7 h. ago Kim Kardashian wows in a busty bikini as she takes a splash for playful beach photo shoot in Los Angeles

Kim Kardashian flaunted her toned figure in a stylish swimsuit as she splashed in the waves during a playful photo shoot at the beach in Los Angeles this week.

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8 h. ago Police appeal after van driver flees scene of tram crash that left girl dead

The collision occurred at 9.56am on Saturday between a van and a tram in Manchester City Centre on Mosley Street.

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9 h. ago West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen delivers major blow to Arsenal’s title hopes

So it turns out Arsenal should have signed a striker. Fourteen months after they last put a major dent in Arsenal’s title aspirations, a goal from Jarrod Bowen secured West Ham’s second successive Premier League away win over their north London rivals as Mikel Arteta’s side saw their hopes of maintaining the pressure on leaders Liverpool evaporate.To compound Arteta’s misery, substitute Myles Lewis-Skelly was shown a straight red card in the second half as Arsenal – who had toiled with Mikel Merino again filling in as a makeshift attacker – struggled to find an equaliser against a defence that would have done Graham Potter’s predecessor, David Moyes, proud. Yet while this was a welcome triumph for Potter, it also laid bare the deficiencies in Arsenal’s squad caused by so many injuries to forward players that has made their task of overhauling Arne Slot’s side almost impossible. A first defeat in 15 games – a run that had stretched back to the start of November – almost leaves them n...

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14 h. ago Russell Watson looks back: ‘My success felt like a wave that kept rolling. Until it didn’t’

The classical singer on scrimping and saving for his first guitar, being diagnosed with two brain tumours and getting back to musicBorn in Salford in 1966, Russell Watson is the UK’s bestselling classical crossover artist. The tenor started on the north-west’s working men’s club circuit, before getting a record deal and releasing The Voice, an album that held the No 1 spot for 52 weeks. He has had seven Top 10 albums, more than 7m album sales, and has performed for Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles and the late Pope John Paul II. He is celebrating 25 years of The Voice with a UK tour.I was 15 when this photo was taken. My childhood bedroom was the size of a postage stamp, but I still filled it with posters – Marilyn Monroe, Madonna and Paul Weller. I was obsessed with music, but even more with football. I wasn’t particularly interested in girls; my life revolved around hanging out with my pals. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Tasha Ghouri hits back at critics branding her 'horrible' after Andrew's tears after split

Strictly Come Dancing star Tasha Ghouri has broken her silence on her split from Love Island co-star Andrew Le Page months after it was first revealed

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32 h. ago Kim Kardashian sued by man she misidentified on Instagram as death row inmate

The man’s attorney told The Independent that his client is still “in treatment” and “working through it.”

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37 h. ago Enzo Maresca hits back at Chelsea critics in fierce response over 'ambition' claims

Blues boss has also set his team a public target and responded to potential fan protest at Stamford Bridge

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40 h. ago Lovely North Wales seaside village with sprawling sandy beach, gorgeous walks and famous lighthouse

Talacre is a village in Flintshire, North Wales, near the Point of Ayr on the west side of the River Dee estuary

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43 h. ago Kanye West vows to perform in swastika shirt at Super Bowl in crazed rant amid Kim Kardashian 'family tension'

The Runaway artist, 47, also alluded to the controversial swastika shirt he was selling online, and vowed to perform while wearing it at next year's Super Bowl .

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52 h. ago 'I get abuse for 'marrying a teen' but people don't realise what my wife went through'

Jonathan Ashton and his partner Lyndsey have hit back at trolls who have cruelly criticised their relationship, with the pair explaining the real reason for Lyndsey's youthful appearance

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53 h. ago Kim Kardashian sued by innocent man she wrongly labeled a death row inmate

The 44-year-old reality star shared a picture to her social media last February of a man identified as Ivan Cantu a project manager from Westchester - but identified him as a death row inmate.

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56 h. ago 'I was at a routine appointment, then my doctor saw something sinister'

The condition affects 2,200 people in the north west every year

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60 h. ago Queen pays tribute to centre which improves lives of abused women

Camilla was visiting the Asian Women’s Resource Centre in Harlesden, north-west London.

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62 h. ago Kim Kardashian forced to admits North West is 'not a singer' as she defends daughter joining Lion King cast

The reality TV star has finally weighed-in on the nepo baby debate as she addressed hateful trolls

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62 h. ago Kim Kardashian hits back at trolls over daughter North's Lion King performance

Kim Kardashian has hit back at trolls who slammed her daughter North West over her The Lion King performance

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63 h. ago Kim Kardashian hits back at critics of North West with scathing Mariah Carey reference

Kim Kardashian's daughter North West made her stage debut with the cast of The Lion King musical but was met with online criticism

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66 h. ago Kim Kardashian forced to admit North West is 'not a singer' as she defends nepo baby joining Broadway stars for Lion King performance

Kim Kardashian admitted her daughter North West is not a singer on The Kardashians, after many fans bashed her daughter North West's performance at the Hollywood Bowl last May.

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3 d. ago How much house prices have now gone up across the UK and the ten areas they have risen the most

One borough in the North West saw property prices soar by 13 percent in the last year

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3 d. ago ‘We paid a high price for human rights’: a road trip through the new Syria

In cities along the M5 highway just after the fall of Assad, many expressed relief – along with wariness about the futureAmid the rubble of Saraqib, some of the wall graffiti dating back to its time as a centre of the the 2011 Arab spring uprising remains. “The revolution will go on,” one reads. “Tomorrow the sun rises,” says another. A week after the astonishing rout of Bashar al-Assad by rebel forces led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, this small town of concrete, red earth and olive groves in Syria’s north-west was a stop on the Guardian’s 280-mile (450km) journey along the M5, the highway threading all of the country’s major cities and six provinces together.Suffering was palpable everywhere, from children rummaging through bins for food in Aleppo and Homs, to relatives searching for loved ones in Damascus’s prisons, to displaced people still living in tents in Idlib. There are huge challenges ahead for HTS’s transitional government, and in some places, sectarian vio...

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3 d. ago Officials to euthanise 90 whales stranded on beach in remote north

Attempt to refloat false killer whales was unsuccessful, forcing wildlife authorities to make difficult decision for safety and ‘welfare reasons’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTasmanian authorities plan to euthanise 90 surviving false killer whales in a group of 157 animals that have stranded on a beach near Arthur River, on the state’s remote north-west coast.Marine conservation experts including wildlife veterinarians arrived at the site on Wednesday morning, confirming 90 animals were still alive.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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