8 h. ago Jorge Bolano dead at 47: Gianluigi Buffon leads tributes after former World Cup footballer collapsed at a party and died

The football world is in mourning following the passing of former Colombia international Jorge Bolano at the age of 47.

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10 h. ago World Cup star dies aged 47 as icon pays tribute to 'unforgettable friend'

Former World Cup star Jorge Bolano has tragically died at the age of 47 as the football world pays tribute to the Colombian star who died suddenly

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9 d. ago Alan Shearer wells up as he pays tribute to his late father at Carabao Cup parade with Newcastle legend choking back tears: 'I wish he would have hung on for one more year'

Shearer's dad, also named Alan, passed away aged 80 in May 2024 following a re-occurrence of cancer . He had been diagnosed in February having already beaten the disease at the age of 65.

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9 d. ago Alan Shearer fights back tears as he pays emotional tribute to his late father in front of thousands of fans at Newcastle's Carabao Cup trophy parade

Alan Shearer was fighting back tears while speaking at Newcastle's Carabao Cup trophy parade, as the former striker paid an emotional tribute to his father in front of thousands of fans.

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1 week ago Who was Christina McKelvie? Scottish government minister dies after cancer battle

The Scottish drugs and alcohol policy minister died on Thursday morning following a battle with breast cancer

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1 week ago Ryan Giggs' restaurant collapse sees Man Utd legend and staff owed thousands

George's Dining Room and Bar in Worsley, Salford, shut in February with the business now in voluntary liquidation. A new document has shown the company behind the restaurant owed nearly £500k

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1 week ago Bombshell new twist in case of little Emile: Detectives reveal horrific details of how the toddler died, a 'third party' was involved

Prosecutors spoke after Emile's grandparents, who were looking after him when he vanished from their holiday home in Haut Vernet in 2023, were released from custody

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1 week ago Ryan Giggs business venture collapses as Man United legend and employees owed thousands

The company behind George's Dining Room and Bar in Worsley, Salford, which shut in February, had an estimated deficiency to its creditors of just over £478,000

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2 w. ago Mysterious death of mother 'murdered' at a sleepover: Tamla Horsford died after 'falling from a balcony at 'football moms' slumber party'

The mysterious death of a Georgia woman who fell from a balcony during an adult slumber party in 2018 has still not been solved - leaving her bereaved family searching for answers.

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4 w. ago Backer of collapsed betting syndicate run by Alastair Campbell's son 'died before getting £160,000 investment back'

Investors have complained of losses after backing Rory Campbell’s multimillion-pound football betting firm

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last month Mao Zedong’s first Little Red Book had blue cover and less propaganda

Rare early editions of book by communist party chairman, who shunned the idea of wealth, set to fetch £1m at auctionThe thoughts of Mao Zedong, published in 1964 under the title Quotations, are considered the blueprint for Chinese communism and a guidebook to the Cultural Revolution. The collected soundbites from his speeches and writings have become known the world over as the Little Red Book.But the red-covered Quotations of the former Chinese Communist Party chairman, who died in 1976, aged 82, went through many ideological iterations before the official version was settled on. The original cover was also a different colour – in fact, had some of those earlier thought experiments been declared the final draft, we could now be talking about Chairman Mao’s Little Blue Book. Continue reading...

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