44 m. ago Coronation Street confirms Betsy Swain's involvement in Rob Donovan storyline as body found

As fans of the ITV soap know, Rob has been on the run ever since he survived a fall from a height

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55 m. ago Labour has humane and popular plans to stand up for UK workers. Why dilute them? | Gaby Hinsliff

Angela Rayner’s employment rights bill is precisely why many voted for this government. Why be embarrassed about a defining policy?One step forward, two steps back. Angela Rayner’s employment rights bill is back in the Commons this week, stuffed with ideas for improving everyday working life: that’s the big step forward for a government that was elected on a promise of radical change. The weekend headlines, however, were all about what won’t be changing after all. The so-called right to switch off – an early Rayner idea about legislating to prevent employees being pestered by out-of-hours calls and emails, which was already presumed dead due to not being in the bill – was ritually killed off once again for the Sunday papers, with a briefing that it still won’t be in the bill after fresh amendments are tabled on Tuesday.Presumably the idea was to reassure businesses fearful of extra regulatory burdens, on top of the looming April hike in employers’ national insurance. But since it’s ...

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86 m. ago With flicks of the wrist, Rio Carnival's drum maestros keep everyone locked in on the beat

Subtle hand signs coordinate the hundreds of pounding drummers in each of Rio de Janeiro’s glitzy Carnival parades

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2 h. ago Scottish business body unveils chairman amid plea to ‘break down barriers to growth’

“We’ll be working together to tackle many of the issues that are holding back firms’ investment” – Michelle Ferguson, CBI Scotland director

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2 h. ago Young Scot opens up on "anxiety attack" that led to heart transplant

A week after the gruelling operation her family was told to prepare to lose Lucy as her body was showing signs of rejecting the new organ.

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3 h. ago Spain's 48 black flag beaches where tourists are issued water warnings

Ecologists in Action named 48 beaches, many of which are in popular holiday hotspots, as having low water quality due to a raft of factors, including chemical pollution and sewage

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5 h. ago Carl Dean dead: Dolly Parton's heartbreaking agony as husband of 60 years passes away

Dolly Parton, the country legend, says she and Carl Dean - who inspired her timeless hit Jolene - "spent many wonderful years together" following the man's death

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5 h. ago Men suspected of murdering Brit found dead in sack of pineapples appear in court

British man Campbell Scott, 58, was found dead in a sack filled with pineapples in Kenya's Makongo forest after being reported missing by his work colleagues

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5 h. ago Dolly Parton's husband dead at 82: Carl Dean passes away as country icon gives heartbreaking statement

Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Thomas Dean, has died at the age of 82. The country music icon, 79, announced the death of her famously reclusive husband on Monday.

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5 h. ago Mother tells of heartbreak after finding her teenage son brain dead after a painkiller overdose

Tanya Hilling, 43, from Ipswich tried to wake her teenage son from his lie-in - only to find him brain dead after a fatal overdose of illegally-sold prescription drugs.

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7 h. ago This Prime Video Chart Topper About a Forbidden Romance Is Fast & Furious Meets Wattpad

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8 h. ago Chelsea Handler and Ralph Fiennes spark romance rumors with cozy display at glitzy Oscars bash

Chelsea Handler and Ralph Fiennes sparked romance rumors with a cozy display after the 2025 Oscars on Sunday.

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8 h. ago Pedestrian dead after 'she was hit by Tesco lorry' in London

A female pedestrian has died after she was 'hit by a Tesco lorry' on Mare Street in Hackney at around 11am this morning.

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8 h. ago Russian Olympian dies after falling out of a window as widow claims 'it was an accident'

Buyvasar Saitiev was a three-time Russian Olympic champion, and was found dead after reporterdly falling out of his bedroom window in Moscow, Russia at the age of 50

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8 h. ago Another man's body unexpectedly found during search for missing Sebastian Sailes, 21

Wiltshire Police said in a statement that the man in his 70s was found in the River Avon today while officers continued their search for missing Sebastian Sailes

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8 h. ago Body found in search for Team GB star's brother Luis Piovesana as she pays heartbreaking tribute

Avon and Somerset Police have confirmed a dive team searching the River Frome in Bristol for Luis Piovesana, 26, whose sister competed for Team GB, have found a body

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8 h. ago Luis Piovesana: Family ‘devastated’ after body found in search for brother of judo Olympian

More than 100 police officers have been involved in the search for Luis Piovesana

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9 h. ago Two arrested on suspicion of murder as family remember 'kind' woman

Cathy Doherty was found dead in a flat on Meols Cop Road in Southport February 26

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9 h. ago Liz McColgan calls out 'abusive' trolls who dared to body shame her track star daughter

The mother of Scots Olympian Eilish McColgan has hit out at 'demeaning and abusive' comments aimed at her daughter by vile keyboard warriors.

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10 h. ago EastEnders villain 'returns from the dead' as Bianca is haunted by twisted killer

EastEnders viewers were left in shock on Monday evening after a villain made a surprise appearance on the BBC soap

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