12 h. ago Moment man is arrested for the murder of his OAP neighbour after row over a paintbrush is shown as he is jailed for life

David Hill, 57, beat to death Kurt Giwisser, 77, because he was unhappy with the condition of a paint brush he had loaned to the pensioner.

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47 h. ago The magical life of Toni Basil: how she taught Elvis, enchanted Bowie

The woman Quentin Tarantino called ‘the goddess of go-go’ is one of the most connected and accomplished in Hollywood. At 82, she recalls working with Tina Turner, Bette Midler, Frank Sinatra, David Byrne, Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio - the list goes on - and the time Bing Crosby made a pass at herIf your knowledge of Toni Basil begins and ends with her cheerleader-chanting smash hit Mickey, that’s just the tip of a very deep iceberg. By the time Mickey topped the US charts 43 years ago this week, in 1982, Basil had already spent four decades in the entertainment industry. The deeper you go, the more places you realise she was. When Elvis Presley sings “See the girl with the red dress on” in his 1964 movie Viva Las Vegas, and points across the dancefloor, the gyrating girl in the red dress is Basil. When Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper take LSD at the end of Easy Rider with two sex workers, one of them is Basil. When dance troupe the Lockers show case their pre-hip-hop street dance...

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47 h. ago The magical life of Toni Basil: how she taught Elvis, enchanted Bowie – and had a smash hit with ‘Mickey’

The woman Quentin Tarantino called ‘the goddess of go-go’ is one of the most connected and accomplished in Hollywood. At 82, she recalls working with Tina Turner, Bette Midler, Frank Sinatra, David Byrne, Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio - the list goes on - and the time Bing Crosby made a pass at herIf your knowledge of Toni Basil begins and ends with her cheerleader-chanting smash hit Mickey, that’s just the tip of a very deep iceberg. By the time Mickey topped the US charts 43 years ago this week, in 1982, Basil had already spent four decades in the entertainment industry. The deeper you go, the more places you realise she was. When Elvis Presley sings “See the girl with the red dress on” in his 1964 movie Viva Las Vegas, and points across the dancefloor, the gyrating girl in the red dress is Basil. When Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper take LSD at the end of Easy Rider with two sex workers, one of them is Basil. When dance troupe the Lockers show case their pre-hip-hop street dance...

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3 d. ago Samantha Morton admits 'it's an absolute miracle I'm not dead' after childhood sexual abuse whilst she was in care, homelessness and trauma

The actress, 48, spent a decade in foster care and children's homes before she was 'saved' by acting.

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5 d. ago The man who got away with murder: How a child's confession unravelled the plot of the monster who slit his wife's throat then painted himself as the victim

Robert Rhodes spent nearly a decade in the clear for murdering his wife Dawn, pinning the blame on her. Now, finally, a child's remarkable courage has helped put him behind bars for good.

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6 d. ago Man who spent decades on Ohio death row sees murder case dismissed

Elwood Jones was convicted of aggravated murder, robbery and burglary in the 1994 beating death of 67-year-old Rhoda Nathan at a hotel in Blue Ash, a Cincinnati suburb

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7 d. ago Death row inmate apologizes for rape and murder of college student before being executed in Tennessee

Harold Wayne Nichols, 64, died by lethal injection at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution for the 1988 rape and murder of Karen Pulley, 20.

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8 d. ago Mum turns home into festive time capsule with 60 years of decorations on show

Lisa Watts has built a massive collection of over 1,000 decorations over three decades but says she has only spent £3,000 - as all of her decs are thrifted from charity shops and car boot sales.

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8 d. ago Mum's mad Christmas house is like 1960s time capsule thanks to 1,000 vintage decorations

Lisa Watts has spent over three decades collecting more than 1,000 vintage Christmas decorations from the 1960s and 1970s, and has decked out her home to resemble a festive time capsule

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8 d. ago Mum's bonkers Christmas house is like stepping back to the 1960s

Lisa Watts, 53, has spent over three decades collecting more than 1,000 vintage Christmas decorations from the 1960s and 1970s, transforming her Cardiff home into a festive time capsule

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9 d. ago Bruichladdich: How a mothballed Victorian distillery in Scotland was brought back to life

Islay-born Adam Hannett has spent two decades shaping the modern soul of an iconic Islay distillery

Politics

2 w. ago PC Sharon Beshenivsky's murderer's cause of death in prison finally revealed

Piran Ditta Khan, who spent nearly two decades evading justice for killing PC Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford, Yorkshire, more than 20 years ago, died behind bars

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2 w. ago Death row's youngest woman 'had threesomes with her victim' before brutal murder

Emilia Carr became notorious for being the youngest woman on death row at the age of 26, after killing a woman who she was sleeping with along with her partner, according to her lawyer

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2 w. ago Gary Lineker chooses surprise Premier League venue to celebrate 65th birthday

The legendary former England and Barcelona striker, who spent almost three decades at the helm of BBC's flagship football show Match of the Day, celebrated his birthday by taking in a top-flight game on Sunday

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2 w. ago Drugs, guns and blackouts I was so addicted to alcohol I downed half pints of gin – then 10 words changed everything 

SEEING guns waved around and drugs changing hands, rather than panic, Kit took another swig from the bottle of rum she was holding.  The now-41-year-old, from Bristol, recalls the horrifying moment in the Caribbean as something she’s fortunate to have survived. An alcoholic for more than a decade, Kit has spent the last five years...

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2 w. ago Ivan Milat was convicted of murdering seven people. Could he have killed scores more?

Retired UK detective believes family member was serial killer’s first unacknowledged victim, as NSW inquiry into unsolved murders calls for submissionsHugh Hughes, a retired UK detective with the Metropolitan police, has spent three decades travelling back and forth between his home in Wales and Canberra, trying to solve the murder of Keren Rowland, a cousin of his Australian wife, Andrea.Hughes is convinced that Rowland, who went missing from Canberra on 26 February 1971, was the first victim of the notorious serial killer Ivan Milat. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Useless' Budget pulled apart by Asda boss, who says UK is stuck in reverse gear

Leighton, who has spent decades running some of the country's largest retailers, lambasted the Chancellor for policies that 'hamper investment' and hit growth.

Economics

3 w. ago Woman loses so much weight in a year she has to spend £5k on clothes

Ann spent decades yo-yo dieting and finally found a way to lose the weight and keep it off

Economics

3 w. ago Louisiana death row inmate released on bail after decades behind bars

A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row is out on bail

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3 w. ago Stunning treehouse with its own slide set in 'magical woodland' goes up for sale for £2million

Carpenter Guy Mallinson has spent a decade creating and adding to the eco haven across nine acres of woodland and four acres of meadow in Holditch, Dorset.

Economics