68 m. ago Heartbeat legend favourite to play lead detective in Death in Paradise

Earlier this year, Channel 5 bosses announced a new series titled Death in Benidorm

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81 m. ago Darius Danesh's Hollywood ex's message after star died refusing operation

Darius Danesh's ex-wife Natasha Henstridge has paid tribute to the late Pop Idol star on the third anniversary of his death, after his girlfriend Lauren Cheek opened up on his tragic passing

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1 hour ago Three women charged over newborn’s death in female genital mutilation case

The UN estimates that about 75 per cent of women in Gambia have been subjected to the procedure known as FGM

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2 h. ago Haunting last photos of people seconds before animals mauled them to death

Some deaths are worse than others and being mauled by an animal on camera certainly ranks as an unpleasant one and this was the case in recent weeks when a grandad encountered a crocodile

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2 h. ago 'I struggled to eat sandwich at work and now have six months to live'

EXCLUSIVE: A dad who has been fighting for his life after a 35cm tumour was found in his food pipe on Christmas Eve has stopped treatment and has been told his death is imminent

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2 h. ago Boy arrested on suspicion of rape and murder after death of girl, 13

The girl's death is being treated as 'unexplained', police say

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3 h. ago At least 56 feared dead after flash flood devastates remote Himalayan village

Race against time to save 80 people still missing after flood sweeps away dozens of cars and motorbikes

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6 h. ago Worker 'beats colleague to death and "eats his brain" on first day in job'

The brutal killing took place on August 12 at Fazenda Baixinha, a rural property in Ilheus, in the far south of the Brazilian state of Bahia.

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7 h. ago Prison officer had phone sex with dangerous gangster and sent him steamy letters

While working at HM Prison Wealstun near Wetherby, West Yorkshire, Megann Gibson embarked on an illicit relationship with an inmate - and she became lovestruck

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7 h. ago IAN WILLIAMS: Ministers blinded by Beijing's cash cannot see their dangerous folly

The warning from America is stark: selling Thames Water, Britain's biggest water and sewage business, to a Chinese company would be a 'national security threat'.

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7 h. ago Death row killer gouges out both his own eyes and eats them in bid to avoid execution

Andre Thomas, 39, was sentenced to death in 2005 for the murders of his estranged wife and her two children. His execution was postponed after he gouged out his eyes

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7 h. ago Celebs Go Dating star Jon Lee breaks down in tears as he reveals his mother feared he was dead after S Club 7 singer 'went missing' for two years

Jon Lee has recalled going 'completely off the rails' as he emotionally opened up about his father's tragic death on Celebs Go Dating on Thursday. 

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7 h. ago Jeremy Paxman's brother leaves staggering fortune to family after his death aged 73

The former UK ambassador to Mexico and Spain died of lung cancer in March, aged 73.

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9 h. ago Government teams up with TikTok influencers over cosmetic surgery warnings

The initiative is part of a wider Government drive to tackle so-called medical tourism

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9 h. ago Former Paisley MP Willie Gallacher's death marked by bookshop display tribute

Abbey Books in the town produced the showcase in memory of one of Paisley's most famous politicians.

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9 h. ago UK on 'high alert' as country's most dangerous spider set to invade homes

The UK is on high alert as the country's most dangerous spider is set to invade homes. Six areas of the UK are on high alert as the venomous spiders begin to invade homes this August

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9 h. ago S Club's Jon Lee's mum feared he was dead as star went missing after dad's tragic death

S Club 7 star Jon Lee opened up about his father's tragic death during tonight's episode of E4's Celebs Go Dating, as he admitted he "lost the plot" while grieving

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10 h. ago Priscilla Presley spent years fighting her former business partners over money. Then they dropped a medical bombshell

Priscilla Presley has been locked in a multi-year legal battle with her former business partners

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10 h. ago Prison officer had 'phone sex with gangster inmate' as letters detail 'inappropriate' romps

The 26-year-old prison officer sent flirty letters and had phone sex with the apparently 'dangerous' inmate, and reportedly supplied him contraband while he was on the inside,

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10 h. ago Feds seek death penalty for member of radical ‘Zizian’ group accused of murdering US border agent in Vermont shootout

Prosecutors charged Milo Youngblut, 21, with murdering Border Patrol officer David Maland — one of six deaths connected the enigmatic

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