14 h. ago Woman 'runs into street naked' after sunbed sparks tanning salon fire

Extraordinary scenes after a fire broke out at Ania’s Tanning and Beauty on Wood Green High Street just after 2.50pm yesterday

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21 h. ago Liverpool FC victory parade attack suspect sobs as he faces 24 new charges, including two over hurt babies

Paul Doyle, 53, sobbed and wiped his eyes as he heard that he now faces trial in relation to injuries sustained by 29 supporters, including two infants, aged six months and seven months.

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22 h. ago Former Royal Marine commando accused of Liverpool FC victory parade car attack sobs as he faces 24 new charges, including two over hurt babies

Paul Doyle, 53, sobbed and wiped his eyes as he appeared at Liverpool Crown Court via video-link from prison, where he is being held in custody

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40 h. ago ‘I don’t touch my phone. At home, I’d be scrolling’: why young people are flocking to independent cinemas

Young people are drawn in by the promise of a ‘no-distractions’ zone, rereleases of old classics and music documentaries by global artistsA new generation of film lovers is helping to drive an increase in cinema attendance across the UK. As the industry slowly recovers from the decline of audiences during the pandemic – there were 126.5m admissions in 2024 compared with 176.1m in 2019, the rise in younger people returning to cinema may be due to a newfound love for film developed during the lockdown years. Although figures are yet to be restored to pre-pandemic levels, admission rates are continuing to increase, and it is younger audiences in particular who are showing significant enthusiasm, with figures from the Cinema Advertising Association suggesting that under-35s make up 50% of cinemagoers across the board.This is a proportion, which includes all cinemas including mainstream multiplexes, has held steady over the last few years but the effect appears particularly marked on the...

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6 d. ago Danny Dyer says Bafta win was 'very emotional' after 35 years in the industry

Danny Dyer has opened up about his Bafta win and said it was 'very emotional' to be given his 'flowers' after 35 years in the industry, as he also spoke about the lack of working class people in the TV and film industry

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7 d. ago ‘People buy it to film it, not eat it’: The surreal rise of the supermarket food stunt

They might look fun on social media, but do they actually taste any good? Katie Rosseinsky explores why supermarkets have started chasing viral success with their latest food launches

Economics

8 d. ago First edition of The Hobbit discovered in UK home sells for £43,000

Auction house Auctioneum said it is one of only 1,500 copies printed in September 1937.

Economics

8 d. ago Truth about Lytham gimp as resident says he thinks he knows what happened

EXCLUSIVE: Stuart Chaliner said cats going missing in the town would be a big deal, so it was 'out of character' for a naked man to be spotted roaming the streets in just a gimp mask

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9 d. ago Gorgeous in green! Kate stuns in stylish blazer and trouser combo as she launches animated films to help people who work with children

The Princess of Wales has developed a series of films designed to help people working with children seize the 'golden opportunity' to change the course of their young lives.

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9 d. ago Naked 'gimp mask' man leaves upmarket UK town baffled as locals say what they really think

WARNING, EXPLICIT CONTENT: Locals have been left in shock after the sleepy seaside resort was rocked by the presence of a naked man walking around its leafy streets in just a gimp mask, who is feared to be still at large

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9 d. ago Watch: ‘Concerning’ video of masked naked man walking street at night investigated by police

Police are investigating footage of a masked man walking naked down a street in Lancashire, which has been widely shared online.

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1 week ago Naked man with 'gimp mask' seen prowling streets in disturbing doorbell footage

Lancashire Police has launched an appeal after a man was seen prowling the streets of Lytham, completely naked but for a 'gimp mask', in 'concerning' footage shared online

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1 week ago Police investigate footage of naked man in mask walking down street

It has been circulating on social media and police called it 'concerning'

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1 week ago Naked man prowling streets in 'gimp mask' caught on door camera

Locals were left disturbed by the CCTV footage wiht police now investigating.

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1 week ago Police investigate footage of naked man in mask walking streets at night

Officers are appealing for CCTV and witnesses after the ‘concerning’ footage emerged online.

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1 week ago ‘Everybody’s starved of affection’: Past Lives director Celine Song on the brutal dating scene and her realistic new romcom

The writer-director’s debut film earned critical acclaim and Oscar nods for its portrayal of loves lost and rekindled. Her follow-up stars Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans in a romance about dating across the class divide‘Our financial literacy is so fucked,” says Celine Song. We’re having breakfast in Manhattan on a sunny Saturday in early July, a few weeks after her new film, Materialists, has opened in New York City. She’s wearing a charmingly ironic outfit: a T-shirt that says “HOWDY” and a baseball cap that says “Big” (she’s petite, 5ft 4in, for the record) – but she speaks with almost disarming earnestness.She’s frustrated, she tells me, that people have described one of the characters in her film, a private equity manager with a $12m apartment, as a “billionaire”. “If you’re a billionaire, your big apartment is not $12m!” she exclaims. “The average income of an American adult is $35,000. What that means is half of America makes less than $35,000. Three times that ...

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3 w. ago Danny Dyer on toxic masculinity, absent dads, and penis socks

“There’s a bloke running naked down the street and I think it’s Mick from EastEnders.”

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3 w. ago Smirking thug who battered his friend, forced him to strip naked and then paraded him through the streets is jailed

Karl Griffiths (pictured), 42, of Penclawdd, Gower, staged his heinous attack after a day of group socialising at the friend's flat in the Welsh village on January 30 this year.

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3 w. ago Schoolboy, 13, brutally beaten by gang as people film the attack

The 13-year-old was left with serious facial injuries after he was savagely beaten by a group of youths at an outdoor sports pitch in Chudleigh, Devon

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3 w. ago Man stripped naked, beaten up and 'paraded' man through village while people filmed

Karl Griffiths beat up his friend before "parading" him through a Welsh village which was filmed on mobile phones as well as assaulting him and his partner and shouting abuse

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