8 h. ago Kuwait frees 10 more Americans in the second release in as many months

U.S. officials say Kuwait has released 10 more American detainees in an apparent goodwill gesture

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15 h. ago Gene Hackman's wife's autopsy reveals new details two months after couple found dead

Gene Hackman's wife's autopsy report has been released two months after the couple were found dead in their New Mexico home, after the couple's deaths shocked the world on a huge scale

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16 h. ago Gregg Wallace says health diagnosis 'explains a hell of a lot' amid allegations

The findings of the BBC's investigation into allegations against ex MasterChef host Gregg Wallace, which he denies, are expected to be released next month

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38 h. ago Man arrested over death of ice hockey star Adam Johnson released without charge 18 months on

Adam Johnson died after Matthew Petgrave's skate struck his neck. Petgrave was arrested for manslaughter, but it has now been decided not to bring charges.

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39 h. ago Why effects of Michigan’s ice storm will linger for months, perhaps years

Climate experts say warming atmosphere from climate change could fuel severe freezing rain and ice storms like the one that hit the upper midwest last month Winter has been slow to release its icy grip from the upper midwest this year, and in northern Michigan, its effects will be keenly felt for months, perhaps years.A devastating ice storm that hit late last month has left an estimated 3m acres of trees snapped in half or damaged from the weight of up to an inch-and-a-half of ice across the northern part of lower Michigan. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago 'I was Fred West's solicitor, finding skeleton with black hair under patio was only the beginning'

Fred & Rose West: A British Horror Story will be released on Netflix later this month with some key people speaking for the first time

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4 d. ago How Virginia Giuffre's life turned to hell after Prince Andrew's multi

The 41-year-old trafficking victim, whose suicide was announced by her family this morning, released a slew of troubled social media posts in the months leading up to her death.

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5 d. ago ‘I miss those days terribly’: readers share their defining video store memories

With the arrival of a new video store in Brooklyn, we asked you to tell us about your most memorable anecdotesAfter a film had been in the cinema but before a film was on general sale (also called ‘Home Release’) there would be a window of perhaps a few months where the retail price of a single VHS tape would be about £100 [$133]. In a world of digital media that now feels mad, but it was obviously profitable for the rental shops to buy tapes at that price. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Families of detainees in El Salvador and Venezuela decry Bukele’s prisoner swap offer

Salvadorian president denounced as ‘tyrannical’ as he floats trading 252 prisoners with fellow authoritarian regimeThe families of prisoners being held by the authoritarian governments of El Salvador and Venezuela have condemned President Nayib Bukele’s offer to swap 252 Venezuelan detainees sent to his jails by the Trump administration for the same number of political prisoners incarcerated by Nicolás Maduro’s regime.Nelson Suárez, whose brother was among the Venezuelan immigrants sent from the US to a notorious maximum-security jail in El Salvador last month, said he was desperate for the release of his brother, from whom he has heard nothing in five weeks. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Pope Francis' passing sees huge spike in Conclave streams as film explains process of new pope

Pope Francis passed away on Easter Monday aged 88, just months after the hit film Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes was released, with the movie depicting how the Catholic Church select a new pope.

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7 d. ago Thousands more driving tests to be available from next month

To slash waiting times, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said that the DVSA will release at least 10,000 extra tests each month

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8 d. ago Big Brother couple split 18 months after meeting on show as they release sad statement

Jordan Sangha and Henry Southan have told fans that they have split up close to a year and a half after they met and fell for each other when they were on Big Brother

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8 d. ago Pope Francis revealed why 'death is not the end' just two months before he passed away: Vatican releases pontiff's thoughts on the afterlife as he lies in state

Pope Francis, who died yesterday aged 88, had reflected on death earlier this year, the Vatican has revealed.

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8 d. ago Kanye West and Bianca Censori fuel reunion rumours after 'split' following claims she wanted him 'committed'

The rapper, 47, suggested they had broken up in the lyrics of his track, BIANCA, released earlier this month

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1 week ago Aaron Rodgers keeping options open: ‘Dealing with a lot off the field’

Quarterback insists he’s not holding teams hostageRodgers, 41, was released by New York Jets last month Aaron Rodgers isn’t in a hurry: not to retire, not to return and not to sign with another team.The 41-year-old quarterback, released by the New York Jets last month, said Thursday he’s not ready to make a commitment for the upcoming NFL season. Appearing on the Pat McAfee Show, the four-time MVP stressed that his current focus is on matters off the field, including a serious relationship and close friends facing personal challenges. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Black Mirror fans 'feel like they've been shot' as new episode dubbed 'favourite ever' leaves them 'wrecked and bawling their eyes out'

The popular programme, which hit our screens in 2011, released its seventh series on Netflix earlier this month.

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2 w. ago Netflix to reveal fresh new evidence into Fred and Rose West's horrific murders

Next month sees the release of three part series Fred & Rose West: A British Horror Story.

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2 w. ago Killer left unmonitored for two months after release from prison, investigation reveals

Serco has repeatedly come under fire for delays in fitting offenders with tags since it took over the Ministry of Justice’s tagging contract in 2023

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2 w. ago Prisoners are 'on streets for months without being tagged' after being released early under Labour scheme

Criminals are going months without being tagged as prisons face a backlog after Labour's early release scheme, it was reported last night.

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2 w. ago Olly Alexander review – part night creature, part light entertainer

Palladium, LondonThe singer and actor hints at an outre new synth-heavy sound, drawn largely from latest album Polari. He stops short, though, of scaring his daytime TV fans“I’m all about playful subversion,” declares Olly Alexander with a grin on the final night of his UK tour. Clad in a series of outfits whose shiny buttons nod towards London’s pearly kings and queens and the dressing-up box – there’s one handily located on the left side of the stage – he is outlining the essence of Polari, the slang once used by the LGBTQ+ community, showfolk and the denizens of London’s Soho, as was.Evolving out of the vocabularies of Italian immigrants and Travellers to evade the understanding of law enforcement and mainstream society in the 19th and early-mid 20th centuries, Polari also doubles as the title of Alexander’s latest, queer-club pop-themed album. Released two months ago, it was the first under his own name; previously, he had traded as Years & Years, first as a band, then as a ...

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