63 m. ago Margaret Pomeranz remembers David Stratton: ‘I feel as though one half of me has gone’

Australia watched the pair discuss films for decades. Off screen, their friendship was one of deep respect: ‘I had his back, he had mine’Every cinephile in Australia wanted to be David Stratton. His passion was infectious – and his legacy lives onDavid Stratton, esteemed Australian film critic, dies aged 85Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI know I have been reticent about commenting on David Stratton’s death (he didn’t want to “pass”, he wanted to die – no euphemisms for him!). But apart from wanting to hug my grief to myself, I felt that it was his family who should be considered, not me. And if anyone should have a tribute it is Strats’ wife, Susie, who was the most wonderful support to him over these difficult years. I told him he was lucky to have married a younger woman!David was a stoic, he never wallowed in his deteriorating health. He continued to watch a new movie every day and revisit old favourites. He would enthuse about a new Australian film he’d just seen – h...

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4 h. ago Stacey Solomon strikes up sweet friendship with 'down to earth' Molly

Stacey Solomon has revealed she's struck up a sweet friendship with Molly-Mae Hague after their pair met at dinner during their respective holidays to Turkey.

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4 h. ago Judge restrains Beto O’Rourke’s group from sending funds to Democrats outside Texas

Ex-congressman’s Powered by People fundraised for lawmakers who left state to prevent redistricting voteA Texas judge has expanded a restraining order against former congressman Beto O’Rourke and his political organization over its fundraising for Democratic state lawmakers who left Texas to prevent a legislative session on congressional redistricting.Tarrant county judge Megan Fahey, a member of the conservative Federalist Society and past president of the Fort Worth Republican Women’s Club, said in a four-page order published on Saturday that O’Rourke and his political group, Powered by People, are barred from sending money out of Texas. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Matheus Cunha’s electric debut and the Man United gamble worth taking

The Brazilian’s energy and desire to take the game by the scruff of the neck is exactly what is needed at Old Trafford

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6 h. ago Princess Andre says Mum Katie Price is 'naturally more crazy than Dad'

The 18-year-old is the subject of a new ITV documentary series

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6 h. ago Bride says £77,000 wedding is 'worth every penny' but others say it's 'shocking'

A bride has admitted she splashed £77,000 on her wedding, including £8,000 on flowers, but others bashed the happy couple for their so-called 'shocking' marital choices

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7 h. ago John Lewis sends five months' worth of bottled water to hundreds of villagers after their drinking supply is polluted by river near its estate

Some 500 people in the diminutive village of Longstock, near Andover, Hampshire, have been drinking their water out of bottles supplied by the nearby Leckford Estate for the last four months.

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7 h. ago Brits told look for two 'rarest' 50p coins in circulation worth £230

Brits are being urged to check their change as two rare 50p coins could be worth a small fortune, including the newly released Atlantic Salmon 50p and the iconic Kew Gardens 50p.

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9 h. ago John Lewis sends five months' worth of bottled water to hundreds of villagers after their drinking supply is polluted by fertiliser from its estate

Some 500 people in the diminutive village of Longstock, near Andover, Hampshire, have been drinking their water out of bottles supplied by the nearby Leckford Estate for the last four months.

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10 h. ago Dillian Whyte conspiracy theory emerges after Moses Itauma KO

Dillian Whyte was brutally taken apart by Moses Itauma as the pair clashed in Saudi Arabia but a new reason for the former’s collapse has potentially been unearthed in the aftermath of the bout

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11 h. ago Armed police called to reports of a man with a handgun tucked into the back of his jeans

A police helicopter was seen circling above a village in the Rhondda on Sunday morning.

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11 h. ago James Haskell makes rare red carpet appearance with daughter Bodhi

James Haskell was snapped spending quality time with his three-year-old daughter Bodie just weeks after confessing what he thinks ended his marriage to her mum Chloe Madeley

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11 h. ago Mum censors three seconds of Disney's Tangled but everyone says same thing

A mum has caused a stir after choosing to censor the same "three seconds" of a popular Disney film because she doesn't want her daughter to hear or be negatively influenced by it

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12 h. ago Truth behind Phillip Schofield's mystery man who carried him back after boozy pub date

The former This Morning presenter was spotted with a mystery man after a boozy pub date earlier this week - and now the truth about the pair’s relationship has been revealed

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12 h. ago Mum who lost 4st in five months on Mounjaro issues urgent warning after her eyes turned yellow and she needed an organ removed 

Jane Fennah from Blackpool, Lancashire, went on Mounjaro in February of this year, after seeing a myriad of success stories online.

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12 h. ago Tom Grennan looks back: ‘After being beaten up, I went from thinking I was loved to feeling hated’

The singer-songwriter on the rock’n’roll lifestyle, his happy childhood, and the fateful night out in Bedford that changed his life for everBorn in 1995 in Bedford, Tom Grennan found fame as a guest vocalist on Chase & Status’s 2016 track All Goes Wrong, which led to his inclusion on the BBC Sound of 2017 list. Known for his blend of soul, pop and indie rock, he released his debut album, Lighting Matches, in 2018 and has since had more than 1.5m album sales and 2.5bn streams. His new album, Everywhere I Went Led Me to Where I Didn’t Want to Be, is out now. He tours from September.This was taken in my mum and dad’s first house in Bedford. It must have been Halloween but I’m not sure what kind of monster wears socks on his hands or a Tom and Jerry T-shirt. I look very happy but boisterous, too – that graze on my face was probably because I’d fallen off my bike. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Mum visits local charity shop and is gobsmacked by bargain designer find

One woman shared she had done some shopping at her local charity shop and made some "amazing finds" - including a luxury designer item which she thought was the real deal

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13 h. ago Eberechi Eze starts for Crystal Palace against Chelsea despite links with Tottenham move

Eze has been strongly linked with a move worth in excess of £50m to Tottenham

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13 h. ago King Charles takes the wheel as he drives beaming Queen Camilla to church in Balmoral

Charles, 76, looked relaxed as he was snapped driving himself and Queen Camilla to Crathie Kirk, in Scotland, where the pair are enjoying their summer holiday.

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13 h. ago Unlikely couple offer to hold new baby before mum realises who they really are

The couple were branded the 'kindest souls' after a video showed them holding and playing with the baby on board a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, giving the mum a few minutes to herself

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