63 m. ago Inside Israel’s ‘torture’ jails where Palestinians held without charge tell of brutal treatment

A special investigation by Chief International Correspondent Bel Trew reveals allegations of brutal treatment of Palestinians in Israeli facilities including rape, torture, medical neglect and death. Israel rejects all accusations of wrong-doing

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76 m. ago Sydney Sweeney ditches engagement ring in sizzling beach shoot after 'calling off wedding'

Hollywood beauty Sydney Sweeney wowed fans in a mini-dress, but decided to lose the engagement ring following reports she's having "major issues" with her partner

Society

1 hour ago Bargain vacuum called 'the best they've owned' is 23 per cent off on Amazon

'I've never picked up so much pet hair before with any other hoover and I've had Hettys and Henry's before'

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2 h. ago Helen Mirren calls out James Bond franchise for ‘profound sexism’

‘I never liked the way women were,’ actor said

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2 h. ago What happens next in Adolescence: Lawyer reveals how he would defend Jamie Miller from the horrifying allegations in the Netflix show

A criminal defence lawyer has revealed what could have happened to Jamie in a fifth episode, had the teen appeared in court accused of murdering a female schoolfriend.

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2 h. ago The Five author Hallie Rubenhold: ‘I really hate true crime’

The award-winning writer turned the Jack the Ripper case on its head. Now she is giving Dr Crippen the same treatment – and questioning how we tell stories about murderous menIt was called “the crime of the century” and “the north London cellar murder”, and more than 100 years after it happened, the name of the murderer is still widely known. Dr Crippen has been the subject of multiple books, movies and TV shows and had a waxwork made of him at Madame Tussauds. But the story of his crimes, writes Hallie Rubenhold in Story of a Murder, remains one “predominantly about women but told almost exclusively by men”. As such, Crippen’s victim is long forgotten. Her name was Belle Elmore, and in Rubenhold’s book she is brought back to life.Rubenhold and I are in a cafe in Muswell Hill, north London, a 10 minute walk from where Elmore is buried, and where the 53-year-old author lives with her barrister husband, Frank. Writing Story of a Murder was nerve-racking, says Rubenhold, partly because...

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2 h. ago Anger as Satanists hold ‘Black Mass’ to call for separation of church and state in Kansas

The Satanic Grotto's rally attracted hundreds of Christian counter-protesters

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2 h. ago Justice Secretary warned against ‘megaphone diplomacy’ in sentencing row

Former Tory justice secretary Sir Robert Buckland also suggested he had no truck with accusations the Government was implementing ‘two-tier’ justice.

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2 h. ago Danny Jones' wife Georgia gushes over her 'rock' after moving back in to work through marriage

McFly singer Danny Jones' wife Georgia Jones has shared a gushing tribute on her social media page, calling her friend her 'rock', as she tries to move past her husband's kiss scandal

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3 h. ago Man locked in his own home for 20 years questions why accused stepmother remains free

‘This victim is afraid. This victim lives in fear’

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3 h. ago Myanmar and Thailand earthquake live: race to find survivors as huge rise in death toll confirmed

Myanmar’s military rulers have called for ‘any country, any organisation’ to help as concerns grow over how rescuers will reach affected areasFull report: Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to almost 700 as search for survivors continuesPatients evacuated from a Bangkok hospital have been taken to a nearby sports hall where hospital beds are lined up beneath basketball hoops and beside football goals.Agence France-Presse reports that when powerful tremors from Myanmar’s earthquake and aftershock shook the Thai capital on Friday afternoon, patients at Rajavithi hospital were rushed out of the building, some helped down stairs to nearby makeshift shelters, including to the hospital’s canteen and sports hall.I need to receive my blood platelets soon, and the hospital is currently checking which other hospital can provide the treatment. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago What is the Smithsonian Institution and why is it important?

A Trump executive order aims to uproot ‘anti-American ideology’ from the US museum and research complexOn Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution, a behemoth of a research and museum organization that operates more than 20 museum and research centers and is visited by millions of people each year, mainly in Washington DC and New York City. The museums include the National Museum of African Art, the National Portrait Gallery, the National Museum of the American Indian and the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), which Trump name-checked in his executive order. Trump’s executive order instructs Vice-President JD Vance to “eliminate improper, divisive or anti-American ideology” from the Smithsonian’s museums.The Smithsonian has already come under scrutiny by Trump and his allies. Earlier this year, the institution was forced to close its diversity office and froze all federal hiring. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Call The Midwife star Olly Rix reveals incredible body transformation in ripped workout pics

Former Call the Midwife star Olly Rix opens about the intense physical training he's been doing to take on his new roll as ripped and 'charming' doctor Flynn Byron in Casualty

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3 h. ago 'I went from the brothel to the boardroom and built an eight

EXCLUSIVE: Isabelle Fox was always inspired by the TV series, Secret Diary of a Call Girl when she set out on a new career path that led to her making a fortune

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3 h. ago Call The Midwife star Olly Rix's secret life as he shows off ripped body in workout pics

Actor Olly Rix, who viewers will recognise from Call The Midwife, has made an intense and dramatic debut in the BBC's Casualty as Clinical Lead Flynn Byron

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3 h. ago Delta flight has near miss with Air Force jet after takeoff in close call at Reagan National Airport

The Delta flight, with 137 people on board, had just departed for Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota , when it received notification of a nearby aircraft.

Transport

4 h. ago MobLand: Tom Hardy deserves better than Guy Ritchie’s mediocre 90s

Hardy, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Paddy Considine are well and truly phoning it in in this gangland drama that’s a total throwback to the 90s – with the awful cockney accents to matchLots of people wish it were still the 1990s. You’d expect that Tony Blair does, and Tim Lovejoy probably does, and the guy from Babylon Zoo definitely does, and anyone who bought an Oasis ticket this year only did that because they live in a state of perpetual revulsion that the millennium ever happened. But I guarantee you that nothing on Earth wishes it were the 1990s more than the new Paramount+ series MobLand.Just describing MobLand (out Sunday 30 March) feels like a game of 1990s nostalgia bingo. It’s directed by Guy Ritchie, the 90s director. It stars Pierce Brosnan, the 90s Bond. It’s a London-set crime drama full of characters who talk in cartoonish cockney accents like they’re doing Parklife karaoke. The criminals are a family called the Stevensons, rather than a bunch of kids o...

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5 h. ago Gérard Depardieu trial finally gives France its #MeToo moment

Actor’s week in court seen as turning point as French film industry has been slow to take abuse claims seriouslyWhen the actor Gérard Depardieu took the stand at his sexual assault trial in Paris this week, it was seen as a turning point for the #MeToo movement in France.As a parliamentary commission examines why the French film industry has been slow – even resistant – to take women’s claims of abuse seriously, Depardieu, the nation’s biggest film star, faced accusations that he trapped a set decorator between his legs and sexually assaulted her while shooting the film Les Volets verts (The Green Shutters) in 2021. He is also accused of touching the breasts and buttocks of an assistant director on the same film on three separate occasions. Depardieu, 76, has denied all the charges, telling the court he had been “dragged through the mud by calumny and lies”. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Hamilton Accies v Raith: Shaw out to right a few wrongs as drop battle intensifies

Accies will look to do something they haven't managed this season when Rovers come calling

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5 h. ago Mario Kart 9: All we know about latest Nintendo racer ahead of Switch 2 event

Mario Kart 9 (or whatever it ends up being called) is the first game revealed for the Nintendo Switch 2 — here's all we know about the upcoming racer which could be a system-seller

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