3 h. ago Violent cult that became the world's most feared mafia: The Black Axe gang tortures new recruits in a naked blood

It is a sinister organised crime group (pictured) whose bloodthirsty henchmen routinely engage in drug smuggling, human trafficking, kidnapping, extortion, rape and murder.

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3 h. ago For nine years my married lover promised she'd leave her husband and child for me... what happened next destroyed my life, says MAX WOOLDRIDGE

It was a rainy April evening, cool and blustery, and I remember it vividly because that was the night I fell in love with a married woman.

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3 h. ago Rachel Booth missing LIVE: Urgent search for mum, 38, last seen on 3.50am jog

Cheshire Police are growing increasingly concerned for 38-year-old Rachel Booth, who was last seen after a 45-minute jog in the early hours of Saturday morning

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3 h. ago Rachel Booth missing LIVE: Urgent search for mum, 38, enters its third day

Cheshire Police are growing increasingly concerned for 38-year-old Rachel Booth, who was last seen after a 45-minute jog in the early hours of Saturday morning

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5 h. ago How Amber Heard became a #MeToo poster girl until Johnny Depp turned the tables by convincing a jury his violent ex was the one betraying women

in the final part of our gripping series, we chart how Amber's transformation into a #MeToo icon would set the stage for one of the most explosive celebrity trials of the decade.

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5 h. ago Inquiry launched to uncover truth behind violent clashes at Orgreave miners’ strike

The 1984 clashes in South Yorkshire have been described as one of the ‘most controversial episodes in policing history’

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5 h. ago One in seven women ‘have had their finances controlled in recent months’

Surviving Economic Abuse said raising awareness of economic abuse is critical for victim-survivors accessing help.

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5 h. ago Mum's 'new hell' of financial abuse after split from violent husband

Keira, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, said her ex-husband started 'playing games with money' from day one after they split more than a decade ago

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5 h. ago Major update on mum last seen jogging at 4am as chilling clues emerge

Rachel Booth, 38, has not been seen since going for a jog in the early hours of Saturday, July 19, and police have since launched a huge search to find the mum

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6 h. ago Michelle Keegan stuns fans with bikini snaps just months after giving birth

Former Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan became a first time mum in March this year - but she is already back promoting her swimwear brand and showing off her latest designs

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6 h. ago Ecuador extradites leader of violent Ecuadorian drug gang to the United States

Ecuador has extradited the leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang who relied on hitmen, bribes and military weapons to do business to the United States

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6 h. ago Michelle Keegan shows off stunning figure just four months after giving birth

The Brassic actress, 38, became a mum earlier this year as she and her husband Mark Wright welcomed their baby daughter, named Palma Elizabeth Wright, on March 6

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6 h. ago England players want stronger action from FA over racist abuse of Jess Carter

The Lionesses want more from the game’s authorities, including the Football Association, with some in the squad advocating for a boycott of social media

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6 h. ago Lucy Bronze issues warning over Jess Carter abuse: ‘No one needs social media’

England defender Carter revealed she had been the target of online racism at Euro 2025

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6 h. ago England Lionesses star sends powerful social media reminder after Jess Carter suffers racial abuse

Lucy Bronze has spoken out about social media and football after team-mate Jess Carter bravely opened up on suffering racial abuse during the European Championships

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7 h. ago Epstein accuser claims she met Trump in disgraced financier’s office in ‘troubling encounter’

Artist Maria Farmer said she urged the FBI to look into people in the disgraced financier’s social circle, including the president

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7 h. ago Love Island couple 'to split' as new love triangle forms days before final

Helena was fuming in the latest episode and left questioning if her couple with Harry was 'one-sided' after Harry went for another flirty chat with new bombshell Angel

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7 h. ago The Narrow Road to the Deep North review – immensely powerful TV

This adaptation of the Booker prize-winning novel spanning three timelines is a visceral, passionate drama starring Ciarán Hinds and Jacob Elordi. What bracingly confident televisionThere is an overwhelming darkness to The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Justin Kurzel’s adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s Booker prize-winning novel. Thematically, this is to be expected: it is about a group of Australian prisoners of war constructing the Burma railway in the mid-1940s, at the tail end of the second world war. It is about the lasting trauma of conflict and imprisonment. It spans half a century, and though it tempers its darkness with a rich love story, it is largely violent, fatalistic and sorrowful. But visually, too, you may find yourself fiddling with the contrast and brightness settings. This very much matches its mood to its palette.Jacob Elordi is perfectly handsome and haunted as the younger Dorrigo, a poetry-loving doctor who is about to be married to the well-to-do and socially c...

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7 h. ago LIANNE SANDERSON: 'Vile abuse of Jess Carter no surprise after calls when I'm on radio'

As England star Jess Carter reveals the racist abuse she is receiving, broadcaster Lianne Sanderson, a former professional footballer who won 50 caps for England and was part of the England squad at the 2007 Women's World Cup, and Euros 2009, says she knows what she is going through

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7 h. ago LIANNE SANDERSON: 'Jess Carter being racially abused is no surprise

As England star Jess Carter reveals the racist abuse she is receiving, broadcaster Lianne Sanderson, a former professional footballer who won 50 caps for England and was part of the England squad at the 2007 Women's World Cup, and Euros 2009, says she knows what she is going through

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