56 h. ago England rugby hero's life changed forever by brutal tragedy before he became a legend

Lawrence Dallaglio is one of the most iconic figures in the history of English rugby, but his journey to the top of the game was shaped by a brutal tragedy

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62 h. ago Frankenstein review – Guillermo del Toro reanimates a classic as a monstrously beautiful melodrama

Venice film festivalOscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi star as the freethinking anatomist and his creature as Mary Shelley’s story is reimagined with bombast in the director’s unmistakable visual styleGuillermo del Toro has created a movie about a grotesquely unnatural attempt to make a human being shocking in his physical strangeness but that’s enough about his film version of Pinocchio. Now Del Toro has written and directed a bombastic but watchable new version of Mary Shelley’s great novel and makes of it a stately melodrama, starring Oscar Isaac as the anatomist and passionate freethinker Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as his creature: no passé neck-bolts or big fringey forehead, of course, and if you compare him with portrayals by other actors – Boris Karloff, Peter Boyle, Robert De Niro – he is, for all the picturesque prosthetic scars, the nearest this iconic figure has come to being a bit of a hottie.It’s an epic bromance between scientist and monster, both of whom speak wit...

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5 d. ago Legendary jockey Geoff Lewis dies at 89 as 'one of racing's great characters' remembered

Geoff Lewis, a highly respected jockey who won both the Derby and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in the same year, has sadly passed away aged 89

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5 d. ago Legendary Mill Reef jockey Geoff Lewis dies aged 89 as tributes paid to iconic figure

The Welshman became synonymous with the great Mill Reef, one of the greatest horses of the last century, who won the Derby and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, before enjoying a very successful training career

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7 d. ago Veronica Echegui dead: Antonio Banderas leads tributes as Spanish actress dies at 42

Antonio Banderas and the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, paid tribute to talented star, Verónica Echegui, after her tragic death aged 42

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8 d. ago Tributes paid after former jockey Bruce Raymond dies aged 82

The popular Raymond enjoyed a 36 year career in the saddle before becoming a successful racing manager after he was forced into retirement by injury

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1 week ago Mastodon's Brent Hinds dead at 51 after motorcycle crash as former label leads tributes

Mastodon co-founder William Brent Hinds has died, aged 51, with tributes having been paid to the musician, who was previously the lead guitarist of the heavy metal band

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2 w. ago Talented footballer killed in horror crash age 24 as tributes paid to 'kindhearted' player

Alwin Sebastian, 24, died on August 8 following a crash in the Bedale area of North Yorkshire on the A1 and involved a Suzuki hatchback and a Scania lorry

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3 w. ago Top Gear's Stig exposes real Jeremy Clarkson saying star 'relishes controversy'

EXCLUSIVE: The Stig, the iconic masked figure from BBC's Top Gear, has spoken to Daily Star about what it was like to work with former co-star Jeremy Clarkson

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3 w. ago Premier League club icon dies after helping shape football 'across continents'

Former Nottingham Forest captain and Wales international Terry Hennessey has died at the age of 82, as tributes have been paid to the icon who helped shaped football around the world

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3 w. ago The Walking Dead star Kelley Mack dies aged 33 as tributes paid

The Walking Dead star Kelley Mack has passed away at the age of 33 after battling glioma of the central nervous system, a cancerous tumour, her family have confirmed

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3 w. ago Who is Nakisa Bidarian? Meet the man behind Jake Paul and a career that has changed boxing

From a warring Iran to Wall Street, from the UFC to Most Valuable Promotions with Paul and boxing icon Amanda Serrano. One of the most enigmatic figures in combat sports talks Alex Pattle through his journey

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