4 h. ago Holly Valance, 42, splits from billionaire property tycoon husband Nick Candy, 52, after 13 years of marriage

The ex-Neighbours actress, 42, who has reinvented herself as a conservative firebrand, married the Reform Party treasurer, 52, in 2012.

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5 h. ago My identical twin brother was tortured, robbed and thrown into a pond to die. I felt utter hatred towards his killer... until we met. It changed both our lives for ever: NICK DAWSON

For 16 years after a horrific crime that devastated him, Nick Dawson felt only hatred. But an encounter with one of the killers helped him find peace.

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8 h. ago NICK DAWSON: 'For 16 years, I felt only hatred towards my twin brother's killer, but meeting him changed both our lives forever'

For 16 years after a horrific crime that devastated him, NICK DAWSON felt hatred. But an encounter with one of the killers helped him find peace

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8 h. ago Holly Valance, 42, SPLITS from billionaire property tycoon husband Nick Candy, 52, after years of living separate lives

The ex Neighbours actress, 42, who has reinvented herself as a conservative firebrand, is said to have been left lonely raising their two daughters while he tends to his many businesses.

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10 h. ago The Bear’s Abby Elliott: ‘Getting fired from SNL was the worst thing that could happen – and then it did’

The actor made her name on ‘Saturday Night Live’ before retiring her repertoire of impressions in favour of hit sitcoms like ‘How I Met Your Mother’. Then ‘The Bear’ came along and changed her life for good. She speaks with Annabel Nugent ahead of its much-hyped fourth season

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3 d. ago A moment that changed me: I had a wild London party life – until I met a man who lived on a houseboat

I had my dream career in publishing, but was jumping from one emotional and romantic disaster to the next. Could I find stability and rootedness with a new life on an island?If you’d told me when I was in my early 30s that, by the end of that decade, I would be living in a houseboat, I would never have believed you. I was a devoted Londoner, born and bred, and very wedded to my city lifestyle. I’d got a 100% mortgage and bought a tiny flat with a balcony, where I would host parties – and defy gravity – every weekend.Romantically, I was jumping from one emotional disaster to another, falling for unsuitable people, closing my ears to those who dropped hints about biological clocks. I had my dream career in publishing and most weeknights could be found stumbling out of the Groucho Club and into a cab. In the early 00s, publishing was all about “networking” and there was always someone keen to go for “just one” – code for a late night of heavy drinking, often culminating in karaoke. I’d...

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3 d. ago Transaction's Nick Frost says 'I couldn't live my life like this' as he addresses health battle

The actor has opened up on his recent health battle

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5 d. ago Lady Eliza Spencer reveals the heartbreaking question she asked her father when Princess Diana died

London-based Lady Eliza Spencer, who was five when her aunt Princess Diana died, recalled in an interview with The Standard that she and her identical twin sister 'thought it couldn't be real.'

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7 d. ago Met Office warns of'changeable conditions' as June comes to an end

Large parts of the UK are currently experiencing a heatwave as temperatures could reach 34C this weekend

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7 d. ago Met Office issues new heatwave update as thunderstorm timings change amid weather warning

Conditions are expected to change today

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8 d. ago Football transfer rumours: Liverpool move for Guéhi? Rashford to Newcastle?

Today’s rumours are working in the gardenMarcus Rashford’s future is very much in the category of “up in the air”. The chances of him ever playing for Manchester United look slim-to-none as he will not be given a boarding pass for the club’s US tour, while a dream move to Barcelona is going up in smoke. A few Serie A clubs have had a sniff but his wages might be a stumbling block. What he really needs is a Champions League club with plenty of cash. Step in Newcastle. The Magpies are back in the bigger time next season, will be eager to make a statement signing or two, and Rashford fits the bill. Liam Delap chose Chelsea over Newcastle and Eddie Howe likes to have the best English talent at his disposal, so Rashford would be an ideal candidate as an extra attacking option.It takes a brave man to move from Liverpool to Everton (and vice versa). Nick Barmby, Abel Xavier and Gary Ablett did the Merseyside double in their time and the next potential candidate is Ben Doak. The Scottish te...

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8 d. ago Coroner's concern after baby girl's heart defect not detected until after death

A heart defect in the identical twin sister of Esme Atkinson's mum did not trigger a routine scan

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2 w. ago Met Office predicts big change after 28 hours of thunderstorms hit Wales

Parts of the country have been hit by flash flooding after torrential downpours broke out

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2 w. ago Met Office verdict on UK heatwave this WEEK as temperatures to climb to 29C

The Met Office have issued a heatwave verdict ahead of a change in weather this week

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3 w. ago Secret Lives of Mormon Wives cast make 'special announcement' in explosive reunion

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives are set to reunite on-screen with Nick Viall as they open up on the explosive events of the second series

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3 w. ago Watch the moment a 'drunk' Russian tries to ride delivery robot before he's thrown off by the machine

This video, which is thought to have been filmed in Moscow, captures the moment a man falls headfirst towards the ground when a delivery robot he was attempting to ride abruptly halts.

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3 w. ago EastEnders star sells home and moves into caravan after being killed off on screen

EastEnders star James Bye, who played Martin Fowler, has made a huge life change months after his character met a fateful end in one of the soap's saddest episodes ever

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3 w. ago Coronation Street's Dylan star floors fans as he poses with identical twin brother

Coronation Street's Liam McCheyne, who plays Dylan Wilson on the cobbles, has an identical twin brother in real life

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3 w. ago ‘Mom, am I the missing twin?’: the story of two babies separated by the Chinese state – and their emotional reunion

US couple Marsha and Al adopted a baby girl from China because they thought she had been abandoned. Years later they read about a girl whose sister had been illegally snatched by the authorities. Was everything they’d been told about their daughter a lie?One night in September 2009, a widowed mother in Texas named Marsha was up late at her kitchen table, scrolling through correspondence, when she opened an email that would change her family’s life. It was from an acquaintance who was sharing a newspaper article – as it happens, an article I’d written from China – about government officials who had snatched children from impoverished families to supply the lucrative adoption market. The article featured an interview with a nine-year-old girl speaking wistfully about her identical twin who had been taken away. “A Young Girl Pines for Her Twin” was the headline.Marsha had two daughters from China. She and her husband, Al, both employees of the defence contractor Lockheed Martin, h...

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4 w. ago Britain to be hotter than Tenerife before Met Office predicts 'change'

The Met Office is forecasting very warm weather conditions for Brits

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