38 m. ago Adolescence star Ashley Walters in tears and had to be consoled after 'ruining' Netflix show

Adolescence actor Ashley Walters said he had to be consoled by the show's director after ruining a take on the popular Netflix show, which is cleverly shot in one take

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42 m. ago Minister refuses to rule out more benefit cuts amid backlash over Liz Kendall move to slash disability payments – UK politics live

Stephen Timms, social security and disability minister, says ‘who knows what will happen in next five years’ as welfare bill is increasing even with cutsMatt Hancock, the former Tory health secretary, has just started giving evidence to the Covid inquiry as part of its inquiry into PPE procurement.There is a live feed here.Of course people who can work should work - no one is questioning that - but for my relatives, friends and neighbours, and your constituents who have the misfortune to suffer from a chronic, debilitating, long-term condition that leaves them bed-bound, unable to leave their home or crushed by mental illness, these cuts will not motivate them to get back to work, it will instead scare and humiliate them and strip them of their dignity and self respect and for some it will send them to an early grave. The blame for this will lie squarely with you and the sycophants within your party who passively support these dreadful cuts. Continue reading...

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62 m. ago Beloved Disney star looks unrecognisable 20 years after the iconic show that shot her to fame first aired

The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody followed the story of the brothers, who lived in the suite at the Tipton Hotel in Boston with their mum - who was the hotel's lounge singer.

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70 m. ago Newly released JFK files reveal KGB saw Lee Harvey Oswald as a ‘poor shot’ before assassination

More than 63,000 pages related to the assassination of former President John F Kennedy have been released after Donald Trump promised that nothing would be redacted

Events

1 hour ago Ian Machado Garry ‘livid’ after being overlooked for UFC title shot

Jack Della Maddalena will face champion Belal Muhammad in May, after intended challenger Shavkat Rakhmonov sustained an injury

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1 hour ago Luxury hotel apologises for refusing to plug in terminally ill child’s breathing device

TripAdvisor has suspended publishing reviews for the Duck Bay Hotel following the incident

Society

1 hour ago Prince Harry US visa documents released in redacted form over harassment fears

US thinktank made FoI request for Harry’s visa form after California-residing royal wrote about drug use in memoir SpareHeavily redacted court documents related to Prince Harry’s US visa have been released in the US, with his “exact status” remaining confidential over fears he could be subjected to harassment.Judge Carl Nichols ordered the release of the documents after a freedom of information (FoI) request by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative US thinktank. The Heritage Foundation argued that the Duke of Sussex might have concealed past illegal drug use – discussed in his memoir Spare – which should have disqualified him from obtaining a US visa. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Labour's plan to save money on the backs of disabled people is wrong

Writing in the Daily Record, Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville says the Labour Government is stigmatising disabled people and those who are affected by ill-health.

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2 h. ago New York City paying $500,000 a month to indicted developer who could testify against Mayor Eric Adams

The Adams administration has continued to pay the hotel company of Weihong Hu, a developer accused of funneling illegal campaign donations to the mayor The administration of New York City mayor Eric Adams is continuing to pay over $500,000 a month to a hotel developer who could potentially provide valuable testimony to prosecutors against the mayor and several of his top allies.The developer, Weihong Hu, was indicted last month for allegedly bribing a New York City non-profit CEO. The indictment charges that she gave the nonprofit executive stacks of cash and helped him purchase a $1.3m townhouse in exchange for more than $20m in city-funded contracts for her two Queens hotels and a catering company. Hu has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago KGB thought Lee Harvey Oswald was a 'poor shot' and other takeaways from JFK files

Donald Trump presides over release of thousands of pages of documents

Events

2 h. ago “The bittersweet experience of revisiting a place that once felt like home”: Mon Jajaja illustrates London

“The bittersweet experience of revisiting a place that once felt like home”: Mon Jajaja illustrates London  It's Nice That

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2 h. ago Richard Osman flooded with support after two word career announcement

Richard Osman - who shot to fame co-presenting Pointless with Alexander Armstrong - has made an announcement on social media that's left many rushing to support him

Events

3 h. ago Crimea has been a battleground and a playground. Why it's coveted by both Russia and Ukraine

Russia’s seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and bloodless, but it sent Moscow’s relations with the West into a downward spiral unseen since the Cold War

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3 h. ago Now Boris Johnson turns on Donald Trump: ‘Putin is laughing at us’

Mr Johnson’s comments were in marked contrast to his stance days before, when he said, “I trust and believe Trump will hit Putin with every shot in his locker”.

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5 h. ago Fancy a Belgian city break without the crowds of Ghent or Bruges? Mechelen might be the answer

The majestic Flemish city is dotted with renaissance palaces, great bars and eye-catching contemporary art – yet it’s firmly off the tourist trailArriving in Belgium on the Eurostar, it is always tempting to continue on to a popular weekend destination like Bruges, Ghent or Antwerp. But this time I hop on a local train at the Brussels Gare du Midi for the 30-minute journey to Mechelen, a surprisingly grand and opulent city that in the 16th century was capital of most of the Low Countries – Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.Despite boasting an eclectic mix of medieval churches and renaissance palaces, eye-catching contemporary art and culture venues, great bars, restaurants and the obligatory Belgian brewery, it remains delightfully uncrowded, unspoilt and firmly off the tourist trail. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago JFK assassination files: Lee Harvey Oswald was regarded as a ‘poor shot’ by the KGB, newly

More than 1,100 files consisting of in excess of 31,000 pages have been posted on the US National Archives and Records Administration’s website

Events

7 h. ago Teen suffers 10 seizures a day after being diagnosed with rare illness

“My family and partner have been an excellent support, but many of my friends have distanced themselves."

Science

9 h. ago Mother whose mentally ill daughter, 26, killed herself breaks down in tears as she tells inquest how she felt 'seriously let down' by authorities over lack of support

Louise Fender's 26-year-old daughter Rosie Fender was scared of going outside, had trouble sleeping, and was hearing voices when she died in February 2022.

Events

10 h. ago Trump releases thousands of pages on John F Kennedy assassination

Experts doubt new trove of information will change underlying facts in case of 35th president’s deathThe Trump administration on Tuesday released thousands of pages of files concerning the assassination of John F Kennedy, the 35th president who was shot dead in Dallas, Texas, in November 1963.“So people have been waiting decades for this,” Donald Trump told reporters on Monday while visiting the Kennedy Center, “and I’ve instructed my people that are responsible, lots of different people, put together by [director of national intelligence] Tulsi Gabbard, and that’s going to be released tomorrow.” Continue reading...

Politics

11 h. ago Conor Mcgregor enters the political ring: How shamed UFC fighter teased Irish presidential bid backed by Elon Musk months before launching anti

Conor McGregor used his podium at the White House on Monday to rally against what he called an 'illegal immigration racket ravaging our country' in a fiery rant

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