30 h. ago Comedy star gets emotional in surprising episode of Alison Hammond's chat show airing on TV tonight

In a surprisingly emotional episode, comedian Jimmy Carr opens up about how his beloved late mum inspired his love of laughter

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33 h. ago Death row fiend executed with chilling last 4 words 33 years after killing family

Oscar Franklin Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville for the brutal murders in 1989

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3 d. ago Diane Kruger's chilling role as prisoner at Nazi death camp for women where inmates were deliberately injected with PETROL and had their bones shattered in horrifying experiments

Diane Kruger (pictured above in character) portrays an inmate at Ravensbruck who is made a Kapo - a senior prisoner given the duty of overseeing other prisoners - in Each of Us.

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3 d. ago Witness to death row execution gives chilling account of inmate's final moments

Benjamin Ritchie became the second person executed in Indiana in 15 years on Tuesday as, more than two decades after killing a police officer, the inmate was given a lethal injection

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3 d. ago Princess Diana's bodyguard made chilling claim about car crash before his death

A former bodyguard of Princess Diana, Lee Sansum, has sadly died after suffering a fatal heart attack. He once a shocking claim about the night that she tragically died in 1997

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8 d. ago 'My mum met a stranger online – now she's in love and has given him £7,000'

JUST JANE: Today our agony aunt Jane O'Gorman is dealing with a new issue from a concerned Daily Star reader whose mum met a stranger at a bus stop and has now fallen madly in love

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1 week ago I introduced my mum to the restaurant at Scotland's best hotel and she's loved it ever since

This is her dream venue

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1 week ago Killer who strangled mum to death walked free for 24 years before DNA twist nailed him

Eugene Gligor, 45, pleaded guilty to the murder of Leslie Preer 20 years after being welcomed into the family's home during the 1990s while he was dating her daughter, Lauren

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1 week ago ‘I’ve always had a soft spot for Lady Gaga’: John Lydon’s honest playlist

The Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd frontman prefers drinking to karaoke and loves the Kinks, but which out-there rock song changed his life?The first song I fell in love with I loved Gene Vincent as a kid. Then my mum and dad bought You Really Got Me by the Kinks. It shocked me that the guitar was so tough and brilliant. Ray Davies is one of Britain’s finest songwriters.The first single I bought Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town by Kenny Rogers, from a little store in Finsbury Park, where I bought reggae and Jimi Hendrix from thereon in. It was run by a little old lady, who played the deepest of deep reggae. She had colossal, mad taste, this old lady. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Bodybuilder was 'on date with secret lover hours after he killed wife' with mum's help

Luiz Garnica was accused of using rat poison to kill his wife Larissa Rodrigues - with help from his elderly mum - and allegedly went on a date with his mistress the night his wife died

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2 w. ago Long lost letters tell adorable World War II love story of US airman and his British sweetheart

A mum from the US discovered her parents long lost love letters as she posed for a selfie outside the former family home during a trip down memory lane

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2 w. ago Death Row killer leaves Dan Walker terrified with chilling Strictly Come Dancing comment

Former BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2021 where he finsihed fifth - but it was not something he expected to be brought up when meeting a Death Row inmate

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2 w. ago Brian May nearly choked on his goats cheese: my adventures with the cosmic dads of rock’n’roll

Kevin Ayers wanted romance, Johnny Rotten worried about his dangly bits Ageing rockers are Kate Mossman’s speciality. Here’s what she’s learned from meeting themYoung musicians have so little to say. Give me a rocker in his later years any day. Ask him about his childhood, his relationship with his mum, his painful lifelong love affair with his lead guitarist. Many belong to a specific anthropological group: born after the war, they got their first guitars on hire purchase and went on to date the aristocracy. They became my specialist subject as a journalist: it was impossible to resist the combination of vulnerability, extreme oddness and sharp business nous I found in so many, while others were living in strangely compromised circumstances despite years of deathless hits. I was particularly drawn to those who had continued a career under the radar, or who had slipped under it but hadn’t quite noticed.It was a strange subject to pursue, but always a labour of love – because on some...

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2 w. ago ‘I’m burping? At least I didn’t fart!’ Ten things I’ve learned about ageing rockers

From Gene Simmons discussing lowgrade meatballs to Shaun Ryder comparing himself to Uncle Fester, Kate Mossman has spent her life interviewing rock stars of a certain age. What has she learned?Young musicians have so little to say. Give me a rocker in his later years any day. Ask him about his childhood, his relationship with his mum, his painful lifelong love affair with his lead guitarist. Many belong to a specific anthropological group: born after the war, they got their first guitars on hire purchase and went on to date the aristocracy. They became my specialist subject as a journalist: it was impossible to resist the combination of vulnerability, extreme oddness and sharp business nous I found in so many, while others were living in strangely compromised circumstances despite years of deathless hits. I was particularly drawn to those who had continued a career under the radar, or who had slipped under it but hadn’t quite noticed.It was a strange subject to pursue, but always a ...

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2 w. ago Woman's chilling six words after zipping partner in suitcase to suffer agonising death

Sarah Boone said the death of her boyfriend Jorge Torres Jr. was accidental, stemming from a game of hide and seek that had gone horribly wrong - but the truth was far more sinister

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3 w. ago Mum's son called to tell her he loved her – just hours later he was dead

Zoe Cooke's son was stabbed to death in 2021 after he'd called her to say he loved her. The pair were incredibly close and he would always share everything with her

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3 w. ago Man murdered 'lovely' mum Maxine Clark at her house in Glasgow

Mark Keel admitted killing 36-year-old Maxine Clark at her house in Riddrie on June 27, 2024.

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3 w. ago Gene Hackman's wife's autopsy reveals distressing detail two months after Hantavirus death

Two months on from the death of Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa-Hackman, a chilling new detail has emerged from her autopsy report

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3 w. ago Killer strangled loving mum to death then sent chilling message to her sister

Victoria Thomas was found dead at her home after her partner Alcwyn Thomas strangled her to death following a night of drinking and cocaine use

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3 w. ago Four chilling clues around Virginia Giuffre's death as 'evil people' claim resurfaces

Virginia Giuffre is not the first Jeffrey Epstein victim to be found dead after they spoke out about the evil sex trafficker as conspiracy theorists speculate about her death

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