5 h. ago The late Gwen McCrae brought emotion to dance music like no one else

Spanning deep soul, disco and beyond, McCrae – who has died aged 81 – didn’t get the recognition she deserved for a discography charged with pain and wonderRockin’ Chair, 90% of Me Is You, All This Love That I’m Givin’, Keep the Fire Burning, Funky Sensation – Gwen McCrae, who has died after a long illness aged 81, sang all these soul-funk anthems and more. Songs that refreshed radio, songs that lit up discos and clubs, songs that saw her called “The Queen of Rare Groove”, songs that were covered and sampled and sound as fresh today as when she originally recorded them in Miami in the 1970s and early 80s.Gwen Mosley was born in Pensacola, Florida, and grew up singing in church before marrying a sailor she met the week before when he was on shore leave. Her new husband, once free from the navy, insisted they form the duo George & Gwen McCrae in 1963, with Gwen out front. Betty Wright, then a 14-year-old vocal prodigy, brought the couple to soul singer and label owner Steve Alaimo...

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26 h. ago Mum drowned sons, five and two, in bath before dad made horrifying discovery

Kara Alexander , 47, of Dagenham, murdered her two children Elijah Thomas, two, and Marley Thomas, five, in a bath, and told their father when he arrived that they were sleeping upstairs

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26 h. ago Mum murdered her two young sons who were found dead in their bunk beds by their dad

Kara Alexander, 47 killed Marley, five, and Elijah, two, in their home in Dagenham, east London

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27 h. ago Cannabis addict mother who drowned her two young sons in the bath then left bodies in their bunk beds for their father to find is found guilty of murder

Kara Alexander, 47, killed two-year-old Elijah Thomas and Marley Thomas, five in the bath at their home in Cornwallis Road, Dagenham, east London , in December 2022.

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27 h. ago Mum murdered her sons, aged two and five, by drowning them in bath

Kara Alexander had claimed they drowned while she was asleep

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33 h. ago Hamas break silence after Shiri Bibas' body was NOT returned in exchange with chilling admission

Shiri, 32, was kidnapped along with her two sons, Ariel and Kfir, aged 4 years and 9 months, during the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023

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47 h. ago Mum of teen girl 'murdered and turned into kebab meat' calls for grooming gang inquiry

Charlene Downes went missing from her hometown of Blackpool in Lancashire on November 1, 2003 – over 20 years later and police are still no closer to solving her murder

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59 h. ago Schmeichel review – a spirited celebration of Man United’s great Dane

Goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel reflects on his Champions League triumph, on-pitch aggression, double-agent dad and son Kasper in a fan-friendly documentaryThis is a pretty respectable entry in the current corporate-landfill era of sports documentaries. It’s the customary slavishly admiring portrait of its subject, the Danish goalkeeper who anchored Manchester United to a string of league titles and Denmark to the European Championships, but you are left with a sense that, somehow, Peter Schmeichel is a big enough character to justify it. Inevitably, the film also acts as yet another outpost of the “Football, bloody hell!” documentary industrial complex, with one more airing of the footage of United’s Champions League final triumph.Admittedly, there’s now an extra dimension to Clive Tyldesley’s strangulated shrieks as United scored their winner: this was Schmeichel’s last game for the side, having unexpectedly announced his exit from the team earlier in the season. It’s a piquant moment...

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3 d. ago DEAR JANE: I almost got caught doing something unforgivable with a young man my son's age. Must I tell my husband?

My husband and I have been together for over 20 years (we are both in our 50s), but recently we have drifted apart. Our youngest of two sons moved out a few months ago...

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3 d. ago Mum of girl killed in Southport knife attack speaks for first time

The mum of murdered daughter who was killed in the Southport knife attack has spoken out for the first time.

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4 d. ago Still Game Jimmy Martin video singing popular Celtic song resurfaces as star dies at 93

Watch as a Still Game star sang a popular Celtic song before he tragically passed away at the age of 93.

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4 d. ago Dad's heartbreaking message after sole survivor of mum's murder

The dad of a seven-year-old girl who tragically died after suffering a traumatic head injury has opened up about his loss and has spoken about the 'peace' that he has been able to find

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5 d. ago Gabby Petito documentary reveals tragic final words from mum to Brian Laundrie before murder

Netflix has released a three-part documentary titled American Murder: Gabby Petito, which delves into the tragic 2021 story of a woman who was murdered by her own fiance while on a cross-country trip

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