58 m. ago Coronation Street legend who appeared in show's first ever episode dies age 88 as tributes pour in

The actor, who appeared in the first ever episode of the ITV soap as Dennis Tanner, passed away on Friday, his publicist shared in a statement.

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63 m. ago Qualifying PIP claimants can receive up to £36,000 from DWP to do

The Personal Independence Payment is a benefit for people aged between 16 and State Pension age who may need help because of a long-term illness, disability or mental health condition

Economics

75 m. ago Coronation Street star Philip Lowrie who appeared in first ever episode dies aged 88

Coronation Street actor Philip Lowrie, who was best known for playing Dennis Tanner in the ITV soap, has died at the age of 88, it has been confirmed by his publicist

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82 m. ago LIZ JONES: I'm so bruised by what happened, I told him. It's true: My thighs were covered in purple pawprints

In which I compose a tactful email

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86 m. ago Coronation Street Dennis Tanner star Philip Lowrie dies as fans pay tribute

Coronation Street star Philip Lowrie, who played Dennis Tanner in the first ever episode of the ITV soap, has died at the age of 88 as his publicist recently confirmed

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86 m. ago Inside the dirtiest race in Olympic history: ‘It wasn’t fair. I wasn’t on a level playing field’

How did the women’s 1500m in the 2012 London Olympics get its unenviable reputation? Athletes who were cheated out of medals talk about what happened that day – and how the results have slowly unravelledThe tunnel in which athletes wait before they enter a stadium ahead of a major race is “by no means a friendly place to be”, says Lisa Dobriskey – and as a former Team GB athlete who won Commonwealth gold and world championship silver at 1500m, she has stood in enough of them to know. “Different people handle it differently,” she says. “Some people are really relaxed and friendly; other people just look right through you. It’s scary. I remember my coach saying to me, ‘When you go to the Olympics, you’ll be standing next to the meanest, toughest, hardest people that you’ll ever face.’ Everybody wants to win.”As it turned out, the wait to walk into London’s Olympic stadium for the final of her event in August 2012 was even more stressful than she’d been warned. With British excitement ...

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1 hour ago Christine McGuinness 'open to women' as she jets off for Celebs Go Dating

Christine McGuinness revealed that she is up for dating men and women as she is set to jet off to Ibiza for the new season of Celebs Go Dating, which comes after her 2022 split with husband Paddy McGuinness

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2 h. ago Phillip Lowrie dead: Coronation Street star who appeared in first ever episode dies

Coronation Street star Philip Lowrie, who played Dennis Tanner in the ITV soap, has died at the age of 88, his publicist has confirmed

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2 h. ago BBC licence fee is unenforceable and unfair to women, says Culture Secretary

Lisa Nandy has previously she could be open to replacing the flat licence fee with a sliding scale.

Society

4 h. ago Virginia Giuffre's brother releases 'last' smiling photo before her death

Virginia Giuffre died by suicide at the age of 41, after years of seeking justice for being sex trafficked as a teen - accusing both Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew, the royal continually denying claims

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4 h. ago Runners and schoolchildren target TCS London Marathon finish line

More than 18,000 children and young people have registered to take part in this year’s TCS Mini London Marathon on Saturday.

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5 h. ago Liz Earle shoppers 'blown away with results' of £36 moisturiser 'reduces wrinkles'

Liz Earle's Superskin Advanced Firming Serum-in-Moisturiser contains three powerful botanicals to leave skin feeling more elastic and sculpted and is currently on sale for 25% off

Economics

5 h. ago When two Popes were buried weeks apart after John Paul I died following just 33 days as pontiff

It was the year of three popes, the first time in nearly 400 years there had been such rapid papal turnover. The drama began with the death of Pope Paul VI on August 6, 1978.

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5 h. ago LIZ JONES'S DIARY: I think women get better with age, but men seem to go rapidly downhill

In which I compose a tactful email

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6 h. ago Virginia Giuffre dies as heartbroken family pay tribute to 'fierce warrior'

Virginia Giuffre has died age 41, her family confirmed that she died by suicide. The woman rose to prominence for her allegations of late Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew, claims the royal has strongly denied

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6 h. ago Who’s a clever boy: the average dog has a mental age of about two. But what are they really thinking?

They can learn hundreds of words, count to five and read humans like a book, so why do we struggle to understand them? Scientists reveal the truth about our pets – and whether they ever feel guilty for eating our slippersThe thing that made me think my dog may be a genius was the word monkey. We’d developed a game where I’d hide her monkey toy – a sad, lifeless being, long lobotomised by my golden retriever puppy – and, when I asked her to find it, I realised she could differentiate the word monkey from other objects. A woman in the park had a similar story. On holiday in an unfamiliar cottage, she had misplaced the car keys. After hunting for them for over an hour, her dog, a border collie, overheard her and her husband talking about it, recognised the word “keys” and immediately went and found them.So maybe my dog, Rhubarb, isn’t a genius after all. Dogs, says Vanessa Woods, director of the Puppy Kindergarten project at Duke University in North Carolina, US, and writer of sev...

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7 h. ago How motherhood changes the way women listen: An extract from Alice Vincent’s new book

In her third book, bestselling author Alice Vincent tries to reconnect with lost parts of herself through sound. In this chapter, she speaks with Mercury Prize-nominated musician Bat for Lashes about why becoming a mother alters how – and what – we hear

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8 h. ago Dozens of women's skeletons found lying in Welsh beauty spot, as strange new discovery made

Scientific testing is being carried out on a ritually buried skeleton discovered near to a popular tourist attraction in Wales

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9 h. ago Charming UK seaside town so small tourists barely even know about it

With exciting attractions like an Iron Age fort and Britain's smallest church, it's a wonder that this breathtaking UK town has managed to fly under the tourist radar for so long

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11 h. ago Royals and refugees to come together in Rome for funeral of Pope Francis

At least 130 foreign delegations and an estimated 200,000 pilgrims to descend on St Peter’s Square on SaturdayAn extraordinary array of invitees, spanning heads of state and royals from around the world, as well as refugees, prisoners, transgender people and those who are homeless will descend on St Peter’s Square on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis, the groundbreaking liberal pontiff who led the Catholic church for 12 years.Francis died at the age of 88 on Monday at his home in Casa Santa Marta after a stroke and subsequent heart failure. He had been recovering from double pneumonia that had kept him in hospital for five weeks. Continue reading...

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