQ of train firm involved in Greece's deadliest rail disaster

Anonymous calls were made ahead of a bomb exploding in a British tourist hotspot in Athens, Greece on Friday night - just yards away from the headquarters of rail firm Hellenic Train.

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3 w. ago Willie Mullins names SIX Scottish Grand National runners as he chases trainers’ championship

After saddling an unprecedented 1-2-3 in the Grand National, the Irish trainer will try to close the gap further on British title leader Dan Skelton on Saturday

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