22 h. ago Emmerdale fans spot 'missing link' as they 'work out' Mackenzie Boyd's fate

As Mackenzie Boyd finds himself held captive, his attempt to charm John Sugden turned sour

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55 h. ago Bullfights, ballet and hot jazz: inside Picasso’s scandalous theatre of sex and death

Famed for his cubist portraits, the Spanish genius also created costumes for the Ballet Russes and loved the intensity of bullfights. A new show at the Tate explores the dramatic side of an uncompromising artistShe is called the Weeping Woman, but that is an understatement. She grinds her teeth on a handkerchief that’s like a jagged white-and-blue spearhead while her fingers claw at her face, tearing the flesh to expose her skull. Her chin is two grenades, her eyes are filled with horror – black silhouettes of planes are held in her transfixed eyeballs. They are the German bombers that attacked the Basque town Guernica on 26 April 1937.Picasso’s Weeping Woman was bought from him by the British surrealist Roland Penrose in November 1937, fresh off the easel. Fifty years later, his son gave it in lieu of tax to the Tate Gallery. Now it is about to star in a Tate Modern exhibition that showcases the museum’s Picasso collection, enhanced with terrific loans from the Musée Picasso in Par...

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3 d. ago Emmerdale's Mack Boyd alive as he's held captive by evil John

Emmerdale finally confirmed the true fate of Mackenzie Boyd on the ITV soap on Friday as it was revealed he wasn't really dead amid reports he was leaving for good

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4 d. ago Naked woman, 22, found in only a dog collar after escaping killer's sex dungeon

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Cynthia Vigil was found naked apart from an iron dog collar and a set of chains, and begged for help after being held captive and raped for days in a killer's sex dungeon

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4 d. ago Naked woman, 22, escapes killer's sex dungeon before cops find unimaginable horrors

Naked apart from an iron dog collar and a set of chains, a young woman who escaped after being held captive by the ‘Toy Box Killer’ led police to the house where she was tortured - what they discovered there was horrifying

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6 d. ago Trump chooses not to end the Gaza slaughter. That’s why I’ll boycott the state dinner when he meets King Charles | Ed Davey

To refuse an invitation like this goes against all my instincts, but I want to send as strong a message as I canEd Davey is leader of the Liberal DemocratsLib Dem leader to boycott king’s Trump banquet in protest over GazaA mother holding a baby boy so thin from starvation you can see his skeleton. The lifeless bodies of children killed while queueing for water. Emaciated hostages, still held captive by Hamas almost two years after those appalling terror attacks.These images and countless more have horrified us all in recent months. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza must stop. The famine must end. The hostages must be returned home.Ed Davey is leader of the Liberal Democrats Continue reading...

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7 d. ago M&D’s Scotland’s Theme Park announces details of annual Pumpkin Festival

A family favourite Autumn activity, the Festival features a variety of attractions including ‘Pumpkin’s Got Talent’, a captivating interactive story telling event held within the Indoor Theatre.

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1 week ago Man held captive inside hippo's throat as it tears through flesh

Paul Templer was working as a safari guide in Zimbabwe when he was attacked by an enormous 15ft hippopotamus and prepared to die - before an unexpected miracle happened

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1 week ago Cheetah cubs destined for the illegal trade in exotic wildlife rescued in Somaliland

Ten undernourished cheetah cubs held in captivity for months and destined for international wildlife trade markets have been rescued in Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia

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2 w. ago Josef Fritzl complains he's been in jail 'long enough' as he dreams of freedom

Evil cellar monster Josef Fritzl, who held his daughter Elisabeth captive for 24 years, dreams of freedom and strolling through the Austrian countryside according to his lawyer

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2 w. ago Teen 'unrecognisable' as pack of dogs tears flesh from her body in brutal attack

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Tracy, 17, was out jogging in Newberry Springs, California, when she was attacked by more than 10 'large breed dogs', leaving her body covered in horrific wounds

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2 w. ago Ukrainian civilians held captive in Russia since 2014 released in huge exchange

Ukrainian civilians who have been held captive in Russia since 2014 have been released as part of a huge exchange, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

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2 w. ago Dragged away to Hell: Terrifying new October 7 footage shows kidnapped Israeli led through Gaza by Hamas terrorists as baying mob tries to lynch him... before being starved and tortured for 491 days

Ohad Ben Ami was held captive for 491 days in a tunnel in Gaza where he was starved and endured physical and psychological abuse.

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3 w. ago ‘ Every airstrike could cost him his life’: Families of Israeli hostages plead for end to war

Families of Israeli and Palestinian hostages have made a desperate plea to end the war in Gaza, saying Benjamin Netanyahu’s push for military expansion is worsening the suffering of those held captive.

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3 w. ago Hollyoaks' Robbie Roscoe killed off in sad twist after 12 years as fans say same thing

Hollyoaks' Robbie Roscoe has been killed off in a brutal twist after being held captive by Jez Blake as the deranged gardener shared his darkest secrets with his prisoner

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4 w. ago Eight years on, the undiagnosed condition that may explain why no one believed Chloe Ayling after she was snatched  by a madman, injected with ketamine and held captive

Chloe, then only 20, was grabbed from behind and bundled into a suitcase. Injected with ketamine and chained to furniture, she was forced to sleep on the floor of a remote farmhouse.

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