24 m. ago Son of Bollywood superstar makes his debut with Netflix series all about nepo babies

Aryan is entering the industry as writer and director of Netflix series meant to be a ‘playful roast and toast to Bollywood’

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33 m. ago Conor McGregor announces deal with Donald Trump's son amid presidency bid

Conor McGregor and Donald Trump Jr have announced a deal which will see the US president's son take on a role art MMA Inc, a company the Irishman is involved in

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43 m. ago NHS to trial revolutionary blood test that could speed up Alzheimer’s diagnosis

Only two-thirds of people with dementia have a diagnosis, despite it being number one cause of death in UK

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45 m. ago Hulk Hogan's will names one beneficiary with $799k in property and huge crypto sum

Hulk Hogan's son Nick Hogan has been named as the sole beneficiary of his estate which includes nearly $5 million in assets, according to legal documents

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50 m. ago ‘Talented’ army officer, 28, who rode at Queen's funeral killed in horror crash

Captain Lizzie Godwin, 28, originally from Devon, has been described as a "talented and compassionate" army officer after her tragic death in a car crash in Surrey

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60 m. ago Couple doing up new home get sick before horror 'death' discovery in their walls

Kaija Bretius and her husband Bryan spent 6,500 on a dilapidated property but they were in for a scare when they moved in. It was then that the unsettling reality of their new abode began to unravel

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61 m. ago When is World Suicide Prevention Day 2025 and what support is available?

Everything you need to know about World Suicide Prevention Day

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89 m. ago BBC Breakfast guest opens up on son's tragic death and says 'we live on after we die'

BBC Breakfast spoke to legendary children's author Michael Rosen on Wednesday's show, where he bravely opened up about his son's death in 1999

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1 hour ago A Splintering by Dur e Aziz Amna review – a woman’s ambitions in Pakistan

This novel fizzes with energy as it follows the parallel lives of two siblings and exposes the crushing divides of gender and classI admired Dur e Aziz Amna’s precise and lyrical first novel, American Fever; the protagonist – an exchange student from Pakistan to rural Oregon – staying with me long after I encountered her. She has now delivered a superb second novel that features another fascinating central character, though in a much darker, more disturbing context.A Splintering is the story of Tara, one of five siblings from a poor farming family in the hinterlands of Pakistani Punjab. This is the kind of landscape where age-old codes of manhood, with brother or son as provider and adjudicator of women’s lives, still rule. Tara, gazing at the stars from their courtyard at night, wants to get away from the squalor of Mazinagar (literally, past city), where most people live and die unnoticed, and build a life full of money and possessions in the city. She has no romantic notions...

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1 hour ago Two kids among three migrants 'crushed to death' in English Channel overnight

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2 h. ago Russia's 'unprecedented violation' of Poland's air space branded an 'act of war' as Poland plans response and Zelensky issues dire warning

American politicians reacted as Poland said it shot down Russian suicide drones when devices 'repeatedly violated' its airspace during an attack on Ukraine.

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2 h. ago Know someone heading to Paris? Here are the 15 beauty buys you should be asking them to pick up for you

Headed to Paris or know someone who is? Forget Notre Dame keyrings and overpriced macarons: the real delights are to be found in the city's pharmacies.

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2 h. ago Zohran Mamdani’s identity may seem complex but to Ugandans he is simply their ‘own son’

Mamdani, who was born in Uganda, has faced backlash in the US over his identity – but in Kampala, Ugandans of Indian descent are unquestioningly considered AfricanAmid the trees clustered with jackfruit and the boda boda motorcycles weaving precariously around Kampala’s congested roads earlier this year was a campaign poster for Katongole Singh, an immaculately coiffed candidate who positively beamed alongside the president, Yoweri Museveni.With a Sikh Indian surname and an indigenous Ugandan first name, Singh is no rarity in the Ugandan capital, where people of Indian descent have lived for more than 125 years. Many people here boast a multi-hyphenated “African Indian” identity – as indeed does the Zohran Kwame Mamdani, the 33-year-old running for mayor of New York City. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Russia's 'unprecedented violation' of NATO air space branded an 'act of war' as Poland plans extraordinary meeting for response

American politicians reacted as Poland said it shot down Russian suicide drones when devices 'repeatedly violated' its airspace during an attack on Ukraine.

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3 h. ago Nato destroys Russian suicide drones in first military clash since Ukraine invasion

Poland has shot down Russian suicide drones in a dramatic escalation after the deadly devices "repeatedly violated" its airspace during a savage attack on Ukraine.

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3 h. ago The Girlfriend review – just how much of an incest vibe can one TV show get away with? A lot

This brilliantly slippery beast of a drama pits an adult son’s girlfriend against his mother in all-out war. Robin Wright is excellent as the parent with an interesting dynamic with her child. Yikes!‘This one’s different,” a son says to his mother when she teases him about his latest girlfriend. Clever, he says. Stunning, ambitious, funny – “you remind me of her”. Something flickers across Mummy’s face. “She reminds you of me?” she says, and it is not really a question.Welcome, friends, to The Girlfriend, an adaptation of the excellent psychological thriller by Michelle Frances, and an answer to the question many of us have surely pondered – just how much of an incest vibe can one get away with instilling in a shiny prestige miniseries, and can anyone get Robin Wright to star and make the whole thing disturbingly credible? Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Set controls and teach privacy: how to manage your child’s first mobile phone

Decide which type of phone to buy – and then talk to your child about online safety and securityFrom getting the right handset and trying to make sure children are safe online from scammers to ensuring they don’t lose it, there is a lot for parents to bear in mind when giving a child their first phone. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago 'My son broadcast his death after buying poison on vile suicide site

David Parfett’s son Tom “didn’t stand a chance” on a pro-suicide forum, as users celebrated as he broadcast his own death. His father is now calling on the Government to ban the site and the poison

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3 h. ago Man who faked his own death to start new life with woman says plan was 'crazy dream'

Ryan Borgwardt, 46, text his wife Emily he loved her and he had gone to a lake to watch the Northern Lights, only to overturn his kayak in the water and disappear.

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4 h. ago I've seen Apple's new iPhone Air and there are 5 things you absolutely must know

Apple's iPhone 17 Air will arrive in stores next week and here are 5 things to know before you buy.

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